Hi Ronni & Susan -- -- Thanks for the suggestions, I did download Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347, and unfortunately I still have the problem with the new version. Any other ideas?
Cheers David Noel ============ From: Ronda Brown <ro...@wn.com.au> Sent: Mon Jun 8 12:56 Re: Google Earth going black Hi David, Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly. Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347 Try the same version as Susan & I have, see if that makes any difference. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: > Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version > (5.0.117.....). You could try updating. cheers, Susan. > > > On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote: > >> -- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968 >> (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it >> has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea >> portions go misty blue without a defined boundary). >> >> -- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem >> suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment >> Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for >> days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any >> preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed? >> >> Cheers -- >> >> David Noel >> 2009 Jun 8 -- 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>