[welmac-org] Wellington Help Desk on Saturday 26 March

Thu Mar 24 19:59:58 GMT 2011

Thanks David

I'll be there.  I'll bring a 2 degrees broadband modem which may be useful
in supplementing our broadband capacity.

Maybe I'll have an iPad 2 which may be of some interest.

See you tomorrow.

Best regards

John

From:  David Empson <dempson at actrix.gen.nz>
Reply-To:  <welmac-org at nzmac.org>
Date:  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:23:30 +1300
To:  <welmac-org at nzmac.org>
Subject:  [welmac-org] Wellington Help Desk on Saturday 26 March

Here are the details for the help desk on Saturday.

Place: Truby King House, 21 Manchester Terrace, near the top of Manchester
St in Melrose (on the hill above the zoo).

Date: Saturday 26 March

Time: 1:15 pm to 4:15 pm. I'll be aiming to be there about 12:45 pm to get
set up, but other tutors can aim for just before 1:15. Our booking is
officially for half a day (4 hours) so we need to be out by 4:45 pm.

Directions:

http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/gardens/trubyking/trubyking.html#
See the "View Map" link on the above page and zoom in for a rough idea.

For reference, the zoo is on Roy St, and the zig-zag road going up the hill
is Manchester St. Manchester Terrace is basically a long driveway, which
starts near the top of of Manchester St, just west of the intersection with
Rodrigo Rd and Sutherland Rd and Cres.

The driveway has several exits on the way. Start by following the first two
signs to "Capital House", with a veer right to avoid going into the property
with the overhead sign mentioning Karitane. At the next intersection there
is a three way split, and you want to take the leftmost branch. (Don't
follow the right branch, which has a bigger sign mentioning Capital House
and its role as a conference centre.)

The driveway loops around the house and comes back on itself, with the exit
from the middle branch of the same intersection.

The to the house entrance is around the back, opposite the car park (up a
gentle flight of steps onto the verandah).

There is enough space for about five cars to angle park directly outside the
house, so I expect there won't be enough space for everyone to park there.
If the parking is full, the next opton is to park on Manchester St and walk
up the driveway. (You could stop temporarily at the house to drop off a
computer before going back to find a park.)

The 23 bus (Southgate and Houghton Bay) goes up Manchester St. This is the
closest bus stop:
http://www.metlink.org.nz/stop/7926

Confirmed tutors are:

David Empson
Shane Gordine
John Crook
Dennis Hamblin

Dennis is also wanting some help, so I've listed him below under students.

Including Dennis, we have six students registered. Several of them want to
cover at least one common topic (backups with Time Machine), so I'll
probably do a group session on that.

I think we'll be OK without more tutors, but if we had one more it would
ease things a little.

I expect to have the Woosh modem set up with a wireless network for
attendees (for the last time). I'll bring my other networking equipment but
we may be able to manage on wireless alone.

I'm bringing cups, tea, coffee, milk, biscuits, etc. (Won't have time to
collect the WelMac stuff from Tony, and could be tricky with him needing to
bring it on Monday, so I'll bring items from my own stock or buy them on the
way.)

Please note that Truby King House has waxed floors which scratch easily, so
don't drag anything. I'll be emphasising this again as we are setting up and
as people arrive. If we damage the floors we need to supply the elbow grease
to reapply the wax.

I'll bring our fold-up trestle table, and we'll need to arrange a couple of
other tables at the venue.

I'll be picking up Shane from Newtown on the way and may need to drop him
home. I could pick up Dennis as I'm now in Newlands and it isn't much of a
detour to Johnsonville.

Here is a summary of the student details.

Alison Hoffmann
MacBook Pro and hard drive

> I would like to learn how to back up my MacBookPro using Time Machine I
> believe. I have a partioned external hard drive with a USB connection which I
> also use for backing up my PC. Geeks on Wheels did the partioning.

