From rglover at unimelb.edu.au Fri Oct 2 12:40:07 2009 From: rglover at unimelb.edu.au (Ross Glover) Date: Fri Oct 2 12:46:17 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Changing ip information on a headless xserve. In-Reply-To: <20090622013329.047CC1B40CEF@auc.uow.edu.au> References: <20090622013329.047CC1B40CEF@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: Hello folks, What is the easiest way of changing the manual ip address settings on a headless xserve without remote desktop access? We recently moved some headless xserves to a new location. Unfortunately, one received the wrong ip address update before being switched off and moved, so we cannot now connect via remote desktop. I was hoping it was possible to connect via firewire target disk mode and make changes to a configuration file but cannot any information on this. That seems to leave a serial connection and terminal program. Is this my only option? And if so, is this a suitable cable? http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834&keywords=serial+to+us b+adaptor&form=KEYWORD All advice appreciated, Ross. From david at keyoptions.com.au Fri Oct 2 12:48:41 2009 From: david at keyoptions.com.au (David Colville) Date: Fri Oct 2 12:53:19 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Changing ip information on a headless xserve. In-Reply-To: References: <20090622013329.047CC1B40CEF@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: <959671C8-DE0E-42B8-9FFA-B2D915A5710A@keyoptions.com.au> On 02/10/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ross Glover wrote: > > Hello folks, > > What is the easiest way of changing the manual ip address settings > on a > headless xserve without remote desktop access? > > We recently moved some headless xserves to a new location. > Unfortunately, one received the wrong ip address update before being > switched off and moved, so we cannot now connect via remote desktop. Do you know the IP it *was* changed to? Can you configure a computer into the IP range it has, use Remote Desktop to get into it, then change the server's IP to the range you want it to be in? It sounds like you have physical access to the box? > > I was hoping it was possible to connect via firewire target disk mode > and make changes to a configuration file but cannot any information on > this. That seems to leave a serial connection and terminal program. Is > this my only option? And if so, is this a suitable cable? > http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834&keywords=serial+to+us > b+adaptor&form=KEYWORD > > All advice appreciated, > > Ross. > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech ----------------------------------------------- David Colville Technical Director Key Options Technology Pty Ltd Suite 108/250 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 E: david@keyoptions.com.au T: 1300 721 769 - F: +61 2 9475 0837 - M: +61 412 200 855 iChat: davidcolville@mac.com From bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au Fri Oct 2 13:02:27 2009 From: bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au (Bart van Deventer) Date: Fri Oct 2 13:08:31 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Changing ip information on a headless xserve. In-Reply-To: References: <20090622013329.047CC1B40CEF@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi there, If you can put the machine into TDM and mount it from another machine, then I would imagine you could change its IP by editing: /Volumes/TDMMachineVolume/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ preferences.plist with your favourite editor. Find the incorrect IP address, replace it with the correct one, unmount the volume and reboot the Xserve. If your plist happens to be in the binary format, you could use the plutil command to convert it. Kind Regards, Bart van Deventer Computer Systems Officer College of Design and Social Context On 02/10/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ross Glover wrote: > > Hello folks, > > What is the easiest way of changing the manual ip address settings > on a > headless xserve without remote desktop access? > > We recently moved some headless xserves to a new location. > Unfortunately, one received the wrong ip address update before being > switched off and moved, so we cannot now connect via remote desktop. > > I was hoping it was possible to connect via firewire target disk mode > and make changes to a configuration file but cannot any information on > this. That seems to leave a serial connection and terminal program. Is > this my only option? And if so, is this a suitable cable? > http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834&keywords=serial+to+us > b+adaptor&form=KEYWORD > > All advice appreciated, > > Ross. > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Fri Oct 2 13:12:13 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Fri Oct 2 13:16:51 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Changing ip information on a headless xserve. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Firewire is certainly an option, if its network interface entry was not removed during setup. If you connect a firewire cable between the xserve and another machine, you should then be able to see the machine over bonjour in ARD and connect to make the necessary changes to the ethernet interface. The second ethernet interface is probably still active too and set to DHCP (though may not be). You can then connect an ethernet cable to that to your network and then you'll be able to bonjour to the machine in ARD. Editing the config files is bound to end in more issues. After you have changed the IP in the Network Preferences, be sure to issue the changeip command to cleanup any remaining areas where the old IP is used. changeip [-v] [-d path] directory-node old-ip new-ip [old-hostname new-hostname] Charlie Nancarrow 'all things bright and technical' ewhizz dot net On 2/10/09 1:02 PM, "Bart van Deventer" wrote: > Hi there, > > If you can put the machine into TDM and mount it from another machine, > then I would imagine you could change its IP by editing: > /Volumes/TDMMachineVolume/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ > preferences.plist with your favourite editor. > > Find the incorrect IP address, replace it with the correct one, > unmount the volume and reboot the Xserve. > > If your plist happens to be in the binary format, you could use the > plutil command to convert it. > > Kind Regards, > Bart van Deventer > Computer Systems Officer > College of Design and Social Context > > On 02/10/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ross Glover wrote: > >> >> Hello folks, >> >> What is the easiest way of changing the manual ip address settings >> on a >> headless xserve without remote desktop access? >> >> We recently moved some headless xserves to a new location. >> Unfortunately, one received the wrong ip address update before being >> switched off and moved, so we cannot now connect via remote desktop. >> >> I was hoping it was possible to connect via firewire target disk mode >> and make changes to a configuration file but cannot any information on >> this. That seems to leave a serial connection and terminal program. Is >> this my only option? And if so, is this a suitable cable? >> http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834&keywords=serial+to+us >> b+adaptor&form=KEYWORD >> >> All advice appreciated, >> >> Ross. >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From robm-apple at centenary.org.au Fri Oct 2 18:57:31 2009 From: robm-apple at centenary.org.au (Rob Middleton) Date: Fri Oct 2 19:02:07 