Re: problem with new mail in Lion
Morning, DIVX codec not loaded as some users are reporting upon removal of DIVX codec all is well. Flip4mac and Perian only ones installed. Perian will play DIVX format in Quicktime... Cheers! `RobD... On 26Jul2011, at 6:30 am, tom samson wrote: AVI files still do not load. I can see the load bar beneath them but it does not move. Play the curser over the top and I lose that and I am left with a black frame. Perian uptodate DVex uninstalled. tom On 24/07/2011, at 7:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tom, If you have DivX installed, uninstall it and keep Perian. DivX isn't up-to-date with Lion and keeps avi files from playing. Use the uninstall tool that came with DivX. Then restart your computer. Then test a AVI file. If it still doesn’t play properly, uninstall Perian and then restart your computer, then reinstall Perian when it asks to replace the existing one in System Preferences, click ‘yes’ and restart your computer. Make sure you have the latest versions of Flip4Mac and Perian. Cheers, Ronni On 24/07/2011, at 6:16 PM, tom samson wrote: Everything is up to date still cannot run avi files in mail. I can see them but as soon as I try to play them nothing happens. tom On 23/07/2011, at 8:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tom, As Rod has mentioned, update to the latest versions of all your applications. I have been checking all my applications for updates compatible with Lion OS X 10.7 and installing them. It's time consuming, but pays in the end. There are updates being released for Lion everyday. Especially update to latest versions of VLC Perian for your issue. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/07/2011, at 8:23 PM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: You probably need an updated version of Perian, or something similar that has the plugins for other media types for Quicktime. Whether there is something 10.7 compatible though, is another story.Google or Mac forums might be your best bet for an answer (if there is none from here). Cheers Rod On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have just been using the new mail program in Lion. I like but avi files from other people do mot load properly. I get sound only or I have to try and load them via quicktime and then sound only. Any ideas Tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MacOS 10.7 (Lion) and colour calibration etc
Morning, Spyder 2 is definitely PPC only requires Rosetta, so SL being last OS X. Spyder 3 is Intel based, reports suggest it works with Lion. When, and if. I upgrade a machine later in week, will confirm? Datacolor very fast at updating software if needs to be, I would suggest they have been testing with Lion, and have solution if needs to be?? Upgrading is relatively cheap as Spyder Pro 3 is around $200 AU or less if research. I bought Studio SR for less than $500, when upgraded last year. Datacolor have Spyder Gallery for iPad on Apps store for free. Just need the Spyder3 Calibrator. Cheers! `RobD... On 23Jul2011, at 11:58 pm, Ray Forma wrote: Three PPC-only apps that I was afraid of losing if I should upgrade to MacOS 10.7 (Lion) were OmniPage, an optical character reader program, Barcode Generator, a program that created barcodes when you typed in the barcode number, and Spyder 2, the app that drives my screen colour-calibrator. I have found that I can do without the first two, but Spyder 2 is still a problem. For OCR I will use VueScan 9.0.50, http://www.hamrick.com which I have used versions of for scanning since August 2003. This powerful program has suffered from a lack of a decent manual till last month, when 'The VueScan Bible' by Sascha Steinhoff finally became available. This book finally allowed me to work out how to get VueScan to do OCR, besides all of the high-level scanning that I had been using. I can now scan documents to PDF, and have editable text overlying the text in the scan, and I can get a Rich Text Format file of the text in any scanned document. VueScan will also extract editable text from existing images of documents. I am now using both features to do any OCR that I have to do. so far I am very happy with the results. The current version of VueScan is 64 as well as 32-bit Intel capable and the Pro version is probably the best value for money app that I have ever bought. For barcodes I have found several websites that will generate barcodes in editable vector format for me free of charge. That solves the barcode problem. The remaining problem is Spyder 2. Does anyone know if there is a Lion-compatible app that will allow me to continue using my Spyder 2 screen colour-calibrator? If not I will have to fork out for a new screen calibrator. Does anyone have any recommendations? Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Does a Mac have this?
Morning, OS X is a NIX OS, so many tools available via Terminal. Locate is such a tool, just type locate with any part of file or whatever you are looking for. Locate will find many variables, highlight then right click use Services, then open to run. Initialising is simple just run following line within terminal, or wait a week after initial install. sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb Also again if machine is switched of daily as OS X updates database at 4.30am Saturdays? Various programs can assist with such tasks, Cocktail being one of them. www.maintain.se Cheers! `RobD... On 18Jul2011, at 4:05 pm, Kevin wrote: A friend in Sydney has been a long time PC user and programmer and has recently bought a MacBook. He is lamenting the absence of a PC search called 'Wildcards'. The techo term for Wildcards is 'regular expressions' (regex). He has loads of data on external drives and if he searches with a search word in spotlight it won't find what he is after, but on his PC 'Wildcards' finds all references to the search word. He asked me about it but I haven't a clue. Is there something that enhances a spotlight search on Mac? thanks, Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Final Cut advice
Evening, Final Cut Pro X would be weapon of choice as you pointed out previous version does not seem to be continuing. Apple is putting eggs in one basket moving editing to prosumer, hence your camera market. I have not used program within a full on project, and I do not wish to. It seems to achieve with modern cameras in a prosumer market, having enough bells and whistles to keep such a user happy. One of the things I would look into with camera is solid state recording. More to point SxS media, instead of Hard Drive. Cheers! `RobD... On 13Jul2011, at 4:08 pm, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Guys, i am looking for a bit of advice. I am currently using Final Cut Express HD 3.5.1 and may soon have to upgrade my video camera from current using mini dv tapes to one using hard drive so would need to upgrade my Final Cut for capture. I would appreciate advice on whether to upgrade to Express 4 which i can get from over East for $119 os should i start afresh with Pro X $349.99 [US price $299}... system etc fine to run either I think i saw somewhere that Express was not going to continue past Express 4 but not sure. thanks Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: .MDH file...any clues?
Mike, Eugene, It is just a word processing file. Hence, a text file with specific formatting saved by relevant program. It should open with textedit or any text editor (Word Processor), possibly not with format or specifics of said program. If curious and issues still. Send file of list Cheers! `RobD... On 11Jul2011, at 3:04 pm, Mike Murray wrote: Thanks Rod, Eugene Downloaded the program on the Mac and transferred the .exe program (by flash drive) onto a Vista laptop (rarely gets used and is not connected to the internet), program set-up worked, program opened, just like a normal word processor, but would not open the file, Error message appeared on the desktop: Run-time error, Component MSWINSCK.OCX or one of its dependencies not correctly registered. I now seem to be facing the world of registry cleaning... I think I might forget it. Cheers Mike On 11/07/2011, at 10:09 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Mike, further to this, if you have access to a PC you can download and run the application from here, it is free. http://www.balendu.com/madhyam/ Don't know if you are able to read Sanskrit etc. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au (null) 4.tiff On 11/07/2011, at 9:28 AM, Mike Murray wrote: Hi muggers We've downloaded some files from an obscure UK university lecturer who refers to them as databases. They may be quite old (early 2000s). The file extension is .mdh. I can open with Textedit and can see that there is text in there (mixed up with the usual characters that describe some sort of formatting) but can't make sense of the layout. Filemaker Pro will also open it but just arrays all the characters across 21 fields for 2000 records, with no logic. Anyone know what will open a .mdh file? Google is silent (although there is an obscure reference to a Hindi Word Processor...) Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: final cut pro
Morning Daniel, AVID is offering %60 of Media Composer for FCP customers. Pro level application compatibility not an issue. Expensive Plug-Ins, but it is a pro app. Premier from Adobe as another Alternative. It does now function within OS X very well, although Graphics Acceleration is Nvidia based which for some within Mac community an issue. Does allow all versions of FCP to be imported and utilised. FCP X will not revisit old projects. Adobe now offering a %50 rebate, for FCS users. I have found Adobe Enterprise License tedious, but they are a Pro-App? I do not use Premier Pro, but have worked at installations whom do. Improved with 5.5. I personally use FCS 2 with Apple products and many plug-ins , and lots of Clips collected footage and projects. Massive Database! This being a main reason for not upgrading to FCP X, as with community Apple Shake in this collection also. But I have been moving to AVID over past year or so as Apple did hint at not continuing FCS2. As Matthew so eloquently put PRO-SUMER is market base. Recently Apple has not been so loyal to those which have supported company, but we endure. I suppose one reason for going to Intel, allowing users to instal and run alternatives to those Apple has rejected. Premier Pro seems to be best all in one solution, 64bit so extremely fast with lots of ram, After Effects excellent program. I would suggest any body looking at alternatives to download trial versions first, investigate total upgrade. Especially with Avid... many plug-ins, and software packages to make complete studio. Beware of ongoing upgrade costs with all software packages, especially AVID plug-ins some have annuities? Cheers! `RobD.. On 09Jul2011, at 10:49 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote: LOL... Have to pay that one. That was quite good ;) Hehehe. But yes, I've got a few clients that looked at it and decided there was no way at the moment they would consider using that in their businesses. It was just too much missing that they couldn't rely on, especially if sharing files with others working for them. Maybe after a few more tweaks it might be a Pro Pro Application again :) Kind regards Daniel On 9/7/11 10:42 PM, Matthew Healey mat...@mac.com wrote: Apple redefined Pro a while ago. It used to mean Use this if your job and livelihood relies on this product. Now it means Use this if your really passionate about make great home movies. On 08/07/2011, at 10:52 AM, cm wrote: Hi James and Mike, Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same time they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offering_ final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote: Hi James I agree with Carlo's analysis. I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of video that I'd forgotten I had. I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 'support' discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of civilisation as they know it... But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions, especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can always export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X. Cheers Mike On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote: Hi James, I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished, functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is excellent. The complaints are coming from professional studios who have lost some of the features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the previous version of the product. The previous version of FCP has been declared end-of-life. The main problems are that FCP X will not import projects from the old version, does not have support for multiple cameras (filming simultaneously as is done in a feature film), will not support the Camera Red system, and has lost support for some professional codecs. The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was at
Re: .MDH file...any clues?
Hindi Word Processor File http://filext.com/file-extension/MDH Cheers! `RobD... On 11Jul2011, at 9:28 am, Mike Murray wrote: Hi muggers We've downloaded some files from an obscure UK university lecturer who refers to them as databases. They may be quite old (early 2000s). The file extension is .mdh. I can open with Textedit and can see that there is text in there (mixed up with the usual characters that describe some sort of formatting) but can't make sense of the layout. Filemaker Pro will also open it but just arrays all the characters across 21 fields for 2000 records, with no logic. Anyone know what will open a .mdh file? Google is silent (although there is an obscure reference to a Hindi Word Processor...) Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra starts censoring the internet
Morning All, This post is contracting some complaints, and Matthews response with due Respect is Ridiculous. So, I have responded of list to Matthew and apologise to WAMUG. Cheers! `RobD... On 09Jul2011, at 10:37 pm, Matthew Healey wrote: That depends entirely on what sort of internet connection I buy. Sure if I use one of those 3G wireless sticks then yes, my connection is being NAT'd. If I buy a business internet account then I can get a nice little /16 with a fully routed connection. If I buy a fibre connection from Amcom they give me a glass pair and ask me what I want to plug it in to. In all three scenarios I have a choice. What's next… making VPN's and encryption illegal? On 08/07/2011, at 7:52 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Hi Matthew, I would hate to burst your bubble, but if you are connecting via PPoE, you connection is being NAT'd, monitored and filtered. This is in response to peoples lack of understanding of how networks function, do you think ISP's will give people access without some form of control. Just plugging a router, ADSL Modem into any PPoE connection and watch the amount of traffic attempting access. What and whom do you think is stopping most of it getting into your system. If you do not see any then it definitely is being controlled. I am totally surprised everyday the amount of routers which are connected without some form of firewall in place. This is business and private usage, and yes a firewall is not the only answer. But, it is a start. Cheers! `RobD... On 08Jul2011 at 10:00 am, Matthew Healey wrote: , Hi Rob, Don't confuse filtering with censoring. I can choose not to use SPAM filters or Virus Scanners. That's the difference. As Ronni mentioned, the problem is that once the infrastructure is in place to block web sites at will, then those in power will use that ability to their advantage. These sorts of things are ALWAYS pushed though with some sort of boogie-man, be it communism, terrorism, national security or Won't someone please think of the children!!. It's just a convenient scapegoat. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra starts censoring the internet
Hi Matthew, I would hate to burst your bubble, but if you are connecting via PPoE, you connection is being NAT'd, monitored and filtered. This is in response to peoples lack of understanding of how networks function, do you think ISP's will give people access without some form of control. Just plugging a router, ADSL Modem into any PPoE connection and watch the amount of traffic attempting access. What and whom do you think is stopping most of it getting into your system. If you do not see any then it definitely is being controlled. I am totally surprised everyday the amount of routers which are connected without some form of firewall in place. This is business and private usage, and yes a firewall is not the only answer. But, it is a start. Cheers! `RobD... On 08Jul2011 at 10:00 am, Matthew Healey wrote: , Hi Rob, Don't confuse filtering with censoring. I can choose not to use SPAM filters or Virus Scanners. That's the difference. As Ronni mentioned, the problem is that once the infrastructure is in place to block web sites at will, then those in power will use that ability to their advantage. These sorts of things are ALWAYS pushed though with some sort of boogie-man, be it communism, terrorism, national security or Won't someone please think of the children!!. It's just a convenient scapegoat. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra starts censoring the internet
Evening, If you are a Telstra customer and connected by such you are being filtered. DNS as Ronni has stated before is to change an IP address into english, a URL. Most sites they are chasing are IP based, so the filtering will be done before it reaches DNS servers. OpenDNS servers are based within US, and yes your free downloads and other ISP benefits could be adjusted, or blocked. But again most of these will be allocated by IP, so it could be a mute reasoning. Personally, being in networking less traffic is a better solution, cost and performance. Also as I have published you can improve your DNS, but there are consequences. It is a small cog in a massive wheel which people take for granted, and are unsure, or just expect to work without knowing consequences. Why do you think SPAM and Phishing attacks are successful. ISP's have been filtering some of the net already (Virus scanning, SPAM filtering, Content Filtering), due to above reasoning. Cheers! `RobD... On 07Jul2011, at 5:17 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/07/2011, at 4:52 PM, Paul K wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:09 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Matt, While I am not in favour censoring, we as yet have no indication at all that Telstra will do anything other than block child porn sites -- which to me isn't a bad thing. The worst case scenario is that some corrupt official manages to gain control of this process and by some as yet unexplained process turns this to his / her advantage by blocking sites that contain negative comments about them. If they are in the news they would have to block many of the major news sites as well such as the ABC. I think it may be reaching somewhat to suggest that there is political censoring unless you are referring to the blocking of porn sites. Cheers, Carlo Hi Carlo, As I read it, the general fear in many cases like this is that when given an inch people take a mile. Folk are concerned that later on it's scope could be broadened to other areas deemed unsavory by the regulators. One of history's lessons already learned by now I would have thought. No thanks little brother. I don't know how to stop child porn but I doubt if this does the job. Cheers Paul I agree Paul, Once they start censoring there is no stopping what they will censor and eventually we ‘might’ end up with something similar to the “Great Firewall Of China” (China’s misguided and futile attempt to control what happens online! I would love to see Child Pornography completely stopped, but Censoring the Internet will not stop Child Pornography? One Article in the National Times here: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/internet-filter-will-not-stop-child-porn-peddlers-20091217-kzfy.html /Quote: It is ironic that at the very point where Australia seeks recognition as a world leader in its vision for a National Broadband Network it may also gain censure as legitimating a range of repressive policies pursued by some of the globe's least accountable governments. Further, given that the filter will categorise and block websites, but not other ways of communicating digitally, the highly illegal and abhorrent activities of those who peddle images of child sexual abuse are likely to continue with little additional inconvenience.” /End Quote Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: PDF printing
Morning, PDF/X will strip much from document as it is designed to pass through a prepress device without hassle. Annotations, Javascript, Encryption, Fonts have to be embedded, Trapping explicit, ETC... Specification for PDF/X http://goo.gl/g5fjA My experience from print window if you save as PDF it will produce a preview with current printer settings. Cheers! `RobD.. On 02/07/2011, at 5:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, I meant to mention before that for best quality printing of PDFs. Save as PDF-X - Generates a PDF-X of your print job to a destination of your choice. PDF-X files follow a series of printing related requirements not found in standard PDFs, and are used by professional print shops. So I guess you could leave the “Postscript” bit out ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 02/07/2011, at 3:10 PM, Bill Parker wrote: All from Quark as far as I know Ronda. But the save as PS option looked a possibility. I'll try that later. Bill On 02/07/2011, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, I’ve only now read this thread. Were the PDFs you are having the text quality with when printed, created in Pages Application? If so, try this: In Pages: 1. Go to “File Print” 2. When the dialogue box appears, click on “PDF” 3. Select “Save As Postscript” 4. Then double-click to open this file “.ps” and it will convert itself to a PDF 5. Then name it save it as a PDF using Preview ( it will be showing Format: PDF) Cheers, Ronni On 02/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I think I have it. I tested your idea Merv and that worked. But looking at my main work doc this past week - a 48 page mag, it has to be sent LOW res to actually get to me and there the problem lies! Its just that I dislike proof reading on screen. Many thanks all. Bill On 01/07/2011, at 9:20 PM, Merv Bond wrote: Bill Recently I have received documents that are in say, Times New Roman, but the characters appear ragged. If I select all and then set the font to Times New Roman Regular all is well. This occurs when the original text is sent as Times New Roman postscript. Give it a go. Merv On Fri1Jul2011 Fri1Jul6:18 PM, cm wrote: Hi Bill, I'm still not entirely clear. Is it unreadable gobbledegook or are the letters correct but badly printed. When I say you could have the printer set to draft quality, that is a per document decision that you can make in the print dialog. MS Word, for instance, may be using its own print dialog and setting the printer to high quality, but when you use the OS X print dialog, you may have draft mode selected. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 01/07/2011, at 17:57, Bill Parkerre...@westnet.com.au wrote: Carlo The text is mostly unreadable, but NOT for MS Word and several other softwares. So I think it is not the printer. Bill On 01/07/2011, at 5:49 PM, cm wrote: Hi Bill, Not sure I can help but what do you mean by poor quality? Is it that the text badly laid-out or is it that he individual letters are rough? Could it be that you have your printer set to draft quality? Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-01, at 17:08, Bill Parker wrote: I wonder if I have some settings wrong? Whether using Adobe Acrobat 8 pro or Preview, I cannot print PDf text at anything like decent quality. The printer is a Canon MX310. Done a few miles but all other softwares print fine. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
1st Gen iPad
Morning, First Generation iPad utilises both bands of the N WiFi spectrum? iPhone is only 2.4? Cheers! `RobD -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: 1st Gen iPad
Ronni, Thanks for that, just some strange happenings with Wireless routers. iPad 2 will connect to N 5GHZ routers which have been functioning for sometime, but iPad will not. MBP does without issue as does the iMacs if I switch them so. AS do all other laptops and eligible Wireless N 5GHZ devices. iPad will only function on backup Wireless routers, which are functioning as G and N network. Normally, and are again. But iPhones today have decided they do not like the N as has iPads. because some tech over weekend switched backup to N 2.4GHZ only. Many iPhones, iPads, and peoples not happy when arriving. Trying to sort, just a brain fart when confronted with issues. Apologies for cryptic message and thanks for info. I personally find G very sufficient for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberries, and Androids, general usage, streaming, emails dictation, presentations, social networking. It is the data transferring N kicks in markedly more efficient, but only at 5GHZ which needs to be set as such no dual, or it does not sustain specification. 2.4 is only a little above G, but battery life is better at N, distance not so much either way. N can go through walls, but G bounces better. Cheers! `RobD.. On 27Jun2011, at 8:30 am, Ronda Brown wrote: On 27/06/2011, at 7:47 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, First Generation iPad utilises both bands of the N WiFi spectrum? iPhone is only 2.4? Hi Rob, Are you asking questions? Does the First Generation iPad utilise both 2.5GHz 5GHz? Yes it does, but the range with 2.4GHz is much better. For now wireless N is the fastest wireless technology that can give a maximum speed of up to 300Mbps or more. With dual band, iPAD can support the network in both frequency bands 2.4GHz or 5GHz. The best wireless router for iPad should support the wireless n dual-band technology with Quality of Services technology. Is the iPhone only 2.4GHz? Yes … The iPhone 4 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)” http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html These tests were done in April 2010 http://wirelesslanprofessionals.com/apple-ipad-wi-fi-detailed-analysis/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
Hi John, Within the Billion did you change your MTU to 1432. Make sure you are setting this at its PPPoE settings page. Not the interface settings. Then restart modem. Cheers! `RobD... On 22Jun2011, at 6:49 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi RobD Ronni Following on from my email on Monday, yesterday speed was OK also this afternoon at around 280-300KBs. At 6.25pm today speed 164KBs Power off modem for 20 secs, re test showed 290KBs. 15 minutes later it remains the same at 290KBs. So does the modem get tired, lose interest, or does it appear faulty. It's a new Billion 7800N? Cheer John On 21/06/2011, at 12:11 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Hi John, Ok, now it is coming clearer, MTU Within your modem which I assume you do your PPPoE handshake with. Adjust the MTU too 1432, see if that sustains speed. Can actually go down to about 1400 safely, but start there and see if improvement. I utilise 1412 on one of the ADSL and the other is doing fine at 1492. If your mac is doing the PPPoE handshake then adjust within System Preferences at Ethernet in advance. Adjusting infinitely will offer slight gains or losses, but for moment we are seeking a constant speed, it may have to go up? Cheers! `RobD... On 20Jun2011, at 8:20 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi RobD Ronni Rob's final suggestion to power off modem and wait 15 seconds produced these figures:- Before modem off 163KBs After modem back on 290KBs 15 minutes later 282KBs Can anyone explain this? It would be an enormous coincidence if congestion ceased just then. with only about a minute between tests. Cheers John John Daniels jdani...@westnet.com.au On 20/06/2011, at 4:36 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Apologies List supposed to send Sunday Morning, John should have received then, but not list. Morning, Could go on about relevance or not of PING and DNS? Except one warning if you are an iiNet customer your free bandwidth (FREEZONE) known as WAIX in WA possibly will not happen, when using other DNS. One of the largest complaints of customers to iiNet call centres every month. WHY have I been throttled. iiNet utilises dynamic DNS servers, being multiple DNS servers throughout AU, and the same IP allover. Westnets probably included within. These then allocate services and Ports to relevant request through regional servers. If iiNet customer visit your toolbox page and crank up your speed to Gamer, and you will achieve a really fast PING. But downloads will take longer to come down, as it is impossible to sustain such. Being many timeouts - disconnections, once past initial burst of connection. Hence, why it is called Gamer an instant response to input of device, but difficult to sustain except for that ms. Same as your overall experience for web surfing, VOIP and other services, become vulnerable, read warnings on page. John tomorrow when speed fluctuates power off modem count to 15, power back on and post results? Before After possibly : Then 15 Minutes Later, what is speed? Cheers! `RobD... On 19Jun2011, at 5:33 pm, John Daniels wrote: -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: SMS/iMac
