Re: (PCMCIA) Media Card Reader and OS X?

2002-01-20 Thread Scott
, Scott Palmer Hey Folks I have just purchased a digital camera (Olympus). The sales person showed me a PCMCIA card reader, in which you insert the SmartMedia card from the camera for quick downloading of images directly to a laptop (without the using the camera itself). Sounded like a quick

Re: HP Office Jet Virtual PC: Printer to USB adapter?

2002-01-20 Thread Scott
I use a Asanté MicroPrint which lets me use my LaserWriter Pro over Ethernet. It works brilliantly but I'm not sure how it would work with a PC printer. Regards, Scott Palmer Hi All: I would like to connect my HP Officejet printer (which is also a scanner fax) to my Mac. I have Virtual

Re: architosh web site

2002-01-21 Thread Scott
Works fine for me. Is anyone able to view the architosh webs site - since mid december I keep getting stalled http://architosh.com Gary Dorn Permaculture architect Thooggoorrbu Trust Designers of Sustainable Human Settlements Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives

Re: Lunatic Fringe

2002-01-26 Thread Scott
Wasn¹t it part of After Dark? Hi, Does anyone know where I can get a copy of a Mac game called Lunatic fringe? Thanks Colin Gordon Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/ To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list,

Re: Problem with Mac Game

2002-01-26 Thread Scott
Sounds like the .sit file may be corrupted. I have used the game in OS9 and never had any problems. But I'm yet to use it in OSX. Try re-downloading the patch. Regards, Scott Palmer Hi folks, About 2 weeks ago I purchased the game Alien vs Predator from a local Mac Centre

Re: Airport 2 and ADSL

2002-01-27 Thread Scott
Airport 2 works great. Port mapping seems to be limited to 10 entries though. Not sure if this has been fixed in any recent updates. Regards Scott Palmer On 27/1/02 12:04 PM, Mike Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that the old airports stations wouldn't work with an ADSL

Re: OS X and ISP settings

2002-01-30 Thread Scott
AOL regrets to advice you that our three 28.8 Modems have had technical difficulties. Therefore dialup users in SA, NT and WA will not be able to access the service until further notice. :) Andrew Nielsen wrote: Note - if by some sick inclination you are possibly considering AOL,

Interesting

2002-02-03 Thread Scott
onto Shift Key five times = enables Easy Access Control Panel Mouse Button at start up = Ejects floppy with system before system load starts (older systems, obviously) C key at start up = Boots from System CD Scott Palmer Multimedia Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 0418 946 387 [Non-text

Nikon Coolpix 990

2002-02-05 Thread Scott
excellent. Although I prefer the Fuji 6900 over anything I have ever used or seen. The Coolpix are still an excellent camera. Scott

Re: Quicktime lacking something

2002-02-05 Thread Scott
. The extentions I have are: MS MPEG 4.2 MPEG4 - Divx 3.0b3 3ivx Delta 2 Decoder Hope this helps. Regards, Scott

Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Scott
at one time or another. Regards, Scott

Re: Where to buy the Airport 2 Stations and Airport cards?

2002-02-07 Thread Scott
Have an airport 2 base station at home. They work great. The range is not excellent though. Hi, I want to buy 2 Airport 2 base stations and 2 airport cards and I want to get them within 5 days or any dealer stock them in Perth. Anyone got Airport 2 base station already in WA? Thank you

Re: More DVD/MP3 Problems...

2002-02-08 Thread Scott
Have you tried burning one onto a CD-R Digital Audio Disk?? Hi every1, After much mucking about with different burn formats I finally emailed the maker of the DVD player, NEC and received the following rather cryptic reply. If anyone can decipher it I'd really appreciate it...

Telnet Automation in OSX

2002-02-08 Thread Scott
to my_connection with newline delay 5 -- give the connection a chance to think end tell end run Is terminal scriptable? Regards, Scott Palmer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: More DVD/MP3 Problems...

