Re: Update crash

2011-08-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
Problem solved. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/08/2011, at 11:08 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: My daughter-in law ran a Snow Leopard update via the apple updater on her new 27 iMac last night and now it won't start, says it can't find a valid start disk. Can someone please

Update crash

2011-08-07 Thread Skehan Adrian
My daughter-in law ran a Snow Leopard update via the apple updater on her new 27 iMac last night and now it won't start, says it can't find a valid start disk. Can someone please suggest a starting point to try and resolve this please. Unfortunately I don't know what the update was, she just

Re: iTunes Audio Books

2011-08-02 Thread Skehan Adrian
Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 2/8/11 9:32 AM, Skehan Adrian at adrianske...@me.com wrote: Good morning all, I have imported an audio book from a CD into iTunes but it has gone into the music library and not to the audio book list. I

iTunes Audio Books

2011-08-01 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good morning all, I have imported an audio book from a CD into iTunes but it has gone into the music library and not to the audio book list. I have an idea I asked this question before but can't find the the answer anywhere so would be grateful if someone could remind me of how to move it

Re: Power board plug orientation

2011-07-30 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks, thats exactly what is needed. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 30/07/2011, at 6:22 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Adrian, Several companies now make Powerboards With the relevant spacing I have seen them at Bunnings and Dick Smith. The ones I own several of are from HPM. HPM -

Power board plug orientation

2011-07-29 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good morning all, A NFP organisation I do some volunteering with have about 15 mobile phones all neatly arranged so that they can be kept track of. It is necessary to have several of them on charge at one time and the power pins on the chargers are arranged so that the body of the charger is

Re: Lion

2011-07-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
OS X upgrade has the same rules as other software bought from the Mac App Store. You can deploy it on all your Macs. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-21, at 10:26, Skehan Adrian wrote: If I buy a copy for my iMac do I have to buy another copy for the MacBook Pro? Regards, Adrian

iTunes

2011-07-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good morning all, Having installed Lion on both the iMac (27 i7) and the MacBook Pro I have had to download the 9 updates for them one at a time otherwise it fails to install any of them at the end of the downloading phase and the download has to start from scratch. I eventually got them

Re: Lion - step backwards?

2011-07-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
It works great on my iMac. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 22/07/2011, at 11:53 AM, Rod Lavington wrote: Unless you have a magic trackpad :) Cheers Rod On Jul 22, 2011 11:46 AM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Do I assume that the swiping and dragging feature is only

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

2011-07-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
Have you tried setting up smart folders in the finder side panel? I have set some up to search out things like .jpeg, .tiff and .pages etc. I find it makes it very easy to recognise duplicates and by clicking of a file it gives its location along the bottom of the window. Regards, Adrian

Re: Lion

2011-07-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
If I buy a copy for my iMac do I have to buy another copy for the MacBook Pro? Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 20/07/2011, at 11:06 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: got it the download just finished :) On Wed Jul 20 22:58 , Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com sent:

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

2011-07-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
Oooops I think I have the answer. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 21/07/2011, at 10:07 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Have you tried setting up smart folders in the finder side panel? I have set some up to search out things like .jpeg, .tiff and .pages etc. I find it makes it very

Re: Accounting software

2011-07-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
On 03/07/2011, at 12:57 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Yep, it wont work for me either. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 03/07/2011, at 11:58 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I tried, but have been unable to watch the demonstration. It appears to be corrupted as I can watch other

Re: Accounting software

2011-07-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
, Works ok for me. You do need a fast internet connection to watch Apple Seminars. Setup to view Streamed Videos and Webcasts: http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/wctest/apple/level2/wctest.html Cheers, Ronni On 03/07/2011, at 12:57 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Yep, it wont work for me

Re: Accounting software

2011-07-02 Thread Skehan Adrian
Yep, it wont work for me either. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 03/07/2011, at 11:58 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I tried, but have been unable to watch the demonstration. It appears to be corrupted as I can watch other online demonstrations, is this just me or do others have

Installer problem

2011-06-24 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good afternoon all, I purchased a ViaCad2D/3D today but when I run the installer it comes up with a message saying This installer requires admin privileges to run. QUIT I am the only user and as such have admin privileges. Can anyone suggest what is going on please? Regards, Adrian