Evening, SMS mac costs to send or something? Not sure remember reading or on list? Cheers! `RobD On 22Jun2011, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Stuart, SMS Mac’ might be worth checking out. http://www.smsmac.com/en/ You can run SMS Mac in different ways: as a Dashboard Widget, as an Address Book plugin SMS Mac integrates seamlessly with your Mac Address Book. With the SMS Mac Address Book plugin installed, you simply open the Address Book card of your friend or contact, click the mobile label and choose the command Send SMS from the popup menu. You can also select a group of contacts and send an SMS to all members of the group! SMS Mac also supports AppleScript. The SMS Mac Scripting application allows you to send an SMS when a specific event occurs. You can use it, for example, with iCal. You can configure iCal and SMS Mac to send yourself an SMS to remind you of an important meeting.” Cheers, Ronni On 22/06/2011, at 7:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=SMSl=wamug%40wamug.org.au Sent from Ronni's iPad On 22/06/2011, at 7:49 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I still cannot search the WAMUG archives but I do not remember seeing this discussed recently. What is the best way of sending SMS's from my iMac at home and work? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: New Time Capsule 2TB and 3TB, New Final Cut X etc on MacApp Store
Morning, Totally agree Matthew, Microsoft and there Digital Distribution network do as such, whatever the current dollar value. Before you all start. This is logging in within the Australian Portal. Autodesk are same digitally, although I find local distributor better value for money. Training, freebies etc.. Apple used to be able to negotiate some sweet deals within corporate account now I have to negotiate with the Apps store, ludicrous pricing system. Oh well at least the cost is around what an update to FCP Studio was, but missing a few bodies. Cheers! `RobD... On 21Jun2011, at 10:42 pm, Matthew Healey wrote: On 21/06/2011, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: And Final Cut Pro X has been released with a large drop in price. Now $349.99AUD from the Mac App Store. http://www.apple.com/au/finalcutpro/ This is were Apple's international pricing comes into stark view... Lets work it out; US $299 is AUD $282 So now lets add GST 282 + 28.2 = $310.20 Now being a completely electronic purchase there is nothing to import per-se so to my knowledge there would be no additional taxes. So Apple is charging an extra $38.8 just because they can. We've had this discussion many times before but it's always fun to bring it up. Have a great night. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: New Time Capsule 2TB and 3TB, New Final Cut X etc on MacApp Store
Sorry forgot a question. GST would be exempt from electronic distribution of software? Thanks. Cheers! `RobD... On 22Jun2011, at 7:01 am, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Totally agree Matthew, Microsoft and there Digital Distribution network do as such, whatever the current dollar value. Before you all start. This is logging in within the Australian Portal. Autodesk are same digitally, although I find local distributor better value for money. Training, freebies etc.. Apple used to be able to negotiate some sweet deals within corporate account now I have to negotiate with the Apps store, ludicrous pricing system. Oh well at least the cost is around what an update to FCP Studio was, but missing a few bodies. Cheers! `RobD... On 21Jun2011, at 10:42 pm, Matthew Healey wrote: On 21/06/2011, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: And Final Cut Pro X has been released with a large drop in price. Now $349.99AUD from the Mac App Store. http://www.apple.com/au/finalcutpro/ This is were Apple's international pricing comes into stark view... Lets work it out; US $299 is AUD $282 So now lets add GST 282 + 28.2 = $310.20 Now being a completely electronic purchase there is nothing to import per-se so to my knowledge there would be no additional taxes. So Apple is charging an extra $38.8 just because they can. We've had this discussion many times before but it's always fun to bring it up. Have a great night. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
Apologies List supposed to send Sunday Morning, John should have received then, but not list. Morning, Could go on about relevance or not of PING and DNS? Except one warning if you are an iiNet customer your free bandwidth (FREEZONE) known as WAIX in WA possibly will not happen, when using other DNS. One of the largest complaints of customers to iiNet call centres every month. WHY have I been throttled. iiNet utilises dynamic DNS servers, being multiple DNS servers throughout AU, and the same IP allover. Westnets probably included within. These then allocate services and Ports to relevant request through regional servers. If iiNet customer visit your toolbox page and crank up your speed to Gamer, and you will achieve a really fast PING. But downloads will take longer to come down, as it is impossible to sustain such. Being many timeouts - disconnections, once past initial burst of connection. Hence, why it is called Gamer an instant response to input of device, but difficult to sustain except for that ms. Same as your overall experience for web surfing, VOIP and other services, become vulnerable, read warnings on page. John tomorrow when speed fluctuates power off modem count to 15, power back on and post results? Before After possibly : Then 15 Minutes Later, what is speed? Cheers! `RobD... On 19Jun2011, at 5:33 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni Many thanks for all that work on my behalf. I have done the ping tests on 203.10.1.9 Average is 18.566. On 203.21.20.20 Av 310.353 My Primary DNS as shown by the router 203.0.178.191 Av 21.882 My secondary 203.215.29.191 Av18.671 I have also done the namebench tests, but first perhaps you can interpret the ping figures for me. To me it looks as if DNS 203.10.1.9 is the fastest. Is that right? By the way my speed at 2.50pm today touched 300KBs but is now at 5.35pm 145KBs Cheers John On 18/06/2011, at 12:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, Just following up on the progress with your drop in speed at times of ‘perhaps’ Internet traffic congestion on the Hammersley Exchange. Do you have Westnet DNS Addresses - Primary Secondary in your Modem / Router and also System Preferences Network - Advanced - DNS - DNS Servers: ? If not, I suggest perhaps you do. I’ve done testing of my Westnet Bundled ADSL1 Home-4 1.5Mb to 8Mb/384Kb 50GB / 50GB connection out of Mandurah North Exchange, using different DNS Servers. First Test was Using Network Utility - Ping Tested Google DNS 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 OpenDNS 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 Westnet DNS 203.21.20.20, 203.10.1.9 Result: Westnet Primary Secondary DNS were fastest (which isn’t a surprise) Second Test was using “namebench” which is a tool you can use to find out which DNS service is faster for you. Below is the results using namebench. Conclusion: Both Tests showed using Westnet DNS Servers was the fastest connection for me. Your connection may vary to mine. You can download “namebench” from this link: http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ Click the namebench-1.3.1-Mac_OS_X.dmg” under Downloads. namebench 1.3.1 Your current primary DNS server is Fastest Recommended configuration (fastest + nearest) Primary Server 203.21.20.20 SYS-203.21.20.20 Secondary Server 203.10.1.9 SYS-203.10.1.9 Tertiary Server 203.0.178.191 iiNet AU Tested DNS Servers IP Descr. HostnameAvg (ms)DiffMin Max TO NX Notes 203.21.20.20 SYS-203.21.20.20dnscache01.westnet.com.au 200.87 28.4880.2 0 1 • The current preferred DNS server. • www.facebook.com appears incorrect: 69.171.228.40 • twitter.com appears incorrect: 199.59.149.230, 199.59.149.198, 199.59.148.10 • Replica of Internal 192-0-1 [192.168.0.1] 203.10.1.9 SYS-203.10.1.9 dnscache02.westnet.com.au 228.37 -12.0% 28.43500.0 1 1 • A backup DNS server for this system. • twitter.com appears incorrect: 199.59.148.10, 199.59.149.230, 199.59.148.82 • www.facebook.com appears incorrect: 69.171.228.13 203.0.178.191iiNet AUdns.iinet.net.au260.01 -22.7% 28.53500.0 4 1 • twitter.com appears incorrect: 199.59.149.230, 199.59.148.10, 199.59.149.198 • www.facebook.com appears incorrect: 69.171.224.39 203.50.2.71 Telstra lon AU lon-resolver.telstra.net364.99 -45.0% 29.13500.0 7 0 • twitter.com appears incorrect: 199.59.149.230, 199.59.148.82, 199.59.149.198 • www.facebook.com appears incorrect: 69.171.224.12 139.130.4.4 Telstra AU uneeda.telstra.net 422.05 -52.4% 28.6 3500.0 13 0 • twitter.com appears incorrect: 199.59.149.198, 199.59.148.10, 199.59.148.82 • www.facebook.com appears incorrect: 69.171.224.39 8.8.8.8 Google Public DNS
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
Afternoon, I agree with Robin it is not a DNS issue, as the technician would have checked for this in his fault diagnosis. Last Post to List, I can make your DNS PING response of 2-3ms if on iiNet ADSL1 or above. It simply is a congestion issue, and I still believe it is happening in his abode or damn close. Pair Gaining... RIM Family members on Network, at same time. Trojan/Malware program (unlikely, but never know) Phishing Attacks. Virus Scanners. Software Updates. Background programs. This one I found out about other day on someones iPhone4 constantly downloading @ 4.5 - 6 mbits. Causing some grief on WiFi networks monitoring servers. Updating Videos within MLB app when it enters WiFi domain. Crossed Line, although technician should have noticed. etc To repeat myself again ADSL does not fade out to the degree John is mentioning, then resume to previous levels without a reset. Yes servers do take a hit, but mainly to the tune of 50-60kb, but this again could be site you are visiting. AN ADSL CONNECTION WILL MAINTAIN ITS CONNECTION SPEED TO EXCHANGE, give or take 10%. Activity from servers after exchange is pending on Bandwidth to Server, then its bandwidth coming back. These are reasons why I was questioning John, and asking for Activity on Machine. Then the most important part where are you monitoring your speed test from? Same with PING test, try using UWA NTP servers for a consistent measuring stick. Cheers! `RobD... On 20Jun2011, at 4:23 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: On 20/06/2011, at 4:00 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Just to clarify one thing. John's problem is a slowdown of this internet connection. Let's call it bandwidth. It appears to be caused by congestion on the DSLAM at the exchange, or perhaps a faulty joint in the local loop (copper) wiring. It could be caused by a firmware issue in his modem/router or some of the other items listed below. but No amount of changing DNS servers will fix this. You certainly will get faster results back for a IP address lookup, or name search request, but it won't help a slow download. robin Hi Robin, Yes and No. John’s problem does appear to be caused by congestion on the internet at “peak traffic” times and we are trying to get the best possible results we can for John. Hence all the testing of DNS IP Addresses, background activities happening etc. etc. I don’t agree with your comment that No amount of changing DNS servers will fix this”. OK, it won’t fix it completely (as we don’t have a lot of control over Internet congestion), but it can help him achieve better results than he is at the moment. Virtually any time an application on your Mac does anything on the Internet—checking your email, loading a Web page, running Software Update, using Ping in iTunes, and so on—it must find the IP address of the server it wants to communicate with. To do this, it uses the domain name service (DNS): it queries a device called a domain name server, which keeps records of which domain names (such as tidbits.com) correspond to which numeric addresses (such as 184.106.219.205). If the first DNS server your Mac asks doesn’t know the address, the server queries another, and so on up a hierarchical chain leading to a small number of authoritative servers for an entire top-level domain (such as .com). This system is fairly well known, but many people don’t realize that: • A seemingly simple activity such as loading a Web page could involve a handful, or even dozens of DNS lookups. • DNS lookups take time, and must happen before any data can be transferred between your computer and the server. So, the more DNS lookups that must take place, and the longer each one takes, the longer you must wait for the connection to become active. • Some DNS servers are much faster than others. • You’re not stuck with the DNS servers your ISP tells you to use—you have complete freedom to choose! Every ISP provides DNS servers—they may give you addresses to enter manually when setting up your Mac and other devices, or they may use a dynamic method, such as DHCP, to automatically tell your Mac which DNS servers to use. Either way, you may override this choice if your ISP’s DNS servers don’t perform as well as you’d like. This is why we are using “namebench” (among other testing, if you have been following the thread) to test this and find out for sure how fast John’s DNS servers are—and whether there might be an alternative? It is time consuming frustrating trying to locate where the bottleneck is and what is causing it. But we are getting better results than John was originally experiencing and hope to get better with more testing. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
Hi John, Ok, now it is coming clearer, MTU Within your modem which I assume you do your PPPoE handshake with. Adjust the MTU too 1432, see if that sustains speed. Can actually go down to about 1400 safely, but start there and see if improvement. I utilise 1412 on one of the ADSL and the other is doing fine at 1492. If your mac is doing the PPPoE handshake then adjust within System Preferences at Ethernet in advance. Adjusting infinitely will offer slight gains or losses, but for moment we are seeking a constant speed, it may have to go up? Cheers! `RobD... On 20Jun2011, at 8:20 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi RobD Ronni Rob's final suggestion to power off modem and wait 15 seconds produced these figures:- Before modem off 163KBs After modem back on 290KBs 15 minutes later 282KBs Can anyone explain this? It would be an enormous coincidence if congestion ceased just then. with only about a minute between tests. Cheers John John Daniels jdani...@westnet.com.au On 20/06/2011, at 4:36 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Apologies List supposed to send Sunday Morning, John should have received then, but not list. Morning, Could go on about relevance or not of PING and DNS? Except one warning if you are an iiNet customer your free bandwidth (FREEZONE) known as WAIX in WA possibly will not happen, when using other DNS. One of the largest complaints of customers to iiNet call centres every month. WHY have I been throttled. iiNet utilises dynamic DNS servers, being multiple DNS servers throughout AU, and the same IP allover. Westnets probably included within. These then allocate services and Ports to relevant request through regional servers. If iiNet customer visit your toolbox page and crank up your speed to Gamer, and you will achieve a really fast PING. But downloads will take longer to come down, as it is impossible to sustain such. Being many timeouts - disconnections, once past initial burst of connection. Hence, why it is called Gamer an instant response to input of device, but difficult to sustain except for that ms. Same as your overall experience for web surfing, VOIP and other services, become vulnerable, read warnings on page. John tomorrow when speed fluctuates power off modem count to 15, power back on and post results? Before After possibly : Then 15 Minutes Later, what is speed? Cheers! `RobD... On 19Jun2011, at 5:33 pm, John Daniels wrote: -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
Hi John, Have you monitored your activity on machine at said time of day. Activity Monitor, or logs, http://www.splunk.com/ It does not have to be Wireless, it was an easy one to deduce as being point of infiltration. Your machines could be compromised many other places. Reason for questioning neighbour is pair gaining of the ADSL connection? Technician has found no errors, everything is OK; obviously not, as it still is happening. No new hardware is going to solve this issue either, there has to be a reason for a drop then a return; it is not ADSL behaviour. Congestion does not assimilate a logical explanation. Reduction of speed would stay at that speed it would not recover unless one resets modem so it terminates connection. A reconnection would see speeds back where they are supposed to be. This possibly is a hardware issue? But if modem is sustaining connection, and speed slows significantly, then speed returns to what it was before. Something is tapping into your connection. Internally usually, but could be external? Pair Gaining is a possibility, so check with neighbours. Then question ISP or Telstra.. http://goo.gl/2CbrE Cheers! `RobD... On 18Jun2011, at 12:25 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi RobD I'm not on wireless no no one is hopping on to my line, but slow speeds occur when the line is busy. Now, Saturday morning, the speed is down to 50KBs whereas is should be over 200. There is no doubt in my mind that it is either a fault on the line or the inability of the exchange to cope with increased traffic. I have had my line within the house checked by iinet and by my own telco. I have a new modem (Billion 7800N) and a central splitter. Similar problems with Westnet have been reported on Whirlpool so now I'm waiting for Westnet/iinet to get off their butt and fix it. Cheers John John Daniels jdani...@westnet.com.au On 16/06/2011, at 11:56 PM, Rob Davies wrote: John, No I was searching for an outside source tapping your connection. TIME of Day hints at some source which is constant. Normally neighbour returns from school or work utilising your Wireless connection? As Ronni already hinted at, ADSL does not usually suffer from such a large reduction in speed for a period, then returns to normal. Machines are not being scheduled to do something, no new software installed? That it is a daily update period normally these are AM not PM. But, it could just have the wrong location hence, hemispheres... Activity spikes of a Server?? Hence, the questioning? Question neighbours if same issues? ISP connection direct to exchange or a sub-exchange.. Monitor Activity on machines at this time of day for any activity. Firewall is running on all machines, and modem has firewall, NAT functioning? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Jun2011, at 8:15 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi Rob I have cable connection to the router and ethernet to a second Mac. I have tried wireless between the two Macs and found no difference in speed. Cheers John On 16/06/2011, at 1:15 AM, Rob Davies wrote: John, Does your abode have a wireless connection/hub/server, or other servers running of your ADSL connection? Cheers! `RobD... On 15Jun2011, at 10:39 am, John Daniels wrote: Hi James No There is no noise on my line but the attenuation is usually around 60. I am getting about 230KBs this morning (1.84Mbs). The Westnet contractor has been and finds no fault on my line or at the exchange and of course my speed is OK. The drop in speed always occurs when people are home from work or school and weekends particularly. Westnet (iinet) are monitoring the line and will send another technician if the speed drops again. Thank you for your suggestions and input. I will pass on the final result if there is one. Cheers John On 15/06/2011, at 8:19 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: just my 2c to add to Ronni's comment i was called in to followup a problem like this found that the wiring in the 'junction box' in the roof was loose (very poorly done) in an other case there was the connection/ loop through in the kitchen not done (the wires layed paralell thus the high frequency could pass through) you are sure you have no funny noise on the line (just dial a 0 listen a few seconds if there is silence James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 14/06/2011, at 9:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 14/06/2011, at 6:50 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi everyone I am still being plagued with a big reduction in speed in the evening. Up until 3.20pm it was 162KBs, then went to 90KBs and 50KBs Has anyone else on Hammersley Exchange
Re: Bigpond Elite network gateway
David, Welcome to one of many problems with Wireless/3g connections. As with Cable a surge in users equals a reduction in service. Such is reasoning for an NBN, something even Sol agreed with. He moved Telstra into 3g because of copper problems and maintenance cost of such. Sparseness of this great country cost factor always hinted at need to replace the copper. Melbourne they tried such with infusion of copper and now a huge cleanup cost, reasoning for current Telstra Executives open to NBN, plus payout they receive. NBN is more of a necessity than the speed hike media, and opposition are focusing on. I would go as far to state of National Importance? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Jun2011, at 9:19 pm, David Hudleston wrote: Just moved back to Perth from the Gold Coast. Thought I would be smart and invested in a wireless Bigpond Elite network gateway until we found a permanent residence. At 4am it is fast (75meg update downloaded in less than 3 minutes) but after 6am the same download takes more than 20 minutes. Currently staying in Kelmscott. Anyone know how to speed it up or where would be a good area to move to? Running a MacBook Pro with 10.6.7 regards David Hudleston -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
John, No I was searching for an outside source tapping your connection. TIME of Day hints at some source which is constant. Normally neighbour returns from school or work utilising your Wireless connection? As Ronni already hinted at, ADSL does not usually suffer from such a large reduction in speed for a period, then returns to normal. Machines are not being scheduled to do something, no new software installed? That it is a daily update period normally these are AM not PM. But, it could just have the wrong location hence, hemispheres... Activity spikes of a Server?? Hence, the questioning? Question neighbours if same issues? ISP connection direct to exchange or a sub-exchange.. Monitor Activity on machines at this time of day for any activity. Firewall is running on all machines, and modem has firewall, NAT functioning? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Jun2011, at 8:15 pm, John Daniels wrote: Hi Rob I have cable connection to the router and ethernet to a second Mac. I have tried wireless between the two Macs and found no difference in speed. Cheers John On 16/06/2011, at 1:15 AM, Rob Davies wrote: John, Does your abode have a wireless connection/hub/server, or other servers running of your ADSL connection? Cheers! `RobD... On 15Jun2011, at 10:39 am, John Daniels wrote: Hi James No There is no noise on my line but the attenuation is usually around 60. I am getting about 230KBs this morning (1.84Mbs). The Westnet contractor has been and finds no fault on my line or at the exchange and of course my speed is OK. The drop in speed always occurs when people are home from work or school and weekends particularly. Westnet (iinet) are monitoring the line and will send another technician if the speed drops again. Thank you for your suggestions and input. I will pass on the final result if there is one. Cheers John On 15/06/2011, at 8:19 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: just my 2c to add to Ronni's comment i was called in to followup a problem like this found that the wiring in the 'junction box' in the roof was loose (very poorly done) in an other case there was the connection/ loop through in the kitchen not done (the wires layed paralell thus the high frequency could pass through) you are sure you have no funny noise on the line (just dial a 0 listen a few seconds if there is silence James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 14/06/2011, at 9:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 14/06/2011, at 6:50 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi everyone I am still being plagued with a big reduction in speed in the evening. Up until 3.20pm it was 162KBs, then went to 90KBs and 50KBs Has anyone else on Hammersley Exchange experienced this? Cheers John Hi John, More details might help you get some advice. What Modem? What sync / attenuation stats is your modem reporting? (Line Speed / Attenuation / Noise details) What MTU setting do you have on your modem router? The MTU setting of your router will lead to performance issues if set too high or too low. The normal MTU (Maximum Transmit Unit) value for most Ethernet Networks is 1500 Bytes, or 1492 Bytes for PPPoE connections. Have you tried an Isolation Test? Isolation Test So, you are on ADSL or ADSL2/2+ and are having some problems, someone has told you to do an isolation test and you have no idea what that is. What is an Isolation test Basically an Isolation test is when you remove all telephony devices in your premises from the phone line. These can include ADSL filters, phones, faxes, answering machines, Foxtel Digital (or any other Digital PayTV), EFTPOS machines, back-to-base alarm systems, dialup modems, medical alterting systems etc – basically anything that plugs into the phone line. After all devices have been removed, plug your ADSL broadband modem directly into the first phone socket into the house, bypassing any ADSL filters/splitters (just to eliminate these as a possible problem). The first socket is generally the one in the common area of the house (kitchen or lounge/front room), but you may have to consider where the line comes into the house and trace it if necessary – especially if multiple sockets have been installed. Use the shortest phone cable you have (ie 1-2m), and try another phone cable if there is no luck with the first. Try various phone sockets in the house if what you think is the first socket doesn't work; it's not impossible for a single socket to have a fault, and if the house has a central filter fitted then some sockets may have no ADSL signal at all by design. Monitor the Internet connection for the difficulty you were
Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet
John, Does your abode have a wireless connection/hub/server, or other servers running of your ADSL connection? Cheers! `RobD... On 15Jun2011, at 10:39 am, John Daniels wrote: Hi James No There is no noise on my line but the attenuation is usually around 60. I am getting about 230KBs this morning (1.84Mbs). The Westnet contractor has been and finds no fault on my line or at the exchange and of course my speed is OK. The drop in speed always occurs when people are home from work or school and weekends particularly. Westnet (iinet) are monitoring the line and will send another technician if the speed drops again. Thank you for your suggestions and input. I will pass on the final result if there is one. Cheers John On 15/06/2011, at 8:19 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: just my 2c to add to Ronni's comment i was called in to followup a problem like this found that the wiring in the 'junction box' in the roof was loose (very poorly done) in an other case there was the connection/ loop through in the kitchen not done (the wires layed paralell thus the high frequency could pass through) you are sure you have no funny noise on the line (just dial a 0 listen a few seconds if there is silence James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 14/06/2011, at 9:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 14/06/2011, at 6:50 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi everyone I am still being plagued with a big reduction in speed in the evening. Up until 3.20pm it was 162KBs, then went to 90KBs and 50KBs Has anyone else on Hammersley Exchange experienced this? Cheers John Hi John, More details might help you get some advice. What Modem? What sync / attenuation stats is your modem reporting? (Line Speed / Attenuation / Noise details) What MTU setting do you have on your modem router? The MTU setting of your router will lead to performance issues if set too high or too low. The normal MTU (Maximum Transmit Unit) value for most Ethernet Networks is 1500 Bytes, or 1492 Bytes for PPPoE connections. Have you tried an Isolation Test? Isolation Test So, you are on ADSL or ADSL2/2+ and are having some problems, someone has told you to do an isolation test and you have no idea what that is. What is an Isolation test Basically an Isolation test is when you remove all telephony devices in your premises from the phone line. These can include ADSL filters, phones, faxes, answering machines, Foxtel Digital (or any other Digital PayTV), EFTPOS machines, back-to-base alarm systems, dialup modems, medical alterting systems etc – basically anything that plugs into the phone line. After all devices have been removed, plug your ADSL broadband modem directly into the first phone socket into the house, bypassing any ADSL filters/splitters (just to eliminate these as a possible problem). The first socket is generally the one in the common area of the house (kitchen or lounge/front room), but you may have to consider where the line comes into the house and trace it if necessary – especially if multiple sockets have been installed. Use the shortest phone cable you have (ie 1-2m), and try another phone cable if there is no luck with the first. Try various phone sockets in the house if what you think is the first socket doesn't work; it's not impossible for a single socket to have a fault, and if the house has a central filter fitted then some sockets may have no ADSL signal at all by design. Monitor the Internet connection for the difficulty you were experiencing to see if it clears. If the problem is still there, refer notes below. If the difficulty you were experiencing clears, then you can connect one filter and one telephony device to your phone line, and monitor your internet connection again for the difficulty you were experiencing. By connecting telephony devices one by one, and testing your internet connection each time when you add another device, this process of elimination should single out the telephony device which causes difficulty with your Internet connection. Bear in mind that since adding a single telephony device will introduce a piece of equipment, a filter and a line cord into the circuit, *any one of these things* could introduce a fault into the circuit – be prepared to swap equipment around and test rigorously. What is the purpose for doing an Isolation test If you are having issues with things like your connection dropping out (modem losing ADSL sync), noise/static on your phone line, slower speeds than usual, then this test can help isolate the issue. All these issues are often caused by some form of interference induced into
Re: Phones and iinet naked
I would suggest the length of ring from commencement to when iiNet answers message needs to be addressed. Remember iiNet's service is first others work in conjunction with. System does work with Panasonic, and all others.. RobD... Encpass life, breathe! On 14/06/2011, at 8:33, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yes that is true and good when away from home but for day to day we favour the answering machine - Our Panasonic is a let down. So what do other people use? tom On 13/06/2011, at 11:58 PM, Eugene de Gouw wrote: Hi Tom, one of the naked options is to use the built in services of iiNet which is to record messages and e-mail it to you. This doesn't require a phone with an answering machine and has the added advantage that you can receive your messages anywhere in the world. Eugene On 13/06/2011, at 8:20 PM, tom samson wrote: we are on iinet naked and we are unhappy with our panasonic phone because it has never recorded messages. So the question is what is a reliable hone to go with our Netcomm modem? We need it to record and not interfere with the modem. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
OCR via iPhone
Evening, Just had this emailed to me and thought of a common thread passing list frequently. So those that own an iPhone, not to sure of capabilities as have not investigated thoroughly yet. http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/06/quickadvice-textgrabber Look forward to some success or not with App, or others that exist. Cheers! `RobD... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Sign or Encrypt Email Messages
Morning, Just a side note this does not stop SPAM as the header cannot be encrypted, some user information is visible. Data is protected with the necessary keys as Ronnie explained so eloquently. ISP's, providers of email services, software companies need to change SMTP ports from 25 to 465 or 587 (Authenticated) for total encrypted email to be achieved. Along with 993 or 994 for IMAP and POP servers. But, this approach also faulty as it depends on what happens other side of server. i.e Connection is SSL tunnelled through use of ports to provider, but other server receiving may not be. So, it gets sent open. A solution as most banks are doing is provide secure Message Board environments; which can link into email via webmail for sensitive information, which deals with email in a closed loop. Hence, supposedly secure?? Allows only import no export out of loop. A myriad of problems with solutions, but are they worth effort, time, and ultimately COST??? Notice how banks are charging for this privilege, and other providers also, for contacting via electronic means? Original post questions ease of creation for email accounts, this authentication process challenges such a creation. Whilst offering owners of server control over whom can authenticate, and verification of such? Cheers! `RobD... On 08Jun2011, at 10:05 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, I’ve changed my reply a more appropriate Subject Heading. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Lion available in July
Morning, Yes, Ronni we hear and agree! Not sure or read any to the contrary, but I would assume Apple has a contingency plan. As even in the good ol USA not everybody is connected to a T1 and beyond. There is still a lot of the country connected via dial up speeds, as with ours not in City Range of Exchanges. Even at home, being 15km from Perth; only ADSL 1 Speeds. Which I suppose is better than dial up, although at 135kbits at best 4GB takes a long time. Then there is issue of file size, maintaining the connection, which for a lot in AU will be an issue. So, partial downloads would have to be advisable times number of machines. Hopefully OS X server Lion edition, Software Updates server connects through App store. I cannot see Apple doing something to remove cash flow even just a little. But then again they keep testing those boundaries, especially in Australia and others outside of US. US OS X Lion $29.99 AU OS X Lion $31.99 US to AU dollar about .95 cents, sustainable until at least next year apparently. Is it not being delivered electronically, even Microsoft allow for variance through Digital distribution. Cheers! `RobD... On 08Jun2011, at 6:35 pm, Pedro wrote: Evening all I feel your pain Ronni I have three machines in this household to update and my Internet in painfully slow thanks to the aging copper wires and the distance I am from the closest exchange I wonder if this link will be of any help http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/ Perhaps some of our Perth members would rent out their super fast ADSL2+ to us poor rural dwellers for a small fee, he he Cheers iPadro On 07/06/2011, at 8:44 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes Daniel, From what I have so far read … I’m NOT happy. The things I did NOT want to happen, but felt would happen … have happened! ;-( Major upgrades direct only from the App Store is not what I wanted, especially for some of my clients. Some of my country clients have slow Networks small download limits. I often need to download the updates on my connection place onto an external drive so I can install for them. I’ll reserve my final judgement until more information becomes available. We MobileMe members from dot.mac days have already received emails informing us of the change to iCloud. Cheers, Ronni On 07/06/2011, at 2:53 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 7/6/11 1:42 AM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Daniel, The following is a cut-and-paste from the Mac Rumuours live coverage of the WWDC keynote address which I was silly enough to stay up for. The excerpt is best read from bottom to top to follow the time sequence. I'll have an espresso thanks. :-D Cheers, Carlo 10:38 am Available for everyone else in July 10:38 am New dev preview today. 10:37 am $29.99 10:37 am Buy once. Install on all macs like all Mac app store apps. 10:37 am 4Gb 10:37 am Lion available only on Mac App Store One thing that annoys me with this,...and this is just my personal opinion,...but for people that are on small downloads are being penalised. I know some clients that have 2GB limits. How are they to get a 4GB download?? And sometimes with it charged at excess rates of 15c/MB that makes the remainder 2GB of the download costing them about $300 if they don't realise. As it's purchased through the Mac App Store, then it's not like you burn it DVD for them or something. Maybe I'm missing something here, and more info will become available later. Sure, maybe for the US where download limits are large and internet is cheap. But unfortunately we still have some low limits here in Australia. Again, maybe I'm missing something, or I'm not keeping up with the times but I just think there should be a couple of options. For those that don't realise or unsure about it, doesn't it leave them out of the loop for Lion? I suppose the other problem I see with this, is if you have to download it is that some clients don't want to do that. They feel more comfortable with hiring someone to come out and do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to sound like I'm complaining about a loss of income or anything. I just know that for some, they may not feel comfortable in downloading and installing. They prefer to call me out to do it. I can't now go out and say,..oh, well I have to sit here for a couple of hours while this downloads. Sure I could say,..well start it downloading and call me when it's finished if you have any problems. I'm guessing that once it's downloaded you can burn the dmg file to install it, but then you wouldn't be able to do that as a) it wouldn't have been paid for, for another client and b) wont' give correct download figures to Apple. Maybe there will be a pay but don't download option. I guess time will tell. Just a couple of things that sprung to mind when I saw it. I mentioned it to another friend of mine who
Re: Moving from Westnet to Bigpond ?
Afternoon, Firstly email will be an issue if using Westnet as server? Open gmail account(s), before switching transfer mail to this service does not matter if IMAP or POP. (Free) IMAP I prefer as stay's on server. (Accessibility) Once Telstra setup move back if necessary? Website if installed, and file server files? Also need to be moved or archived.. Google offers services again for these... Bigpond Settings: Should be set by Teltsra Technician, and on there Install CD. Just visit Installed Modem Page for settings (Technician Show You), but in case ones below are there.. Modem: Protocol: PPPoA VPI: 8 VCI: 35 Username: **@bigpond.com Password: *** Encapsulation method: VC/MUX Authentication Protocol: CHAP Modem IP Address: 0.0.0.0 your choice??? Obtain DNS Automatically: enabled if not... Primary DNS / Secondary DNS: 61.9.242.33 / 61.9.226.33 MTU : 1500 they suggest, I would suggest 1452 lower if inconsistent connection. Email: SettingsResponse email address usern...@bigpond.com email login nameusername Passwordyour password Incoming mail server (IMAP or POP3) Port 110(pop) or 143(imap) mail.bigpond.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP) Port 25 mail.bigpond.com Webmail Login to MyInbox News Server Address (Port 119) News.bigpond.com File Libraryhttp://files.bigpond.com Cheers! `RobD... On 24May2011, at 5:34 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, I have recently applied to move from Westnet to Bigpond. This is a reluctant move and I am only doing so because Bigpond offer ADSL2+ from the Jane Brook Sub Exchange. None of the other ISP's can offer this and the speed issue is quite frankly extremely frustrating. According to both Westnet and iiNet there are no plans for them to change this soon. Anyway my question is this:- I use a D-Link DSL-504T Modem and want to continue using this. I believe Bigpond will be sending me a single outlet modem of some sort (included in the deal). However I want to be able to run my Time Capsule so the D-Link will stay. Does anyone know what settings I need to change in the D-Link 504T to use Bigpond (other than my Login and Password) ? I can see myself in a situation where I can't get Bigpond on the phone or they are not very helpful (I have been spoilt by Westnet) and the Westnet account is finished and I can't get the Bigpond one operating and I have no email to ask for help. DREAD Also what settings need to change in Mail and in Safari (if any) ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Recommendations of OCR software.
Morning, Adobe Acrobat works a treat. I.R.I.S software produces Readiris version 12 being current, cost? Included with quite a few scanners, or download. http://goo.gl/FGZzQ Posted Recently visit Archives.. Cheers! `RobD... On 18May2011, at 7:33 pm, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi everyone, I would like to scan and OCR pages of text, including columns (usually a feature of better software), using a Brother MFC, or any scanner really. Currently using OSX 10.6.7. I have VueScan (full version) and Escan Assist as scanner software. I don't mind paying for the OCR software. Any recommendations or ones to avoid? Thank you for your thoughts, Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone.
Afternoon, Reasoning for Airplane Mode selection is to turn of all services abruptly. Hence, nothing functioning that should drain battery excessively, if at all. So, if battery is faulty it will reveal itself succinctly. So, when the inevitable call is made to apple for warranty replacement, you can explain this process. It saves on a lot of unnecessary phone tests, and questions when dealing with Apple support staff. Time Saving; yours and support... Besides being a standard support function for testing faulty devices, remove unnecessary services pending complaint. Cheers! `RobD... On 12May2011, at 10:47 am, Ronda Brown wrote: On 11/05/2011, at 8:10 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Ronni Thank you both for your prompt replies, Lynette followed your advice Ronni and all working properly as it should. I had already asked Lynette to try using Airport Mode, without thinking about it the iPhone was continuously trying to down load her e-mails and the work area isn't too good for a strong signal, anyway problem solved, thank you again. Hi Tony, You are aware that when airplane mode is ON, appears in the status bar at the top of the screen. No phone, radio, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth signals are emitted from the iPhone and GPS reception is turned off, disabling many of iPhone’s features. You won’t be able to: Make or receive phone calls Get visual voicemail Send or receive email Browse the Internet Sync your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks (MobileMe only) with MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange Send or receive text messages Stream YouTube videos Get stock quotes Get map locations Get weather reports Use the iTunes Store or the App Store I would suggest Lynette would be best to check her Mail settings as I mentioned in my original email. Turn off Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts/calendar, then Fetch New Data turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manually, go to advanced at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone
Hi Tony, Hold the power button, and home button together until phone resets. Apple icon appears. This hopefully will reset your iPhone inform of outcome. Cheers! `RobD... On 12May2011, at 7:06 pm, Tony Francis wrote: Helloo again. We now have another problem, today using the iPhone Lynette held down the button on top to turn the phone off, possibly held the button down to long, she now has the wheel of death spinning away quite happily but we can't stop it, we have tried connecting the phone to the computer, iTunes, but iTunes won't let us open the iPhone section. So what has Lynette done wrong? Thanks guy's Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone Battery.
Afternoon, Yes advice by Ronni, but also the WiFi constantly searching is another. So in settings the three big ones are together being WiFi, Notifications, and Location Services. Simple way to check if faulty battery switch on Airplane Mode see if battery life as bad? Cheers! `RobD... On 11May2011, at 1:08 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tony, A few settings you could check before thinking it could be a faulty battery. How have you got your iPhone setup … What settings do you have on your iPhone? Have you got “Push” notifications on? Or “Fetch” set to a short time interval? Do you Apps that are still running in the background? Turn off your Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts, then Fetch turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manual, go to advance at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Another thing I’ve found is If you have “Location” set to ON and you drive around in a car, your battery drains rapidly while the GPS is constantly updating your position. Optimise Your Settings: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 11/05/2011, at 12:29 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Fellow Wamuggers Has anyone experienced a problem with their battery going flat after only a couple of hours use? We have just purchased an iPhone 4 and the battery is almost flat after a few hours, I can't find a reason for it, other than a faulty battery. Thanks to one and all Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: modem settings for bigpond
Afternoon, Non Standard not really, I would not treat this as gospel?? Bigponds home page provides the settings for DNS and Preferred ADSL Encapsulation Method PPPoE??or A etc... You will run into issues with your primary LAN, with netmask as such 239.255.255.250? DNS Primary is correct and Manual is Secondary(SA). Secondary is ACT, but will still work just a little lag... UPnP disable, unless there is a necessity for it to be activated. Bypasses firewall so you will not know of intruders. If it is a necessity I would find ways of monitoring or controlling what or how will use it? If Possible... Modem default information is provided on manufacturers website. Cheers! `RobD... On 06May2011, at 12:17 pm, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hello wamugger here the result regarding usung a non telstra modem with big pond there is no need to call bigpond support because if it's not a bigpond modem then there is no support given ! but it's important to dig this http://bigpond.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17143 as Peter mention bigpond is using specialized settings these dns settings ! must ! be typed in when setting up the modem, w/o dns12 the modem will not connect, but you see flashing leds dns1 61.9.226.33 (manual input) dns2 61.9.242.33 (primary dns from remote server) dns3 61.9.207.1 (secondary dns from remote server) these settings vary from state to state! above are the WA settings dsl: g.dmt lan: 192.168.1.1 (modems webpage adress for dynalink) wan: vpi/vci 8/35, PPPoA VCMUX, nat enabled, local wan ip 58.167.225.78 dynamic routing rip disabled igmp proxy: primary lan yes 239.255.255.250 upnp igd function : enabled usern...@bigpond.com password i recommend to all bigpond adsl cable users to keep this email the webpage info for in case of modem failure because of the non-standard settings thanks to Rhonda Peter James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 03/05/2011, at 8:11 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 02/05/2011, at 8:50 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hello Wamuggers the modem (siemens 4200) died over the weekend, there is no access to the modem (internal webpage) anymore i replaced it with a dynalink rta220 ( i have the manual for this) question: does anyone can tell me what the settings are to be used for bigpond i tested the modem with the standard settings (pppoa, name pw) and was able to connect to iinet, but no connection to bigpond, the dsl light is on my macbook shows ethernet, network settings isp on green but internet server on red within the diagnostic (osx .6.7 macbook intel7) James Hi James, Here are the generic settings as listed on Bigpond (after much digging around - they don't make it straightforward to use any modems but the ones they supply!): Settings Response ADSL Usernameusern...@bigpond.com Password your password EncapsulationPPPoA VCMUX PPPOE/LLC NOTE: We recommend using PPPoA/VC Mux as it tends to be (theoretically) a little faster for customers though both should work fine Authentication methodCHAP ADSL1: G.DMT (This modulation will only allow speeds up to 8Mb/s ADSL2+: Select ADSL2+ or Auto VPI (Virtual path identifier)8 VCI (Virtual channel identifier) 35 Modem IP 10.0.0.138 (2wire, Siemens, Thomson) From my experience, the settings that make the difference are the VPI and VCI settings. For your reference, I found this at http://bigpond.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17143 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: MBP Memory upgrade
Morning, Late Reply. Holidays and stuff, http://www.maxfixit.com.au/shop/ an Australian version of OWC USA, parts are Guaranteed accordingly. Ram Lifetime and Apple approved as with USA store, pricing at moment is unbelievable. Many other Apple bits and pieces, externals are great, especially Taurus which has crazy pricing at moment. Australia Post delivery, so fairly quick. Cheers! `RobD... On 28Apr2011, at 12:51 pm, Michael Hawkins wrote: I bought a 4Gb module over the internet from OWC for $80, for a 17MacBook Pro. The website includes a video showing how to instal the RAM. Regards, Michael Hawkins. From: lynn...@westnet.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:41:06 +0800 (WST) To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: MBP Memory upgrade Hi Eugene Might wanna try Craig bruce at MaxStyle... Not sure if his south perth store is still there, but hes got another one in myarree. on leach highway, next to JB hifi... - Original Message - From: Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 28 April, 2011 12:11:45 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: MBP Memory upgrade Hi all, I have looked at the archives and have had no success on this one. Is there a local (Perth) store/dealer that is recommended for purchasing 4Gb of memory for a MacBookPro 17 2008 model? It currently has 2 x 1Gb in the slots. It is for a friend and she will need it installed. Daniel is out of town at the moment and Macs4U are a bit pricey. On a positive note she was experiencing intermittent computer display and freezing problems and to me it looked like a graphics card error. She was just 1 month out of a 3 year extended warranty. She went to the genius bar this morning and Apple has come to the party and will perform a mother board upgrade even though it is out of warranty. Good on you Apple!! Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Seagate external drive
Morning, When formatting make it FAT32 and it will read and write on all OS platforms. i.e WIN in all variants, Linux, UNIX, BSD variants and of course OS X. And before we all start the NIX versions have to have kernel configured as thus, same as one can build an OS X kernel enabling NTFS read and write, I know it can read already. NTFS not advisable to trigger write though MS has strange hierarchal information which does not seem to transfer well. Same with Mac OS Extended in Win environment. Sorry for transgressing, but if used purely in OS X I would suggest Mac OS X journaled a far superior and OS specific file format, journaled means drive, hence information can recover itself in a failed situation normally restart after power failure and others? (FSCK) google will learn invaluable information. Do not panic normally one does not do this as OS takes care of for us these days??? While on suggestions utilise Firewire less likely loss of Data, and to fail although they do, but not as often with USB. Cheers! `RobD... On 25Apr2011, at 11:52 pm, Maria Obiageli Chukwu-Ike wrote: Hi alex, My experience with the external hard drives is that the formatting is important. Macs can only read from a windows formatted hard drive but they cannot write to it. If you do want to use the hard drive as you normally use it in windows (I.e read from it and write to it) then you will need to format it on the Mac (as per the instructions provided by Roger)..however once this is done, you will not be able to use that external hard drive in a windows environment.. Hope this helps On 4/25/11, rkor...@iinet.net.au rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Alex I would assume its connected via USB? Attach the drive to the Mac (Will she need to use the drive on Windows in the future? if not then its best to format the drive) To do this go to the applications folder then open the utilities folder and double click on the disk utility.app a window will open and you should see the seagate drive in the lefthand column. Select it and click on the erase tab, the format should be Mac OS Extended(Journaled) Once this is done it should be fine to use :) Roger On Mon Apr 25 21:46 , Alex aln...@highway1.com.au sent: Hello WAMUG friends, my daughter, who recently bought a MacBook Pro after having a Windows laptop for some years, has been given a USB 2.0 Seagate external drive (model name starts with an E - Expansion?). Now the box does say that it requires a Windows OS no mention of Mac compatibility. However, my understanding was that Macs can see access Windows- formatted disks, eg thumb drives, floppies in the old days, etc. When she connected the drive, it mounted we could see it the contents of the drive (some system files, info files .exe programme), but when she tried to copy files from the Mac to the drive, nothing happened. When dragging the files across to the drive, all that happened was that you could see the file ghosting back to where it came from with no message or anything. Can someone please explain whether it can be made accessible how, or is this a lost cause? Also, what has changed, considering the previously stated accessibility at least from the Mac perspective? Cheers, many thanks in advance for your assistance, Alex -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Sent from my mobile device Cheers! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??
