Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / December 2003

All of a sudden, my iChat user has stopped working. I fire up iChat
and it tells me I'm on, but none of my logged-in friends can see me
and I can see none of them.
It's an "expired" .mac account (I've never been a .mac member, I

Hi, Back in August 2001, my father & I both bought iBook 500 Dual USB
machines with combo drives. Both these machines have now had their combo
drives fail & I'm wondering if this was a problem with these particular
machines. Has anyone else had these problems?

For Sale,
Model iBook G4/933/256/40/Combo/14.1
This computer was purchased on 9 Dec. 2003 by the Family as a gift for
my 80th Birthday .

I have just found out that you can set up a hotmail account with Entourage
and receive all the messages there instead of going to the browser.
Great,I thought, so I set one up but somehow it won¹t connect.
I am sure everything is set up right but a message pops up (cant remember

Want to connect your SCSI devices to your USB Mac ?
$150 for  cables and original software

TWIMC,
What are some useful frequencies for the iTrip in Melbourne - city &
suburbs.  The dial seems pretty crowded with piss-ant community stations.
cya

A friend has sent me some jpgs and they appear as loads of code.    I
remember decoding these things back in '95 but can't remember how.
Can anyone help?
TIA

Hi I installed 10.3
and I have to make a new system, and archive the old OS 10.2
It have left me with a folder in the "Previous system" folder called core
services that I cant delete.

I've got a 7500 with a PowerLogix G3 card in it.
I've tried both the 9.1-to-9.2 update and a full copy of the 9.2.2
Install CD (from a 10.1.3 retail pack) to get my machine to 9.2.2, but
the installers from both the CD and the updater say I "cannot run this

Just installed 10.3 and now when I double click on a PhotoShop file icon, it
will open photo shop, but not the file.
I can still open the file ten from within photocopies open menu... a problem
when items are buried in several folders (that I often leave open on my

I loved key Caps under system 9.. is there any thing that does this under OS
10.3
Regards
Sandy

Is there anything like disk first aid in OS 10.3
Regards
Sandy

Have recently got G4 Powerbook with Panther OSand was trying to use my
Speedtouch USB DSL modem which works fine on my Mac desktop (OS 10.2.8) to
get connected to internet but Speedtouch drivers do not seem to install or
be recognised. Have tried latest drivers v2.01) Anyone got any ...

I have original WriteNow floppies for sale plus manual (remember when
you used to get a manual with software). Best word processor for Mac OS.
Want it to go to good home. I use OS X now.
$30

Can Safari OPEN & play .swf (shockwave) files?
I had one sent to me , a xmas joke thing (a snowcone) and I can only open it
in Internet Explorer only.
I have tried, but nothing.