Re: Photocopier utility

2011-06-15 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good morning Severin, The last 2 Epson multi functions (Print, Scan, Copy and Fax) I have bought came with with all software including some OCR and CD/DVD Printing software all of which works very well. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 15/06/2011, at 11:42 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Fwd: MacKeeper

2011-06-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
Good morning all, Early last May there was a post on MacKeeper which seemed to come to an abrupt close following Ronni's comment. The application has some interesting elements to it such as Fast Clean which suggested that there is over 6 GB of junk, including foreign languages and lots of

Re: MacKeeper

2011-06-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
question, is sort of in the answer above. In that it installs components all over the system. And the removal tool doesn't seem to get them all. So you have to do lots to get rid of it. That is part the problem. Hope that helps a little. Kind regards Daniel On 4/6/11 9:35 AM, Skehan Adrian

Re: Epson Stylus Photo TX700W MFP Wireless Printer

2008-10-25 Thread Skehan Adrian
Scanning old BW negatives can be easily done without expensive scanners, I saw a demonstration of this a few years ago at a WAGS computer group meeting and the results were impressive. It consisted of a standard type scanner and software and a wooden box painted white inside with a light

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-24 Thread Skehan Adrian
Its got me beat at this stage, I will have to wait until I get back to Perth some time next month to follow it up with the domain namr people and others. In the meantime thanks to all for the input. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 24/10/2008, at

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-22 Thread Skehan Adrian
Westnet sent me new DNS settings to try which worked for me but how does that help anyone else to access the site, sounds like the whole world needs to be instructed to add these settings to their machines, doesn't make any sense to me. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-22 Thread Skehan Adrian
are 203.21.20.20 203.10.1.9 Cheers, Ronni On 23/10/2008, at 7:28 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Westnet sent me new DNS settings to try which worked for me but how does that help anyone else to access the site, sounds like the whole world needs to be instructed to add these settings to their machines

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks to all for the responses, unfortunately I am unable to access it on any of the 4 machines available to me where I am at present. I have corrected the Nullabor spelling via iWeb and it appears to have uploaded the correction OK. If anyone who has been able to get in could have

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
, Nullabor does also seem to be in common usage. Google gives: 247,000 hits for Nullarbor 92,300 hits for Nullabor Take your pick :) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/10/08 7:45 PM, Skehan Adrian at [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Domain Name problem

2008-10-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
wrote: On 22/10/2008, at 8:30 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: On the matter of the Nullabor typo, I believe it is an aboriginal name and I don't think they were big on Latin. Actually apparently the Aboriginal name for the area is 'Oondiri' meaning 'the waterless'. :-) http://www.answers.com

Domain Name problem

2008-10-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
For some reason I cannot access web page at http://www.skehan.id.au/ (http://www.skehan.id.au/Home/Welcome.html ) which is hosted on .Mac was working file when we left home a couple of weeks ago. The domain name people say that they can access it externally but I get the following response

Re: iMovie 08

2008-09-13 Thread Skehan Adrian
: On 14/09/2008, at 10:22 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I suddenly find that the several items under Edit such as Split Clip, Join Clips, Reveal In Event Browser, Arrange Music Tracks etc. are all greyed out. iMac G5, OS 10.5.4 I have dumped Plist and cant find anything in Help. Can anyone

JBL On Stage iPod station

2008-09-04 Thread Skehan Adrian
Is there anyone out there who has a 60GB Photo iPod adaptor for the JBL On Stage iPod station that they don't need please? (that's the donut shaped one with 4 little speakers built in.) Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: CD labeller for Mac

2008-09-04 Thread Skehan Adrian
Kev I used 3 different packages at one time or another but found that some DVD players and Computers could not play them with the paper labels attached. I also found that the newer the player or computer the less likely it was that they would play any of them. In the finish I had to

Re: CD labeller for Mac

2008-09-04 Thread Skehan Adrian
Kev, if you would like to bring it over I will print it for you. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 05/09/2008, at 9:45 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Thanks for all the info on labelling CDs. I really only need to print one Mp3 disk I am making up for a

Re: Fire at Apple Headquarters !!

