Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / August 2004

I need a POS system for mac that can be slightly tweeked to meet my
needs. My business is a book/cd/dvd exchange business and the system
needs to handle trade ins and trade outs, credits etc. Does anyone
have any ideas as ive been scouting around and am a bit stuck. I would

802.11b Modem and Ethernet port, power supply but no software. Download from
Apple.
Note - you need an airport card in your laptop to use it
Free to anyone who wants to come and get it from Beecroft NSW. 1st come

I need a POS system that will work for a book/cd/dvd exchange. It
needs to be able to trade in and out stock and hold credits for
customers. Does anybody know anything that could be tweaked to do the
job.? Im very desperate for feedback

Anyone familiar with using barcode scanner & mac.
Just want to know about programing, linking to accounting(pos) s/w ie
MYOB. Feels a bit dazed n confused with it all right now...
TIA

Have noticed the iTunes store is now open in parts of Europe.  Anyone
heard rumurs about when us Aussies gonna get a lick?

G'day all,
Am planning to buy a Pioneer 107 DVD-R for my fathers eMac ... that's
going to just slip in fine, isn 't it? And be recognised by Panther?
He's going to give me the DVD/CD-R in return for the favour ... I have an

A colleague who has never used anything but Sys 9.2 asked me to help her
learn OSX on her laptop, which has always had OSX installed (OS
X.2.something). I figured I'd start it up in OSX and then do whatever
updates I could. When it got to the bootup sequence it went only a

I have 2 Macs and I have networked them using Ethernet and transferred files
from the Cube to my G5
I want to use the  G4 Cube , but what is the best way?
Should I just store all my MP3's on it etc, or what?

I am just wondering , do MAC users have something like "KAZZA"?
Guy at work raves on about it, how good it is , blah blah....(mind you , the
same guy complains constantly about all the viruses there are and got one
himself..)

I have hardly used DVD Writer here, was fitted in Beige G3, possible used
for approx 1 hour worth of use in its life.. Comes with Manuals, package (no
box included) It has been updated (by Pioneer Australia about a month ago)
with the latest Firmware.

Hi. I'm trying to get Entourage running on an iMac 400 DV with OSX 10.3.4.
It's the version of Entourage that comes with Microsoft Office v.X
The problem is that it quits before it even gets to the splash screen.
I've run the Microsoft Office updates with no luck, I've repaired

i'm looking at buying an apple notbook but as i know nothing about them, i
want something i can office on, and a few games. i'm looking at this one:
15-inch
SuperDrive

I am just wondering, what is the best one for the Mac, firewire OR USB 2?
I have a G5 and it comes with USB2 and also Firewire (which I am using for
my Lacie  120GB Hd atm), but I hear that USB 2 is faster but also is a bit
of a strange connection (what i have heard..), where ...

G'day all ...
Have you ever broken one of your children's toys?
Yep - that was me this weekend. I made my daughter cry.
I somehow scored a box 'o RAM (another story, another time ...).

I am about to upgrade to a G5 & need to sell my G4, I'm interested in
what  the current value may be. Configuration as follows:
Quicksilver dual 1Ghz (4mb L3 cache)
1.5GB ram