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Changing ip information on a headless xserve. In-Reply-To: References: <20090622013329.047CC1B40CEF@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: <4D2B1014-D9BA-4E14-9634-24785F9BA196@centenary.org.au> As you are needing to use physical access anyway, I'd just plug a laptop in to the servers ethernet port (cross-over). * If you know the server's IP then just set the laptop statically to the next IP address and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 * If you do not know the server's IP, then set your laptop statically to any IP address and use tcpdump to determine the server's IP address. ie from terminal on your laptop: sudo tcpdump -n The server will at minimum send serialnumberd UDP multicast announcements from its IP. You will at least see "IP x.x.x.x.626 > 244.0.0.1.626: UDP", the x.x.x.x being the IP your server is currently sitting on . Now you know what IP your server thinks it has so can set yourself to a neighbouring IP and log in with remote desktop or ssh. Once logged in changeip as Charlie said is the thing to use after changing the network interface to ensure the directory is right. (note: old-hostname new-hostname is not optional - the docs/manpage are wrong) Cheers, Rob Middleton. On 02/10/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ross Glover wrote: > > Hello folks, > > What is the easiest way of changing the manual ip address settings > on a > headless xserve without remote desktop access? > > We recently moved some headless xserves to a new location. > Unfortunately, one received the wrong ip address update before being > switched off and moved, so we cannot now connect via remote desktop. > > I was hoping it was possible to connect via firewire target disk mode > and make changes to a configuration file but cannot any information on > this. That seems to leave a serial connection and terminal program. Is > this my only option? And if so, is this a suitable cable? > http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834&keywords=serial+to+us > b+adaptor&form=KEYWORD > > All advice appreciated, > > Ross. Rob Middleton. -- IT Services Centenary Institute http://www.centenary.org.au/ +61 2 9565 6100 From mark at biz.uwa.edu.au Thu Oct 8 17:01:16 2009 From: mark at biz.uwa.edu.au (Mark Secker) Date: Thu Oct 8 17:07:55 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Migrating local mac user accounts to XServer synced domain accounts. Message-ID: <09F4D3E8-4450-41F4-8637-F7154B7D8EF2@biz.uwa.edu.au> Sorry if this has already been covered, my email archive seems to be somewhat truncated. I have to move a small number of mac users (30, including 15 laptops) from local accounts on their macs to a domain/network accounts. All machines (not just laptops) will be setup to sync so that there will be a local copy of files I just need a easy, relatively painless way to migrate their data and settings. are there any utilities available to do this and if not what is the process to do this manually so that they have the correct access permissions to all their data and it picks up there correct applications preferences and settings. thanks ________________ mark.secker@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Computer officer, Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, From C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au Thu Oct 8 17:15:51 2009 From: C.Nancarrow at latrobe.edu.au (Charlie Nancarrow) Date: Thu Oct 8 17:22:30 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Migrating local mac user accounts to XServer synced domain accounts. In-Reply-To: <09F4D3E8-4450-41F4-8637-F7154B7D8EF2@biz.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: Preparation Ensure accounts are already setup with mobile account enabled and network home folder set in Workgroup Manager Set sensible rules for account sync at login and background (make a managed group to do this and for enabling mobile homes is best), ie excluding Microsoft Identities, music, movies etc For those with really large homes, you will want to make further exclusions. There's nothing worse than a 10minute login time.... I am making the assumption in the instructions below that the network accounts have not been used before (ie the homes on the server are more or less empty of user data), be more careful if they have been used before. 1. Log in as the network user account 2. Log out 3. Login as admin 4. In terminal mv /Users/networkaccount /Users/networkaccount.backup mv /Users/localaccount /Users/networkaccount 5. In terminal chown -R networkaccount:staff /Users/networkaccount 6. Log out 7. Log in as networkaccount 8. If asked, the home on the computer is truth (careful, read the message if it warns you, twice...) Charlie 'all things bright and technical' ewhizz dot net On 8/10/09 5:01 PM, "Mark Secker" wrote: > Sorry if this has already been covered, my email archive seems to be > somewhat truncated. > > I have to move a small number of mac users (30, including 15 laptops) > from local accounts on their macs to a domain/network accounts. > > All machines (not just laptops) will be setup to sync so that there > will be a local copy of files > > I just need a easy, relatively painless way to migrate their data and > settings. > > are there any utilities available to do this and if not what is the > process to do this manually so that they have the correct access > permissions to all their data and it picks up there correct > applications preferences and settings. > > > thanks > > ________________ > mark.secker@uwa.edu.au > Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) > Computer officer, Business School IT Services > > The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G > M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 > Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From tonyw at honestpuck.com Thu Oct 15 11:30:16 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Thu Oct 15 11:40:16 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Adding a computer to group via CLI Message-ID: <5db0907d0910141730h6e060a5ck983fcaf1e2dff849@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, I'm looking for a way of adding a computer and adding it to a group in /Local/Default from the command line. dseditgroup appears to be broken for computer in 10.5 and 10.6 and dscl is adding a computer OK if I check the actual files but Workgroup Manager isn't showing the computer. Here's my add a computer script - borrowed from Nigel's article at AFP548.com sudo dscl /Local/Default -create /Computers/localhost sudo dscl /Local/Default -create /Computers/localhost RealName localhost sudo dscl /Local/Default -create /Computers/localhost GeneratedUUID $(uuidgen) sudo dscl /Local/Default -create /Computers/localhost ENetAddress $(ifconfig en0 |grep ether | awk '{print $2}') sudo dscl /Local/Default -create /Computers/localhost IPAddress 127.0.0.1 Here's the lin I use for dseditgroup dseditgroup -n /Local/Default -o edit -a localhost -t computer test_group I get an error -14136 eDSRecordNotFound Anyone got a clue? Anyone using another method successfully? // Tony -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(small extract attached, there's about 30 more lines of similar messages) Oct 15 15:43:31 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[253]: CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: if': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `XUL': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `PkgInfo': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `Plug-Ins': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `PrintPDE.plugin': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `Contents': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `Info.plist': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `MacOS': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `PrintPDE': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `Resources': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `English.lproj': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `Localizable.strings': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `PrintPDE.nib': 13 Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear quarantine `classes.nib': 13 Oct 15 15:49:04 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[269]: CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace Anyone have any ideas on what this means, if it might be a cause of the problem? I can't find much relevant info via googling. Matt -- ---------------------------------------------- Matt Hall Course Materials / IT Coordinator Law Faculty, University of Otago 479-8876 matt.hall@otago.ac.nz ---------------------------------------------- From tonyw at honestpuck.com Thu Oct 15 16:56:05 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Thu Oct 15 17:03:24 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Unable to clear quarantine - errors In-Reply-To: <4AD6A05C.3010205@otago.ac.nz> References: <4AD6A05C.3010205@otago.ac.nz> Message-ID: <5db0907d0910142256y3bf8a527n46457825e8a6c9bf@mail.gmail.com> Matt, Have you checked to see if a new user on the machine causes the same snafu? I'd also try changing drivers or reinstalling drivers on that Mac. // Tony On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Matt Hall wrote: > Hi > > We have a LaserJet 2300 printer that keeps freezing / losing network > connectivity. I have tried many things. printer side: cold reset's, > swapped RAM, swapped JetDirect cards, new cables, & a different lj2300. > mac side: reset print system , reinstall drivers, fix permissions > etc..... but it seems to often occur after a particular user sends print > jobs. (iMac G5, 10.5.8) > > Looking at their system.log I've noticed the following appears every now > and then around the time they send jobs and the printer dies. (small > extract attached, there's about 30 more lines of similar messages) > > Oct 15 15:43:31 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[253]: > CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: if': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `XUL': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `PkgInfo': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `Plug-Ins': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `PrintPDE.plugin': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `Contents': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `Info.plist': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `MacOS': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `PrintPDE': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `Resources': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `English.lproj': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `Localizable.strings': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `PrintPDE.nib': 13 > Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to clear > quarantine `classes.nib': 13 > Oct 15 15:49:04 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[269]: > CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace > > Anyone have any ideas on what this means, if it might be a cause of the > problem? I can't find much relevant info via googling. > > Matt > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > Matt Hall > Course Materials / IT Coordinator > Law Faculty, University of Otago > 479-8876 > matt.hall@otago.ac.nz > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091015/f294b514/attachment.html From James.forge at anu.edu.au Thu Oct 15 21:27:08 2009 From: James.forge at anu.edu.au (James Forge) Date: Thu Oct 15 21:34:35 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Unable to clear quarantine - errors In-Reply-To: <4AD6A05C.3010205@otago.ac.nz> References: <4AD6A05C.3010205@otago.ac.nz> Message-ID: <839bnd$14uaig@outbound-mail01.westnet.com.au> Hello Matt, We had a similar problem with HP laserjets and certain Mac users printing PDF's. The problem has long since gone away but I can't remember and will be on leave therfore unable to ask my colleagues for a week what fixed it. Is you problem PDF related? Regards, Jim... At 03:09 PM 15/10/2009, you wrote: >Hi > >We have a LaserJet 2300 printer that keeps freezing / losing network >connectivity. I have tried many things. printer side: cold reset's, >swapped RAM, swapped JetDirect cards, new cables, & a different lj2300. >mac side: reset print system , reinstall drivers, fix permissions >etc..... but it seems to often occur after a particular user sends print >jobs. (iMac G5, 10.5.8) > >Looking at their system.log I've noticed the following appears every now >and then around the time they send jobs and the printer dies. (small >extract attached, there's about 30 more lines of similar messages) > >Oct 15 15:43:31 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[253]: >CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: if': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `XUL': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `PkgInfo': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `Plug-Ins': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `PrintPDE.plugin': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `Contents': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `Info.plist': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `MacOS': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `PrintPDE': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `Resources': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `English.lproj': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `Localizable.strings': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `PrintPDE.nib': 13 >Oct 15 15:46:57 ou036046 kernel[0]: CoreServicesUIAg[265] Unable to >clear quarantine `classes.nib': 13 >Oct 15 15:49:04 ou036046 Law___8th_Flr_Laser[269]: >CMSCreateDataProviderOrGetInfo : Malformed colorspace > >Anyone have any ideas on what this means, if it might be a cause of the >problem? I can't find much relevant info via googling. > >Matt > >-- >---------------------------------------------- > Matt Hall > Course Materials / IT Coordinator > Law Faculty, University of Otago > 479-8876 > matt.hall@otago.ac.nz >---------------------------------------------- > > > >_______________________________________________ >unimactech mailing list >unimactech@auc.edu.au >http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From a.foxcroft at qut.edu.au Fri Oct 16 09:51:07 2009 From: a.foxcroft at qut.edu.au (Anthony Foxcroft) Date: Fri Oct 16 09:58:29 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Alternatives to Apple Promise RAID Message-ID: Hi All We currently have an ageing G4 XServe attached to a 3.5 TB Xserve RAID. The RAID is used for "break/fix restore" type backups and not long term archival. It is partitioned into roughly two 1 TB partitions that take the Retrospect backup from servers and workstations. When both are full the earliest one gets nuked and a "wash, rinse, repeat" scenario ensures. As Apple no longer supports or supplies drives for the Xserve RAID we must now look to finding a replacement for this unit. Apples Vtrack Promise is just exorbitantly priced and going online it would appear still very problematic. I've not found too many good reports on them. So the questions are: Is there an external RAID alternative that will work with current (Intel) Apple equipment that is available and supported in Australia? Is there anyone out there with an Apple Promise RAID that is happy with it and has had no problems (firmware mainly) with the equipment? Alternatively does anyone know where I can get replacement 500 GB drives for an Xserve RAID in Australia without offering up body parts in exchange? Thanks in advance for any pointers, help and information. Kind regards Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony J. 