2008-08-13 Thread Skehan Adrian
I hope they had everything backed up. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 14/08/2008, at 12:40 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Video here http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/localid=6323910 On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Stephen Chape [EMAIL

Fwd: con or virus

2008-08-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
Here's one I haven't seen before (with zip attachment), obviously a con or virus. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ Begin forwarded message: From: UPS Postal Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 9 August 2008 11:46:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NO-REPLY] UPS

Re: iWeb Publishing error

2008-08-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
Rod, I have experienced this a couple of times but found that if I left it until the next day it worked OK then. I put it down to a problem at the other end. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 03/08/2008, at 12:33 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Thanks

Non Mac matter

2008-07-30 Thread Skehan Adrian
This morning I was talking to a chap from the Cambodian Community out at West Swan, he asked if I knew of anyone who may volunteer (for petrol money) to give some English lessons to some Buddhist Monks he has staying with him. Apparently they are out here for a year or so, 2 of them have

Re: Customs

2008-07-27 Thread Skehan Adrian
All that being as it may, how do they think they can tell if you ripped any of it off? and are they going to be able to establish for a fact that one track amongst a couple of thousand you may have on your machine is suspect, also, If you choose to not give them an access password to your

Re: customs

2008-07-27 Thread Skehan Adrian
I would have thought that its up to them to prove any illegality, or doesn't innocence until proven guilty count any more. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 28/07/2008, at 8:40 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 27/07/2008, at 4:59 PM, Skehan Adrian

Re: Counter doesn't appear in iWeb page

2008-07-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
/ On 19/07/2008, at 3:01 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Rod I have just generated a new site and the counter is working OK on both pages. http://web.mac.com/adrianskehan/Eastern_Sojurns/Welcome.html Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 19/07/2008, at 1:09

Re: Counter doesn't appear in iWeb page

2008-07-19 Thread Skehan Adrian
Counter Cheers Rod on 19/07/08 8:59 AM, Skehan Adrian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rod, How did you go about inserting the counter? Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 18/07/2008, at 8:07 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi Folks I¹ve been away for 2 weeks. Have

Re: Counter doesn't appear in iWeb page

2008-07-18 Thread Skehan Adrian
Rod, How did you go about inserting the counter? Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 18/07/2008, at 8:07 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi Folks I¹ve been away for 2 weeks. Have published some photos from my trip via iWeb today, but the page counter doesn¹t

MobileMe again

2008-07-14 Thread Skehan Adrian
After a bit of cheating I have managed to get the MacBook to Sync with MobileMe, however when it goes to sync I get an error message iSync couldn't connect to Exchange Couldn't reach the server specified I am logged into my .Mac and it syncs OK any way. Does anyone have a clue to what

MobileMe

2008-07-11 Thread Skehan Adrian
My G5 set up easily for MobileMe however, there is still no sign of an update for my Intel MacBook and I cant find anything on the Apple site to guide me. The MacBook is logged into .Mac via System Preferences and I can access my account and settings etc. I can also access my

MobileMe

2008-07-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
Software Up Date downloaded MobileMe for my G5 but there has not been anything (apart from iTunes 7.7) for the MacBook. Have I missed something? Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: iDisk uploads

2008-07-09 Thread Skehan Adrian
it will be much better and hopefully not as slow. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 10/07/2008, at 8:13 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 09/07/2008, at 1:48 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Can anyone tell me if dragging folders or documents onto your desktop

iDisk uploads

2008-07-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
Can anyone tell me if dragging folders or documents onto your desktop iDisk is the same as logging into dot Mac iDisk and using the upload button? please. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: MobileMe

2008-07-05 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks for that Peter. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 04/07/2008, at 9:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 04/07/2008, at 9:10 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I thought I saw a message where it was said the MobileMe was up and running or was I imagining

MobileMe

2008-07-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
I thought I saw a message where it was said the MobileMe was up and running or was I imagining things? Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Re: Invalid Node Structure

2008-07-02 Thread Skehan Adrian
several times. On 30/06/2008, at 3:02 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Thanks for the information all. It looks like the HD has failed as I can't even get at the HD in target mode and it and can no longer see it to Archive Install. Any suggestions where the best place to go and get it sorted

Important : Billing Problem

2008-07-02 Thread Skehan Adrian
I just got a message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking me to click on a link and verify my account details. Its a con so it there an apple address I can forward it on to. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: Looking to Buy: Older Mac Equip.

