Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / May 2005

Apple MAC Powerbook (lombard).
Works well in perfect condition IMMACULATE. Run Max OS Tiger since 4 years,
in immaculate condition. Selling as I have not used this powerbook for over
12 months

Im after anyone who wants to sell a G4 powermac in the melbourne area,
Cheers
Regards.

Hi, my wife has discovered a mail message which is undeletable. It is
one of those German spam/virus messages running the rounds at the
moment, but has somehow found its way into a sent mail mailbox. It is
marked unread, even after being read. It cannot be deleted & its status

The heading says it all !
Do you have one ?

I know this is a basic one, but if I plug my Windows XP based computer
into the iMac w/ OS X I'm getting later this week, am I able to file
share between them and share my ADSL internet connection?
Do I need any additional software?

I have for sale an Epson Perfection 1260 Scanner. Comes with original
packaging and has had very little use. You can use the scanner with Mac
OS X's Image Capture app without installing any driver software which
is very handy and was the reason I purchased it in the first place.  OS

hi y'all:
In previous OSs, command-3 or command-4 would give you a screen shot
saved as a PDF. In Tiger, these files are now saved as .png, and opened
by Preview. How can I change the default file format back to PDF?

I have a prob with my 3v battery
I need a new one.
The thing is can u just buy any 3v lithium battery for the Mac or do u have
to go to a Mac dealer?

I have 10.3.9 installed on my Mac and since then little things have really
gone crazy
The clock is one.
x2 now (in the space of 24 hrs), I had to rest the clock, it goes back to

In the past I was able to download an Apple Upgrade parts price list
from www.apple.com.au/upgrade (I think that was the address!)
It detailed the prices of replacement hard drives, memory for all models
and some extra bits like video cards and scsi cards.

I have PowerPoint installed on my Mac and I have troubles with 2 files now
One just would not open and I have just received another one and some msg
about active "x'  and some things will not work/open...aghhhh
Where do u get active x for the Mac?

Since installing Tiger on my DP867MHz G4, whenever I burn a CD-RW on its
Combo Drive, which I use for backups, at the end of the burn I get the
message :
  The disc did not verify correctly and is unreliable.  Because this      

Quick one. I'm thinking of switching to a Mac (from linux) to act as
the server for my small business, but I'm thinking of a Power Mac G5
desktop model rather than a Xserve G5, mostly because of cost, and the
load isn't great, and also because I'm not sure about running a rack

1.4ghz, 1.0gb ram, 80gb hd, Superdrive, Airport Express card, DVI to Vga
adapter.
DVI to Svhs/Rca adapter. Mac keyboard, Logitech 2 button mouse.
Only used to set it up, no longer needed.

In Tuesdays Australian David Frith suggests that virus may enter the Mac
on OS 10.4 by way of widget downloads. he suggest that in prefs for
safari look for "open safe files after downloading" and make sure it is
not checked. Now you can download widgets and will not run until ...