2002-02-09 Thread Scott
. This was the case with a Denon Duplicator I used. It was a hi-fi CD player that also copied CDs and it would not recognise CDRs only CDR-Das I think you should get one and try it out. They are only about $1 more than normal CDRs. Let me know if it works Regards, Scott Palmer Ta Rod, However

Shell Script

2002-02-09 Thread Scott
Exactly what would the shell script look like for Terminal? And how do I run it? Regards, Scott [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Interesting Problem

2002-02-19 Thread Scott
and then as the blue background is about to appear the screen shuts off and stays off although everything else is still running. This only happened a short while ago. Just wondering if anyone has ever come across this problem before. Regards, Scott [Non-text portions of this message have been

ibook Blank Screen

2002-02-19 Thread Scott
Zapping the PRAM fixed it. For some reason installing OS 10.1.2 changed the default resolution to one that wasn¹t supported by the display. Regrards, Scott [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

XBOX

2002-03-25 Thread Scott
Played around with an XBOX yesterday. What a heap of junk. Its so big that you would need a trailer to take it anywhere. It was right next to a Playstation 2 and I have to say I would rather have the PS2. The graphics on the XBOX were shocking!! I cant believe they took that long to make

Re: Startup Problems

2002-04-12 Thread Scott
to find the correct installer. Is there a way to test that a video card is working to its full potential? Thanks again scott Have fun, Shay

Telnet

2002-04-30 Thread Scott
Does anyone know how to make a script to telnet to an IP, authenticate (login / pass) and then reconnect every 8 hours or whenever the connection is lost. Its rather important because its the only thing stopping me from fully using OSX. I had an applescript that did this with ³MacTelnet² in OS9.

Re: Telnet

2002-05-21 Thread Scott
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 17:11, Scott wrote: Does anyone know how to make a script to telnet to an IP, authenticate (login / pass) and then reconnect every 8 hours or whenever the connection is lost. Its rather important because its the only thing stopping me from fully using OSX. I had

Re: Download Software

2002-06-02 Thread Scott
There was a program called Monika that I used to use in OS 9. Have a look on versiontracker.com there might be a OSX version. Regds, Scott Hi I want to be able to schedule software to download during the night. Is there anyway to do this in OSX.1.4? If not, is there software available

Re: IiNet's new Bliink contract

2002-06-19 Thread Scott
At 7:37 AM +0800 19/6/02, Pontifex Family wrote: 8.4.25 The IP remains until the next time the computer and modem is (are?)switched off. IP's can only be reallocated on new connections and iiNet is not liable for any data intrusions while You maintain an active session. iiNet recommends

Re: IiNet's new Bliink contract

2002-06-19 Thread Scott
iinet mentions that these modems and routers are 'set up ' for iinet, how does one do this - is it very hard, would you be asking for trouble by buying the modems from another reatiler? You could probably set up a modem from another retailer, but it would probably require a modicum of

Re: IiNet's new Bliink contract

2002-07-02 Thread Scott
with no problems. I have found the only problem with Airport software is that it has limited port mapping ability (max 20?) I'm not sure if there's a limit with IPNR. -Scott Like the Australian Tax Office and electronic tax, iinet's advice in relation to configuring and upgrading the firmware on the DSL 300

Re: IiNet's new Bliink contract

2002-07-02 Thread Scott
without one. Regards, scott Hi Scott, let us know how you go with this. We too are considering a iiNet Bliink account however we are unsure whether the added hassle of airport and ethernet will counterbalance any saving from buying a router (ie: DSL-504/500). Are you using Airport due

Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I keep getting these same messages in the Console Message pane.. These are some samples I dragged into Mail.. 29/12/11 11:58:00 AM com.apple.launchd[120] (com.epson.epw.agent[13354]) posix_spawnp(/Library/Printers/EPSON/ InkjetPrinter/EPW/IJEPWAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/IJEPWAgent, ...):

Re: Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-29 Thread Brian Scott
for long ID 0 (pBase = 0x1002328b0, p = 0x1002328b4, pEnd = 0x1002328b8) As you can see there what appear to faults of some kind such as Unknown keys and other errors. Thank you Brian On 29/12/2011, at 2:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/12/2011, at 12:04 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I

Re: Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-29 Thread Brian Scott
;-( Cheers, Ronni On 29/12/2011, at 5:08 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Thank you Ronda. I have OS 10.5.8 on a 24 iMac 3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo. 4 GB. Getting rid of that pesky .plist file stopped that non-stop message. It has allowed me to focus on some other errors on restart. I've managed clean

