From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: July 24, 2009 8:20:28 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: Just starting

Milton,

I`ve tried turning off those check boxes & re-starting but am still getting iChat starting up in the Menu bar at least-It`s over-ridden when Astro IIDC is opened but is still open afterwards( the white light is on next to it in the dock too)Unless you mean I should shut-down altogether to get rid of it? Anyway it was never any great difficulty & was an immediate indication that things were working.

Mark

On 25/07/2009, at 5:54 AM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Mark;

You may need to re-boot before it takes effect. Apple has all sorts of skanky notification kexts installed, and it may still be active and not gotten the message or read the updated preferences that it should stop that behavior.

HTH..

Milton Aupperle

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@...> wrote:

Hi Terry,

Now I`ve come back to the computer I notice it`s already assigned me

an AIM account. I`ve unchecked the box Milton`s talking about in

Preferences (& the other 2 boxes there with it) but on plugging the

camera in I`m still getting an automatic opening of iChat!? It`s got

me bollocksed!

Mark.

On 24/07/2009, at 7:44 AM, Terrence Redding wrote:

Start a AIM account on AOL.  There free and iChat is just as happy

to use AIM.  Once you have more that two accounts, the name at the

top of the AIM Buddy List becomes clickable and selectable.

Terry - W6LMJ

Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. RTN

http://olt.net/learningstyle/Site_2/Learning_Style_Research.html

How do amateur astronomers learn?

On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:

Thanks for the clue Milton,

But to use Preferences in iChat I have to open an account it seems.

I must have tried 15 or more different combinations of my ID info &

still it`s denying me. I have this trouble annoyingly very often

with my Apple ID`s because they can`t sort themselves out

between .mac & .me! Perhaps I`m supposed to remember my

original .mac set-up ID from 2005 or perhaps it`s some strange

hybrid?! At any rate I can`t find the correct information!

Mark

On 24/07/2009, at 3:42 AM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Hi Mark;

Thanks for the iChat grabbing reminder. I keep forgetting to

mention this in the manual.

You can permanently force iChat not to do this by unchecking the

"Automatically open iChat when camera is turned on" in the Video

panel of the iChat Preferences. Then it doesn't launch and grab

the camera each time it gets plugged in.

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle

On 23-Jul-09, at 9:33 AM, Mark Gaffney wrote:

Hi Terry,

I presume you`ve connected the TIS camera via firewire cable to

the FW port on your Mac. You should get iChat opening straight

away. Cancel that by going to iChat in the menu bar & Quit iChat.

Open Astro IIDC (put it in the Dock for convenience) go to the

camera window in the menu bar & Open Camera. Then press Start

Video. You should get a Video Preview window come up. You won`t

get anything marvellous inside but presuming you point the camera

at a light source (say a desklamp) you should see the Video

Preview window light up...?

Mark.

On 23/07/2009, at 11:40 PM, Terrence Redding wrote:

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