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I have a few Xserves, and just installed the second 8TB one of these, and love them. http://www.proavio.com/s4fr.html Cheers. D. On 16/10/2009, at 9:51 AM, Anthony Foxcroft wrote: > Hi All > We currently have an ageing G4 XServe attached to a 3.5 TB Xserve > RAID. > The RAID is used for ?break/fix restore? type backups and not long > term archival. It is partitioned into roughly two 1 TB partitions > that take the Retrospect backup from servers and workstations. When > both are full the earliest one gets nuked and a ?wash, rinse, > repeat? scenario ensures. > As Apple no longer supports or supplies drives for the Xserve RAID > we must now look to finding a replacement for this unit. > Apples Vtrack Promise is just exorbitantly priced and going online > it would appear still very problematic. I?ve not found too many good > reports on them. > So the questions are: > Is there an external RAID alternative that will work with current > (Intel) Apple equipment that is available and supported in Australia? > Is there anyone out there with an Apple Promise RAID that is happy > with it and has had no problems (firmware mainly) with the equipment? > Alternatively does anyone know where I can get replacement 500 GB > drives for an Xserve RAID in Australia without offering up body > parts in exchange? > Thanks in advance for any pointers, help and information. > Kind regards > Anthony > ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Anthony J. Foxcroft > Computer Support Officer > > QUT ? 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From john at keyoptions.com.au Fri Oct 16 12:16:26 2009 From: john at keyoptions.com.au (John Haywood) Date: Fri Oct 16 12:22:40 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Alternatives to Apple Promise RAID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8D47183B-2B81-4055-9555-025DFCAF389A@keyoptions.com.au> On 16/10/2009, at 9:51 AM, Anthony Foxcroft wrote: > > Hi All > > We currently have an ageing G4 XServe attached to a 3.5 TB Xserve > RAID. > The RAID is used for ?break/fix restore? type backups and not > long term archival. It is partitioned into roughly two 1 TB > partitions that take the Retrospect backup from servers and > workstations. When both are full the earliest one gets nuked and a > ?wash, rinse, repeat? scenario ensures. > > As Apple no longer supports or supplies drives for the Xserve RAID > we must now look to finding a replacement for this unit. > Apples Vtrack Promise is just exorbitantly priced and going online > it would appear still very problematic. I?ve not found too many > good reports on them. > > So the questions are: > Is there an external RAID alternative that will work with current > (Intel) Apple equipment that is available and supported in Australia? > > Is there anyone out there with an Apple Promise RAID that is happy > with it and has had no problems (firmware mainly) with the equipment? > > Alternatively does anyone know where I can get replacement 500 GB > drives for an Xserve RAID in Australia without offering up body > parts in exchange? Given that your XServe RAID is out of warranty and used for relatively transient data, why not just populate the caddies with standard 500GB IDE drives, e.g. WD? If you need caddies, they come up on ebay occasionally, and some are reasonably priced, just dump any drives in them and install 500GB's. The caveat is that you can't mix Apple-firmware drives with generics of the same capacity, (you have to get the next generic size up), and you lose support.... cheers -- John Haywood, Senior IT Consultant ? Apple Certified System Administrator ? Apple Certified Trainer Key Options Technology Pty Ltd Suite 108/250 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 T: 1300 721 769 | F: 02 9475 0837 | M: 0402 292 255 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091016/a267250f/attachment.html From john.blyth at adm.monash.edu.au Fri Oct 16 13:41:42 2009 From: john.blyth at adm.monash.edu.au (John Blyth) Date: Fri Oct 16 13:50:10 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Alternatives to Apple Promise RAID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6F5F9EA6-5463-46BA-9B19-072664159810@adm.monash.edu.au> On 16/10/2009, at 9:51 AM, Anthony Foxcroft wrote: > > Hi All > > We currently have an ageing G4 XServe attached to a 3.5 TB Xserve > RAID. > > So the questions are: > Is there an external RAID alternative that will work with current > (Intel) Apple equipment that is available and supported in Australia? The "available" and "supported" may be key points that could determine your choice. You can mix and match your own system, but it's then up to you to manage it; or you can get a third party (or apple-wise dealer) to put together an alternative and provide the support. (BTW the Hitachi drives in the xserve G5 drive bays have special apple firmware - you can substitute OEM drives but you lose some of the functionality - I replaced 2 x 250G hitachis with 1T Seagate nearline drives - the drives have never suffered any issues, but the software raid1 occasionally loses its marbles and becomes degraded - probably an issue with completed disk writes before dismount and shutdown of the AFP shares) Here's a cost effective solution I put together - Intel macPro Areca 1221ML 8 port multilane external Sata card (PCI-e) Enhance E8-ML 8 drive case with 2 x 4drive multilane ports 2 x SATA multilane cables 8 x 750G Seagate nearline HD's (disks are oldest components in setup - hence size) RAID5 with 7 disks / 1 hot spare readwrite performance greater than 500MB/s (AJA System test) file cache disabled all video frame sizes The Areca SW is not known for its HID, but has all the bells and whistles as far as settings / hotswap / dynamic RAID resizing / diskcache settings (writethrough/writeback) etc... I have an older version of the above system installed in a G5 xserve using the earlier PCI-X version of the above areca card & using 1T drives - never missed a beat, no RAID issues with system shutdown/restart. The earlier card is not as fast as the 1221ML (only about half speed) but more than adequate for managing AFP file shares. Both can have out of band management for remote login to the RAID console -- John Blyth: +61 3 9903 2743 fax: +61 3 9903 1018 -- Audio / Systems Engineer, Advancement, Monash University --- ************************ Disclaimer **************************** This email, including all attachments may contain personal or confidential information, is intended for the named addressee(s) and may on occasions not express the views of the University. If you received this email in error, please delete all copies and notify the originator of the message. It is the recipient's responsibility to scan for viruses prior to use ******************* No warranties implied or given ******************* From s.nykvist at qut.edu.au Fri Oct 16 21:43:01 2009 From: s.nykvist at qut.edu.au (Shaun Nykvist) Date: Fri Oct 16 21:49:05 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Alternatives to Apple Promise