Re: compressed pst file

2012-02-12 Thread Brian Scott
A search on http://download.cnet.com/mac/ found some converters. PST Converter Pro for Mac looks good, though it's $19 http://download.cnet.com/PST-Converter-Pro/3000-2369_4-75449744.html I can't vouch for any of them as I'm never likely to acquire pst files. Cheers On 13/02/2012, at 10:57 AM,

Finder keyboard short-cuts

2010-12-13 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, For the Finder windows, Command W works for the red close button Command M works for the yellow button Is there a keyboard short-cut for the green button? TIA Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: Finder keyboard short-cuts

2010-12-13 Thread Brian Scott
On 13/12/2010, at 5:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 13/12/2010, at 5:12 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, For the Finder windows, Command W works for the red close button Command M works for the yellow button Is there a keyboard short-cut for the green button? Hi Brian, There isn't

Re: Calculating dates

2011-04-05 Thread Brian Scott
I do most of my date calculations (among others) on http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Brian On 05/04/2011, at 4:34 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Have just been looking at the application that calculate dates. Am trailing one of the freebies. There are applications ranging from free to $99 and

Re: Text-recognition software recommendation

2011-04-12 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Ray, You could look at ABBYY FineReader Express. |http://download.cnet.com/ABBYY-FineReader-Express-Edition/3000-2079_4-75146983.html?tag=mncol;1 | Works on Mac OS X 10.4 PPC/Intel/10.5 PPC/Intel/10.6 Intel I'm still on OS 10.5.8. I've been using it on old newspaper scans and it works

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
? Anything I might restore from backup? Any more ideas? (Hope, hope). Pat On 20/06/2011, at 8:48 AM, Frank Salleo wrote: A message from Pat Scott To WAMUG, I'm having a very bad day. It started by not being able to access the internet. Had a long chat with iiNet and established

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
. Cheers, Ronni Thanks very much, Pat On 20/06/2011, at 6:27 PM, Pat Scott wrote: Thanks, Ronni and Ray. The answer to Ray's question about disk space is that almost half of the disk is free. And thanks very much, Frank, for getting my letter to the right place. Sometimes

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
Configure IPv6: Automatically Cheers, Ronni Hi, Ronni, Yes, it is exactly like that. Cheers, Pat On 21/06/2011, at 8:19 AM, Pat Scott wrote: Hi, Ronni, On 21/06/2011, at 7:58, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pat, You can’t send or receive Mail if you are not connected

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
. Thanks very much indeed. Very gratefully, Pat Cheers, Ronni On 21/06/2011, at 10:23 AM, Pat Scott wrote: On 21/06/2011, at 8:45, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pat, I have checked everything in the Network setup - I can't see anything amiss. Ok thanks. The Netgear

Serious problem

2011-07-02 Thread Pat Scott
Yesterday the boot disk of my Mac Pro suddenly began filling up with something unknown. Tech tool Pro put up messages saying the disk had only 13% free space left, out of 320 GB. The only thing I could think to do was try to find out where the excess was accumulating. This seemed to be the

WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Scott
computer (not the drives) into NextByte where they ran some tests on it and hooked up a laptop to it via FW800 with no problems and declared the iMac to have no issues. Is there a way of getting my iMac to recognize these drives again? Thanks Brian Scott - Here are each drive's info.. The 2 TB

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-04 Thread Brian Scott
to be faulty. The relief of finding that and getting my drives up and working again was like having a boil lanced. Cheers Brian Scott On 04/10/2011, at 12:51 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've had these two WD drives (4 TB 2 TB) hooked up (daisy-chained) to my iMac 24 for a while now. First

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-05 Thread Brian Scott
the iMac can accommodate. Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2011, at 11:41 AM, Brian Scott wrote: On 04/10/2011, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, Have you tried: Unplug the Power for 5min to your computer and drives and then restart? The other thing that can happen is an external drive won't

Mail problems again

2014-11-22 Thread Pat Scott
For no apparent reason, suddenly Mail on my Mac is not connecting to the wifi. I can't send or receive anything. This letter is being written on the iPad. The wifi is working properly: the iPad and my husband's laptop have no difficulty with it. There are apps on the iPad that interact with the

Re: Mail problems again

2014-11-22 Thread Pat Scott
any Proxy Server in System Preferences Network Wi-Fi 'Advanced' Proxies Nothing selected under Proxies Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 23 Nov 2014, at 11:12 am, Pat Scott clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: For no apparent reason, suddenly Mail on my Mac is not connecting to the wifi. I

Is this some graphics controller fault on my PowerBook ?