Morning, Thank's Ronnie for the info for ejecting a thumb drive,correctly. Reason for doing this is to empty all directories/folders including hidden directories/folders. OS X has hidden folders those that are preceded by a dot hence .Trashes where those files appeared from. Spotlight and other applications or Services utilise such folders also. Viewable within terminal, by typing ls -a at prompt then drag icon at top of finder folder opened at said device. Looking something like this within terminal at prompt ls - a /volumes/Lexar then enter which reveals all folders on drive, including . or ._. etc So, unless Ronnie's procedures are followed you still have files in .Trashes or more, also this is what recovery programs and FSCK use to rebuild drives. When viewing these devices within windows they will appear also with other appendices. Cheers! `RobD... On 26Apr2011, at 6:40 am, Kevin wrote: I recently had the same problem with phantom photos appearing on a thumb drive at Harvey Norman. I had previously deleted all the files on the drive and then loaded some pics I wanted to print. The phantom pics didn't appear on the drive. I was able to print the ones I wanted and when I returned home, formatted the drive on a PC to Fat23. That seemed to do the trick. No more ghosties. Regards Kevin Good morning all I came in to write my query, which is a little odd, and saw the correspondence on the Seagate external drive. This query is very similar to mine I think, but maybe slightly different, so I have given mine a different heading. I have carried my USB sticks with me for many years, everywhere I have gone basically, and quite often copied photos from my (then) Windows onto mainly friends/families Windows, and back to my PC or to (eg) Officeworks, Harvey Norman to copy and print photos. (Obviously, about 5 years ago this became to and from my Mac, to their Windows or Macs). Very recently (because I had a feeling that my USB stick was not quite right) I took my small external hard drive to Officeworks with a batch of photos for printing, to learn that apparently because the formatting was done on a Mac, I could not copy the photos onto one of their machines. So I bought a new USB stick from Officeworks, came home, copied the photos I wanted onto this, and had the batch of photos successfully printed. A few days later, I copied a batch of photos from my husband's Mac and transferred them onto my Mac. **This set of photo had been downloaded onto his Mac by a DVD and had - I assume -come from a Windows PC). Next I deleted that batch of photos from my USB stick. When it showed up empty in Finder I copied 121 photos onto it, including about 30 from the batch as in the above paragraph. About a week later I went back to Officeworks to have my 121 photos printed. When I inserted my USB stick all appeared well and they downloaded right up to the point where I had put my name, address and so on. Very strange though, it said there were 500 odd photos. Being distracted at the time because I was due to meet someone, I assumed I had downloaded more photos than I had realised, and just proceeded. Then the machine threw a big hissy fit and declared there has been a fatal error and shut down. The girl behind the counter did not know why and suggested I use another machine, which I did, and all went through (still showing over 500 photos though). Came the time to pick the photos and off I went home and laid them out - yes there were over 500 photos, nearly all of them from the large batch downloaded from the DVD set, which had been deleted from the USB stick and which did not show up in Finder. There were duplicates and triplicates of some of these. So I believed my USB stick was corrupt, and deleted everything from it. It is on my desk now and I believe it should just hit the bin. Before I deleted everything showing I checked and yes, it definitely only showed 121 items. In the future then is it necessary to format USB sticks if I am only copying from my Mac onto other Macs? I do not think I have formatted my USB sticks ever, certainly not for many years. Is it going to be possible to copy photos from my Mac to a PC and/or vice versa? I have done this in the past with no problems, though not recently. Thanks for any suggestions, enjoy the rest of our little holiday break. Peta -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The
Re: Text-recognition software recommendation
Acrobat Pro, does a fine job!! On 13Apr2011, at 11:35 am, Ray Forma wrote: Do you have any recommendations for text-recognition software that will run natively on a 64-bit Intel Mac? If so, please let me know. I need such an application to convert standard scanned images to text files. Currently I have OmniPage SE that came as a freebie when G5s were top-of-the-wozza, but am getting ready for MacOS 10.7, which apparently will no longer support PowerPC-only applications. Unfortunately, OmniPage SE is a Power-PC only application. The current OmniPage website has no information about any version of OmniPage for MacOS 10. It seems that they now only support Widows. I do realise that one solution would be to have two disk partitions; one with MacOS 10.7, and one with MacOS 10.6, and booting to the older one when I want to run legacy applications. However, it would be nice to avoid such inefficiency. Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Wireless network range extender
Morning Peter, Ok, so there is an ethernet cable running between Time Capsule (TC) and Linksys (L) at other end of house? TC connect cable to one of the ethernet ports not the WAN port, same with L. Connect computer to one end via ethernet again not WAN Check devices IP address through Terminal and ping known IP address, otherwise Terminal and type ifconfig -a listing all devices connected to your machine - network? Last resort Reset device and utilise manufacturers default. Following information is added via devices online Setup page via IP addresses you have just found or know through favourite browser, would suggest Firefox or Opera. IP address needs to be same for each device, so under network set static and the IP address suggest 192.168.1.1 for one and 192.168.1.2 for other if you have other numbers in place utilise that. DHCP not best choice at moment get devices setup within network first then switch, I would not do for devices SECURITY RISK. So now we have devices connected seeing each other? Add gateway IP address for internet or intranet to network settings by adding gateway address of device for which provides such and the DNS would be what provides this too said device. Now you should be able to see internet or intranet? Later I would set DHCP to provide addresses for devices connecting to AP's wirelessly, but not actual AP. But AP can be a DHCP server. Within Wireless area Set Wireless specification to N on both unless you have mixed devices then set to mixed or whatever units specify. Yes wireless will default to slowest specification in use at time. Wireless Security is set to WPA2 with AES algorithm, same key/password on each unit. Add SSID name again same on each unit, this is what identifies this network. Do not hide, waste of time, and difficult for Apple products to find. This should connect devices as a wired network and a wireless network. Now wireless devices will connect using your gateway and DNS settings previously applied to network; or as mentioned setup for DHCP within network somewhere. The devices might have settings under different headings or labels, but this should give you a start. Forget bridging as it has a specific purpose which is definitely not needed in this scenarios. WDS or as Apple puts it, if using there devices Extend Wireless Network, would be less problematic. But, it does come with overheads slowing network down, but could be fine for this scenario. Your time your decision. Cheers! `RobD... On 03Apr2011, at 7:45 am, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Rob, thanks for this. Are you able to make the notes more idiot proof - ie step by step connection and configuration process? I googled each of the acronyms you noted here and now have a basic understanding of what they mean but I have never been comfortable in getting networks established. Lots of trouble in the past for me. I will have a look at it now and see how I go. Regards Peter... On 02/04/2011, at 8:27 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Cable connecting AP's. WPA2 Personnel Shared Key with AES algorithms same for both AP's. SSID again same for both machines, do not worry about hiding actually slows down network whilst achieving nothing. Different IP address, but on same subnet. i.e 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with 255.255.255.0 this you can play to determine how many IP's you require to connect with AP's. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/ WDS can be utilised without cable connecting routers, but come with overheads approximately half bandwidth. Very simplified explanation, more information if required. Cheers! `RobD... On 02Apr2011, at 7:40 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have a house which necessarily has my Time capsule up one end of the house where the study is located. This makes the wireless signal pretty weak up the other end and I want to correct this. I happen to have a surplus and unused Linksys 'N' modem-router bought at a time when I thought my existing D-Link modem router was playing up. It turned out my DNS server assignments had never been set up but I digress. I hope to use the Linksys as an extender by plugging a network cable into one of the router ports of the Time Capsule and then down the other end of the house into the Linksys unit (router port or phone port not sure) but more concerning is the set up procedure to get the Linksys working as another wireless network down the far end of the house. I presume others have done this and may have some experiences or comments about how to do this. I skimmed through the set up instructions and noted a Bridge mode set up and maybe this is it but generally the manual assumes it is the only modem/router in the house. Thanks if anyone has any advice or wisdom on this. Peter... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http
Re: Wireless network range extender
Morning, Cable connecting AP's. WPA2 Personnel Shared Key with AES algorithms same for both AP's. SSID again same for both machines, do not worry about hiding actually slows down network whilst achieving nothing. Different IP address, but on same subnet. i.e 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with 255.255.255.0 this you can play to determine how many IP's you require to connect with AP's. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/ WDS can be utilised without cable connecting routers, but come with overheads approximately half bandwidth. Very simplified explanation, more information if required. Cheers! `RobD... On 02Apr2011, at 7:40 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have a house which necessarily has my Time capsule up one end of the house where the study is located. This makes the wireless signal pretty weak up the other end and I want to correct this. I happen to have a surplus and unused Linksys 'N' modem-router bought at a time when I thought my existing D-Link modem router was playing up. It turned out my DNS server assignments had never been set up but I digress. I hope to use the Linksys as an extender by plugging a network cable into one of the router ports of the Time Capsule and then down the other end of the house into the Linksys unit (router port or phone port not sure) but more concerning is the set up procedure to get the Linksys working as another wireless network down the far end of the house. I presume others have done this and may have some experiences or comments about how to do this. I skimmed through the set up instructions and noted a Bridge mode set up and maybe this is it but generally the manual assumes it is the only modem/router in the house. Thanks if anyone has any advice or wisdom on this. Peter... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Introducing Toast 11 - Now Faster, Easier, and Packed with New Features
Morning Merv, As explained before do not know, and have lodged a support question with Roxio to no actual upgrade path in AU. Forums have reported that this item can be upgraded at US online store paying US dollars. Just do not change locality and keep aware of Roxio shifting you to an AU or EU site. At moment if you utilise this code there is another 15% ROXIOSTORE15 I can not confirm this eventuates as I do not use Toast except for TiVo synchronisation, thrown in with package by JB HiFi, and not upgraded since initial purchase of TiVo some time ago. Cheers! `RobD... On 10Mar2011, at 2:40 pm, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Ronni et alt When I opened the received email below it showed $69.99 for Titanium and $99.99 for Pro. Because the US and AU $s are at parity I assumed the cost would be close to these numbers in AU$s. On the purchase page there was the opportunity to identify country and when I inserted Australia the figures changed to those you noted, Ronni. I was surprised at the doubling of the price. Does anyone know the rationale for this? Merv Original Message Subject: Introducing Toast 11 - Now Faster, Easier, and Packed with New Features Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:02:24 -0800 From: Roxio ro...@roxioemail.com Reply-To: ro...@roxioemail.com To: m...@iinet.net.au Please add ro...@roxioemail.com mailto:ro...@roxioemail.com to your address book. Click here http://email.roxio.com/hostedemail/email.htm?h=fdcc3f10e62abe84db1e0dcc4126b26aCID=4853939656ch=776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388 if you are unable to view this email. *NEW!* Redesigned user interface built-in video tutorials *NEW!* Up to 2x faster H.264 video conversion *NEW!* Internet and Mac audio capture— without the application sounds *NEW!* Multiple drive support for burning copying *NEW!* Preserve original subtitles when converting video for iPad or iPhone *NEW!* Span Audio CD projects across multiple discs *FREE!* Blu-ray Disc Plug-in for Blu-ray and DVD video authoring *NEW!* Fotomagico™ 3 RE for spectacular photo video stories in HD BIAS SoundSoap™ 2 SE and *NEW!* Toast Plug-in for noise removal SmartSound Sonicfire™ Pro 5 for creating awesome custom soundtracks Blu-ray Disc Plug-in for Blu-ray and DVD video authoring Learn more about Toast 11 Family http://email.roxio.com/ct/4069903:4853939656:m:1:397602124:776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388 » Please note that this email address is for outgoing email from Roxio/Sonic only. Offer is subject to change without notice. Privacy http://email.roxio.com/ct/4069904:4853939656:m:1:397602124:776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388 | Terms of Use http://email.roxio.com/ct/4069905:4853939656:m:1:397602124:776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388 | Contact Us http://email.roxio.com/ct/4069906:4853939656:m:1:397602124:776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388 Sonic Solutions // 7250 Redwood Blvd, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 // USA © 2011 Sonic Solutions. All rights reserved. Roxio, Sonic Solutions and Roxio Toast are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks and logos used are owned by their respective owners. This product may be protected by one or more of the US and/or foreign patents listed at www.sonic.com/innovation/patents http://email.roxio.com/ct/4069907:4853939656:m:1:397602124:776DC34B1CB953AD2D6121BAD7500388. This message was sent to m...@iinet.net.au If you do not wish to receive this type of communication from Roxio please click here. http://email.roxio.com/clients/roxio/clupdate.htm?eemail=m...@iinet.net.au_mh=fdcc3f10e62abe84db1e0dcc4126b26a http://email.roxio.com/clients/roxio/clupdate.htm?eemail=m...@iinet.net.au_mh=fdcc3f10e62abe84db1e0dcc4126b26a -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Toast 11
Not sure why this differentiation, but has been highlighted before. Apple is a huge culprit with iTunes and App store, which I am grateful for US established account saves huge dollars. Adobe same huge differences when recognises Au. Microsoft one of the few which actually is cheaper for some online store software mainly academic versions of OS's from themselves. Yes they are all download sites, only issue Apple representative put forward was for iTunes local licensing agreements for music. ?? But yes we definitely pay extra for all software digitally downloaded and definitely boxed, WHY?? I have never been given a reasonable response except for exchange rate, but in recent times we have been sailing very close to US Dollar and improved dramatically against EU. Which brings me too Toast which I believe licensing for AU comes through the EU hence such a hike? I would suggest give it a day or two and try the US based eSoftware sites for a copy. Cheers! `RobD On 10Mar2011, at 11:30 am, Merv Bond wrote: Yesterday I received an email advising of Toast 11. Toast Titanium was shown as US$69.99 Upgrading from Toast 10 was US$76. I started ordering the download and everything was fine until I identified my country as Australia and the price went to AU$149. I did not proceed with the purchase. Can anyone please explain the price doubling? Did you have your pancakes on Tuesday? Merv -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Warning: Apple Store Fishing Attack Adobe, Edition
Morning Kyle, Thanks, have received same forwarded to Apple Australia and Apple USA with captured addresses. Cheers! RobD... On 28Jan2011, at 5:13 pm, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi, All (GMUG) and WAMUG I felt compelled to warn people that there is currently an Apple Store fishing attack regarding Cheap versions of Adobe products, All day I have been receiving several e-mails at several different e-mail accounts That look like they're from the Apple Store. Clicking on links in the e-mails (not recommended) send you to a website that looks exactly like the Apple Store but it is not they ask you to log in so they can capture your Apple login details. Also in a couple of the other e-mails They take you to a website that looks like an Apple webpage That then tells you we are redirecting you to one of our partners online stores. -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] - Check Out My New Website For Articles And Other Great information. Website: http://kylekreusch.co.cc/ - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Wireless/Airport network on iMac faulty?
Morning, Sounds like a DNS issue, check that the DNS for ethernet is same as your Airport setup within Network Settings advance. Cheers! `RobD On 17Jan2011, at 1:58 pm, Denise Williams wrote: Hi All Firstly, thanks to Jane Rhonda for their advice RE unlocking my iphone for USA - all is on track there (after spending over 2 hours waiting on a call to 3 - no info' about unlocking an iphone is on their web page). Anyway I STILL have a big problem with my wireless network on my iMac (thanks Bob Howells for your email). I have had to buy a new modem (broke aerial on last one). Tried a new Dlink a new Netgear, both the latest. No luck with them. Have been using my neighbour's modem with an ethernet cable and all goes well. Problems start as soon as I want to go wireless. Current situation: Received new BOB wireless modem from iinet this morning. Went through ALL the instructions with very helpful guy at iinet. Once again, all works well with ethernet cable. We then unplugged that and after trying for an hour, using every config avail, to get the wireless in my iMac to automatically connect, we then had to go MANUAL connect, using all the numbers he provided to me. Hey VOILA I have Safari and Entourage working and all looks good. EXCEPT when I want to go further than the first 2 pages of a web site. I can view my accounts on say ANZ, but when I want to transfer money between accounts, nothing happens when I press 'CONFIRM'. The page isn't frozen, but I can't go forward. I also can't send emails but I can receive them. (I'll have to plug my mac into neighbour's modem to send this email). IiNet seem to think it's a problem with my Mac's wireless setup. I have an iMac using OS 10.5.8 and Safari 5.0.3. What could be wrong with my wireless network? When I go to the little signal icon, top right of screen, and look at airport, it says it is ON. When I go to Network Preferences it says AIRPORT ON. So I'm able to open web pages but can't keep going further with them. I'm tearing my hair out. Have spent at least 20hours trying to fix all this. I know my system has a lot of fonts all over the place (unfortunately I don't use a font management programme and I know I should). Could this be causing a problem? I will happily get someone to come and fix things but I fly to USA on Wed so that will have to wait. But I'd like to have things running properly while I'm away. ANY advice welcomed - thanks all - you're a great bunch of 'nerds'!!! Where would I be without you. TIA Denise Williams Trigg ph 0417184592 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Wireless/Airport network on iMac faulty? II
Further to DNS issue, each network device must have it's own profile; System Preferences - Network - Drop down box. Make sure you have separate profile for each device if not create for each device. But Wireless should be utilising different IP and will definitely have different MAC address, remembering that wireless once connection is made it needs to sync to AP with whatever security protocol has been put in place also frequency used i.e G, N, or B? Cheers! `RobD... On 18Jan2011, at 6:37 am, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Sounds like a DNS issue, check that the DNS for ethernet is same as your Airport setup within Network Settings advance. Cheers! `RobD On 17Jan2011, at 1:58 pm, Denise Williams wrote: Hi All Firstly, thanks to Jane Rhonda for their advice RE unlocking my iphone for USA - all is on track there (after spending over 2 hours waiting on a call to 3 - no info' about unlocking an iphone is on their web page). Anyway I STILL have a big problem with my wireless network on my iMac (thanks Bob Howells for your email). I have had to buy a new modem (broke aerial on last one). Tried a new Dlink a new Netgear, both the latest. No luck with them. Have been using my neighbour's modem with an ethernet cable and all goes well. Problems start as soon as I want to go wireless. Current situation: Received new BOB wireless modem from iinet this morning. Went through ALL the instructions with very helpful guy at iinet. Once again, all works well with ethernet cable. We then unplugged that and after trying for an hour, using every config avail, to get the wireless in my iMac to automatically connect, we then had to go MANUAL connect, using all the numbers he provided to me. Hey VOILA I have Safari and Entourage working and all looks good. EXCEPT when I want to go further than the first 2 pages of a web site. I can view my accounts on say ANZ, but when I want to transfer money between accounts, nothing happens when I press 'CONFIRM'. The page isn't frozen, but I can't go forward. I also can't send emails but I can receive them. (I'll have to plug my mac into neighbour's modem to send this email). IiNet seem to think it's a problem with my Mac's wireless setup. I have an iMac using OS 10.5.8 and Safari 5.0.3. What could be wrong with my wireless network? When I go to the little signal icon, top right of screen, and look at airport, it says it is ON. When I go to Network Preferences it says AIRPORT ON. So I'm able to open web pages but can't keep going further with them. I'm tearing my hair out. Have spent at least 20hours trying to fix all this. I know my system has a lot of fonts all over the place (unfortunately I don't use a font management programme and I know I should). Could this be causing a problem? I will happily get someone to come and fix things but I fly to USA on Wed so that will have to wait. But I'd like to have things running properly while I'm away. ANY advice welcomed - thanks all - you're a great bunch of 'nerds'!!! Where would I be without you. TIA Denise Williams Trigg ph 0417184592 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Tool to measure data use on home network to individual connections
Hi Kyle, Bandwidth allocation has many different names pending on whom scripted it. ClearOS or Ebox/Zentyal being full bodied network Firewall/Gateway covers many other areas as well is simply bandwidth manager with an ACL time control for users. IPcop being the most simplistic Firewall/Gateway to install and maintain is Traffic Shaping. PFSense has a selection of programs. All the above can utilise Ntop which is the one program that will easily fulfil the requirements of original thread. But, as mentioned previously network has to pass through one Gateway device enabling Ntop or IPtraf to record information. Then as mentioned by James there are various connotations to take into consideration, but Ntop does break traffic down into IP local and remote as best as possible considering DNS also port numbers so various games, software, or daemons can be identified. Further to this discussion I would install IPcop from very old PC based machinery about 1 GB of memory sufficient just burn cd then boot from and it will install then all other aspects are self explanatory very safe and easily maintained. It monitors network, controls throughput and other wonderful things. DansGuardian being a Web Proxy, DNS management tool to supposedly stop exposure to unwanted websites and spam has management. This as OpenDNS forces traffic through an exit then scans traffic utilising list being Black and White editable via client or manufacturer allowing or disallowing accordingly. OpenDNS and Dans Guardian with other variants are very dangerous tools to trust as it works of various Black and White lists, this also removes you from local DNS provided by ISP which could possibly add to significant charges for downloads you thought are free? Besides offering owners of DNS servers an easy way to phish your network... Cheers! `RobD... On 30Dec2010, at 11:09 am, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi, Tim and Rob Rob: Thank you for the backup As I mentioned earlier: As I looked into this several years ago on Whirlpool and other places. most software packages were ineffective. Most people that are doing this on their home networks are using a Linux Box that they have built themselves as most of the software can only detect data that is going through that machine. The Linux Box would go between their modem/router and ethernet switch OR wireless access point. AND I can tell you I don't think there's any consumer modem/router or switches that can do this. I believe in a high-end network they would do something similar as mentioned above it would either be a dedicated server OR a Switche that had this capability built-in (is that even possible) OR some kind of a Soft Appliance. (I think that's the correct term) Anyway to get back on track, There is plenty of software packages for Mac and Windows that you can install on each machine to monitor that machines network traffic. But there is no physical way to monitor all the traffic on the physical network unless it goes through one Central computer Ronda, has posted one of the best suggestions so far (it would be great if I also wasn't having download problems) I haven't been able to confirm it yet but it looks like they have two applications one that you install on each computer (Mac) that looks like it can report usage to a centralised location but this application does not have a Windows version so there would be no way to get the windows computers current usage you will need to find a program that can do this on Windows most likely not one and then you have to merge both datapoints together. Before getting into one of the ways I have done this in the past: I thought I should mention OpenDNS is a great service and has lots of features including stats on what websites you have visited it will tell you how many times the website has been visited unfortunately it will not tell you how much physical data was transferred but could be useful to track what websites are being looked at to give you a better view of things. What I have done previously at another clients place is to rout all the network traffic through one of the mac's temporarily to get an idea of network usage this is not a great solution but works good enough as a temporary one. (let me know if you want to give this a go) Rob: buy any chance you don't know the name of the software that you can use to set custom bandwidth limits and allocate a certain amount of usage to each machine is called. Apologies for the bad punctuation cannot be bothered fixing it -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] - Check Out My New Website For Articles And Other Great
Re: Tool to measure data use on home network to individual connections
Morning Apologies for not responding sooner. IPTraf and Ntop I should have explained are tools available within servers, but OS X being a FreeBSD environment means it can utilise with a little effort. Your problem will be that not one machine is the gateway except modem, so data collected being log-files is not definable as reliable output for said results. Ntop does provide information in a GUI HTML produced document via local address, and IPTraf gets deep within tracking usage, maybe not as pretty but a lot more intensive. But as previously stated, there is not one computer being the Gateway. Network Analyser and OpenDNS are forces you are opening your system for others to take advantage off, treat with due care. Net Monitor requires product to be installed on machines logging in and out including separate licenses, similar issues again and no gateway. I would suggest in your situation to investigate the probability of a Gateway server on a dedicated machine, then control of your network is possible without opening up doors that do not need to be opened. I have many solutions, most free. But do take a little planning and effort to maintain and initially put in place. IPcop:- Best choice very simple to install and maintain, great support via mailing list. Utilises antiquated PC's a bonus.. Addons like IPTraf and Ntop available. ClearOS: Current choice of the pack for modern offices whom require a SAMBA solution. Requires more modern components. PFsense: Current Firewall I use very strong and definable to situation with addons to enhance distro a little horsepower if using addons. But to answer initial question you have to monitor each individual devices log-files then produce an output. Nothing simple comes to mind especially across platforms as most whom require this run dedicated servers, which utilise above mentioned sniffer style programs and then some. Cheers! `RobD... On 29Dec2010, at 6:56 pm, Tim Law wrote: Thanks Rob, How is your home network setup i.e., server software or distribution? The best answer I can give was in my original posting: I have 5 Mac devices, two PC laptops and occasionally an Xbox, that are connected via ethernet or wifi to my home network and to the internet through Bigpond Cable. The Cable router is a Netgear Wireless Cable Modem Gateway CG814WG Following your suggestion, I've looked at Ntop and IPTraf, both of which seem to be more suited to command line geeks, which I am not. http://iptraf.seul.org/ info page was last updated in 2005 and appears to be a Linux app with no reference to OSX http://www.ntop.org/overview.html I've downloaded this, but I cannot figure out how to instal it. There are Unix command lines that are beyond my level of knowledge. I've given up on this app. I'm quite surprised there isn't an easy to use programme that allows us to view where the internet quota is being used. If these processes can be read by command line Unix tools, then how come someone ingenious soul hasn't put a GUI on top of it and marketed it? Tim On 29/12/2010, at 8:27 AM, Rob Davies wrote: How is your home network setup i.e., server software or distribution? Many options available as all machines record usage Mac for instance has many logs as do Win$. Activity Monitor, is one way of checking individual machines if on same network one can log into machine whilst on to view. Other solutions are Ntop, IPTraf both can be run from OS X, but it depends on which machine is the server allowing access to internet as this is point of contact or Router/Modem which also can be used for monitoring... Cheers! `RobD On 23Dec2010, at 9:45 am, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I have 5 Mac devices, two PC laptops and occasionally an Xbox, that are connected via ethernet or wifi to my home network and to the internet through Bigpond Cable. I am trying to determine where the main data munchers are, or as least to confirm my suspicions that it is the PC laptops with attached 17 and 21yo sons playing Starcraft etc. !! I've not been able to find any software that is effective at monitoring data traffic to individual machines. WebSpy SOHO looks like it might do the job, but is still in development and doesn't work on OSX properly yet. I would have thought routers would have logged this data, and an app could be made to compile this, but apparently it's not that simple Any tips welcome. Ta Tim BTW, my neighbour solved this issue with a password change on the router, and gifting his three children wireless sticks with one month of data on it. After that, they paid for their own! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh
Re: Tool to measure data use on home network to individual connections
How is your home network setup i.e., server software or distribution? Many options available as all machines record usage Mac for instance has many logs as do Win$. Activity Monitor, is one way of checking individual machines if on same network one can log into machine whilst on to view. Other solutions are Ntop, IPTraf both can be run from OS X, but it depends on which machine is the server allowing access to internet as this is point of contact or Router/Modem which also can be used for monitoring... Cheers! `RobD On 23Dec2010, at 9:45 am, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I have 5 Mac devices, two PC laptops and occasionally an Xbox, that are connected via ethernet or wifi to my home network and to the internet through Bigpond Cable. I am trying to determine where the main data munchers are, or as least to confirm my suspicions that it is the PC laptops with attached 17 and 21yo sons playing Starcraft etc. !! I've not been able to find any software that is effective at monitoring data traffic to individual machines. WebSpy SOHO looks like it might do the job, but is still in development and doesn't work on OSX properly yet. I would have thought routers would have logged this data, and an app could be made to compile this, but apparently it's not that simple Any tips welcome. Ta Tim BTW, my neighbour solved this issue with a password change on the router, and gifting his three children wireless sticks with one month of data on it. After that, they paid for their own! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: SMS/iPhone
Stuart, This is to reset communications via service provider i.e. being Phone calls, Voicemail, and SMS through providers networks being 3g or other frequencies. It sounds like to me you are having issues with email, make sure of protocol POP or IMAP? I find the easiest setup for email servers on mobile devices is to utilise Google servers, as they allow port 587 meaning it will bypass all provider servers and is very secure both directions. Cheers! `RobD.. On 19Dec2010, at 7:16 am, Stuart Breden wrote: Tried that but not work. Now got a message Cannot Get Mail. The mail server mail.me.com is not responding. Verify that you have entered the correct account info in the Mils settings. I have the correct MobileMe account in the setting and this address as the POP Account. No other accounts in Add Accounts. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 19/12/2010, at 6:39 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Reset - Home+Power until Apple logo appears, I find turning phone on/off does not reset communications succinctly. I have noticed iPhone 4 does lock up quite significantly, missing calls and SMS's. Apps seem fine and phone feels as it is working but the whole purpose of owning being a phone goes into stealth mode. Oblivious to situation, people are obtrusive after finally contacting sometime later. Embarrassing whilst trying to decipher messages when in conversation about messages I was supposed to receive. Cheers! `RobD... On 18/12/2010, at 9:06 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi guys What may appear a simple one but I can't solve it. All of a sudden my iPhone stopped allowing me to send SMS's. Suggestions? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: SMS/iPhone
Morning, Reset - Home+Power until Apple logo appears, I find turning phone on/off does not reset communications succinctly. I have noticed iPhone 4 does lock up quite significantly, missing calls and SMS's. Apps seem fine and phone feels as it is working but the whole purpose of owning being a phone goes into stealth mode. Oblivious to situation, people are obtrusive after finally contacting sometime later. Embarrassing whilst trying to decipher messages when in conversation about messages I was supposed to receive. Cheers! `RobD... On 18/12/2010, at 9:06 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi guys What may appear a simple one but I can't solve it. All of a sudden my iPhone stopped allowing me to send SMS's. Suggestions? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Deleting Mail from the Server
Eudora in all its glory is still available with a complete makeover of it's engine with the help of the Mozilla family of software. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_OSE Very competent email client form testing thus far. Similar to Thunderbird well it is as both have same engine, but Eudora Open Source has the little things that made Eudora special. Well worth the visit, and becoming more of a permanent fixture, although Mail sits well for me in my OS X little world just fits, and plays well with the other toys. Cheers! `RobD... On 07Dec2010, at 12:35 pm, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hello again After over 14 years using Eudora I am gradually learning to use Mail. I liked Eudora but it has become too antiquated (like me). I had Eudora set to remove the messages automatically from the Server but I can't find out how to do this in Mail. I have deleted messages and emptied the Trash but they are all still on the Server. Surely I don't have to select delete them via Web Mail. Help please. Best wishes from Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Optus unlocks iPhones
Until NBN rolls out which is looking very dubious, Telstra has control of the copper wire and exchanges no matter what other companies or legislation is concerned. Remove the damn copper go with NBN and remove Telstra from equation. Although no doubt some other Gov Beuracracy will replace to control fibre. At least there will be a infinitely better communications network in its place. Even Sol agreed copper wire was unsustainable for our nations communication network, why do you think he pushed 3G. Now even Telstra agrees 3G is not sustainable or secure enough to replace copper. Wake up our procrastinating, and dubiously elected people, it is a matter of urgency as of 6 possibly 10 years ago Telstra warned it can not sustain maintenance of copper it needs replacing. John Howard and cohorts tried to solve approving new material into copper which is now having to be removed at quite a substantial amount of money. Australia needs this communication backbone same as we need ports, rail links, roads, all very diligently touched from time to time. Private enterprise can not sustain or provide these services, many governments and organisations have tried failing miserably. We pay fairly equitable amounts of TAX , so lets use this money for such services and remove this pussy footing business plan melancholy to one side as we all know it is not sustainable as a business practice. As proven when JH tried to sell its implications a few years back no business could viably offer a solution they would go broke trying. Move Telstra to 3G and controlling our airwaves for which they have so much invested in this, opening up research and services to other providers. Let the NBN replace the copper improving our communications for quite a few decades to come? Apologies for the Rant, but nobody has the balls or foresight to deal with this problem as with hospitals, instead of what is best for nation it is what we as party want, then object to everything? Even if we agree! It is not just about the speed, but the quality of service fibre offers. RobD... On 01Dec2010, at 9:22 pm, S Beach wrote: oooh and The Evil Empire (Telstra) are doing it for free too! ... but you have to call them first. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/235351,telstra-to-unlock-its-iphones-for-free.aspx (Perhaps they won't be so evil when they are split and no longer rule of the nation's primary broadband network) Regards Shayne Beach On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au wrote: No. I'm with Optus and mine was unlocked via iTunes after a phone call to Optus. Andrew On 01/12/2010, at 7:09 PM, Peder Kristensen ped...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi All, Has anyone of you Optus iPhone 4 user received a SMS from Optus re unlocking your iPhone? See link below http://www.itnews.com.au/News/240352,optus-unlocks-iphones-over-the-network.aspx Cheers, Peder -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Images in Word and PowerPoint
Word is a word processor, all be it a fancy one that people think can accomplish more than a word processor was designed for. Same with Excel a spreadsheet very fancy calculator not a Database although many do use as such. Office i.e.. all above and more: in default settings, strip excess from images etc, because it is trying to reduce file size for easy mobility/printing; ease of use considering prescribed user base. Settings that are changeable well used to be? Sorry if incorrect as of latest versions, as I no longer subscribe to such over stated software packages on Mac or Win. Cheers! RobD... On 02Dec2010, at 9:35 am, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks for that Ray. I work with much high quality artwork and printing in Photoshop and the like and my screen is regularly calibrated. In this case I am putting together my annual family newsletter and some inserted photos are just horrible to put it mildly! I will try Pages, which I have but rarely use. You comments were most helpful! Severin On 02/12/2010, at 8:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote: Sev, One of MS PowerPoint and Word's 'hidden features' is that these applications strip much information from raster images as you paste or insert them. Because Microsoft's main market is the office environment it does not matter much if images lose some definition or colours change slightly. The versions of Word that I am sometimes forced to use on my Mac don't use colour profiles of any kind. To test, I have just inserted a CMYK .psd (PhotoShop Document) photo that had a suitable CMYK profile into MS Word 12.2.7, and saved it as a .docx file. When I extracted that photo I found that MS Word had kindly converted it to a .png (Portable Network Graphic) RGB image, and it no longer had any colour profile. However, the resolution was the same as the original (adjusted for mode change). Older versions of MS Word regularly used to reduce the resolution of inserted high resolution images. Note that PNG is designed for transferring images on the Internet, not for print graphics, and therefore does not support non-RGB color spaces such as CMYK. I can see why MS does this. How many office PCs have you ever come across that have colour-calibrated screens? I know very few Wintel users who even know what colour calibration is, although I must admit that few Mac users have fully calibrated screens either. So why bother with a feature that you assume that nobody will want to use? If you are after good colour management then make sure you regularly calibrate your Mac's screen with a calorimeter such as Spyder or Colormunki. Definitely don't use MS software. If you are doing a presentation with a projector, then make sure that it's also colour calibrated. At the bottom of http://www.blurb.com/webinars you will find some webinars that explain, in fairly understandable terms, colour calibration and use. It's at the bottom of that page that Blurb store their old, downloadable webinars. Note that each webinar takes about one hour to watch. On 01/12/2010, at 11:26 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: When .jpg images go into Word, either by pasting or by Insert/from file or into PowerPoint, I notice a serious distortion of colour. I work in Adobe RGB (1998) and it as if a very different profile has taken over. I have been unable track down just what Word and PowerPoint do in this situation. Either pre- or post- jigging the images is clumsy and annoying. Any comments on offer please! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing
Re: Apple Store event for friday?
The biggest retail day on US calendar known as Black Friday, following Thanksgiving being the official start of The Holidays as Americans define Christmas period. Cheers! `RobD... On 24Nov2010, at 11:01 am, Aurora74 wrote: Hi, Does anyone have any info regarding this? I have just received a few cryptic emails. Smiles Aurora -- An Apple a day. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hidden SSID does not work with iPhone 3G. Utilise WPA2 with a strong password, from memory I think 192 characters can be used, but I would go with minimum of 32 possibly adding some symbols also with of course upper lower case using zero not O easier when adding to phone/appliance. Hiding your WiFi SSID is a waste of time and resources for your AP: 1: It takes no time to find hidden networks, just check your appliance when probing for networks. 2: It adds extra resources to your WiFi network actually slowing it down. 3: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea, see follow up post. Cheers! RobD On 21Nov2010, at 7:25 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea
Morning, Courtesy of various blogs, and contributors Since your computer cannot passively listen for the SSID broadcast and automatically connect when it sees the SSID (which will not show in the beacon broadcast, since that is how hiding the SSID works), it has to actively send probe packets with the network's SSID, even if it is nowhere near the access point, and wait for a response. This means that, instead of the access point broadcasting its name all the time, you have all computers configured to automatically connect to it broadcasting its name all the time, no matter where they are. Not to mention that, to be able to roam between several access points with the same SSID, the computer has to know their BSSID (essentially, the AP's MAC address). Usually they do this by listening to the beacons broadcast by the access points. Since the beacons do not have the SSID (hey, it's hidden!), the computer has to periodically send probe requests even if it is already connected to the access point. Making it laughably easy for an intruder to find out the SSID if even one computer is connected to the network. Not to mention the desassociation attacks. So, it gains almost zero security (it is still way too easy to find the SSID) and loses a bit more security (the client computers constantly announcing to the world hey, I am a computer belonging to someone who works at company XYZ! even when nowhere near company XYZ). The net result is negative. The only way to reduce or even avoid the security loss is to have it connect manually instead of automatically. Which seems to be what Apple is doing. (Windows Vista and 7, from what I recall, warns you of the security issues when you try to set it to automatically connect. The NetworkManager used by most Linux distributions also seems to make you chose the saved connection from a dropdown manually.) In theory, it would be possible to save the known BSSIDs for each ESSID and only send the probe request when a beacon for one of them is received (that is, when you are near an access point which has in the past been used for that SSID). I do not know why nobody seems to have tried that yet. Cheers! `RobD... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
WPA2
Morning, Apologies, but hey lets have a trilogy. A point on WPA2 and security, there is a supposed security hole with WPA2+TKIP. Therefore Security Mode is set at WPA2 Personal, WPA Algorithms set to AES on all your WIFI appliances. Hence, WPA2+AES Enterprise is for Radius Server connections if available utilise, but very different way of connecting. I personally have not found hole or been able to breakdown WPA2, except for one company whom had very simple WPA Shared Key so utilise the myriad of programs or online services whom can produce random keys A little bit more security but as w -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
WPA2 II
Morning, Apology first post not certain what happened there... Apologies, but hey lets have a trilogy. A point on WPA2 and security, there is a supposed security hole with WPA2+TKIP. Therefore Security Mode is set at WPA2 Personal, WPA Algorithms set to AES on all your WIFI appliances. Hence, WPA2+AES Enterprise is for Radius Server connections if available utilise, but very different way of connecting. I personally have not found hole or been able to breakdown WPA2, except for one company whom had very simple WPA Shared Key so utilise the myriad of programs or online services whom can produce random keys. MAC Filtering as with SSID can be broken, so not a real security measure. Cheers! `RobD -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: .MTS files and iMovie
Ok, so card, programme or reader is issue which looks likes modus operandi is in progress - best of luck. If converting careful as most formats will be down converting. Remembering AVCHD capable of a quasi HD recording file. As mentioned earlier I just convert using iMedia which has a specific MTS codec (program available as bundle, $$), utilising Automator. Just plug-in device initiate relevant droplet/action go have lunch,dinner,sleep etc etc using mainly laptop. Oh sometimes like what you are going through I utilise command line and remove file manually from card then run through converter. In case of most newer cameras I just use the software provided by manufacturer under Windows. But, I must also state that recently I have bee utilising Win7 Adobe suite (Premier), and venturing into Avid again. Cheers! `RobD On 17Nov2010, at 7:52 am, CARLSON John wrote: Yes it is and I can use a video converter to capture the files and make them .MOV that iMovie then recognises. Regards John C From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Rob Davies Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 4:02 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Is the card recognisable by machine at all, mounts within Finder, Desktop etc??? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Nov2010, at 11:51 am, CARLSON John wrote: Hi Ronnie and other wamuggers, Ok have bought a new expensive (relatively)card reader - no luck, I was really hoping this would do the trick. Tried your camera method Ronnie and again disappointed, it keeps telling me the folder is not a camera archive. A difference in the cards I noticed today is that the HD Video SDHC card is a class 4 card and the standard SDHC card is a class 6, not sure if this would make any difference! Log and transfer in FCE does not recognise any files on the HD VIDEO card. Advice about going to Sandisk for help might be the go. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 4:12 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi again John, As I mentioned before about importing into iMovie … File Import Camera Archive. I know your Camera is a Canon FS200 HD video camera, but this might be relative to your issue. I found it on a Panasonic website in my searching but can't find it again. Remove the SD card from the camera, insert into the card slot, then in iMovie-File-import-Camera Archive... (the No Name SD card will already be selected, with the status Camera Archive detected)-Import. Do not browse down into the card! - The status will say Archive Detected - ... at the root level of the SD card (where you see DCIM/MISC/PRIVATE/). If you click on one of those folders, iMovie will no longer detect the camera archive and will grey out the IMPORT button. Did not detect archive at the root level for HD VIDEO card. Picked up and mounted files immediately I swapped the card to the Standard SDHC card. iMovie and FCE both read from card reader and camera when the standard card is inserted in either. Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 3:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One reason that a Mac may not read an SDHC card is that it may be plugged into a SD reader, not SDHC (as James has mentioned). But, that doesn't explain why the SDHC card in the Camera is not recognised by iMovie'09. I'm sure you are trying to import correctly by opening iMovie Import from Camera or Import Camera Archive. On 15/11/2010, at 3:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: Yes Ronnie this has been an on-going issue and I have tried every combination of connection. John c From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:59 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi John, Just a thought … Have you tried opening iMovie first BEFORE you connect the Camera. Then connect the Camera, are the files stilled greyed out? Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 1:49 PM, CARLSON John wrote: From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi Ronni I’m very pleased to see you giving it some thought for me, although it would have been better if it had been” Oh yes, all you need to do is...” No the .MTS files on the HD VIDEO AVCHD SD card are greyed out as they are with the card reader. Regards John C On 15/11/2010, at 1:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/11/2010, at 12:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: I have been tearing what little hair I have left, out for a few weeks now. I am using a pretty new card reader to transfer .MTS files from an AVCHD SD card onto iMovie – video shot using Cannon FS200 HD video camera. When I use
Re: .MTS files and iMovie
Is the card recognisable by machine at all, mounts within Finder, Desktop etc??? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Nov2010, at 11:51 am, CARLSON John wrote: Hi Ronnie and other wamuggers, Ok have bought a new expensive (relatively)card reader - no luck, I was really hoping this would do the trick. Tried your camera method Ronnie and again disappointed, it keeps telling me the folder is not a camera archive. A difference in the cards I noticed today is that the HD Video SDHC card is a class 4 card and the standard SDHC card is a class 6, not sure if this would make any difference! Log and transfer in FCE does not recognise any files on the HD VIDEO card. Advice about going to Sandisk for help might be the go. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 4:12 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi again John, As I mentioned before about importing into iMovie … File Import Camera Archive. I know your Camera is a Canon FS200 HD video camera, but this might be relative to your issue. I found it on a Panasonic website in my searching but can't find it again. Remove the SD card from the camera, insert into the card slot, then in iMovie-File-import-Camera Archive... (the No Name SD card will already be selected, with the status Camera Archive detected)-Import. Do not browse down into the card! - The status will say Archive Detected - ... at the root level of the SD card (where you see DCIM/MISC/PRIVATE/). If you click on one of those folders, iMovie will no longer detect the camera archive and will grey out the IMPORT button. Did not detect archive at the root level for HD VIDEO card. Picked up and mounted files immediately I swapped the card to the Standard SDHC card. iMovie and FCE both read from card reader and camera when the standard card is inserted in either. Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 3:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: One reason that a Mac may not read an SDHC card is that it may be plugged into a SD reader, not SDHC (as James has mentioned). But, that doesn't explain why the SDHC card in the Camera is not recognised by iMovie'09. I'm sure you are trying to import correctly by opening iMovie Import from Camera or Import Camera Archive. On 15/11/2010, at 3:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: Yes Ronnie this has been an on-going issue and I have tried every combination of connection. John c From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:59 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi John, Just a thought … Have you tried opening iMovie first BEFORE you connect the Camera. Then connect the Camera, are the files stilled greyed out? Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2010, at 1:49 PM, CARLSON John wrote: From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi Ronni I’m very pleased to see you giving it some thought for me, although it would have been better if it had been” Oh yes, all you need to do is...” No the .MTS files on the HD VIDEO AVCHD SD card are greyed out as they are with the card reader. Regards John C On 15/11/2010, at 1:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/11/2010, at 12:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: I have been tearing what little hair I have left, out for a few weeks now. I am using a pretty new card reader to transfer .MTS files from an AVCHD SD card onto iMovie – video shot using Cannon FS200 HD video camera. When I use an ordinary AVCHD SD card, (not a HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card) iMovie recognises the files straight away opens the Import window and allows me to select the .MTS files I wish to import. The HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card will display the .MTS files within the ‘stream folder’ but they are greyed out and apparently not recognised by iMovie as importable. I can use a video converter that turns the files into a .MOV that iMovie recognises and can be imported. This is a slow and unwelcome addition to the work-flow. Trying to import files to (Intel) iMac with iMovie ’09. FCE does not recognise the files from the HD VIDEO card either. Cannot get files straight from the camera. Do I need a special card reader for HD VIDEO AVCHD SD cards? Is there a setting (staring at me)somewhere that I haven’t changed? Anybody able to help? Regards John c Hi John, What version of are you using iMovie'08, '09, '11? Sorry John you have already mentioned you are using iMovie'09 :-( Do the MTS files import directly from the camera? No! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Re: Mac Mini Server
Afternoon, Yes, but follow some advice. First and foremost read documentation, when initial install takes place this user is Admin. When dealing with server this users password is the default password to be used with the servers dedicated user name diradmin. wazmac || OSX Server Setup Notes Once you have basics installed, could be a while. Use workgroup manager to create your user for which you will access mini server as a normal user. This is place to do migration. There is a train of thought you need to adopt when using Server in this way, enjoy be patient. Also remember first and foremost it is a server, if being used as such doing compiling within Final Cut or other software could be real slow and probably not advisable, but normal email word processing spreadsheet not an issue media server has interesting moments? After all it is a mini. Cheers! `RobD On 16Nov2010, at 3:23 pm, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi WAMUG As my MacBook Pro is extremely unwell I purchased MacMini Server, can I use my Time Machine external drive to migrate Applications, music, document to the Mini? Brian Sent from my iPhone -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: .MTS files and iMovie
Morning, I do not use FCE. But for AVCHD devices or basically any card/HD recordable devices within Final Cut Pro, log and capture is the way of importing. So, I assume FCE should do same? Except JVC for which I use iMedia Converter: in past MPEG streamline. Problem Files: Normally one can just transfer files from Camera to Mac device, as they are basically a USB device.Hence mounted to system. Finder usually indicates this so utilise it or Image Capture. Otherwise Terminal - command line opens the hierarchal file system of OS X. (Midnight Commander a great tool, be very careful). Then log and capture file from area or converter software yes annoying but such is life. Other options with such devices is capture through Windows something I accomplish more and more hence MBP is dual booting now just for this scenario. I then move converted files to OS X server for use within Mac machines. Problems arise usually between devices not talking to OS X wether Apple or Device manufacturer who Knows. Make sure mounted? Visible within Finder or at least card should be. If using card reader try connecting camera directly. If camera visible but no transfer, try accessing through command line. If Device just not talking to OS X and relative software try manufacturers website or ring them, contact point of purchase JB hifi staff good for this normally. Contact Apple directly or through emails making them aware of issues. Cheers! `RobD... On 15Nov2010, at 1:49 pm, CARLSON John wrote: From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 15 November 2010 1:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: .MTS files and iMovie Hi Ronni I’m very pleased to see you giving it some thought for me, although it would have been better if it had been” Oh yes, all you need to do is...” No the .MTS files on the HD VIDEO AVCHD SD card are greyed out as they are with the card reader. Regards John C On 15/11/2010, at 1:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/11/2010, at 12:01 PM, CARLSON John wrote: I have been tearing what little hair I have left, out for a few weeks now. I am using a pretty new card reader to transfer .MTS files from an AVCHD SD card onto iMovie – video shot using Cannon FS200 HD video camera. When I use an ordinary AVCHD SD card, (not a HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card) iMovie recognises the files straight away opens the Import window and allows me to select the .MTS files I wish to import. The HD VIDEO labelled AVCHD SD card will display the .MTS files within the ‘stream folder’ but they are greyed out and apparently not recognised by iMovie as importable. I can use a video converter that turns the files into a .MOV that iMovie recognises and can be imported. This is a slow and unwelcome addition to the work-flow. Trying to import files to (Intel) iMac with iMovie ’09. FCE does not recognise the files from the HD VIDEO card either. Cannot get files straight from the camera. Do I need a special card reader for HD VIDEO AVCHD SD cards? Is there a setting (staring at me)somewhere that I haven’t changed? Anybody able to help? Regards John c Hi John, What version of are you using iMovie'08, '09, '11? Sorry John you have already mentioned you are using iMovie'09 :-( Do the MTS files import directly from the camera? No! Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Carmel School does not accept direct or indirect responsibility for any opinions reflected herein. The contents of this email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please advise immediately and then delete/destroy the email and any printed copies. Thank you. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -
Re: Page layout software
SCRIBUS scribus.net | Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing Scribus Public Wiki Fully featured DTP program. New version released a month or 2 back. Community support excellent via mailing list and Wiki. Cheers! `RobD On 11Nov2010, at 3:50 pm, Bill Parker wrote: Thanks to all who replied with some v.good info. Investigation in progress. Bill On 11/11/2010, at 8:53 AM, Merv Bond wrote: Bill The free version of Ragtime - Ragtime Solo 5.6.6 - is still available for download at http://www.tucows.com/preview/243912 It preserves the resolution of photos etc. The free version is to be used in a non-commercial way. Merv On 11/11/10 7:36 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Can anyone recommend any page layout software? I have only one regular task and it does not warrant the cost of Quark. I currently use the iWork - Pages ver 3.0.3. I find it a bit clunky and sometimes problematic - even counter-intuitive. Any suggestions very welcome. Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Dr Bill Parker “The greatest enemy of the truth is not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, pervasive, and unrealistic.” John F. Kennedy -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple discontiune Xserve - get them while they last
Morning Kyle, On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Rob Davies rjda...@gmail.com wrote: No need to add OS X standard as OS X server is a standard install of OS X with the Daemons accessible to the uninitiated and some administrative software. So it still behaves as per OS X just a bit more fruit to access if required, as OS X standard can be employed to behave as OS X server if initiated. Rob, I'm not entirely sure about this but there's definitely enough code available in the MacOS X client version. as I have modified the client version before so I could run it in VMware. The server version can be used as a desktop machine, I have numerous installs at premise and for others. Where machine is the OS X server and desktop for which they utilise as per everyday computing with OS X. Not exactly as it should be used, a little more tedious to secure as services can be activated, and a firewall with definable variables. But will install with everything closed off and possible to function as a desktop without much being accessible. At home our Mac-Mini Server is our iTunes Library, Plex, and Front Row whilst being the OS X server device. Before this we had a Mac-Mini which I activated daemons so it does act as per server a lot more work but very much possible. Daemons are in the install just not accessible through GUI, administrative software missing also but available through other outlets if look-create.. OS X is just another unix install with amazing Graphic Layer (Aqua) and attempts to hide some of the backbone. As with most binary installs it is all there just finding relative parts and how to utilise or what to utilise is a bit difficult. OSXFAQ - Technical News and Support for Mac OS X It is a vast universe of possibilities, not all perfect as Apple have stomped on many egos, but it is a universe I am comfortable traversing. Cheers! `RobD... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple discontiune Xserve - get them while they last
Morning, No need to add OS X standard as OS X server is a standard install of OS X with the Daemons accessible to the uninitiated and some administrative software. So it still behaves as per OS X just a bit more fruit to access if required, as OS X standard can be employed to behave as OS X server if initiated. Save the bucks, but a catch must be had somewhere? Cheers! RobD... On 05Nov2010, at 10:44 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote: I notice they've now added the Mac Pro Server version to the Apple Store as well. Though,..am I missing something here:- (OK,..here goes). From the Apple Online Store. http://www.apple.com/au/store MacPro Quad-Core One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem processor 3GB (three 1GB) memory 1TB hard drive SuperDrive ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 A$ 3,499.00 If you configure this to be the same as the Server model on the store with 8GB RAM and the second Hard Drive it comes in at $4224 Server One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem processor 8GB (four 2GB) memory Two 1TB hard drives SuperDrive Mac OS X Server unlimited-client license ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 A$ 3,799.00 Now if you wanted to run Snow Leopard Standard on it, you'd buy that for either $39 (although that's the upgrade from Leopard version) or the full Mac Box Set so as to get iLife and iWork as well. That's $169. Total $3968. So,..by my thinking,.you buy the server plus MacBox Set for $3968. Save $256 AND get a full OSX Server unlimited client license. Again,..I ask,..am I missing something there??? Lol :) (I only just threw that together,..so I could have overlooked something and I used all the pricing straight from the Apple online store RRP pricing of course) Kind Regards Daniel On 5/11/10 10:00 PM, Craig Bruce craigbr...@me.com wrote: Know many companies still running these awesome machines.. Get them while they are still avail.. I'm still rocking some pre intel Xserves with no problems! Sent from my iPhone On 05/11/2010, at 7:24 PM, lem1 l...@iinet.net.au wrote: Apple has announced the end of the Xserve, sad as I quite liked the systems. http://www.apple.com/xserve/resources.html -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Apple discontiune Xserve - get them while they last
Morning Again, Ah Ha refreshed Apple store. Entry level is now at $3199, and memory $525. On the side of discontinued, I think Apple could be moving towards mac mini-servers, as this is the market for there server release. Put a few in the network and they perform extraordinarily, and this would be sufficient for most design studios, offices, education institutions to support an OS X Lab or Two whom already have other backbones in place. Besides this great effort of iPad and iPhone to actually connect to an Exchange server over there own in house server has many asking questions. Although this does raise eyebrows about Apples plans for Enterprise and further support within this realm for own devices considering uptake of said devices. Media companies could be scratching heads with FCP server and Xsan a small problem, hopefully SJ pulls Rabbit out of hat for these, although I think acceptance into other servers with software could be inevitable. Cheers! `RobD On 07Nov2010, at 2:39 am, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, No need to add OS X standard as OS X server is a standard install of OS X with the Daemons accessible to the uninitiated and some administrative software. So it still behaves as per OS X just a bit more fruit to access if required, as OS X standard can be employed to behave as OS X server if initiated. Save the bucks, but a catch must be had somewhere? Cheers! RobD... On 05Nov2010, at 10:44 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote: I notice they've now added the Mac Pro Server version to the Apple Store as well. Though,..am I missing something here:- (OK,..here goes). From the Apple Online Store. http://www.apple.com/au/store MacPro Quad-Core One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem processor 3GB (three 1GB) memory 1TB hard drive SuperDrive ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 A$ 3,499.00 If you configure this to be the same as the Server model on the store with 8GB RAM and the second Hard Drive it comes in at $4224 Server One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Nehalem processor 8GB (four 2GB) memory Two 1TB hard drives SuperDrive Mac OS X Server unlimited-client license ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 A$ 3,799.00 Now if you wanted to run Snow Leopard Standard on it, you'd buy that for either $39 (although that's the upgrade from Leopard version) or the full Mac Box Set so as to get iLife and iWork as well. That's $169. Total $3968. So,..by my thinking,.you buy the server plus MacBox Set for $3968. Save $256 AND get a full OSX Server unlimited client license. Again,..I ask,..am I missing something there??? Lol :) (I only just threw that together,..so I could have overlooked something and I used all the pricing straight from the Apple online store RRP pricing of course) Kind Regards Daniel On 5/11/10 10:00 PM, Craig Bruce craigbr...@me.com wrote: Know many companies still running these awesome machines.. Get them while they are still avail.. I'm still rocking some pre intel Xserves with no problems! Sent from my iPhone On 05/11/2010, at 7:24 PM, lem1 l...@iinet.net.au wrote: Apple has announced the end of the Xserve, sad as I quite liked the systems. http://www.apple.com/xserve/resources.html -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Which Windows for Boot Camp?
Afternoon, Domain Server Compatibility:- OS X server does not support Windows 7 at all as per Apple information release MacWindows: Apple, MS, say Win 7 client can't join OS X Server PDC Domain But some have made it work others have not. I have no success yet utilising PDC in SMB, but Samba can be configured to work with many other Linux alternatives ClearOS, eBox/Zentyal and the usual binaries...ClearOS Firewall/Gateway here excepts Win7 as PDC, which I can then authorise against OS X server. WinXP has no issues with any at all. Everything works in XP without fault somewhere somehow, and I still use within MacBook Pro. So in a OS X environment check with Admins, if Windows environment again check, but would suggest Windows 7. I find Win 7 works great on all Mac Intel machines especially latest offerings, remember to install Bootcamp from OS X install disk once Windows installed. This updates system and makes Windows OS X keyboard and other machine compatible. This same for WinXP also. Windows 7 is available as a Academic offering for $49, but will need a previous version of windows installed, email of list. WinXp also has some deals again email. There are some companies that have not released Win7 Drivers or plug-ins so check all devices planning on using; especially phones for tethering and ADSL modems. 64bit or 32bit both work on Mac Intel lots of memory on machine go 64Bit, but maybe a few more hassles with drivers and overall compatibility on Macs usually not issue, BUT. Avoid VISTA Windows XP will be supported by Microsoft for sometime yet, but only Service Pack 3 and beyond. Professional version for all offerings as it offers the network connectivity. Cheers! `RobD... On 17Oct2010, at 6:47 pm, Peter Bull wrote: I need to buy a copy of Windoze for my iMac. The choice is between Windows XP with Service Pack 3, or Windows 7. What is the preference? Is one better/worse than the other? Personally, I think Windows is rubbish anyway, but I am hoping to gain some desk space by running Windows on the Mac and getting rid of my PC. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How to organise multiple HDs
Hi Brian, Huge Question many answers. Currently have network functioning or just machines connected somehow, i.e ethernet connecting and sharing enable on each machine or a dedicated Gateway behind ADSL modem. Which also begs question what is your internet connection. Importantly knowledge level etc How many machines PC and Mac or just Mac? Users? Security Level? It could be as simple as adding a NAS to environment or a much more dedicated proposition. Cheers! `RobD... On 17Oct2010, at 9:12 pm, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi everyone, How do I organise multiple usb-HDs and to share on a home network I am wonder if a Mac Mini server would help to organise multiple hard drives - for music, photos, Movies and Time Machine that need to be shared between a tv, Wd tv, and MacBook Pro. I am using a Airport base station with the internet networking aspect but as for the connections for 6 hard- drives. I would like to share the usb hard-drives too, wirelessly. Locating iPhoto/Aperture library now too large for the MacBook is messy, and the iTunes library, and movies and television programs. Make sense? Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: How do you make a bluetooth connection between Mac iPhone
Neil, iTunes. It is just a USB device, so any program that does this as sent before DiskAid which links into FileApp on phone. Check in File Manager it will be a device so all should be accessible, there is a image capture program loaded within 7 and VIsta that will show. If you search Apps store I am sure someone would have found cure, for Bluetooth. Try Google also! But, Apple do not want Bluetooth access except for devices, reasoning anyones guess but security would be a good one. Bluetooth is a huge network security risk because of its portability and devices, inclusive of what can be transferred and run without physical connection from server or a portal. Mobile phone sitting on someones desk could be piggybacking into network running applications or daemons controlling network or removing data. Acting as a portal to somewhere else out of building. Hence no phones within Data Centres, even though they block mobile transmissions. Cheers! `RobD... On 30Sep2010, at 10:24 am, Neil Houghton wrote: Rob, Thanks for the info. Yes, I have no problem when connected by cable – and to my own computer where I have plenty of suitable software. I’m just disappointed that if I were, say, at a friends house (iPhone in pocket) and during a conversation: “I took some photos – would you like a copy” - can’t be done by simple bluetooth transfer – when my partners ancient 2G Nokia can... Cue her comment “but I thought your iPhone could do everything!” and then the snigger ;o( Also, even with a cable, I’m not sure what software would be required on, say, a non-iTunes windows machine to let it see the photos on the iPhone. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 30/9/10 3:11 AM, Rob Davies at rjda...@gmail.com wrote: Morning, As mentioned Bluetooth support within iPhone is for devices only, as per most things Apple. USB connection and GraphicConverter will do same as Bluetooth except with cable connected? Another App called FileApp will allow a little more flexibility, but requires DiskAid on desktop, fees apply. Alternatives available??? I bought as bundle with TuneAid best app for sorting iTunes and iPod devices: license extends to a Windows install and many machines. Just carry spare USB cable in Laptop case. Cheers! `RobD On 29Sep2010, at 9:27 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: On our last European holiday (a couple of years ago) we used to regularly transfer photos from Georgie's Nokia mobile phone to our MacBook pro by bluetooth - it was very convenient - we could do it over drinks in the hotel bar. I was trying to figure out how to do it with my new iPhone - but I'm having problems: Note, I don't use/like iPhoto - I prefer to just manage my photos like any other file - so I import using Image Capture, view with quicklook (or Graphic Converter) and edit using Photoshop elements or Graphic Converter. So far, I've successfully achieved the following: Transferred photos when connected directly by dock/usb cable - Image Capture lets me browse import from the iPhone with no problems. Switched on bluetooth on the iPhone and successfully paired the iPhone with my Imac. If I look in Bluetooth Preferences, I can see the iPhone with: Paired: Yes Configured: Yes Connected: No Also I have enabled Bluetooth sharing. So the problem seems to be actually making the connection. If I try from the imac, I can see the iPhone in the bluetooth menu but the only option is Connect to Network and, if I try that, I get the message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem connecting to your device. Make sure the device is on, in range, paired correctly (which it is) and services such as Bluetooth tethering are set up properly. Well the device is certainly on, in range, paired correctly – but I was under the impression, I would only need Bluetooth tethering if I wanted to connect the computer to the internet using the iPhones internet connection? If I try from the iPhone, I could see the iMac but when I tried to connect, it said that the device (my iMacs name) was unsupported and the only option it gave me was to “forget Device” - which it did - the iMac no longer showed up – just the “searching” wheel. Just as a long shot, I tried turning on bluetooth tethering, unpaired and re-paired the iPhone and, for a while, the iPhone showed the iMac as “connected” however, image capture couldn’t see the iPhone and, after a minute or two, the iPhone disconnected and the mac showed a slightly different error message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem with the device’s connection. Make sure the device is turned on, in range, and set up properly. I’m assuming this probably comes up because I have Cellular Data set to off on the iPhone (since I
Re: How do you make a bluetooth connection between Mac iPhone
Morning, As mentioned Bluetooth support within iPhone is for devices only, as per most things Apple. USB connection and GraphicConverter will do same as Bluetooth except with cable connected? Another App called FileApp will allow a little more flexibility, but requires DiskAid on desktop, fees apply. Alternatives available??? I bought as bundle with TuneAid best app for sorting iTunes and iPod devices: license extends to a Windows install and many machines. Just carry spare USB cable in Laptop case. Cheers! `RobD On 29Sep2010, at 9:27 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: On our last European holiday (a couple of years ago) we used to regularly transfer photos from Georgie's Nokia mobile phone to our MacBook pro by bluetooth - it was very convenient - we could do it over drinks in the hotel bar. I was trying to figure out how to do it with my new iPhone - but I'm having problems: Note, I don't use/like iPhoto - I prefer to just manage my photos like any other file - so I import using Image Capture, view with quicklook (or Graphic Converter) and edit using Photoshop elements or Graphic Converter. So far, I've successfully achieved the following: Transferred photos when connected directly by dock/usb cable - Image Capture lets me browse import from the iPhone with no problems. Switched on bluetooth on the iPhone and successfully paired the iPhone with my Imac. If I look in Bluetooth Preferences, I can see the iPhone with: Paired: Yes Configured: Yes Connected: No Also I have enabled Bluetooth sharing. So the problem seems to be actually making the connection. If I try from the imac, I can see the iPhone in the bluetooth menu but the only option is Connect to Network and, if I try that, I get the message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem connecting to your device. Make sure the device is on, in range, paired correctly (which it is) and services such as Bluetooth tethering are set up properly. Well the device is certainly on, in range, paired correctly – but I was under the impression, I would only need Bluetooth tethering if I wanted to connect the computer to the internet using the iPhones internet connection? If I try from the iPhone, I could see the iMac but when I tried to connect, it said that the device (my iMacs name) was unsupported and the only option it gave me was to “forget Device” - which it did - the iMac no longer showed up – just the “searching” wheel. Just as a long shot, I tried turning on bluetooth tethering, unpaired and re-paired the iPhone and, for a while, the iPhone showed the iMac as “connected” however, image capture couldn’t see the iPhone and, after a minute or two, the iPhone disconnected and the mac showed a slightly different error message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem with the device’s connection. Make sure the device is turned on, in range, and set up properly. I’m assuming this probably comes up because I have Cellular Data set to off on the iPhone (since I don’t actually want to conect to the internet through the iPhone). I’m probably missing something really obvious here – something that was so easy on an ancient nokia shouldn’t be so hard on my new iPhone surely!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re:Re: How do you make a bluetooth connection between Mac iPhone
Morning Again, Image Capture through USB also. I suppose that means iPhoto also; do not know do not use, but Adobe Bridge recognises. Cheers! `RobD.. On 30Sep2010, at 3:11 am, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, As mentioned Bluetooth support within iPhone is for devices only, as per most things Apple. USB connection and GraphicConverter will do same as Bluetooth except with cable connected? Another App called FileApp will allow a little more flexibility, but requires DiskAid on desktop, fees apply. Alternatives available??? I bought as bundle with TuneAid best app for sorting iTunes and iPod devices: license extends to a Windows install and many machines. Just carry spare USB cable in Laptop case. Cheers! `RobD On 29Sep2010, at 9:27 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: On our last European holiday (a couple of years ago) we used to regularly transfer photos from Georgie's Nokia mobile phone to our MacBook pro by bluetooth - it was very convenient - we could do it over drinks in the hotel bar. I was trying to figure out how to do it with my new iPhone - but I'm having problems: Note, I don't use/like iPhoto - I prefer to just manage my photos like any other file - so I import using Image Capture, view with quicklook (or Graphic Converter) and edit using Photoshop elements or Graphic Converter. So far, I've successfully achieved the following: Transferred photos when connected directly by dock/usb cable - Image Capture lets me browse import from the iPhone with no problems. Switched on bluetooth on the iPhone and successfully paired the iPhone with my Imac. If I look in Bluetooth Preferences, I can see the iPhone with: Paired: Yes Configured: Yes Connected: No Also I have enabled Bluetooth sharing. So the problem seems to be actually making the connection. If I try from the imac, I can see the iPhone in the bluetooth menu but the only option is Connect to Network and, if I try that, I get the message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem connecting to your device. Make sure the device is on, in range, paired correctly (which it is) and services such as Bluetooth tethering are set up properly. Well the device is certainly on, in range, paired correctly – but I was under the impression, I would only need Bluetooth tethering if I wanted to connect the computer to the internet using the iPhones internet connection? If I try from the iPhone, I could see the iMac but when I tried to connect, it said that the device (my iMacs name) was unsupported and the only option it gave me was to “forget Device” - which it did - the iMac no longer showed up – just the “searching” wheel. Just as a long shot, I tried turning on bluetooth tethering, unpaired and re-paired the iPhone and, for a while, the iPhone showed the iMac as “connected” however, image capture couldn’t see the iPhone and, after a minute or two, the iPhone disconnected and the mac showed a slightly different error message: The Bluetooth network is unavailable There was a problem with the device’s connection. Make sure the device is turned on, in range, and set up properly. I’m assuming this probably comes up because I have Cellular Data set to off on the iPhone (since I don’t actually want to conect to the internet through the iPhone). I’m probably missing something really obvious here – something that was so easy on an ancient nokia shouldn’t be so hard on my new iPhone surely!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Mac mini vers iMac
Morning All, I have noticed this issue with iMacs previous and current models, also a lot of LED monitors of recent purchase. But, once monitor has been calibrated it is perfect no tint, cannot fault current 27 iMac once achieved. Reasoning for this is quite simply, colour temperature settings of monitors are set for Northern Hemisphere which use a cooler temperature being Red - Orange- Yellow/Bone as it gets close to a natural tone? Hotter being natural to a blue which for us in Southern Hemisphere is closer to our natural lighting conditions. So, economics of where monitors are to be used is why monitors are such, as is the colour profiles within colorsync and other default colour profiles or software. Monitors used to be sold this way and some professional monitors still are. Another reason as most people have shown through surveys and are not bothered by such a tint, is it is a lot more comfortable to use this way. Just try setting Apple gamma profile to a hotter temperature and see how you feel after an hour or more. Cheers! `RobD... On 29Aug2010, at 12:07 pm, Touchwood wrote: Hi John With the recent refresh of the iMac, its processors, graphics card etc. are now well ahead of the Mac mini. The Mac mini also has the slower 5400 rpm HD vs 7200rpm of the iMac. To get 8GB of RAM into the Mac mini you need to purchase two 4GB Modules as there are only 2 RAM slots, which is a more expensive option than the 4 x 2GB you can achieve with the iMac. By the time you spec up a Mac mini and add the cost of the monitor, you're paying the equivalent of the base iMac and you've got a very underpowered machine by comparison. There is no doubt the Mac mini is a beautiful and elegant little machine...it's just a shame Apple won't come to the party and give it the horse power it needs. Just a word of warning if you decide to go the iMac route. Since the introduction of the LED screen at the end of last year, there is an issue with yellow tinge or blotchy screens. Unfortunately this seems to be a subjective issue...some people don't seem phased by it... for others (like me ;-) ) it is extremely annoying and unacceptable in a computer for which we are paying $2,000. Last December I purchased a new iMac and its screen was bad (yellow blotches), nowhere near the quality of my current G5 iMac. Two screen replacements and two replacement computers later, Apple still could not give me an iMac with an acceptable screen, and the last two iMacs also had manufacturing defects in the bargain (one had black paint scratched off on the inside of the glass border and the other had a ding in the lower right front corner.) In the end I gave up and managed to get a refund...the whole exercise took from December 2009 to April 2010. I've waited until this recent refresh to try again and with some trepidation I have ordered another iMac. In fact it is ready for me to pick up from the courier depot tomorrow. I hope I don't have to go through the whole replacement fiasco again, but I am not confident when discussions like these are still showing up http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2528347start=15tstart=0 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=983886 If the Mac mini was just a more capable computer, I would definitely have chosen it over the iMac, just to avoid all the angst that Apple's lack of quality control is giving me. Sorry about the rant, but I hope this information is helpful to you. Cheers Neil On 28/08/2010, at 10:38 AM, John Hatch wrote: I notice a lot of mail about the Mac mini. I am about to upgrade from my Mac book pro (prismo) and was considering either the mini or the iMac with fusion(have to work between win and Mac) and elagato eye TV additions. Would be interested in any pros and cons by others John Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Canoscan LIDE 25 CS5
Afternoon, Check the TWAIN pug-ins is in Plug-ins/Import-Export folder, if it is then an email to Canon for an updated driver would be on the cards. Cheers! `RobD... On 27Aug2010, at 6:44 am, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi WAMUGers Recently installed CS5. Now my I can't use the import from scanner/twain menu item in Photoshop to scan from my Canoscan LIDE 25 scanner. It used to work in CS3. Please as anyone had success? Any secrets? ta Blitto image.gif Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blitto A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Unwanted parts
Afternoon all, A UWA BFA student is requiring U/S parts, hence not working, or just unwanted, never to be seen again. These parts will become part of an Art Project, all contributions very much welcome. Does not matter which parts everything accepted, but would prefer hard drives or recordable devices to be kept by owner, SECURITY!! If required these devices can be returned to owner when they are finally removed from devices? Cheers! RobD -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: new iMac - printing times out and pauses
Afternoon all, The place to start with all printer problems is localhost:631 from machine that is causing error. This brings up the CUPS printing window which is what OS X utilises for printer control. Administrator is what you want to select then select device. I would say the printer is showing a empty toner cartridge or wrong paper size or allocation. Cheers! `RobD... On 02Aug2010, at 2:45 pm, Andrew McColl wrote: Try seeing if there are newer drivers available for the printer on the manufacturers website. If so download and install on the problematic computer to see if it helps. Also you could try hooking the printer up directly to the computer via usb and see if you can print then. That should let you know if its a driver issue or not. Andrew Quoting gary dorn garyd...@ausconnect.net: Hi Gary, Try deleting the Printer from System Preferences Print Fax and then Add the Printer - 'Bonjour' As suggested we have now tried that a few times , but unfortunately it has made no difference. Printer still creates a print que then times out to a pause? what other things could we try. thanks Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 22/07/2010, at 2:51 PM, gary dorn wrote: Howdy we have a Laser printer connected via USB to an Airport extreme down in the lower ground floor. a power mac G4 (10.4.8) and Macbook (10.6.2) on the Upper floor , both with airport, print AOK right next to these two is my wifes new iMac (10.6.3), internet and email all work fine. file sharing is turned on screen sharing is turned on and works fine. we have setup the laser printer, however... .when we go to print from the iMac, it all goes through the dialogue boxes fine, but nothing happens at the printer. eventually after say 3 minutes the laser printer status changes to Pause, and it doesn't print anything. We have tried 2 of the accounts on this iMac and get the same thing the macbook ( positioned right next to it) prints the same document in 15 seconds. Because internet seem to work okay, I am suspecting that the system has some other setting or preference that needs adjusting, Any thoughts on where to start is appreciated. thanks in advance -- gary dorn north perth -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Andrew McColl ski...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Web Hosting
Morning, http://www.ilisys.com.au Originally and stilled within WA, although Admin control is in Melbourne? Means corporate identity is there, and sometimes support may transfer there. Great support very flexible to what can be installed in your environments, some of the best backbone in country, reasonably priced, considering flexibility. MYOB bought, but I have not had issues with yet, except some sweet deals on MYOB products. Cheers! `RobD... On 29Jul2010, at 9:45 am, Rob Findlay wrote: I have to register a new domain and setup a webpage, something I haven't done for a while. Anyone recommend a good one stop shop to register and setup the hosting? I used Crazy Domains last time which seems cheap and adequate. Would like to try somewhere else out of interest if the prices are competitive. Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Tutorials.