RAID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Anthony ...if u find anyone with replacement 500gb/750gb drives or even the modules, can u also let me know. I have been chasing these for quite some time. I have been able to replace the drive in the module without any problems at all (though I have been told many times not to do that). Cheers Shaun On 16/10/2009, at 6:51 AM, Anthony Foxcroft wrote: Hi All We currently have an ageing G4 XServe attached to a 3.5 TB Xserve RAID. The RAID is used for ?break/fix restore? type backups and not long term archival. It is partitioned into roughly two 1 TB partitions that take the Retrospect backup from servers and workstations. When both are full the earliest one gets nuked and a ?wash, rinse, repeat? scenario ensures. As Apple no longer supports or supplies drives for the Xserve RAID we must now look to finding a replacement for this unit. Apples Vtrack Promise is just exorbitantly priced and going online it would appear still very problematic. I?ve not found too many good reports on them. So the questions are: Is there an external RAID alternative that will work with current (Intel) Apple equipment that is available and supported in Australia? Is there anyone out there with an Apple Promise RAID that is happy with it and has had no problems (firmware mainly) with the equipment? Alternatively does anyone know where I can get replacement 500 GB drives for an Xserve RAID in Australia without offering up body parts in exchange? Thanks in advance for any pointers, help and information. Kind regards Anthony ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Anthony J. 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Lee From bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au Tue Oct 20 09:20:02 2009 From: bart.vandeventer at rmit.edu.au (Bart van Deventer) Date: Tue Oct 20 09:26:12 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: I've noticed Apple will usually adjust their pricing with the exchange rate when new products are released. They don't seem to do it within a product cycle. I imagine when you see new iMacs and possibly Mac minis out shortly, you'll see a big price drop. Cheers, Bart van Deventer Computer Systems Officer College of Design and Social Context On 20/10/2009, at 9:15 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > I know Apple Australia needs to make money to be profitable, but the > difference in price from Aus to US especially given the current Aus > $1.00 = US$0.92 exchange rate, pricing could be tightened up a > little on the local pricing. > > example from Apple store Aus & US > > > > > > > also > > > AUS > US > > > > > > > > The Australian dollar has made nearly a 30% climb over recent months > and we are seeing no benefits and this is often the business end of > the year, prepping for next year. > > > What do others think ? > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From shannonpasto at me.COM Tue Oct 20 09:23:09 2009 From: shannonpasto at me.COM (Shannon Pasto) Date: Tue Oct 20 09:29:34 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: Lee, the iPhone in the U.S. is sold on contract to AT&T, in Aus it's sold as an outright purchase which is why there's such a big price difference. Shannon On 20/10/2009, at 9:15 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > I know Apple Australia needs to make money to be profitable, but the > difference in price from Aus to US especially given the current Aus > $1.00 = US$0.92 exchange rate, pricing could be tightened up a > little on the local pricing. > > example from Apple store Aus & US > > > > > > > also > > > AUS > US > > > > > > > > The Australian dollar has made nearly a 30% climb over recent months > and we are seeing no benefits and this is often the business end of > the year, prepping for next year. > > > What do others think ? > > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- Shannon Pasto mailto:shannonpasto@me.COM Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist v10.4 Apple Certified Support Professional v10.5 Apple Certified Macintosh Technician Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.4 v10.5 Apple Product Professional 2006 2007 2008 ( ) ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail / \ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments From Lee.Dyson at utas.edu.au Tue Oct 20 09:46:40 2009 From: Lee.Dyson at utas.edu.au (Lee Dyson) Date: Tue Oct 20 09:52:53 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: Hello Shannon, The iPhone contract sales in the US only account for part (I am sure) but that still doesn't account for the other products. With some luck Bart will be right, still waiting for NEW product drops to adjust prices would be a one way street, if the exchange rate was -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment (unless it was obvious that it was a short term situation) Lee On 20/10/2009, at 9:23 AM, Shannon Pasto wrote: > Lee, the iPhone in the U.S. is sold on contract to AT&T, in Aus it's > sold as an outright purchase which is why there's such a big price > difference. > > Shannon > > On 20/10/2009, at 9:15 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > >> I know Apple Australia needs to make money to be profitable, but >> the difference in price from Aus to US especially given the current >> Aus$1.00 = US$0.92 exchange rate, pricing could be tightened up a >> little on the local pricing. >> >> example from Apple store Aus & US >> >> >> >> >> >> >> also >> >> >> AUS >> US >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The Australian dollar has made nearly a 30% climb over recent >> months and we are seeing no benefits and this is often the business >> end of the year, prepping for next year. >> >> >> What do others think ? >> >> Lee >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > -- > Shannon Pasto > mailto:shannonpasto@me.COM > > Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist v10.4 > Apple Certified Support Professional v10.5 > Apple Certified Macintosh Technician > Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.4 v10.5 > Apple Product Professional 2006 2007 2008 > > ( ) ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > / \ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From k.j.whitehead at massey.ac.nz Tue Oct 20 09:53:29 2009 From: k.j.whitehead at massey.ac.nz (Keith Whitehead) Date: Tue Oct 20 10:00:18 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: <162562F5-C9BD-4A3D-8F18-345AE6679C17@massey.ac.nz> Its even worse here in New Zealand. By buying a Mac Mini from the USA, air freighting it out, paying local taxes (GST) we can still save NZ$300 per machine, ie about a 23% savings. Given the international warranty there is certainly no down side to doing this. I have shipped 2 machines for myself this way, and my next MBP will be bought this way too. MBP including air freight from USA and GST NZ$2,532.57 MBP from Apple store (with Edu discount) NZ$ 3,299.00 ie there is about NZ$800 savings by shipping from the USA. There is also a growing trend for people to ship machines from Asia and sell them on Trademe $300-$400 cheaper than can be bought from apple.co.nz. The other disappointment is that the 10 User licence for OSX server has gone. I run this at home for various reasons but the unlimited licence cost for 10.6 server is just too high to justify, so future needs will be met with Linux/BSD. Keith Whitehead From shannonpasto at me.COM Tue Oct 20 09:56:14 2009 From: shannonpasto at me.COM (Shannon Pasto) Date: Tue Oct 20 10:02:29 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: <2F4E3C31-BE7B-4946-83CF-E19986F211D0@me.COM> I agree, it would