2009-12-12 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I was was about to setup EYeTV to record a show yesterday when my screen started getting a mess/mesh of dots and lines. Not just on the PowerBook 15 but on my TV (CRT) that it is connected to also. The external HDD started unexpectedly removing itself invoking Device Removal

Re: Is this some graphics controller fault on my Pow erBook?

2009-12-12 Thread Brian Scott
If the link to the picture of the faulty screen didn't work, try this one.. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt99/walfau/Computer/Faulty-PB-screen1.jpg Thanks Brian On 13/12/2009, at 12:26 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I was was about to setup EYeTV to record a show yesterday when my

text files turning into executables after copying to PC Thumb drive

2010-02-10 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I have an 8 G thumb drive formated to MS-DOS (FAT32), when I copy a plain text file (no .txt extension) to it the text file becomes a Unix Executable file when it gets there. Text files with extensions e.g. .rtf .txt remain unchanged. Is there some quick way of getting these pseudo

Re: Phone technician required - slightly OT

2010-04-15 Thread Brian Scott
438, Hamilton Hill, WA 6163 p: 0418 910217 Regards Dave On 9/04/10 12:19 PM, Mike Fuller blis...@tpg.com.au wrote: Brian Scott, a WAMUG list subscriber, has a real problem with his phone line and has not been able to get online since the storm that passed through Perth recently. He lives

Is this dubious?

2010-04-15 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I've received this post 'From: k...@littleriverstudios.com.au' supposedly 'To: miaj...@gmail.com' with 'Reply-To: wamug@wamug.org.au' I don't mind the content (a .wmv of some crane toppling over I think) though I'm weary of mail bearing gifts of .wmv files. Thanks Brian P. S.

Re: Problems with EyeTV

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Noel, I'm in Subiaco and have the EyeTV Diversity and channel 9 get %100 for strength and quality and SBS gets %96 Strength and %100 quality. Just a thought, I don't know your TV situation but my fairly new LCD can report strength and quality. If your TV has that ability you could

Re: NEW MacMin has a HDMI Port!

2010-06-18 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Susan, I purchased the $9.95 1.8m HDMI cable from Jacar for my new MacMini and it's working fine, sound and all. |http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?keywords=HDMI+cablekeyform=KEYWORDSUBMIT.x=0SUBMIT.y=0 | Cheers Brian On 17/06/2010, at 11:05 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

A Vuvuzela Filter for EyeTV 3.4

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi World Cup football fans, Elgato have built in a filter you can switch on or off to take out the worst of the drone of trumpets. I've tried it and it's quite effective. Go here to get the free update.. http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/news.en.html There is also a quick

Re: Download Managers

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Shane, Try typing Download Manager into version tracker |http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ | I've used iGetter in the past but not for a while now, it still gets a good review though it is a $25 shareware. Cheers Brian On 28/06/2010, at 10:37 PM, S Beach wrote: Download

Re: Mail problem

2010-09-14 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I'm not sure if this is relevant to the troubles people have been experiencing - perhaps all ISPs are performing modem firmware upgrades. I got this from Optus this morning .. Optus is introducing the capability to upgrade the firmware in your DSL Direct modem remotely. What is

iTunes update failed

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I was notified that iTunes has an update so I went ahead with it as usual. But half way through the upgrade script failed giving this message .. The update iTunes can't be installed. The following install step failed: run upgrade script for iTunesX. Contact the software manufacturer

Re: iTunes update failed

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Scott
Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi, I was notified that iTunes has an update so I went ahead with it as usual. But half way through the upgrade script failed giving this message .. The update iTunes can't be installed. The following install step failed: run upgrade script

Free 17 NEC CRT monitor

2008-11-29 Thread Brian Scott
Hi all, I have a NEC 17 E750 monitor that's not been used for a while but was working the last time I used it. There's a manual and cables with it. It's free to anyone that wants it. It's in Subiaco. Cheers Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Mail junking everything and ignoring Not Junk

