Recent content by joe1978

According to local "sources" (my father-in-law) getting it up in the sky isn't the problem, they know it can fly. It's the "getting it back on the ground" part that presents the problem!! ;) Joe

To put this all to bed. This evening I picked up a brand new 21.5" iMac. Not too shabby really. Now to set it up! Joe

Well, well, well. Apple called me this evening to say they've replaced the the MLB, HDD and all associated gubbins and it still ain't playing ball. The solution? Have a new iMac sir!! The Apple store fella has assured me it will be a new one not refurb and will be an upgrade to mine. Here's...

PS. Before getting to the Genius's I tried several times to install 10.8.2 and it would never install from any source at any stage. Eg via network/HD or from within OS or at boot. It kept saying either a) parts cannot be downloaded or b) the installation file was corrupt. The genius even tried...

Thanks for the advice everyone. The iMac is about 2 1/2 years old and hadn't faltered until recently. As an update I took it to the Genus's this evening and happily everything I experienced was replicated! Downside... They're suspecting a faulty logic board and/or harddrive even though...

It feels like admitting defeat but I think you're right. Thanks for the help anyway. Joe

Repaired disk and repaired all permissions while I was at it and preview still won't open pdf's without crashing. I thought Mac's 'just worked' lol. Adobe reader still opens them no problems. But I've uninstalled that anyway in case there was a conflict. There wasn't. Apart from a full OS...

Well, I used the disk utility app and it shows two levels of hard disk. The top level seemed to be called the HD type and the next level down macintosh HD. I checked and repaired permissions on both these levels and the problem still remains. I tried booting in safe mode and the problem...

thanks Neil, I'll have a look at that this evening joe

hey folks i have encountered an issue with OS X and thought I'd check if anyone had a clue here before i spend a large portion of my life on the phone to apple support (via applecare). Over the past few weeks I've noticed some instability on my mac the occasional crashing of chrome browser...

Feed it to pigs. Never trust a man who keeps pigs!

I brought everything.....only used the 10-20 and 18-70 and 35mm 1.8 (which I could have done without but was looking to take some portraits at a wedding) for my whole 5 day trip. Joe

I had to do this very thing the other day. I used the Pdf import plugin in OpenOffice Draw. All free and seemed very good. Joe

I've snowboarded for a good while now and in all honesty you'll spend the first 2-3 days on your a*se or face. Get some wrist guards, please. Yes learn to fall properly but it doesn't prevent a lifetime of self-preservation and putting your hands down to stop yourself. Taking your kit out on a...

Just started making my own too! Very very nice but I don't think I put enough fat in. Pork, Pork and Leek and Pork with Blackpudding. Apologies for the very poor iphone photo!!