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Apple Macintosh and Sony Ericsson issues |
YET 555
Joined: Feb 24, 2004
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@ sapp and Jools
Thanks for the help and the boost. Will do the switch.. I am so convinced. Will post to update you all.  |
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sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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From: Finland. Kuwait maybe :)
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@yet
What kind of Mac will you get? I have the 12 inch Powerbook and I just love it. Took me only a weekend to get the hang of it and about a week to feel completely comfortable with it. I have no plans at all to go back to Windoze. The only problem that I had was, converting my phone books from Windoze into Mac. It seems that MS does not make this easy. However, if you have the chance, convert your phone books to .csv format and import them into the Address book that comes with the Mac. It is quite comprehensive and I think that you will like it. It links to everything and is quite transparent. Hope this helps.
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YET 555
Joined: Feb 24, 2004
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sapp,
My budget now allows me to get an ibook only... but ive heard a whole lot of advantages of a pbook from an ibook. I plan to wait awhile and get that 12" Pbook as well.
Sorry for the ignorance, how did you convert your contacts to .csv? also, what about your calendar? how did you transfer all appointments and important dates to Mac?
thanks a lot for the help  |
sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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From: Finland. Kuwait maybe :)
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@Yet555
Hey mate. It is easy to convert your contacts. Which ever program you are using, i.e., Outlook or Outlook Express, has the ability to convert the contacts. You can use the help menu and search for contact conversion. From there, you simply import them into the new Mac email program. Will your new iBook have OS X or OS 9. If you can, get OS X. It is beautiful and is built upon UNIX. Lets hear you Windoze lovers beat that.
Drop me a line or two or a PM if you need more help. I have some great links and help sites for Mac.
Cheers,
Don |
YET 555
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@sapp
Great! will keep u posted.. Thanks a lot mate! |
nur_light
Joined: Apr 12, 2004
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erm... maybe someone already covered this, but...
i have a p900 and a powerbook.
most of the time they communicate quite easily with each other using bluetooth, stuff like file transfer, isync, salling clicker, etc...
however, for some reason it doesn't seem to work with addres book. i can't make calls or texts by clicking on a contact.
is this a common problem, or am i just being stupid? |
~lozishere~
Joined: Dec 18, 2003
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From: York, U.K.
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If your iBook comes with OS 9, i can send you the disks for 10.2... as long as you pay postage
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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All new Macs now come installed with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) as standard. In fact, many of the latest Macs won't even boot into Mac OS 9.
Apple have just updated the eMac line, starting at just £549 for a 1.25Ghz G4, 17" Screen, ATI Radeon 9200 graphics, three USB 2.0 ports and two USB 1.1 ports, 2 FireWire 400 ports, 56k Modem. Bargain!
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2004-04-13 17:12 ] |
meatmcguffin
Joined: Jan 01, 2004
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From: Plymouth, UK
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hi nur_light,
about the lack of dialing from the address book, its the way that the symbian system works. rather than a standard phone the p series dont support AT commands very well (or i got the wrong end of the stick) Basically it means that its harder to control the phone from an external device. This is also why salling clicker will display who's calling if you connect a t68 etc but it wont/cant display the name of the caller when you connect a p series phone.
i posted a change to the address book on a previous post in this thread and im still working on a way of getting dialling out to work, just havnt quite got it right yet  Apparently its also possible to answer the phone when it rings using your mac, just gotta find the tweak to the address book. when i do ill post it here! hope that helps |
Ronin1
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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On 2004-03-06 06:56:06, thewiccaman wrote:
@hogemeister Thanks for the support re the Mac/Pc forum idea.
@ratGT re [iSync Does all the backup I need (Phonebook, Calendar, etc.) ]
I can't run iSync  because I am still running 10.2.1 and the latest version needs 10.2.6 or something) - I'm holding off upgrading till I can get Panther. Does anyone know where I can get an earlier vsn of iSync that will run on 10.2.1 (assuming it will support my t610)?
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Why don't you want to upgrade to 10.2.6 or 10.2.8? the upgrade from 10.2.1 is a no charge upgrade. Just use software update or better yet go to the downloads page and get the standalone combined updater.
Panther is not all that it is cracked up to be. Unless you *really* need some specific capability in Panther (such as WPA support in Airport/Wi-Fi) you would probably be better off skipping Panther and waiting until about 10.4.2 is out. |
Ronin1
Joined: Apr 21, 2004
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Does anyone have experience with a SE T616 and i Sync?
I recently got one and have not been very impressed. It does not seem to be well integrated with Address Book as it will not sync email addresses or street address and is rather quirky.
iSync provides very few options for syncing which results in undesired complications on occasions due to corruptions that make their way into the phone and iSync wants to move them onto the Mac as "new data".
Has anyone tried the Nokia 6820?
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angjc3
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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From: Eric
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hey all, I'm a long time reader, new poster
I also have a 12" powerbook!
it's awesome, and one of the reasons for converting from Windows to Apple was the fact that the powerbook had bluetooth built in
I know it sounds lame, but I went for the jump and by golly, I LOVE IT
windows user no more.. (only sometimes when I'm forced to use it)
talking about Apple, I was thinking of getting Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio, does anyone have any experience with those 2 applications?
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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I use FCP and DVDSP frequently and they're great, although pretty expensive.
Depending on what you want to do, you may find that FinalCut Express and iDVD 4.0 (part of iLife '04) do what you want. You can get very professional results with both. And these two will save you a lot of money compared with their bigger brothers. |
thewiccaman
Joined: Mar 07, 2003
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From: East Midlands, UK
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On 2004-04-23 17:59:49, Ronin1 wrote:
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I can't run iSync because I am still running 10.2.1 and the latest version needs 10.2.6 or something) - I'm holding off upgrading till I can get Panther. Does anyone know where I can get an earlier vsn of iSync that will run on 10.2.1 (assuming it will support my t610)?
David
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Why don't you want to upgrade to 10.2.6 or 10.2.8? the upgrade from 10.2.1 is a no charge upgrade. Just use software update or better yet go to the downloads page and get the standalone combined updater.
Panther is not all that it is cracked up to be. Unless you *really* need some specific capability in Panther (such as WPA support in Airport/Wi-Fi) you would probably be better off skipping Panther and waiting until about 10.4.2 is out.
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I have now upgraded to 10.2.8 What a difference it makes too.
So, I'm now using the latest iSync but like an earlier poster, am not happy with how it syncs to my t610 although it's fine with my Palm. I guess the t610 issue is more down to the fact the calenadar on the phone is fairly limited although I do like the support for extended information in the phone book.
David
Apple iMac, SE 990i, 2GB mem card - bring on the syncing! |
angjc3
Joined: Apr 24, 2002
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From: Eric
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On 2004-04-26 18:10:27, JoolsG3 wrote:
I use FCP and DVDSP frequently and they're great, although pretty expensive.
Depending on what you want to do, you may find that FinalCut Express and iDVD 4.0 (part of iLife '04) do what you want. You can get very professional results with both. And these two will save you a lot of money compared with their bigger brothers.
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Do you know what the BIG difference is between FinalCut Express and Final Cut Pro?
What are the limitations with FinalCut Express?
hey Jools, what made you decide to use FCP and DVDSP?
those are quite expensive for just home use....
dont you think? |
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