2008-07-01 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have a heap of old software that I haven't had the heart to toss on the tip, you are welcome to it. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 01/07/2008, at 12:46 PM, James Guerrero wrote: Hi all, I am looking for some older mac equipment. Specifically a G4

Invalid Node Structure

2008-06-30 Thread Skehan Adrian
My daughters iMac G3 (15 flat screen) won't start, it gets the grey apple screen with the progressive rotary wheel but goes no further. I have accessed it via Target mode and retrieved her documents etc, but am having trouble rectifying the problem. I tried correcting permissions via

Re: Invalid Node Structure

2008-06-30 Thread Skehan Adrian
/ On 30/06/2008, at 2:03 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: My daughters iMac G3 (15 flat screen) won't start, it gets the grey apple screen with the progressive rotary wheel but goes no further. I have accessed it via Target mode and retrieved her documents etc, but am having trouble rectifying

Re: Re password problem

2008-06-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
The final solution has been to revert to Tiger, not even the AppleCare Tech guys could figure it out after nearly 4 hours on the phone. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/06/2008, at 11:39 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Had to resort to Archive and Install on advice from Apple

Re: Re password problem

2008-06-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
PowerBook that has a fast enough processor speed for Leopard (867 MHz) was the PowerBook G4 1GHz/867MHz P88 introduced in November 2002. Cheers, Ronni On 10/06/2008, at 4:20 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: The final solution has been to revert to Tiger, not even the AppleCare Tech guys could figure

Re: Apple's next products

2008-06-09 Thread Skehan Adrian
A look here may provide the answer, all .Mac users will have this in July. http://www.apple.com/mobileme/ Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/06/2008, at 11:49 PM, Jack/Bauer wrote: Hi all Are we all ready for the next products from Apple,,,the store is off line so

password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have upgraded G4 Powerbook to OS 10.5 but it wont allow me to log on using the original user name and password. Booting on the Installer disk and using the Change Password utility wont change the password it comes up with a prompt saying that original password wont be unlocked and to

Re: password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
Yes but it will not log on. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 08/06/2008, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/06/2008, at 4:05 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I have upgraded G4 Powerbook to OS 10.5 but it wont allow me to log on using the original user name and password. Booting

Re: password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
On 08/06/2008, at 4:28 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Yes but it will not log on. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 08/06/2008, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/06/2008, at 4:05 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I have upgraded G4 Powerbook to OS 10.5 but it wont allow me to log on using

Re: password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
. Reboot using new password for user. Cheers! Rob On 08Jun2008, at 4:28 pm, Skehan Adrian wrote: Yes but it will not log on. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 08/06/2008, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/06/2008, at 4:05 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I have upgraded G4

Fwd: password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
. Reboot using new password for user. Cheers! Rob On 08Jun2008, at 4:28 pm, Skehan Adrian wrote: Yes but it will not log on. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 08/06/2008, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/06/2008, at 4:05 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I have upgraded G4

Fwd: Re password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
Its not an Intel its a G4 Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/06/2008, at 9:35 AM, Robert Howells wrote: Hi Adrian , Silly question but , The Macbook pro according to Mactracker is an intel ... if I have the right unit ! ? so you are using an Intel installer ? I keep

Re: password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
, and assigned a new password for the root user, and was able to log on that way. Cheers, Andrew On 09/06/2008, at 9:26 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Thanks Rob and all. Tried that Rob and the permissions repair did find a problem but still no joy. Taking a step back, the 2 initial attempts to upgrade

Re: Re password problem

2008-06-08 Thread Skehan Adrian
associated to username. But it will also remove keychains passwords. Cheers! `Rob... On 09Jun2008, at 9:42 am, Skehan Adrian wrote: Its not an Intel its a G4 Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/06/2008, at 9:35 AM, Robert Howells wrote: Hi Adrian , Silly question

10.5 upgrade

2008-06-07 Thread Skehan Adrian
My son in law started to upgrade from OS Tiger 10.4 to 10.5 it has been running for about an hour and hasn't moved off 6 hrs 13 minutes to go. The stop or restart options suggest that the machine may not start again if interrupted. Can anyone advise of any action that can minimise loss of

Re: PageMaker

2008-06-06 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks Merv It appears that Ragtime Solo for Mac is no longer available for Mac according to the Ragtime site. I downloaded a copy from the site you gave me but it was corrupt and wouldn't start. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 06/06/2008, at 7:04 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond

PageMaker

2008-06-05 Thread Skehan Adrian
Hi all, A friend of mine is writing a technical medical book with lots of graphics etc. using word on a windows machine, how wrong can you get? When I last did a project like that I used PageMaker which no longer exists. Can anyone please advise me of a suitable alternative software

EXPLORING PAGES '08 with PAGES '08

2008-05-23 Thread Skehan Adrian
For anyone interested in using Pages I received this the other day: Hartley Jim Jackson of the Northern Vermont Macintosh User Group has authored an impressive 125-page eBook,Exploring Pages ‘08 with Pages ‘08, and is offering it to Mac User Group leaders and members for free. I wrote a

Re: safari problem

2008-04-17 Thread Skehan Adrian
Sounds like your version is missing best of the application. You could try re-downloading safari from Apple's Web site Or you could try a Nightly Build from http://webkit.org/ Kyle On 4/17/08, Skehan Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Safari has suddenly decided not to display any pages at all

safari problem

2008-04-16 Thread Skehan Adrian
Safari has suddenly decided not to display any pages at all, it doesn't quit and all the menus are still their but nothing responds, not even Preferences. I have tried deleting the plist, repairing Permissions and run a couple of other repair app all to no avail, can anyone offer any

Re: Syncing multi iPhoto libraries to iPod

2008-03-30 Thread Skehan Adrian
Before I commit to buying iPhoto Library Manager will I be able to synchronise the iPhoto libraries in my MacBook and G5 (OS 10.5.2)? Regards, Adrian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 05/03/2008, at 9:01 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/03/2008, at 5:04 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I have a 60 G Photo

sound edeting

2008-03-18 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have a 20 min recording of a now deceased aunt talking about her family history, unfortunately the original tape recording was of poor quality--lots of rumbling type background noise and she was a little distant from the microphone, I have converted it to a AIFF file via iMic

External Drives

2008-03-13 Thread Skehan Adrian
I am looking at the 1 Tb drive (Western Digital) on offer at OfficeWorks. They come formatted for windows with an option to convert to Mac using provided software, is it advisable or necessary for any reason to this? Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: USB 2 v FireWire

2008-03-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks to all for the info. May I say that its all rather overwhelming. Regards Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/03/2008, at 12:45 PM, Robert Howells wrote: SATA replaced ATA legacy technology as the next generation internal bus interface for hard drives. The SATA interface is more

USB 2 v FireWire

2008-03-09 Thread Skehan Adrian
Hi all, one of the OfficeWorks Tech people at Morley told me today that USB 2 is faster than FireWire, is this true? also can anyone tell me what sSATA is please. Regards Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Fwd: USB 2 v FireWire

2008-03-09 Thread Skehan Adrian
Sorry folks; that should read eSATA and is it MAc compatible? also can anyone tell me what sSATA is please. Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

In Car Nano Charging

2008-03-05 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have an old 1gb black Nano, first generation I think, that I keep in the car for day to day use, while it plays OK through the car speaker system it wont charge via the car electrical system with either of the 2 brands of car kit I have tried. Can anyone advise me if this is normal

Re: scanning negatives

2008-02-07 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have seen it done by constructing a small box of Melamine with a globe inside, masking it to suit the size of the negative and sitting it on top of a scanner and It worked a treat. I cant remember the finer details so you may have to experiment a bit with the power of the globe.

Video color

2006-01-04 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have been converting some family videos from VCR to iMovie the to iDVD, the color is very red in some of them (Copies of copies I think is the cause), it appears that I can't do anything about it in iMovie but is there other software I can use to try and correct this? Regards, Adrian

iMac wanted

2005-12-14 Thread Skehan Adrian
Does anyone out there have a 17 iMac flat panel for sale? Adrian

Re iMac wanted

2005-12-14 Thread Skehan Adrian
Sorry about the lack of information in my iMac wanted message, what I am really after is: iMac G4 (Feb 03 to Jul 04) 17 Flat Panel 1 or 1.25 GHz Processor Super Drive Ram and HD not an issue. Regards, Adrian

DVD wont mount

2005-12-09 Thread Skehan Adrian
I just installed my G5 iMac (Maxed out on Ram and HD,) everything works great except that neither private or commercial DVDs' wont mount however, the System DVDs' do. When you put one in there is a few of the usual sounds from the drive but nothing happens until it eventually spits it