2008-12-14 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I have a new iMac running OS 10.5.5 and Mail V 3.5. In the initial set-up of the iMac I opted for the simple transfer of everything from my PowerBook which has OS 10.4.11. I use Mail for my email and now it is marking everything that comes into the inbox as junk even after I've

Re: DVI to Video adapter stopped working

2008-12-15 Thread Brian Scott
particular adapter, you may get a clue from their experiences. This will get you to the adapters .. http://store.apple.com/au/search?find=mini-DVI+adapter Cheers Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

Re: Mail junking everything and ignoring Not Junk

2008-12-15 Thread Brian Scott
On 15/12/2008, at 4:37 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 13/12/2008, at 2:28 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I have a new iMac running OS 10.5.5 and Mail V 3.5. In the initial set-up of the iMac I opted for the simple transfer of everything from my PowerBook which has OS 10.4.11. I use Mail for my

Re: Sneaky e-mails

2008-12-24 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Pat, You can register for spam submission with the Australian Communications and Media Authority at http://www.acma.gov.au/ They are closed until 1st Jan. They will give you an address key to forward the spam to. What happens then I'm not sure, a bit like waving your hand at the

Re: ? Screen warning

2008-12-30 Thread Brian Scott
Happy New Year all, When I had my 19 Acer as the second monitor with my MacBook on start- up it would go through many different possibilities and clicking sounds before settling on my preference setting. Now the Acer is attached to my new iMac it won't go to my preference setting I have

CD printing (EPSON SP RX650) problems with Leopard

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, When trying to use EPSON Print CD I've been getting the error msg 'The EPSON printer driver dealing with CD printing is not installed'. The latest drivers from Apple don't include the RX650 only the RX600, RX620 and the RX680 Installing the latest drivers off the Leopard install disc

Re: CD printing (EPSON SP RX650) problems with Leopard

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Scott
On 17/01/2009, at 1:13 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, When trying to use EPSON Print CD I've been getting the error msg 'The EPSON printer driver dealing with CD printing is not installed'. The latest drivers from Apple don't include the RX650 only the RX600, RX620 and the RX680

Re: Mp3 Splitter

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Scott
On 17/01/2009, at 1:32 PM, James Guerrero wrote: Hello everyone, Does someone know of a good program to split mp3 files by using a .cue file? I have a number of mp3 files that are just one long track and want to break them up, track by track using a .cue file. cue-splitter

Re: CD printing (EPSON SP RX650) problems with Leopard

2009-01-17 Thread Brian Scott
not print. I ditched it and went to our Canon. I am still looking for a work around if I find anything I will email you tom samson On 17/01/2009, at 3:17 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 17/01/2009, at 1:13 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, When trying to use EPSON Print CD I've been getting the error msg

Re: Safari faulure

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, Safari used to crash on me also but this clue below (I think from Ronda) got it going again.. Do you have any third party plugins installed that might be incompatible? Safari Enhancer (which only works with Safari 2). Asking Safari Enhancer to restore default settings will allow

Re: Multi page scan

2009-03-09 Thread Brian Scott
Hi I've used iCombiner to turn a bunch pics into a pdf. Cheers Brian On 10/03/2009, at 8:47 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 10/03/2009, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 09/03/2009, at 6:17 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 09/03/2009, at 5:26 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi I wonder if

Dealing with PVR files from set top box HDD

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, My set top box has died so I put the 250 HDD out of it into a Lacie box. It mounts OK on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). There are 195 files on it alternatively titled .INF, .PVR e.g. 0ABC2000.INF 0ABC2000.PVR 0ABC2001.INF 0ABC2001.PVR 0ABCA001.INF ..etc And one 32 KB file called

Re: MobleMe/Smart phones

2009-04-28 Thread Brian Scott
On 28/04/2009, at 8:00 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi there I have a Mac Book but not an iPhone but another smart phone. Can I sync my iCal events and Address Book contacts etc from my Mac to my Nokia using MobileMe? Hi Stuart, I've used FoneLink with my Nokia 6131 connected via USB to

Re: 10.5.7 Update: what experiences?