Evening, Assuming web site is Apache powered as this is installed within OS X, solution lies within .htacces. Which is the Apache process for accomplishing various custom processes within a page/s or directories. This following guide as it states is comprehensive , but many more available. Comprehensive guide to .htaccess- intro Read carefully as very powerful, but simple. Would suggest running tests on Apache server within local machine before releasing to the wild, good but old tutorial on Apache within OS X install. Apache Web Serving With Mac OS X Adjust accordingly utilising search engines to update or reference errors / problems. Cheers! `RobD... On 23Jul2010, at 5:19 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi David, Yes, I would like to do this, but I have not found a way to achieve this with iWeb 3.0.1 I publish to MobileMe. If you use security 'password protect' in iWeb it protects the whole website. At one stage I wished to have separate passwords for different pages, as I found people were downloading everything on my website, not just the one they had asked for. Do you know of any way I can do this please? Cheers, Ronni On 23/07/2010, at 4:42 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi Ronnie -- -- Have you thought of putting your password protection at a deeper level on your site, so casual enquirers can see what it contains, but have to contact you for a password to go deeper? We have used this approach with success in the past. Cheers -- David Jul 23 = On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Ronnie Do you have a list of your Tutorials ? I've tried looking but couldn't find your Tutorials anywhere. Thanks Ronnie Kindest regards Tony Hi Tony, My website http://web.me.com/ronni is password protected. I will email you 'OffList' with the Username and Password to enable you to download any ot my Tutorials. My Tutorials / eBooks that I currently have on my website are: 1. 'BACKUP - Don't Scream … BACKUP! 2. How To: 'Transfer Your Data From Your Old Mac To A New Mac' 3. iPhone 3G S - Settings 4. How To: 'Create A Slideshow In iPhoto 8 OneStep DVD in iDVD7' 5. How To: 'Create A Visually Impressive Saved Slideshow In iPhoto'09' 6. How To: 'Setup Airport Time Capsule/Airport Extreme N Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11N WI-FI Base Station Network' 7. How To: 'Format Partition External Drive For Time Machine' http://web.me.com/ronni BACKUP Transfer Your Data Create A Slideshow Create A Saved Slideshow Airport Extreme N Dual-Band Wi-Fi Network Format Partition External Drive for Time Machine Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Tutorials.
Morning Ronni, Another simple solution if all separate files would be to encrypt files which is possible with pdf's or zip-stuffed files which is my preferred method as I utilise stuffit as an archive management tool on desktop. Load files to website with links on said page which will then download, person will then email you requesting email for which you can decide to partake said password. Cheers! `RobD... On 24Jul2010, at 10:48 am, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Rob, Thanks for your reply, I had looked at .htaccess some time back, but never found the time to pursue the possibilities. I had thought of perhaps: Creating a second Site in iWeb with ‘No Password Protection’ displaying an 'Introduction and Description of my Tutorials' and move it to the top of the list in iWeb. It would then be the default site when published to MobileMe. Then link from the 'Introduction Description' site, to my other site which is password protected. I guess this would be similar to what David suggested. Thanks again Rob for your impute. Cheers, Ronni On 24/07/2010, at 12:01 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Evening, Assuming web site is Apache powered as this is installed within OS X, solution lies within .htacces. Which is the Apache process for accomplishing various custom processes within a page/s or directories. This following guide as it states is comprehensive , but many more available. Comprehensive guide to .htaccess- intro Read carefully as very powerful, but simple. Would suggest running tests on Apache server within local machine before releasing to the wild, good but old tutorial on Apache within OS X install. Apache Web Serving With Mac OS X Adjust accordingly utilising search engines to update or reference errors / problems. Cheers! `RobD... On 23Jul2010, at 5:19 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi David, Yes, I would like to do this, but I have not found a way to achieve this with iWeb 3.0.1 I publish to MobileMe. If you use security 'password protect' in iWeb it protects the whole website. At one stage I wished to have separate passwords for different pages, as I found people were downloading everything on my website, not just the one they had asked for. Do you know of any way I can do this please? Cheers, Ronni On 23/07/2010, at 4:42 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi Ronnie -- -- Have you thought of putting your password protection at a deeper level on your site, so casual enquirers can see what it contains, but have to contact you for a password to go deeper? We have used this approach with success in the past. Cheers -- David Jul 23 = On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Ronnie Do you have a list of your Tutorials ? I've tried looking but couldn't find your Tutorials anywhere. Thanks Ronnie Kindest regards Tony Hi Tony, My website http://web.me.com/ronni is password protected. I will email you 'OffList' with the Username and Password to enable you to download any ot my Tutorials. My Tutorials / eBooks that I currently have on my website are: 1. 'BACKUP - Don't Scream … BACKUP! 2. How To: 'Transfer Your Data From Your Old Mac To A New Mac' 3. iPhone 3G S - Settings 4. How To: 'Create A Slideshow In iPhoto 8 OneStep DVD in iDVD7' 5. How To: 'Create A Visually Impressive Saved Slideshow In iPhoto'09' 6. How To: 'Setup Airport Time Capsule/Airport Extreme N Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11N WI-FI Base Station Network' 7. How To: 'Format Partition External Drive For Time Machine' http://web.me.com/ronni BACKUP Transfer Your Data Create A Slideshow Create A Saved Slideshow Airport Extreme N Dual-Band Wi-Fi Network Format Partition External Drive for Time Machine Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: lousy VOIP
Afternoon, Wireless connections fluctuate substantially in comparison to a fixed line. VOIP requires minimal fluctuation, hence why providers suggest one utilises QOS, and iiNet modems are actually preset to do this. Remember also that ADSL for most people in Australia is very unstable due to distances from exchange hence the discrepancies within download speed and ping/traceroute tests to provider. Problems with VOIP can be improved with small changes to your settings via codecs, and some others could improve situation. But, as some have already stated works great for awhile then goes south. This is due to climactic conditions, providers adding more users to exchange, and overall network, as well as software, and equipment upgrades. The major reasoning behind 95% of this is we are still operating on copper-wire, hence Federal Government rollout. Something that should have been done years ago, as with most infrastructure under a Liberal government; access KISS policy, whilst remembering if it works why touch it. VOIP for those businesses on Fibre or multiline HDSL connections work as good if not better than PSTN especially in relation to conference and video calls. Surprising to some is mobile phone towers are a VOIP connection back to an exchange? Cheers! `RobD... On 16Jul2010, at 7:02 am, KEVIN Lock wrote: We are connected through vividwireless 'home gateway'. Speeds are good, but the VOIP phone is lousy. I have talked with their Tech people a number of times, but the adjustments to settings has not improved the reception which ranges from very bad echoes to scratchy fading out volumes. The problems are inconsistent sometimes there are echoes, sometimes other problems. I am thinking of going back to Teltra landline where at least the quality is consistently good and using Skype for long distance calls. The Skype phone calls are much better than VOIP through vividwireless. I have tried several different phones on the Gateway. Am I missing something here? Intel iMac, plenty of RAM regards Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: lousy VOIP
Morning, Adam I actually utilise what they refer to as a VOIP ATA, which once placed within network becomes your VOIP connection point. So independent of modem connection. Currently at home I use the Linksys ATA very solid and easy to setup with many variables if inclined, but just the standard settings via iiNet website will get up and running quickly. Local settings might need some modification to achieve desired results many recipes available online. I also utilise the Telephone program which allows direct calls from computer via VOIP. Cheers! `RobD... On 16Jul2010, at 6:40 pm, Alexander Hartner wrote: Hi Adam, What problem did you have with Asterisk and how did you fix them ? Also what modem do you suggest ? Regards Alex On 16 Jul 2010, at 16:00, Adam Hewitt wrote: I have used iinet and amnet (who i am currently using) over my home Adsl with absolutely no problems at all. For the most part I can't tell the difference between the voip line and the pots line. I did have problems with mynetphone but that was mostly caused by me using an asterisk voip gateway. Not all modems are created equal and you may find the modem is causing the problems and not the provider (saying that I did a lot of work with voip over satellite which cannot be treated the same as over a terrestrial line and requires a lot of experience to get it optimal...running it over wireless probably presents similar issues which vividwireless may not have the expertise in dealing with) Adam Sent from my iPhone On 16/07/2010, at 1:38 PM, KEVIN Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I am very happy with vividwireless except the VOIP product and I believe, reading about VOIP on various forums, that it is not just vividwireless. The Harvey Norman bloke who sold us the Home Gateway for VW informed us that we couldn't possibly expect to get the same quality as a land line. I may go and buy a cheap new phone to try it once again. I will report back. Kev I'm with iinet Naked DSL my phone plays up the same way, I've had it for two years, it can be very good for many months then you seem to have a bad patch, the Tech support at iinet said that you can access the router change the channel the phone is using, I know none of this helps you, just letting you know it's not just Vivid, but I am glad you broadcast it as I was going to give Vivid a go myself, will now keep away from them. - Original Message - From: KEVIN Lock kal...@iinet.net.au To: wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:02 AM Subject: lousy VOIP We are connected through vividwireless 'home gateway'. Speeds are good, but the VOIP phone is lousy. I have talked with their Tech people a number of times, but the adjustments to settings has not improved the reception which ranges from very bad echoes to scratchy fading out volumes. The problems are inconsistent sometimes there are echoes, sometimes other problems. I am thinking of going back to Teltra landline where at least the quality is consistently good and using Skype for long distance calls. The Skype phone calls are much better than VOIP through vividwireless. I have tried several different phones on the Gateway. Am I missing something here? Intel iMac, plenty of RAM regards Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Epson Stylus Pro 3880
Morning All, Not sure if this will solve issue, but I have noticed some strange behaviour with print queues recently. This happens when a job for some unknown reason does not print or sits in Que. Waiting, why??? (printer off, connection not available, out of ink/toner??) First point of call for all printing problems is the CUPS Administrative page via browser through localhost:631 directly from machine attempting printing. Click on Administration tab then printers which will list all printers - status column will show actual error. Most times just deleting actual print job solves issue, done from Jobs Tab, make sure go back to Administration page. Then, Jobs - Manage Jobs button this will produce a list of jobs waiting, cancel job and try again to print from printer. Password if asks for, being an administrator of your machine. Cheers! `RobD... On 14Jul2010, at 10:47 am, William Crabb wrote: Hi All, Just wondering if anyone can help me. I have sent jobs to the printer as normal, and nothing is happening. The jobs are getting stored, but not printing, and it is showing status as stopped. I've been using this same printer for a couple of years and have never seen this status. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, as I have a heap of stuff to print today and this is not a good start... Regards, Rosalyn -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server
Morning, Remote Install within Utilities, from another Apple machine. External USB DVD drive, Firewire drive. One sideline is Windows 7 has issues authorising/binding against SAMBA PDC. Cheers! `RobD... On 24Jun2010, at 9:00 pm, Stuart Breden wrote: Currently I have a Windows server and a small Apple network. At least the hard drive on the Windows server needs replacing. I'm looking at a Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server but can't understand why this Mac mini does not have a CD/DVD drive. Has the necessary install DVDs but no where to use them. Why does this Mac mini not have a CD/DVD drive? How can you upgrade the server software? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 http://www.apple.com/au/macmini/server/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Aperture how to books
Morning All, A great resource I stumbled across many moons ago, especially if you purchase a couple of books a year? Safari Books Online http://www.safaribooksonline.com The purchase of one or two in a year justifies cost, but a fast technical/academic/business library resource at your finger tips. Titles / Subjects from all the tech book providers including Apple, and then some. Cheers! `RobD... On 25Apr2010, at 5:42 pm, Adrian Skehan wrote: Does anyone out there know of any hard/paperback reference books on Aperture? Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Final Cut
Evening, Not exactly, separate ideologies of same software. FCP has been part of Final Cut Studio for a while now even though it holds it's own version number currently FCP 7.?. Very much a Professional product with industry standards built in, etc.. FCE is basically an upgrade to iMovie with some editing benefits of FCP mainly to do with input devices and exportable files via a compressor style product although reduced somewhat in offerings. LiveType is included I think not sure, but yes good value if all the bells and whistles of FCS are not needed. It will edit and transpose to many formats and output devices, how well compared to FCP not sure, but would be very close Higher quality formats like Red, 2k, and 4k would not be supported? Cheers!! `RobD... On 15Mar2010, at 3:47 pm, Adrian Skehan wrote: Afternoon all, Am I correct in assuming that the current version of what was Final Cut Pro is now Final Cut Express 4.0? Recent posts seem to indicate that upgrading from iPhoto to Final Cut Express 4.0 is worth while in terms of improved results, does anyone know if there is there a trial version available? I can't seem to find one. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Address Book problem
Morning, Sounds like printer driver is running out of real estate, so have you tried other printers on said machine. Resetting labels info through layout button, correct page size (A4 or US Letter) or labels selected in drop down box is correct, with relative page size which then corresponds with printer actual page size it is attempting to print on. Does it show country in preview window as I found it prints only what it previews, this is a direct relation to your printer and relative software. I had trouble replicating issue on three different printers in my environment, but not ticking print country box for each print run was basically it. Cheers! `Rob... On 30Nov2008, at 9:37 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: Thanks Ronni, I checked the details you suggested and found I have already covered all of them, but still no country printing !! Any other suggestions .. anyone ? On 20/11/2008, at 7:27 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 19/11/2008, at 10:01 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, I have been using Address Book to print mailing labels for Christmas cards for a couple of years. However I do not seem to be able to get the COUNTRY to print on the labels. There is a point in the print setup where you can check a box to PRINT COUNTRY and then a further box to check EXCEPT MY COUNTRY. However when I do this the counrty still will not print. This means I spend time every year writing the country below the address on all my overseas envelopes. Hi Stephen, I'm using Address Book v4.1.1 in Leopard OS X 10.5.5 and my Address Book printed envelopes include Australia. In Address Book, the country code can be changed by clicking on the address label (home, work, etc.) while in edit mode, and selecting Change Address Format... I have noticed that each time I print an envelope I need to check the box again for Print Country in my printer setup dialogue box. It doesn't hold the tick from previous print of envelope. I'm using an Epson TX700W MF Printer. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Linux in VMWare Fusion with Leopard
Why the need when OS X is just that, A UNIX based operating environment, linux programs are already running with significant amounts binary coded if not installed. (some require X11 installed) http://developer.apple.com/unix/ http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html http://www.osxfaq.com/tutorials/LearningCenter/ Compiling of said programs is definitely possible if that way inclined as compilers and libraries are already installed. I f not so gung-ho try Mac Ports. http://www.macports.org/ Terminal is the door to the window (GUI's) or said programs if command line based. Lots of shell variations and configurations to personalise. Oh by the way all these operate whilst OS X is loaded no rebooting necessary just launch relevant program it will launch in its own X window or blend into Aqua-Apple style. Daemons will launch and do relevant job or task pending on daemon required. One can even load a new GUI desktop environment like KDE, Gnome or others as an associate of Aqua or to replace totally. Cheers! `Rob... On 15Nov2008, at 7:57 pm, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi all WAMUGgers I'm messing around with our brand new and very nice school MacBook Al and want to install Linux as a VMWare Fusion engine, just for fun ;-)) I've already got Windows XP2 Pro installed. I know nothing about Linux. What version would be best to install and trial for mere mug adults and school kids? Regards Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Email servers etc - I need some ideas
Morning All, Pending on your Corporate Computer Security planning (intranet, internet or extranet) and laws, I find it very hard to go pass Google as Steve suggested. But be very careful in checking these laws based on your business model and corporate responsibilities. Accessibility from anywhere via any device including mobile, cost factor is extraordinary - FREE. Construction cost zero - time very fast for such a network, as is experience level required. Domains are transferrable, meaning email names are in accordance with your corporate identity. Apps (Calendars, notes, etc) available online, very hard to beat as these are accessible from just about anywhere. Suggestions Google passing on your information I find this statement very pessimistic except to say commissions for what recommended. But if one feels it is an issue introduce a Corporate wide GPG key for email very simple to initiate as all mail clients have some form off. To be frank and honest if your corporate information is of such a secure nature then this should already be in place, as others can leach easier than Google can remove from their servers. Google mail has encrypted mail servers meaning all your mail travels both directions via an encrypted secure port. Further information or ideas please feel free to contact me direct. Cheers! `Rob... 20Oct2008, at 9:33 pm, Steve Woods wrote: On 20/10/2008, at 7:48 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm looking for some advice in terms of setting up a corporate email environment on the Mac platform (but catering for users of other platforms who would be potentially anywhere). I'm quite familiar with pop email accounts, understand the concept of IMAP (I think). But I haven't really been involved with email servers and the like, which I think is probably what I need. I'm familiar with having a standalone Mac, and popping email from my email host (NetRegistry). However I'm now using mailboxes which I need to allow communal access to - potentially several people accessing the communal mailboxes in the future. I also need to have a system whereby although I set up an indovidual user's personal email account, the business still retains copies of those emails. I imagine I could use NetRegistry and set up an IMAP account, but then I am reliant on a 3rd party entirely, including for storage of our email. I'm not totally comfortable with that. So does this mean I need to set up an email server of our own, with accompanying back up solutions? If so, can someone give me an idea of the hardware software requirements, rough idea of costs? Or does it sound like I need to engage a networking specialist to solve all of my problems? Are there any networking specialists amongst wamug people? (I trust a Mac user's advice! :-) Cheers, Steven Steven, I'd suggest Google Apps for business. Ticks all the boxes in your list - including using your own domain name, archiving of all corporate messages, and IMAP accounts of up to 25GB per user. Price is hard to beat too! http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html -- Steve -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off
Hi All, Answer.. TELSTRA, and Communication Act. As Reasoning , research NAKED DSL when technology available, and the actual take up date by ISP's in Australia? Has this reduced the cost ? But, whom still controls communication from exchange to socket? It does not take a rocket scientist to contemplate timeframe of next stage; be it optical fibre or other technology within the alliances of Canberra. Policy and political eradication before one considers the actual cost and stately infrastructure modernisation needed for uptake by consumer. Cheers! `Rob On 29Sep2008, at 10:43 pm, Matthew Healey wrote: On 29/09/2008, at 7:48 PM, James Devenish wrote: Well, Maybe every ISP in Australia is ripping us off, but I'm not sure that a tit-for-tat comparison with other countries is particularly fair on ISPs. I am led to believe that our small market size and population sparcity make the situation challenging for Australian ISPs when you factor in the cost of our infrastructure, equipment and staff Yes, but every (most) house(s) out there already have power lines, water, and telephone lines running out to them. So we have proven that we have the technology and resources to run a unique service to each residence from a central location. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off
On 30Sep2008, at 10:40 am, Matthew Healey wrote: On 30/09/2008, at 9:57 AM, James Green wrote: We might be highly urbanised, but you still have to look at the numbers, 20 million people vs. 125 million people in Japan. The cost per head of population of installing infrastructure is a lot higher. And you then need every one of those people to pay to use the infrastructure, or have it heavily subsidised, or both Like a mentioned before, this would be a relevant point it we didn't have any infrastructure to start with but every house already has at least three services running to them (5 if you count Cable and Gas). It seems to be economical for all of these other companies to run unique services to every house. Why can't someone run Fibre? As answered before: TELSTRA, and the (tele)communication act. Contact local MP for a clarification, or communication ombudsman for your state. To be quite frank we did not sell it off, but buried it further in political depravity thanks to Howard government; another one of those so-called great legacies that he has left our great nation. Who can blame TELSTRA for trying to hang onto an income source, as it has been proved time again they can not be competitive. Mute point to ponder: I have Optus optical fibre passing through the front of my property 10 feet form junction box, and in connection pit at front of house. It is possible to connect through this cable to an exchange and back to my house, but I am not allowed to connect to this as my source of communications above act prohibits this except down copper line controlled by TESTRA. Cheers! `Rob... - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with courses pretty please