LaserWriter Select

2005-08-28 Thread Skehan Adrian
I have a LaserWriter Select that now has all 3 indicator lamps illuminated accompanied by a pungent burning odor. Does anyone out there know if there are affordable parts still available for it? Alternatively, does anyone need a near new Cartridge? Adrian Skehan

Speakers

2005-08-04 Thread Skehan Adrian
Can anyone please advise me if a pair of speakers with an impedance of 4 OHMS would be suitable to plug into a 1Ghz iBook. Regards, Adrian

off topic query

2005-08-02 Thread Skehan Adrian
This question is unrelated to the normal topics so responses may be more appropriate off the list. I am wondering if anyone on list has had a good, bad or indifferent experience with Roof Restorers/Coaters/ Painters etc. of late. I am in the process of refurbishing our 30 year old tiled

Satalite Map

2005-07-03 Thread Skehan Adrian
http://maps.google.com/maps? ll=-31.851372,115.903219spn=0.007471,0.009734t=khl=en

[no subject]

2005-07-01 Thread Skehan Adrian
The CEO at my favourite charity is having a serious problem with applications quitting unexpectedly. Having spent a couple of hours las night producing a document in Word, with the Auto Save set to 1 minute intervals and physically clicking the Save button, Word just quit and the document

Re: missing document

2005-07-01 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks all for the help. Adrian On 01/07/2005, at 1:31 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: The CEO at my favourite charity is having a serious problem with applications quitting unexpectedly. Having spent a couple of hours las night producing a document in Word, with the Auto Save set to 1 minute

OfficeX

2005-06-23 Thread Skehan Adrian
Can anyone please advise me if, with the main focus on Entourage, there is any advantage or otherwise in upgrading from Office X 10.1.4 to the current Office 2004 version. There is a new CEO at the NFP organisation, where I put some time in, who is a Microsoft victim and is having some

Re: Directory

2005-06-21 Thread Skehan Adrian
Thanks to all for the help, CDFinder solved the problem beautifully. Adrian On 21/06/2005, at 10:42 AM, Paul Kitchener wrote: CDFinder, one of my favorites, takes over from DiskWizard(Classic), does all drive types. Either export entire lists or print the current window being browsed.

Directory

2005-06-20 Thread Skehan Adrian
Can anyone who knows of an application that one can use to print a directory/list of all file and folders on a hard drive please. Regards, Adrian

Shuffle Accessories

2005-06-10 Thread Skehan Adrian
Shuffle accessories for sale Dock$35 Dual Pack Case (White Blue)$20 Belt Clip$25 In their original unopened packaging, these items were purchased as a gift but turned out to be for the wrong model. If you are interested please contact Mervyn at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tiger -- what gives?

2005-05-23 Thread Skehan Adrian
Macs accepted it and others did Not. I suggest you check Hard drive driver version and firmware versions and compare what is on the various Macs. Careful... they may actually need different Firmware versions. Bob On 18/05/2005, at 3:09 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I checked the system updater

Re: Tiger -- what gives?

2005-05-18 Thread Skehan Adrian
The update was downloaded from http://www.apple.com/support/ downloads/macosxupdate1041.html All the machines are of the same vintage (2 eMacs and 6 flat panel iMacs) and were purchased at the same time, except to say that the iBook had a 900 Mhz. motherboard installed under warranty a

Re: Tiger -- what gives?

2005-05-18 Thread Skehan Adrian
was non genuine Apple it would be worth trying to do the update installation after removing this RAM. You can add the additional RAM back after completing the update. Dave Watkins On 18/05/2005, at 7:45 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: The update was downloaded from http://www.apple.com/support

Re: External Microphone

2005-05-15 Thread Skehan Adrian
When I tried using the internal microphone it had an echo that resulted in very poor quality sound at the listeners end. Adrian On 15/05/2005, at 1:49 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: My friends overseas have told me that my eMac's internal microphone is not very good using Skype. So last week

Shut down problem

2005-05-12 Thread Skehan Adrian
An old friend with an eMac (1ghz) installed Tiger last week and now has problems shutting down -- he gets the black screen with instructions to restart in a multitude of languages (a Kernel Panic I think its called). He has removed Norton's and run Disk Utilities -- Repair Permissions all