Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-03 Thread ftf
On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:43 PM, kelly logsdon wrote: how would I "upgrade the ram to at least 2GB" The following Apple Support document details how to upgrade RAM, with clear illustrations, for numerous iMac models: The procedure is also described in the

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-03 Thread Brian Christmas
On 02/02/2012, at 9:49 AM, kelly logsdon wrote: I looked at the link you sent, but it says there are two slots in the bottom of my computer, where would those be? I have nothing but a vent grid at the bottom of the monitor. What do the slots look like? Thank you again for all of your help and

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread kelly logsdon
get. Change is the 'wings' you give yourself. > > From: Jonas Ulrich >To: imaclist@googlegroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:28 AM >Subject: Re: upgrade from tiger to??? > > >I would be willing to bet that the problem i

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread Brian Christmas
On 01/02/2012, at 5:54 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas Kelly, this might help you understand about the memory limitati

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread Brian Christmas
On 01/02/2012, at 5:54 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas G'day Kelly As I see it, you need three things. 1. a backup sy

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 30, 5:34 pm, Brian Christmas wrote: > First the good news, Kellys got a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running 10.4.11 Hi there, I second everything Brian says, except for a couple of things. 1) That iMac model can only address 3GB of RAM. Bumping it up to the full 4GB could add an infinite

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and e

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread John Martz
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > You could safely update to Leopard without upgrading the ram, but you would > soon need to upgrade that as well, because Leopard is on it's way out. My understanding was that as soon as Lion was released Leopard was no longer supported. If I

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would be willing to bet that the problem is viewing video on the web. Thats because Tiger is too old now, and doesn't support the latest Flash Player. You could safely update to Leopard without upgrading the ram, but you would soon need to upgrade that as well, because Leopard is on it's way out.

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Brian Christmas
On 31/01/2012, at 7:51 AM, kelly logsdon (madamekelly) wrote: > Santa, I did as you instructed, and was able to take my first ever screen > shot! Thank you so much. Here it is. -Kelly G'day Listers I sent Kelly offlist instructions of how to take screen shots of the 'About this Mac' windo

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-30 Thread Brian Christmas
G'day Madamkelly I've sent you an off list email outlining (with attachments) how to determine what model iMac you have. In addition, sometimes videos won't play happily with quicktime without plug in converters. I suggest you download and install Perian and Flip4Mac. and see if they make a d

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-29 Thread D. Fabel
madamekelly, It would be most useful if we knew where you were located. Doug Portland, OR On Jan 28, 2012, at 6:54 PM, madamekelly wrote: > I am a disabled imac user/owner...Would any one here be willing to help me > learn just the > basics? I can't pay much, but I am willing to trade a ha

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-29 Thread Dan
At 6:54 PM -0800 1/28/2012, madamekelly wrote: I am a disabled imac user/owner. Hi madamekelly. Lots of us around! :) Where'bouts you located, if you don't mind my asking? have developed problems with viewing videos. I do not know if it is because my imac is so old, or is there some othe

upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-29 Thread madamekelly
I am a disabled imac user/owner. I still don't use half of what this machine can do, but I have developed problems with viewing videos. I do not know if it is because my imac is so old, or is there some other reason? I mostly use my imac for reading news, watching videos, email, social networking,