Morning All, There is a lot available online, bit more info would be useful. Apple seminars has a diverse range for many scenarios available for free from Apple online Seminars. http://www.seminars.apple.com/ Apple developers offers quite an array of information and assistance http://developer.apple.com/ These you do need to register. Cheers! `Rob... On 12Sep2008, at 7:14 pm, Aurora74 wrote: Hi, Was just notified that I have been chosen to support our CEO in his quest for Macdom. Whilst admirable I have never supported OSX in a corporate ie MS environmentwell very limited. Can anyone please suggest any courses, resources or training as this will be a full bells and whistles install even though use will be next to none but the target will have all the toys ie Macbook air, time machine etc At least I get matching hardware but if it gets screwed up I will be toast. Already up to her neck in AS400 Aurora -- We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.' Martin Luther King -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: f-keys on Keyboard
Morning All, Thanks Ronnie as always helpful, but the f-keys have changed somewhat as the F7 through to F12 are Audio and Video on new Aluminium Keyboards. With the show all open at F3, Dashboard at F4, Brightness at F1 and F2. These F keys can be reprogrammed also toggled via a fn key, as on Mac/Powerbook laptops. fn key basically turns of Apples preferred use of key function hence acronym fn, returning it to a neutral situation for programs to utilise like F7 for spellchecker. This control can be reversed so hitting f-key will function as programmed and Apple functions need fn depressed. Check box in System Preferences / Keyboard Mouse. This is where it gets confusing as some Apple and 3rd party programs do use these f-keys as above and others still use old ways. But, all are programmable, some programs allowing more control than others through their preferences or system preferences - keyboard and mouse. A question mark arises over the F13, F14, and F15 keys as they seem to be untouchable without some severe reprogramming of keyboard. Strange since F16 too F19 are programmable through keyboard preferences. Cheers! `Rob... On 10Sep2008, at 8:58 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: On 10/09/2008, at 1:21 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: I h've got someone using excel on my mac.He is used to the f-keys from the PC.Does anyone know theconversion fron PC to mac F- keys?...as well as shortcutstrokes on Pc to Mac? Hello Martin, Nearly all of the Windows shortcuts for which you used the Control key are still there, except that instead of Control, use Command, sometimes called the Apple key. For example, bolding text in a word processor is now Command-B rather than Control-B, bookmarking a webpage in your internet browser is Command-D rather than Control-D, etc. To move the Windows cursor through text word-by-word—rather than character-by-character—the shortcut was Control-Arrow Key, instead the command is now Option-Arrow Key. To move quickly between open programs, many Windows users relied upon the Alt-Tab command, which is instead Command-Tab. To manually shut down a program in Windows, the command was Control- Alt-Delete (a command with which all Windows users should be intimately familiar), but in Mac you can Force Quit a program by pressing Command-Option-Escape. To eject a CD, press and hold the Eject button at the top right of your keyboard, above the delete key. To toggle a function that lets you magnify portions of your screen, press Command-Option-8, then press Command-Option-+ or - to zoom in or out. F9 to F12 are programmed to provide a few helpful tools for managing your screen space: Press F9 to fit all open windows on the screen at once. Press F10 to fit all open windows in the selected program at once. Press F11 to push aside all open windows and show your desktop. Press F12 to pull up the Dashboard. http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iPhone purchase [advice]
Hi All, Have been with Virgin Mobile for sometime now, phones delivered next day by courier if ordered before Lunchtime and in stock. This is online or by phone, if a new customer I would go with phone, but be prepared for a long wait to talk to a customer service representative. But, once connected very helpful and knowledgeable staff. Virgin great coverage throughout Perth with HSDPA, reasonably quick connection. Although do believe Telstra better with coverage and speed, but a lot more expensive. iPhone apparently in stock now at Virgin Mobile. 16gb @ 74 per month with 1gb of Data and $520 cap. Remember with Virgin all calls and sms are free Virgin to Virgin. http://www.virginmobile.com.au/ Cheers! `Rob... On 06Sep2008, at 3:31 pm, Leon Shaffer wrote: Hi Dudley, Have you checked out Virgin Mobile's iPhone offers? They use the Optus network, (they are owned by Optus). 16GB Black: $74 per month Incl : $520 in calls 1GB if data (There is also an offer that if 1GB is not enough you could buy and extra 1GB for $15 per month.) I got my unit from Allphones and they had lots of stock on hand. Regards Lee On 06/09/2008, at 11:00 AM, Dudley Gager wrote: G'day I would also be interested in advice from any of those who have taken the plunge. It seems to me, and I may be wrong: - you'll get the best speed from Telstra - you'll get the best coverage from Telstra - you'll get a phone right away from Telstra (witness the full page press ads) - you'll have to wait for a phone from Optus because their plans are clearly superior to Telstra's And I haven't figured out whether to forget about the big 2 and go for one of the others. Dudley Gager (still sitting on the fence in mild confusion) On 05/09/2008, at 6:58 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi there I have been on list on and off for many years but rarely do I ask advice. However I'm confused. Could not find the answer in the archives or iPhone Central. I know that life is not simple and straight forward but. I've read all the guff, scanned all the hype and muddled over the spread sheets but no solution. Where is the best place to 'buy' an iPhone. What is the best plan to use and the best telco. Dr Stuart Breden -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Free roaming smtp server?
Morning, Utilise a webmail account from your ISP or Web Host if possible. Set it as IMAP if possible, or leave on server for POP one can then set email client to check when able, and other times utilise web connection for email with Webmail. Cheers! `Rob... On 13Aug2008, at 9:18 pm, Rob Phillips wrote: My wife is working 2-on, 1-off up North and she is not able to send emails from her camp in Nullagine. She uses the new Eudora based on Thunderbird and can receive mail. Her company is not able to tell her the smtp server details of their ISP. Is there some other way that she can send emails using smtp? Like a free remote smtp service? I don't think she is able to use postfix in OSX, and it isn't secure anyway. Any suggestions welcomed. Rob -- Rob Phillips, BSc, PhD, Grad Dip Comp Sci, FHERDSA Teaching and Learning Centre Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Erasing a HD
Evening, I would suspect some form of network install via an optical device from another OS X machine on the network which would be wireless as the Air has no actual ethernet connection. Correction apparently there is a dongle? A google search should reveal some method or even the Apple manual most probably installed on the root drive normally known as Macintosh HD. http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3226p=9 Allow a lot of time to complete as network installs are notoriously slow even over ethernet. Cheers! `Rob... On 15Jul2008, at 4:53 pm, David Ring wrote: I recently purchased a Macbook Air and foolishly attempted to install Parallels and XP! Whilst the former appears to have installed successfully I have had nothing but problems with windoze and would now like to remove both of them. I have attempted to uninstall each item on various occasions using various methods and have not been sucessful - problems with administrator rights and not being authorised! As there is no other data on the hard drive that I require, I felt the simplest way to start with a clean slate was to use the 'Erase' feature in 'Disk Utility' but found the 'Erase...' button greyed out and therefore not an option. Is there any other way I can format my hard drive and start from scratch again? (I have the original Leopard OS disk) Kind regards, David Ring. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Naked DSL Question
iiNet naked takes a while to settle once initial installation has been complete. Then the next problem evolves when iiNet finally synchronise you over to naked from within iiNet family of old. This issue I am not aware of with those that are new to iiNet. So for first bill cycle there are a few teething issues mainly to do with internal iiNet services, mostly spasmodic disconnection VOIP DSL etc usually sorts out with a recycle of actual DSL modem. VOIP issues are usually caused by too much load on single connection so allocate High Priority within QoS of modem or firewall server to VOIP (port 5060-5061) and this issue usually does the trick. If all of the above have expired or been tried and it is a continuous problem contact iiNet. Checking if exchange has been worked on, usually iiNet lets one know in advance through support email or toolbox. Again if this is issue it could take a few days for it to settle again. iiNet support are very thorough in trying to resolve issues, but if problem is not logged it can not be sorted. Another solution I have found for busy or more than one computer networks is to separate, NAT and Firewall from actual DSL modem. Thus controlling network from separate machine Firewall (IPCop,Clarkconnect), or a separate WAP as the Apple Airport or similar device. Although there are many variations for a minimal or no charge it equates to what is required, and if it is necessary. Cheers! `Rob... On 13Jul2008, at 8:41 am, Rick Armstrong wrote: Hi Aurora I use a Netgear DG834GV with Naked DSL and VoIP. I have had some call dropouts with long local calls between 4-5 minutes, it hasn't been a major issue at this stage for me to contact iinet support as I seldom run calls past this time. Regards, Rick. On 12/07/2008, at 10:39 PM, Steven wrote: Hi Aurora A friend of mine uses a Netgear DG834GV with Naked DSL and VoIP. I think he has had some troubles with call dropouts etc, but I understand they are now resolved. But the trouble with these things is that you can never tell whether it's a modem issue, a ISP issue, a line issue, etc etc. I use a Billion 7404VGP-M with Naked DSL and VoIP, and although I've had some issues, now resolved, in hindsight I suspect that they haven't been modem related. Cheers, Steven On 12/7/08 10:30 PM, Aurora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I need some help selecting a modem/router for Naked DSL. We had bought a Netgear DG834N as it says on the website that it is VOIP but is this compatible with Nasked DSL as I have heard conflicting reports. I want to stay with netgear as I have had a bad experience with D- Link and my companies VPN. Please help as Iam getting more and more confused and my ISP is just pushing the Belkin experience. Smiles Aurora -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DNS vulnerability
iiNet resolved issue sometime last week rolling out patches within DNS servers. These being brought back online and cycled over the weekend with no apparent issues as part of their upgrade being moved forward. This issue could also be a reason for slower than normal connections or misleading address reconciliation, and should smooth out as the hours online re-establish DNS protocols. Cheer! `Rob... On 14Jul2008, at 10:31 am, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Neil and other WAMUGgers On 10 Jul 2008, at 3:27pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Following was internodes reply, they have issued an advisory online. I'm leaving my DNS servers set as the OpenDNS servers for the moment while they sort it. Hi Neil, Thank you for your support request with Internode. Please see our advisory concerning DNS cache poisoning for the current status of this issue. https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/advisories/item.html? id=5554 If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please reply to this email or contact our Helpdesk by phone on 1300 788 233. Here's an update from Internode today. doe it make sense? Reg https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/advisories/item.html?id=5554 Advisory 5554 - DNS security enhancement (cache poisoning vulnerability) SeverityInformational Source Internode Start Wed Jul 9 09:00:00 2008 End TBA Summary DNS security enhancement (cache poisoning vulnerability) ServicesDNS Areas Australia Details An AusCERT advisory was released today advising of a DNS vulnerability which potentially allows forged DNS information to be injected into the cache of a DNS resolver. This vulnerability has not yet been reported to be an issue in practice, but the release of information about it requires appropriate security action is now taken, to avoid the potential for it to become a problem in the future. This issue has potential impact across the entire DNS system worldwide - it is not specific to Internode or to Australia. Accordingly, it does require mitigation by Internode (and all other ISPs) to protect against the potential of future problems. Internode takes note of, and responds appropriately, to software vulnerabilities in Internet infrastructure (such as this one) as and when they occur. Internode Engineers are aware of this security alert and are evaluating the best way to eliminate this vulnerability. Doing this requires some analysis and care to ensure uninterrupted service is provided to our customers in the process of addressing the issue. This advisory will be updated with further information as the work to do this progresses. Customers interested in this specific issue may find further explanation here: http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3757746/DNS+at+Risk+From+Multivendor+Cache+Poisoning.htm See also the relevant AusCERT advisory, here: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=9546 UPDATE - 14/7 11:30 CST: The state-based resolvers accessible by 192.231.203.132 have been upgraded and are no longer vulnerable to this security flaw. Customers using this IP address as their primary resolver as recommended by Internode will no longer be vulnerable to the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability. Work is in progress to upgrade the remaining name servers. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Who [got] an iPhone to[day]?
Morning Martin, Thanks for the information, question regarding WiFi. Does the phone automatically detect then inform accordingly of services, or is it a physical profile change once in such area. So, all of the browsing one does goes through to WiFi connection and not your monthly data usage. Also does the WiFi allow connection to a VOIP or Skype connection for phone calls? Cheers! `Rob... On 12Jul2008, at 12:48 am, Martin Hill wrote: On 11/07/2008, at 9:36 PM, Dudley Gager wrote: Interested to know what plan you chose Mart We went for the Optus $59 per month Cap which gives 500MB of data which we decided was really the minimum amount of data per month to make the iPhone viable. On that cap you only pay an extra $2 per month for the phone (instead of having to pay $279 up front like Telstra) and you get 1000 minutes of voice calls and SMS per month (the equivalent of $350 per month of calls). Total cost of 2 years of voice calls, SMS and 500MBs of data per month and including the $2 per month cost of the iPhone itself works out as $732 per year for 2 years which is not bad considering this is a powerful always connected computer in the palm of your hand - not just a phone that makes calls. Hey, it's a lot cheaper than a laptop and a broadband connection! :-) If you go for the Optus $19 per month Cap, your total outlay (calls, SMS + phone cost) would be only $480 per year for 2 years (for the 8GB iPhone), but for that you'd only get 100MBs of data and 143 minutes of talk time per month. (thanks to Chris Dean for his excellent spreadsheet comparing all these costs!) As it is, since lunch time today we've consumed 25.7MB of data received and 1.2MBs sent with LOTS of web browsing, YouTube, Google Maps/Earth with GPS in the car, browsing and downloading half a dozen apps from the App Store etc. However, a large proportion of that time we have been in wifi zones at work and at home. It's a good thing Optus is giving everyone unlimited data at no extra cost for the first month as everyone works out their typical patterns of data usage. :-) -Mart Dudley Gager On 11/07/2008, at 8:36 PM, Martin Hill wrote: We went to Carousel shopping centre at lunch and picked up an 8GB iPhone -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Telstra iPhone 3G data plans
Totally agree Martin, but the same old answer keeps flowing past these companies whom provide our telecommunication. The size of the country with it' s sparseness and only minimal amount of subscribers, so they try to redeem there initial expense when providing so called leading edge technology. It is what we hear all the time from Health Insurers, Cable/Satellite providers, and of course our Telecommunication providers. A lot of the blame can be laid at ourselves for accepting this Mexican stand-off and purchase said services at such ridiculous pricing, but do we have a choice? Of course because of booming economy etc. etc. we can afford all this expense or so we are made to believe. Then of course there is ACCC whom love to have many companies offering the services in name of competition. But with so few people in this country apparently only a few go to each competitor hence minimal subscribers. Then we have iiNet whom seem to be trying to shake the cage by utilising technology and acquiring many companies. But it is working for now, what happens when they have a monopoly, as per the banks and electronic banking. Charges just keep on going? As do the profit margins which brings up the question of the share holder AKA the Chief Executive and his management team. Cheers! `Rob... On 10Jul2008, at 4:39 pm, Martin Hill wrote: Well, talking to the Telstra NextG helpline today they reckon there is no special iPhone data plan and that the current ludicrous NextG data plans are it. However, she did say that new plans MAY be announced tomorrow... In other words: 5MB per month $5 $1 per MB excess 20MB per month $10 $1 per MB excess 80MB per month $29 $1 per MB excess 200MB per month $59 25c per MB excess 1GB per month $89 25c per MB excess 3GB per month $119 25c per MB excess Compare this to the USA where UNLIMITED data is only US$30. However, Telstra gives Unlimited data SMS for a flat monthly fee of $30 to users of their 2.5G HipTop Slide - which begs the question, why can't they do something similar for the iPhone? http://telstra.com.au/hiptop/index.html Absolutely ridiculously expensive for a device that is groundbreaking in its internet connectivity with the original iPhone v1 having in Australia already become the number one mobile internet platform despite not being officially released here. Everything about the iPhone demands high data usage from googlemaps with the built-in GPS to YouTube to push email to the fact that Google has found iPhone users utilise google 50x more than other users. Marketshare-wise, the iPhone is the number one mobile internet platform worldwide despite being on sale in only a few countries for only the last year. The voice plans are the same as their regular deals meaning the $30 plan has $25 of included calls and SMS. Australian carriers MUST get their heads out of the sand and not let this country be left behind by the brave new world of technological, social and educational possibilities being enabled by reasonably priced ubiquitous mobile internet connectivity. I guess we continue to wait and see. Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ebay
Morning, Accept it is a risk and take precautions. Ask for serial numbers of machine, also provide boot rom version, model identifier. These give you some scope for seeing if it is stolen from Apples list. Also if specifications actually match build time and machine specifics. Organise own courier to do pick up giving them the cheque, money order or authorisation to confirm credit details. Although PayPal does offer insurance on some things I would check their validation process, but it is a guarantee of sorts. Also some credit cards offer this same protection over the eCommerce world, but again check before. eBay does have some form of assistance that changes frequently so read there disclosure statements. Besides all of the above try locally first, this site has a few people with machinery offers, also local retailers? It always is a gamble, as is life. But, in this time frame their are ways of verifying; hence, minimising the risk protecting ones own assets or some form of compensation if it goes wrong. Do the homework and assess your level of risk. If it sounds to good to be true then it more than likely is false, again assess risk. Applecare is a good insurance that machine works, if available on required hardware, as it is transferrable being item specific, but validate against machine information. Also be prepared for an extremely long replacement or repair scenario if required, as Apple Australia are notoriously slow with this scenario of bought and replacement or repair required. Now saying that I find eBay an annoying way of purchasing equipment, but have done so a few times saving monetary value, but utilised a lot of personal time to achieve. Yes, have had one go bad, but thanks to credit company was a minimal $50 on a substantial acquisition of 7K, done the homework minimising the loss. Applecare have had a couple of instances one that was replaced although not with similar standing, but was replaced. Other was repaired, but extremely slow in both cases, a 3 month scenario on first case still pending on outcome, and 9 weeks on second to replace power supply - CPU. Cheers! `Rob... On 05Jul2008, at 9:28 pm, Nichole Shervington/Paul Vilkas wrote: Hi All, Could anyone please give me some advice on this. My brother recently made a bid on a brand new in the box sealed Apple Macbook Pro 17 2.5ghz core 2 duo 250gb hard drive. He did not win the winning bid, but the winning bid was AU $2550. The rrp on this $3777 I emailed the seller to ask the question Are you a Certified Australian wholesaler or retailer, for Apple products? He replied saying I am private seller. Has anyone had any experiences buying off ebay? Thanks Kind regards Nichole -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sony DCR-HC36E Handycam not recognised on Firewire Port
Morning Ronni, Not sure of the camera or it's abilities, but if it is recorded using DV? It is still a DV tape so just utilise another source for output, information is already there. Although some say it may degrade if a lower quality VTR is utilised, personally never been an issue. As it is still DV codec, utilise Apples ProRes codec within FCP Studio and then lots can be achieved if an up or down grading of codec is required. I have found this process works even with some of the newer quasi so called HI-Def modes of production although in certain situation one might need a VTR with similar codec structure? I have not ran into this issue yet, as it is still some form of DV. If it is a proprietary format from one of the manufacturers, it will be a program of sorts you will have to download, or available on the installation CD that came with product, check Sony site for clarification. But experimentation always adds a bit of spice to life, make the mundane ordinary again. Just like when one realises how important it is to breathe. Cheers! Rob... On 01Jul2008, at 12:00 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks to everyone who has replied with suggestions regarding this problem. I appreciate all the suggestions very much, and I have tried each and everyone. I've been trying everything, over and over again, that is why it has been so long for me to respond to all the help I have been given. 1. Mark's suggestion: Try connecting while in a different User Account 2. Rod's: Disconnect firewire from both ends, camera off, then restart Mac 3. Jude's: Try another camcorder: I thought I could get another camcorder that uses the same MiniDV tapes, but haven't been able to locate one. 4. James: Quicktime Pro, activate record see if it can see the Handycam 5. John: Was relating to HDD camera HDV/DV finding the settings. Unfortunately I have tried every suggestion, plus everything Apple Support suggests, but nothing has worked. My MacBook Pro refuses to recognise the firewire connection from the Handycam. The Handycam recognises the firewire 'DV Out i.LINK / DV in i.LINK' when connected. The MacBook in System Profiler Firewire - Warning: Unable to List Firewire devices I even tried a USB cable just to se if my MBP would see the camera but of course not. So I have a Sony MiniDV 60min Tape with Video footage on it that cannot be imported into my MBP so I can edit create a DVD for the person :-( Many thanks for your suggestions, I appreciate it greatly. If you can think of anything I haven't tried yet, please let me know. Cheers, Ronni On 30/06/2008, at 6:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello People, A Client gave me his DCR-HC36E Handycam for me to Edit the video and create a DVD for him. Getting the Video Footage onto my MacBook Pro OSX10.5.3, iMovie '08 v.7.1.2, iMovie HD 6.0.4, is proving a headache. I'm using a i.Link (firewire) cable that I used to use with my Sony DCR-TRV320E Camcorder,before I purchased a HDD Camcorder. Neither iMovie Applications recognise the camera, so I cannot import any video. System Profiler - Firewire - Warning: Unable to list firewire devices I've tried everything suggested by Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1059 without success. The camera recognises the Firewire connection, the touch screen indicates the firewire connection DV-Out i.Link is selected. Anyone using this handycam with iMovie successfully, I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