2009-05-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Reg, I Repaired Permissions before and after installing the Combo and the only problem I'm getting on my iMac is Mail's Rules seem to be playing up. Emails aren't being moved to appropriate folders as before, but it only means having to re-set a rule for each faulty one as they come in

Robbers steal 70 iPhones in daring daylight heist

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
goes on to say.. Apple is reportedly working on ways to help individuals find lost or stolen iPhones using its MobileMe service. That feature will be available when the next generation operating system is released this summer Cheers Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents of the file it has.. (I don't know how this will show on wamug) ASX version = 3.0 Entry TitleRadio Sport

Re: Drives

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has worked flawlessly since I formatted it using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to use any software from WD. Just formatted it with Disk Utility. Cheers Brian Scott On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken

Re: Drives

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? regards, Ken On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents of the file it has.. (I don't know how this will show

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
listen to in iTunes) is http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/classic/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
) is http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/classic/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio-sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
Brown wrote: Hi Brian, On 20/05/2009, at 2:32 PM, Brian Scott wrote: I tried loading http://www.radiosport.co.nz/listenlive/ radiosport.asx into iTunes but it's not recognized. But it works in QT. They're streaming in Windows Media Format. The stream will play in QuickTime Player if you

External DVD burner for my iMac?

2009-06-15 Thread Brian Scott
Hi all, My external DVD burner is about to get the sack so I thought I'd check with the group to see if there a preferred model to hook up to my 24 iMac 3 Ghz, OS 10.5.7 Perhaps one that lasts a bit longer than the couple of years I got out of this one a Pioneer DVR-111D. Suggestions

Re: Recording DVD

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my

Re: Recording DVD

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Scott
It still works though ;) Brian On 23/06/2009, at 9:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Brian VisualHub appears to have been discontinued. Merv Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free

Controlling Errors shown in Console Log List

2009-08-16 Thread Brian Scott
/ DVCPROHDAudio: mach-o, but wrong architecture Cheers Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

What's using my external hard drive preventing it fr om ejecting?

2009-08-30 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I have tried selecting the eject triangle in Finder, selecting the drives icon and pressing ⌘-E and ejecting from Disk Utility but I keep getting The disk is in use and could not be ejected Try quitting applications and try again. I only use it as a kind scratch-back-up drive where I

Re: What's using my external hard drive preventing it from ejecting?

2009-08-30 Thread Brian Scott
On 31/08/2009, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 31/8/09 11:51 AM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi, I have tried selecting the eject triangle in Finder, selecting the drives icon and pressing ⌘-E and ejecting from Disk Utility but I keep getting The disk is in use and could

Epson Stylus PHOTO RX650 All-In-One compatibility with Snow Leopard

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Scott
to 10.6 Thanks Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: Copying extracts from pdf

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Scott
down the Option key as you mark you can copy any piece text from any column in Preview. Cheers Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Re: Sorting

2009-09-18 Thread Brian Scott
On 18/09/2009, at 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Stick zero (0) in front of the single numbers 1 - 9 Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06

How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-09 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but it don't work in his player (or mine). I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs. Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players? Thanks Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-09 Thread Brian Scott
On 10/11/2009, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but it don't work in his player (or mine). I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs. Is there a way

Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-10 Thread Brian Scott
use for them after all. Thank you Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-11 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.11 and iMac Intel, OS 10.5.8 but the remote computers aren't showing up in Finder. I've done this successfully once before a couple of months ago but there

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-11 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.11 and iMac Intel, OS 10.5.8 but the remote computers aren't

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 2:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:40 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
on 12/11/09 1:40 PM, Brian Scott at scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 4:18 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 2:34 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Brian, First, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebare, go to the finder preferences and in the sidebar pane make sure you have got the shared options (eg connected servers) ticked

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 4:18 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 2:34 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Brian, First, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebare, go to the finder preferences and in the sidebar pane make sure you have got the shared options (eg connected servers) ticked

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
I've been at this for several hours off and on. I've got feeling the answer lies in the rest of your post but I can't concentrate. Thank you very much for your help Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
and the like you can run into issues with some see it and some not for different networks. Once it's set up, it'll just work all the time :) Hope that all makes sense and helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 12/11/09 8:14 PM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 7:01 PM

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