Sharyn Haigh
Has an iMac but probably won't bring it

> Would like help with IPhoto - and downloading photos from the camera.  Also
> have a few questions re word.

Glenis Levack
MacBook and hard drive

> 1. I have a couple of glitches with Eudora
> 
> 2. I do want to understand how my external hard drive actually works - I know
> you have tried to explain                this already, but I have forgotten. I
> keep saving my admin work for the training institute onto CDs but maybe I do
> not need to..... It was certainly good to have everything saved onto the
> external drive when i had to buy a new lap top!
> 
> 3. I do like having my laptop checked for things I don't even know I have done
> wrongly
> 
> 4. I purchased my MacBook Pro  October 2010 and would like to discuss
> Applecare. I have kept the texts you sent me when I bought my laptop and i
> read them to try to understand. You say that Applecare simplifies things -
> what sorts of things? I wouldn't actually trust anyone else other than you
> giving me advice. But is it fair to be so dependent on you?
> 
> 5. I have Office:mac 2004. Teacher and student edition. Is there a more
> up-to-date version I should be buying? I sort of understood from what you said
> tonight, that one has to be very careful about what you 'up-date' to.
> 
> 6. I would like my laptop to be able to read .wdb that one of the trainers
> sends to me, if possible.

I expect I will help Glenis with Eudora, since I'm the only one still using
it.

Glenis's external hard drive is being used for Time Machine backups.

Barbara Adams
Has an iMac but probably won't bring it

> 1. Organise my applications page. Some of my stuff is redundant and I am not
> sure what to delete.
> 
> 2. Help with photo work. I have a new scanner with a good photo studio
> attached.  I also have photoshop and i-photo. I can resize and crop but not
> much else. I'd like to be able to use the clone tool and clean up a couple of
> photos.

Deleting Applications should be done with caution.

Dennis Hamblin
PowerMac G5?

> Over a period I have loaded and tried  and sometimes not even done that but
> just put onto my computer a number of programs to try.
> 
> Some I have just trashed  by dragging to trash bin.
> 
> I have down loaded Mac Keeper an application  that purports to get rid of
> unwanted files.
> 
> I so far have not used it. I am not sure how and even if it is the right one
> to use.
> 
> In short: I need help in doing some computer housekeeping.  I want to get rid
> of any unwanted programs and perhaps even check to make sure there are no
> Trojan horses on board.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, how do I get Photoshop Help to work in photoshop. I have the manual on
> board but it does not interface with the program itself.
> 
> Mail: In spite of removing people from Previous Recipients they still come up
> when addressing mail. Can be quite tricky when friends have changed their
> email address . Easy to get  the wrong and old one.

Janice Fraser
MacBook Pro

> I would like to understand more about the use of the hard drive back up on
> the Seagate 500 I have been using. I have it on for some days. Then close it
> down and unplug it as I need it unplugged from power frequently. It seems to
> just pick up again without a problem. I am going to erase and start again
> shortly. Wondering about what happens to what is on it when I have finished.
> 
> I will bring my Snow Leopard in case it is convenient to change over to it
> with everything backed up on the 26th.
> 
> I have noted that the next version of Snow Leopard 6.3 is it requires
> Broadband. This will be one or two on from what I have. Still in no hurry to
> get it.
> 
> I would like to stop getting backups of every word doc now. I began this
> function some months ago and am not sure how to get rid of it. End up
> dumping backups. It is fine for the occasional precious doc in progress.
> 
> Maybe others will be interested in some of these things.
> 
> Some general advice on organising my specific files. So that I don't find I
> have two copies of same file in different spots as I put files in folders
> within bigger folders. Then when I go to work on it again I may work on the
> wrotn one.
> 
> I did accidentally delete the  document label on the screen with smart
> files. Didn't lose anything but wondered what it was for at the side of the
> screen.
> 
> Maybe these things can be sorted fairly quickly. I will be interested to
> look in on what others are doing.

-- 
David Empson
dempson at actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington 6141, New Zealand
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