Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / September 2006

I am sight impaired. Is anyone using this book reader with the new Mac??
I would appreciate hearing from any member of the group, who is using
this device now, or in the past.
Stan Robinson.

When I bought my eMac in '04 I was asking this same question... and now
that my house has been broken into, and my Sony PC104E handcam stolen,
I'm back again...
How can I hook up my VCR to my eMac?

I'm sure there is a setting so as not to show all the addresses that you
send a message too,but I cannot remember where it is
Any ideas?????
Rowey

I'm the sad owner (or grant recipient to be precise) of a dead
Powerbook G4 12". One day it was sleeping peacefully and the
next it was lifeless to the touch.
My heart was lifted when I took it to the store and they

Been thinking of buying iLife 06, but as we are only 3 months to the end of the year
does that mean that Apple will release iLife 07 in the near future?
Don't want to buy iLife 06 only for it to be outdated in the next few months.
Also, Apple states that the minimum requirements for ...

To get more disk space when using iMovieHD on a Pismo powerbook running
10.3.9, Ive been trying to use a Firewire external disk. iMovie refuses
to write to the disk, saying that it can't copy certain icons, or that
it can't copy because the disk is full or write protected (it's

I have been trying to put a fresh coy of OS 9.2 on a second HD
Using my g4 install disks 9.02 then a 9.1 from the apple site and selecting
Australia in country choice, when I try and load 9.2.1 I get a dialogue box
Which says

Has anyone had any experience with running both OSX and Windows XP on
either of the two new MacBook models? It looks like that's where I might
be headed in the near future... and perhaps a core duo mini or even an
iMac to replace my other half's XP box.

Just would like to know, has anyone hooked a home theatre system to a G5 PM?
If so, what is the sound/outcome like?
Thinking of doing it but don't know anything about it and would like some
advice on brand, how to do it  etc

Does anybody know of an economical Mac app that lets you record and
track your share/stock portfolio?
Thanks
Mike

If you wish to read about the good, the bad and the ugly of ITunes 7 go to
http://dsandler.org/wp/archives/2006/09/12/itunes-7-dissection

Are there any 3rd party wireless network cards to suit an iBook 600?
Thanks,
Peter

As per subject. I want to get all my records onto CD. So I want to know what
hardware and software I'm going to need to pull this off.
I have a 600 Mhz iMac and a 400 Mhz G4 tower. I suspect I'll be using the tower.
I prefer OS 9, but will work with Panther depending on what I need.

I get sent PC user PP slides that require ActiveX (it says, whatever
that is). But my PP for Mac does not respond and neither do the slides.
Any ideas as to what can be done very welcome.

My MacMini doesn't have a microphone system.  I was wondering what
people are buying as good value for money for something to do voice
recording or internet phoning.  Any recommendations or advice?
Rifty