only count for *part* of it but ultimately you can't compare pricing on the iPhones, 1 is payed off by a contract, 1 is not. Us Aussies have always been delt unfair pricing with Apple products (for as long as I can remember anyways). I've often wondered about buying from the U.S. but then you run into all sorts of issues with warranties etc (trust me, I've though long and hard about it especially when I've had to deal with repairing units from the U.S.). Shannon On 20/10/2009, at 9:46 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > Hello Shannon, > > The iPhone contract sales in the US only account for part (I am > sure) but that still doesn't account for the other products. With > some luck Bart will be right, still waiting for NEW product drops to > adjust prices would be a one way street, if the exchange rate was > -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment (unless it > was obvious that it was a short term situation) > > Lee > > > On 20/10/2009, at 9:23 AM, Shannon Pasto wrote: > >> Lee, the iPhone in the U.S. is sold on contract to AT&T, in Aus >> it's sold as an outright purchase which is why there's such a big >> price difference. >> >> Shannon >> >> On 20/10/2009, at 9:15 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: >> >>> I know Apple Australia needs to make money to be profitable, but >>> the difference in price from Aus to US especially given the >>> current Aus$1.00 = US$0.92 exchange rate, pricing could be >>> tightened up a little on the local pricing. >>> >>> example from Apple store Aus & US >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> also >>> >>> >>> AUS >>> US >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The Australian dollar has made nearly a 30% climb over recent >>> months and we are seeing no benefits and this is often the >>> business end of the year, prepping for next year. >>> >>> >>> What do others think ? >>> >>> Lee >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> unimactech mailing list >>> unimactech@auc.edu.au >>> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech >> >> -- >> Shannon Pasto >> mailto:shannonpasto@me.COM >> >> Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist v10.4 >> Apple Certified Support Professional v10.5 >> Apple Certified Macintosh Technician >> Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.4 v10.5 >> Apple Product Professional 2006 2007 2008 >> >> ( ) ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail >> / \ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- Shannon Pasto mailto:shannonpasto@me.COM Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist v10.4 Apple Certified Support Professional v10.5 Apple Certified Macintosh Technician Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.4 v10.5 Apple Product Professional 2006 2007 2008 ( ) ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail / \ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments From A.D.Gray at utas.edu.au Tue Oct 20 10:46:16 2009 From: A.D.Gray at utas.edu.au (Tony Gray) Date: Tue Oct 20 10:52:24 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: On 20/10/2009, at 9:46 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > The iPhone contract sales in the US only account for part (I am > sure) but that still doesn't account for the other products. With > some luck Bart will be right, still waiting for NEW product drops to > adjust prices would be a one way street, if the exchange rate was > -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment (unless it > was obvious that it was a short term situation) My understanding is that Apple have traditionally only ever set product prices when new models are introduced, and they don't then vary them with the exchange rate. They set those prices on their best guess as to what the exchange rate is likely to do over the next 6-12 months. This is pretty standard practice across most industries. The notable price drop of late was the Apple TV price drop, which coincided with the release of movies and TV shows on the Australian iTunes store, and had nothing to do with exchange rate fluctuations. It's not correct to say that "if the exchange rate was -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment". That just hasn't happened. A case in point was the iPod. One year back, when our dollar was very low against the US dollar, we were regarded as the cheapest place in the world to buy an iPod. (http://www.comsec.com.au/public/news.aspx?id=1021 ). It will be interesting to see where we are on that index if it's released again this year (somewhere near the top I expect, and likely to remain there, until Apple release a new iPod model and again calculate a price based on the then exchange rate). Also, it's not unusual for the Rest Of The World to pay more for technology than the US, particularly when it comes from US companies. That sucks, but it's been that way for a very long time. Cheers, Tony -- Tony Gray, Technical Services Manager, School of Computing & Information Systems Private Bag 100 University of Tasmania -- "I want to make sure (a user) can't get through ... an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad," he said. - Microsoft's Steve Ballmer (AP Report) From tom.kalikajaros at flinders.edu.au Tue Oct 20 11:16:11 2009 From: tom.kalikajaros at flinders.edu.au (Thomas Kalikajaros) Date: Tue Oct 20 11:24:27 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Re: Aus Vs US pricing (Lee Dyson) In-Reply-To: <20091019222146.06B5A1DA8574@auc.uow.edu.au> References: <20091019222146.06B5A1DA8574@auc.uow.edu.au> Message-ID: <4ADD86E1.B230.0037.0@flinders.edu.au> Hi Lee, I'd love to see cheaper Apple gear but when it comes to exchange comparisons I suspect Apple Australia, like most companies, ride the better AU$ for a while to make up for periods of poor exchange rate. It is rare for Apple Australia to raise the prices to accommodate the weaker dollar. They have certainly done this before but it is a rare event indeed. I have no financial affiliation with Apple :D Cheers Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091020/ab41c709/attachment-0001.html From raoul at amsi.org.au Tue Oct 20 11:49:20 2009 From: raoul at amsi.org.au (Raoul Callaghan) Date: Tue Oct 20 11:55:32 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Sending out the feelers... Message-ID: <0D9278EE-3A7F-44EA-BE9A-9173431F4936@amsi.org.au> Hi, Joseph Cox from Apple gave a SL Server presentation here at Unimelb a while back. After his presentation, there was talk about having some sort of "get- together" to discuss topics relating to Macs on campus etc... So, I put together a form to see just how much interest there is in the Melbourne area. http://www.amsi.org.au/index.php/apple-on-campus Cheers, Raoul Callaghan I.T. Manager Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute 111 Barry Street The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia p: 03 8344 1783 f: 03 9349 4106 e: raoul@amsi.org.au "... The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste and what that means is, and I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. In the sense that: they, they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their product. And you say why is that important? well proportionally spaced fonts come from typesetting and beautiful books, that's where one gets the idea. If it weren't for the mac they would never have that in their products. And, so I guess I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success, I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success; for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they make just really third grade products ..." 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Totally the normal way to do business with foreign transactions, as no one wants to order $1 million bucks of gear and then find that FX movements mean you're paying $1.5 million when payment is due. " I've often wondered about buying from the U.S. but then you run into all sorts of issues with warranties" Well, thanks to our new, improved APP, warranty service shouldn't be a problem. International coverage for labs of iMacs was one of their selling points. One major and one minor snag come to mind though. Minor is the AUC won't get the rebate if you buy from overseas and it may not count towards the $500k per annum the AUC contract requires your Uni to buy. The major snag is your institution may have rules that prevent you from buying internationally. I understand Queensland universities are restricted to purchasing IT equipment from companies approved to supply to the State. d Darryl Rosin IT Support Manager, South Bank Campus Griffith University AUC Developer Fund Coordinator Client Technology Services Division of Information Services South Bank Campus Griffith University 4111 Australia d.rosin@griffith.edu.au t: 04 1876 0956 PRIVILEGED ? PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s) and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this email and you are not the addressee(s) [or responsible for delivery of the email to the addressee(s)], please disregard the contents of the email, delete the email and notify the author immediately From: Tony Gray To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List Date: 20/10/2009 09:52 AM Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing On 20/10/2009, at 9:46 AM, Lee Dyson wrote: > The iPhone contract sales in the US only account for part (I am > sure) but that still doesn't account for the other products. With > some luck Bart will be right, still waiting for NEW product drops to > adjust prices would be a one way street, if the exchange rate was > -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment (unless it > was obvious that it was a short term situation) My understanding is that Apple have traditionally only ever set product prices when new models are introduced, and they don't then vary them with the exchange rate. They set those prices on their best guess as to what the exchange rate is likely to do over the next 6-12 months. This is pretty standard practice across most industries. The notable price drop of late was the Apple TV price drop, which coincided with the release of movies and TV shows on the Australian iTunes store, and had nothing to do with exchange rate fluctuations. It's not correct to say that "if the exchange rate was -30% there would have certainly been a rapid adjustment". That just hasn't happened. A case in point was the iPod. One year back, when our dollar was very low against the US dollar, we were regarded as the cheapest place in the world to buy an iPod. ( http://www.comsec.com.au/public/news.aspx?id=1021 ). It will be interesting to see where we are on that index if it's released again this year (somewhere near the top I expect, and likely to remain there, until Apple release a new iPod model and again calculate a price based on the then exchange rate). Also, it's not unusual for the Rest Of The World to pay more for technology than the US, particularly when it comes from US companies. That sucks, but it's been that way for a very long time. Cheers, Tony -- Tony Gray, Technical Services Manager, School of Computing & Information Systems Private Bag 100 University of Tasmania -- "I want to make sure (a user) can't get through ... an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad," he said. - Microsoft's Steve Ballmer (AP Report) _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091020/35744556/attachment-0001.html From matt.hall at otago.ac.nz Wed Oct 21 07:06:51 2009 From: matt.hall at otago.ac.nz (Matt Hall) Date: Wed Oct 21 07:34:24 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Aus Vs US pricing In-Reply-To: References: <3A2079DF-FA77-4BEE-BE69-99B65E2734F7@utas.edu.au> Message-ID: <4ADE185B.3060507@otago.ac.nz> Looks like we have some new pricing today. - http://www.apple.com/mac/ Matt ---------------------------------------------- Matt Hall Course Materials / IT Co Ordinator Law Faculty, University of Otago 479-8876 matt.hall@otago.ac.nz ---------------------------------------------- Lee Dyson wrote: > Hello Shannon, > > The iPhone contract sales in the US only account for part (I am sure) > but that still doesn't account for the other products. With some luck > Bart will be right, still waiting for NEW product drops to adjust > prices would be a one way street, if the exchange rate was -30% there > would have certainly been a rapid adjustment (unless it was obvious > that it was a short term situation) > > Lee > > > On 20/10/2009, at 9:23 AM, Shannon Pasto wrote: > > >> Lee, the iPhone in the U.S. is sold on contract to AT&T, in Aus it's >> sold as an outright purchase which is why there's such a big price >> difference. >> >> Shannon >> >> From petthoma at usyd.edu.au Sat Oct 24 09:02:01 2009 From: petthoma at usyd.edu.au (Peter Thomas) Date: Sat Oct 24 09:08:35 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Microstation DGN Files Message-ID: Dear All, Our building drawings are on 40 DVD?s in Microstation .dgn format. I would like to be able to view these cad files but as yet have not found a free Mac viewer. Alternately if there was a way to convert them free to .dwg cad format I could use Mac compatable freeware which I already have to view. Alternately I can pay an engineering/architecture company a small fortune to do the conversion for me but seems like a waste of money. Thanks Peter Thomas IT Facilities Manager SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC The University of Sydney Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia P 61 2 9351 1331 | F 61 2 9351 1287 | M 61 0423829 837 petthoma@usyd.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 00026A | DISCLAIMER NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorised use of it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the message and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091024/ee584d7b/attachment.html From tonyw at honestpuck.com Sat Oct 24 09:23:17 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Sat Oct 24 09:29:50 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Microstation DGN Files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5db0907d0910231523i5910a08fka3476abca39763a9@mail.gmail.com> Peter, I couldn't find anything free for this but there are two solutions, depending on your Architecture faculty. Microstation can save in DWG or AutoCAD Map can open DGN. The guy here who wanted a bunch of files done paid some grad student a tiny amount of money to spend a day opening them in AutoCAD Map and then saving them as DWG and was happy with the result. I don't think he had as many as you must have if you have 40 DVDs. We found some middling expensive converters under Windows that had free trials. None for the Mac, but they would be cheaper than paying an engineering company. // Tony On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Peter Thomas wrote: > Dear All, > > Our building drawings are on 40 DVD?s in Microstation .dgn format. I would > like to be able to view these cad files but as yet have not found a free Mac > viewer. > Alternately if there was a way to convert them free to .dwg cad format I > could use Mac compatable freeware which I already have to view. > > Alternately I can pay an engineering/architecture company a small fortune > to do the conversion for me but seems like a waste of money. > > Thanks > > *Peter Thomas > *IT Facilities Manager > *SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC <**http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/> > The University of Sydney > *Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia > *P* 61 2 9351 1331 | *F* 61 2 9351 1287 | *M* 61 0423829 837 > *petthoma@usyd.edu.au > > *CRICOS Provider Code 00026A | DISCLAIMER NOTICE: This email and any files > transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorised > use of it is strictly prohibited. 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Microstation can save in DWG or AutoCAD Map can open DGN. The guy here who wanted a bunch of files done paid some grad student a tiny amount of money to spend a day opening them in AutoCAD Map and then saving them as DWG and was happy with the result. I don't think he had as many as you must have if you have 40 DVDs. We found some middling expensive converters under Windows that had free trials. None for the Mac, but they would be cheaper than paying an engineering company. // Tony On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Peter Thomas wrote: Dear All, Our building drawings are on 40 DVD's in Microstation .dgn format. I would like to be able to view these cad files but as yet have not found a free Mac viewer. Alternately if there was a way to convert them free to .dwg cad format I could use Mac compatable freeware which I already have to view. Alternately I can pay an engineering/architecture company a small fortune to do the conversion for me but seems like a waste of money. Thanks Peter Thomas IT Facilities Manager SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC The University of Sydney Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia P 61 2 9351 1331 | F 61 2 9351 1287 | M 61 0423829 837 petthoma@usyd.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 00026A | DISCLAIMER NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorised use of it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the message and any attachments. _______________________________________________ unimactech mailing list unimactech@auc.edu.au http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091026/6dc67130/attachment.html From mark at biz.uwa.edu.au Thu Oct 29 18:58:59 2009 From: mark at biz.uwa.edu.au (Mark Secker) Date: Thu Oct 29 18:59:17 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] DeployStudio users in Perth? Message-ID: I'm just starting the process of setting up and (hopefully) using DeployStudio to setup a small lab of dual boot iMacs. Is there anyone in Perth (and maybe UWA) currently using this that I can possibly get some assistance off of if things go pear shaped? ... so far the actual server software seems to have installed and been configured fine on the xServe and sometime next week I'll build the NetBoot set and image... fingers crossed things will fine. ________________ mark.secker@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Computer officer, Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, From ptehvand at asia.apple.com Thu Oct 29 19:18:45 2009 From: ptehvand at asia.apple.com (Patrick Tehvand) Date: Thu Oct 29 19:19:09 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] DeployStudio users in Perth? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <36F47C85-4033-4FF6-8CE0-48228F5900CC@asia.apple.com> Hi Mark, Feel free to contact me if you hit any problems or just want to chat. Cheers Patrick Tehvand Systems Engineer Apple Direct 08 9223 4119 iPhone 0434 672 741 Apple Pty Limited Level 4, St Georges Tce, Perth, Western Australia 6000 On 29/10/2009, at 3:58 PM, Mark Secker wrote: > I'm just starting the process of setting up and (hopefully) using > DeployStudio to setup a small lab of dual boot iMacs. > > Is there anyone in Perth (and maybe UWA) currently using this that I > can possibly get some assistance off of if things go pear shaped? > > > ... so far the actual server software seems to have installed and > been configured fine on the xServe and sometime next week I'll build > the NetBoot set and image... > > fingers crossed things will fine. > > ________________ > mark.secker@uwa.edu.au > Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) > Computer officer, Business School IT Services > > The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G > M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 > Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech From tonyw at honestpuck.com Thu Oct 29 19:39:05 2009 From: tonyw at honestpuck.com (Tony Williams) Date: Thu Oct 29 19:39:25 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] Anyone using Puppet or local MCX in the Hunter/Sydney area Message-ID: <5db0907d0910290139q7b89d9a5yd5e808e3936ede16@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, I'm just starting the investigations for building my new lab and staff images for next year. Anyone want to swap notes on using local MCX and Puppet on OS X? // Tony -- (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(") This is Bunny. Help Bunny by Copying and pasting Bunny into your web page or email sig to help him gain world domination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://auc.uow.edu.au/pipermail/unimactech/attachments/20091029/3f10dd0c/attachment.html From moylance at westnet.com.au Thu Oct 29 23:11:55 2009 From: moylance at westnet.com.au (David Moyle) Date: Thu Oct 29 23:12:14 2009 Subject: [UniMacTech] DeployStudio users in Perth? In-Reply-To: <36F47C85-4033-4FF6-8CE0-48228F5900CC@asia.apple.com> References: <36F47C85-4033-4FF6-8CE0-48228F5900CC@asia.apple.com> Message-ID: <283A7112-EE61-43A5-BA13-BE329574DACE@westnet.com.au> Evening Mark, Patrick We use DeployStudio down here, I didn't actually setup our installation as another work colleague did so. We run it on Leopard Server 10.5 and run it off an older XServe RAID. If you have any specific queries I'll see what answers I can get. Thanks, David Moyle Systems Technician Apple, Windows, Cisco ------ Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 On 29/10/2009, at 4:18 PM, Patrick Tehvand wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Feel free to contact me if you hit any problems or just want to chat. > > Cheers > > Patrick Tehvand > Systems Engineer > Apple > > Direct 08 9223 4119 > iPhone 0434 672 741 > > Apple Pty Limited > Level 4, St Georges Tce, Perth, Western Australia 6000 > > On 29/10/2009, at 3:58 PM, Mark Secker wrote: > >> I'm just starting the process of setting up and (hopefully) using >> DeployStudio to setup a small lab of dual boot iMacs. >> >> Is there anyone in Perth (and maybe UWA) currently using this that >> I can possibly get some assistance off of if things go pear shaped? >> >> >> ... so far the actual server software seems to have installed and >> been configured fine on the xServe and sometime next week I'll >> build the NetBoot set and image... >> >> fingers crossed things will fine. >> >> ________________ >> mark.secker@uwa.edu.au >> Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) >> Computer officer, Business School IT Services >> >> The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G >> M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 >> Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> unimactech mailing list >> unimactech@auc.edu.au >> http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech > > > > _______________________________________________ > unimactech mailing list > unimactech@auc.edu.au > http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech