Re: avi to DVD-R again
On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: One place where you could be missing it is that you need an m2v video file and an ac3 or PCM audio file from ffmpeg. In ffmpeg there should be a keep elementary streams option. That's what you need to get the separate files to feed to your DVD authorware. Otherwise you just get a simple VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a DVD- R with no menus, just a single movie. Another is that when you say that you get white video. I think you may be missing the proper codecs or that there is a conflict between a few. You should be able to decode most of those - ahem - nefarious - avi files using the DivX labs Fusion codec. 3ivX has been hit and miss for me as well as the DivX 5 codecs for OS X. It looks straightforward to me, but it doesn't work :) ffmpegx plays the thing fine, so I should not be missing anything, and I've loaded the 3 codecs that ffmpeg asks about when you first run it... source file: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x272, 25.00 fps and I've tried 2 output formats: .MOV mpeg-4: ffmpeg mpeg4, 640x352, 1265 kbps, 25 fps, no crop and DVD- mpeg4 (which got me the sound and vid folders, but black movie) ffmpeg mpeg2, 720x576, 4000 kbps, 25 fps, no crop The audio file is there too, mp3, looks fine, plays fine. Both of which formats, per the docs for ffmpegx, I should be able to play from DVD player and burn with iDVD. right? If not, what else should I try? the source file is from www.starwreck.com Last, do some research on videohelp.com's Mac video forum ( http:// www.videohelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 ) It's just so trivial to do this on a PC. .sigh. Thanks, Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: L2 Cache settings - Lombard XPF OSX 10.4.2
can I enable the L2 cache on the Lombard g3/400? will it cease to boot? just afraid to try. does itunes 6 work on lombard? don't know the answer to the first question, but I have iTunes 6 running on a Lombard 400. Today I have upgraded to 6.0.1, despite the fact that it is rated for a 500 MHz G3. cheers, gianfranco -- Highspeed-Freiheit. Bei GMX supergünstig, z.B. GMX DSL_Cityflat, DSL-Flatrate für nur 4,99 Euro/Monat* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: avi to DVD-R again
On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:52 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Oct 24, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: One place where you could be missing it is that you need an m2v video file and an ac3 or PCM audio file from ffmpeg. In ffmpeg there should be a keep elementary streams option. That's what you need to get the separate files to feed to your DVD authorware. Otherwise you just get a simple VIDEO_TS folder to burn onto a DVD- R with no menus, just a single movie. Another is that when you say that you get white video. I think you may be missing the proper codecs or that there is a conflict between a few. You should be able to decode most of those - ahem - nefarious - avi files using the DivX labs Fusion codec. 3ivX has been hit and miss for me as well as the DivX 5 codecs for OS X. It looks straightforward to me, but it doesn't work :) ffmpegx plays the thing fine, so I should not be missing anything, and I've loaded the 3 codecs that ffmpeg asks about when you first run it... When I went to the site, they said the high quality one was encoded in XVid http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/ Which has a Mac version. Since AVI is just a wrapper around other codecs, it may be that you still need this to view the movie. If you're getting a ts_video folder, the structure is correct to make a DVD. Did you try Mac the Ripper on it? I don't know if that'll properly deal with it or not. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
tracking wireless activity
Greetings Mac Folks, At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity tracking software)? Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? How worried should I be, if at all. Are they getting a free ride? Or worse? Could they hack into it without passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...) I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case. I almost hate to ask this for fear of what I'll find out -- but better safe than sorry. Cheers, Rick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: tracking wireless activity
Sometimes hits from the internet will cause the lights to flash. I see this on my DSL router soemtimes when all computers are off. But---did you set your wireless router to privacy mode, so no one other than you can use it? LaterHoward On 10/24/05, Rick McCutcheon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Mac Folks, At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity tracking software)? Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? How worried should I be, if at all. Are they getting a free ride? Or worse? Could they hack into it without passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...) I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case. I almost hate to ask this for fear of what I'll find out -- but better safe than sorry. Cheers, Rick -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: tracking wireless activity
At 02:57 PM -0500 10/24/2005, Rick McCutcheon wrote: At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. If it's inbound traffic, then it's one of two things: a) ARP packets. This is the protocol that the next router upstream from you uses to find you. It's normal to see about 2 to 5% ARP traffic on DSL and Cable lines. No big deal -- think of it as leaves falling on your roof. b) Infected PCs hunting for more machines to infect. This would be the Great Pumpkin rattling your doorknob. In addition to the direct packets (pings, http, etc requests), these scans cause about 2/3 of the ARP traffic. If it's outbound traffic, then... We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? heck yea. You're broadcasting ip availability to everyone! If you don't want your neighbors to be able to use your service, turn on WEP or WPA encryption. is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook Routers always track who they're talking to. They do this two ways: In its DHCP table, and in its route table. At least the DHCP table, and probably also the route table should be viewable from the router's web interface. Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? yes. There are 802.11 IP Phones available that can do this. They're currently a bit pricey tho. How worried should I be, if at all. Your xDSL contract probably says you cannot share the service beyond your own premisis. So you're perhaps risking a theft of services charge from your telecom provider. But more importantly, because it's your residential service, you could be held laible for whatever the other users are doing -- file trading or spamming etc. HTH, - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: tracking wireless activity
On Oct 24, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Greetings Mac Folks, At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity tracking software)? Actually, you should be able to access this via the wireless router software, I'm unfamiliar with any Moto products, but in others you can access it and see what devices are attached. Find the airport id's of your own systems and you can see if any different ones are attached. For more detailed probing of your local network, you can use nmap http://faktory.org/m/software/nmap/ but that's a fairly geeky tool. Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? not on the DSL router. However, depending on how the local DSL network is set up you might be getting broadcast traffic to all the addresses, though that's more common on cable systems. In this case this is pretty much just network blah blah noise. To check this, simply unplug the wireless router from the dsl modem. If the flickering stops it's local traffic, if not it's blah blah. How worried should I be, if at all. Somewhat. Are they getting a free ride? Odds are 99+% that this is the case; perhaps not even a free ride. If your DSL service is particularly common in your building, it could well simply be another customer connecting automatically to your router instead of theirs. I've seen that happen a number of times. Still, this could spell trouble should the FBI or RIAA come a'- knocking... Or worse? Unlikely, but possible. Someone coming in through an unlocked access point or cracked WEP are on the 'inside' on your local network, which the router keeps private. Once there, all sorts of mischief could be done. Open file shares could be browsed, 'man-in-the-middle' IP snooping could be done, the gamut. Is this level of hacking likely to be going on on your network? Unlikely. Could they hack into it without passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...) If the admin password of the router wasn't changed when you first set it up, very likely indeed. If you're using WEP authentication, it's reasonably easy to crack. Unfortunately your systems probably don't support WPA, a stronger encryption standard. I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case. I almost hate to ask this for fear of what I'll find out -- but better safe than sorry. As I said, odds are likely 99% (or even 99.99%) someone in your apartment building is either going woo hoo! free internet! or thinks they're connecting to their own wireless router. Steps can be taken to mitigate the problem: 1) Enable WEP encryption with a new password. 2) Make sure the admin password on the router has been changed, to something secure and hard to guess. 3) Most wireless access points allow you to limit the number of simultaneous connections and limit connections to specific MAC addresses. Set yours to 2 (or 1, if you don't use the desktop and the laptop simultaneously.) and set it to just allow the MAC addresses (Airport or Ethernet ID of your systems. depending if you're using the wireless or wired ports) of your systems to connect. Then if you try to get on, and can't you know someone's mooching, simply powercycle the wireless router to kick 'em off, and get on. This will block the casual use and casual snoopers. It's not proof against a determined bad guy, but as I said, it's unlikely that this is the case. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast
Re: tracking wireless activity
Hi Rick, the best way to figure out if somebody is using your DSL without your permission is to check the number of IP addresses that your wireless router assigned to clients. You can do that on the router - you should be able to connect to its IP address via browser on http:// or https:// port. If there are more more addresses assigned than you have computers then it is clear that someone uses your badwidth. In any case I would suggest you to enable wireless security at least via WEP (although this is not very strong security it should keep people out for few days). You can also consider enabling MAC address filter (MAC address is unique ID of each network card - yes people can find ways to change their MAC address, but this is another level of protection of your network). If you enable the MAC address filter be sure to add any new equipment that you add later (new computer, network printer, etc. otherwise they will be unable to connect to your network). And lastly you can disable broadcast of the network SSID which should help hide your network (again this is only weak protection as people that already know your SSID are likel to connect wihout problems). You may need to change your SSID to something else before you disable SSID broadcast. By the way securing your network is very good idea as you could be held responsible for what people do from your segment of the network - I hope your neighbors are no spammers or crackers... Not to scare you. Hope this helps. Best Regards, Jan On Oct 24, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Greetings Mac Folks, At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity tracking software)? Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? How worried should I be, if at all. Are they getting a free ride? Or worse? Could they hack into it without passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...) I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case. -- Honza www.lesninoviny.com - Blog z lesu a haju Pennsylvanie (.mac: musiljan) (ICQ: 134361915) (Y!: musiljan) (M: +1 610 570 9349) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: tracking wireless activity (wow)
Thank you to all of you who have replied (Bruce, Jan, Howard, Dan), sincerely -- the information you've given me is very clear, exactly what I was after and I will be able to follow-up on it over the next couple of days. Wow -- what a resource this group is; may it live for a long time! (Bruce -- in my case it'd be the RCMP and CSIS coming to knock on the door...) Regards, Rick On 24-Oct-05, at 3:39 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 24, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Greetings Mac Folks, At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? I'm assuming that's very possible. I'm curious to know, is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook (is this built into Panther, which I'm still very much learning, or do I need third party activity tracking software)? Actually, you should be able to access this via the wireless router software, I'm unfamiliar with any Moto products, but in others you can access it and see what devices are attached. Find the airport id's of your own systems and you can see if any different ones are attached. For more detailed probing of your local network, you can use nmap http://faktory.org/m/software/nmap/ but that's a fairly geeky tool. Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? not on the DSL router. However, depending on how the local DSL network is set up you might be getting broadcast traffic to all the addresses, though that's more common on cable systems. In this case this is pretty much just network blah blah noise. To check this, simply unplug the wireless router from the dsl modem. If the flickering stops it's local traffic, if not it's blah blah. How worried should I be, if at all. Somewhat. Are they getting a free ride? Odds are 99+% that this is the case; perhaps not even a free ride. If your DSL service is particularly common in your building, it could well simply be another customer connecting automatically to your router instead of theirs. I've seen that happen a number of times. Still, this could spell trouble should the FBI or RIAA come a'-knocking... Or worse? Unlikely, but possible. Someone coming in through an unlocked access point or cracked WEP are on the 'inside' on your local network, which the router keeps private. Once there, all sorts of mischief could be done. Open file shares could be browsed, 'man-in-the-middle' IP snooping could be done, the gamut. Is this level of hacking likely to be going on on your network? Unlikely. Could they hack into it without passwords? (Generally I assume virtually anything is possible...) If the admin password of the router wasn't changed when you first set it up, very likely indeed. If you're using WEP authentication, it's reasonably easy to crack. Unfortunately your systems probably don't support WPA, a stronger encryption standard. I've never noticed that anything untoward is happening with my computers. The TiBook mostly stays at work, in any case. I almost hate to ask this for fear of what I'll find out -- but better safe than sorry. As I said, odds are likely 99% (or even 99.99%) someone in your apartment building is either going woo hoo! free internet! or thinks they're connecting to their own wireless router. Steps can be taken to mitigate the problem: 1) Enable WEP encryption with a new password. 2) Make sure the admin password on the router has been changed, to something secure and hard to guess. 3) Most wireless access points allow you to limit the number of simultaneous connections and limit connections to specific MAC addresses. Set yours to 2 (or 1, if you don't use the desktop and the laptop simultaneously.) and set it to just allow the MAC addresses (Airport or Ethernet ID of your systems. depending if you're using the wireless or wired ports) of your systems to connect. Then if you try to get on, and can't you know someone's mooching, simply powercycle the wireless router to kick 'em off, and get on. This will block the casual use and casual snoopers. It's not proof against a determined bad guy, but as I said, it's unlikely that this is the case. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove
Re: Folder not opening
Following up ... and solution found (but bear with me). 1) Copying the folders to a diff location made no diff. The same folders would still not open. 2) I discovered that 100% of the folders not opening contained at least one MS Word .doc file (yes, with visible extension). (!) So, it wasn't not a folder/.DS_Store problem - it's a MS Word doc problem (say Thank you, Bill). This was consistent. The solution was to do a Save as and *not* append the extension. Simply renaming the file in finder so as to not include the extention was not enough (therefore negating any possible batch job). WTH!!??? Has anyone else experienced this with MS Word files? Must I laboriously go thru all my files and do this??? arghh. On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: OS 10.3.9 When trying to open/select a particular folder (3 levels down) in Finder I get the spinning beach ball. The contents had been accessible by navigating via application Open, but now that has become a problem. fsck has been run on boot, and I've done full maintence (permissions; maintenance scripts; optimization; DB updates) using Onyx. No effect. No other folder at that level displays this behaviour. This folder is accessible via terminal, so I know I *can* likely copy/move it and delete the original but I'd rather figure out what the problem is and correct it. Look for a file .DS_Store in terminal in that folder, and delete it. That might fix the problem. .DS_Store is the normally invisible file where Finder stores some metadata associated with the folder, such as last sort order and view type. If that's corrupted, it might cause the problems you're seeing. This isn't something that fsck or Disk Repair would find. Laurent asked how many files in the folder: there are 24. Tried DW, TechTool and Disk Utility. All good, except techtool 'quits unexpectedly' while doing its file structure check. This occured before and after deleting .DS_Store ELiminating the .DS_Store file has no effect, nor does changing views. NB: I can fully access the problem folder(s) over 802.11. WTH??? -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Super Drive for Pismo
Hi Peter, Where would one look for these drives? Yours, Run --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:56:17 EDT Subject: Re: dvd for pismo Surely, for about the same price, you could get a brand new CDRW module? Given the track record of those pismo drives, I'd think twice about paying even $70 for a refurbished one. LOL! A brand-new, compatible super drive, which includes two-layer writing, can be had for $105 or a tad more. None will accept the old bezel, though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Folder not opening
on 24/10/05 18:18, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following up ... and solution found (but bear with me). 1) Copying the folders to a diff location made no diff. The same folders would still not open. 2) I discovered that 100% of the folders not opening contained at least one MS Word .doc file (yes, with visible extension). (!) So, it wasn't not a folder/.DS_Store problem - it's a MS Word doc problem (say Thank you, Bill). This was consistent. The solution was to do a Save as and *not* append the extension. Simply renaming the file in finder so as to not include the extention was not enough (therefore negating any possible batch job). WTH!!??? Has anyone else experienced this with MS Word files? Must I laboriously go thru all my files and do this??? arghh. That's odd. All my Word documents have the '.doc' extension and I have never had any problem opening the folder where they reside. Have you opened the Info for one of those files and make sure that the extension is not hidden, which would mean, if you see it in the Finder, that the file would actually have 2 '.doc' extensions, e.g. File.doc.doc? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] laser chicken: n. Kung Pao Chicken, a standard Chinese dish containing chicken, peanuts, and hot red peppers in a spicy pepper-oil sauce. Many hackers call it `laser chicken' for two reasons: It can zap you just like a laser, and the sauce has a red color reminiscent of some laser beams. The dish has also been called `gunpowder chicken'. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Super Drive for Pismo
dealmac.com will list DVD sales on the net and in stores like bestbuy etc. The Pioneer 110 drive is down to about $50 from time to time. Add $25-50 for a USB-Firewire case. John On Oct 24, 2005, at 6:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, Where would one look for these drives? Yours, Run --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:56:17 EDT Subject: Re: dvd for pismo Surely, for about the same price, you could get a brand new CDRW module? Given the track record of those pismo drives, I'd think twice about paying even $70 for a refurbished one. LOL! A brand-new, compatible super drive, which includes two-layer writing, can be had for $105 or a tad more. None will accept the old bezel, though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- My dog is very obedient, he does what he is bid. A sign said 'wet paint', and that's just what he did. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: tracking wireless activity
On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Jan Musil wrote: case I would suggest you to enable wireless security at least via WEP (although this is not very strong security it should keep people out for few days). You can also consider enabling MAC address filter (MAC address is unique ID of each network card - yes people can find actually, a while ago I read of new software that did a predictive key hash or something, and the needed number of packets to decrypt the WEP went down from several hundred thousand to often just a few thousand or less; 5 min WEP cracks could occur. I figure, with MAC filtering, at least if they clone your MAC, their bandwidth will be poor if you are online as well :) B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Super Drive for Pismo
dealmac.com will list DVD sales on the net and in stores like bestbuy etc. The Pioneer 110 drive is down to about $50 from time to time. Add $25-50 for a USB-Firewire case. John OK, dumb question. My Pismo is my backup laptop... and it's CD/DVD-RAM (combo) drive works only sporadically. The DVD drive will play a movie, for example, but the CD drive won't boot up/load 9 out of 10 times... has been this way since I got it (eBay purchase a year ago.) Is this above-mentioned replacement drive an internal or external? I have always been under the impression that replacing anything on a laptop is much more risky (as in, easy to screw up?)... Advice? Thanks, Michelle Herd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
G3 hinges
What's thought to be the best plan to firm or fix the hinges on a G3? I know this has been a huge issue for G3 users; the amount of material on the web made it hard to pick the right path. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: G3 hinges
My Reply follows quote. On 24/10/2005 15:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What's thought to be the best plan to firm or fix the hinges on a G3? I know this has been a huge issue for G3 users; the amount of material on the web made it hard to pick the right path. -- In my case, with a Wallstreet 14 with weak hinges, I am just careful to not lean the screen back too far, and if I do, too make sure I have prop behind it. Or, you could spring for some stainless steel hinges and have them installed (too many $$ for my taste). You could also browse ebay and get a new set and install them yourself. Not so many $$, but who knows what you are getting! The machine is not worth enough to me to merit spending big $$ on it. Ken -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
File problems (Was: Folder not opening)
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 24/10/05 18:18, Frank P. Eigler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Following up ... and solution found (but bear with me). 1) Copying the folders to a diff location made no diff. The same folders would still not open. 2) I discovered that 100% of the folders not opening contained at least one MS Word .doc file (yes, with visible extension). (!) So, it wasn't not a folder/.DS_Store problem - it's a MS Word doc problem (say Thank you, Bill). This was consistent. The solution was to do a Save as and *not* append the extension. Simply renaming the file in finder so as to not include the extention was not enough (therefore negating any possible batch job). WTH!!??? Has anyone else experienced this with MS Word files? Must I laboriously go thru all my files and do this??? arghh. That's odd. All my Word documents have the '.doc' extension and I have never had any problem opening the folder where they reside. Have you opened the Info for one of those files and make sure that the extension is not hidden, which would mean, if you see it in the Finder, that the file would actually have 2 '.doc' extensions, e.g. File.doc.doc? Yep, checked that out early on. This is a recent problem. I too have kept extensions visible. Just wondering if perhaps a recent OS update of some sort may be the culprit. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Super Drive for Pismo
On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Michelle wrote: Is this above-mentioned replacement drive an internal or external? I have always been under the impression that replacing anything on a laptop is much more risky (as in, easy to screw up?)... In general, yes, laptops are easier to screw up, but replacing the optical drive on a Pismo is very easy, since the entire drive pops right out. There are two or three (I forget) small philips-head screws and one connector to detach. I scrounged a slot-loading combo drive from a defunct TiBook, and did the swap on my Pismo in about 10 minutes. This is easier than adding memory. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Super Drive for Pismo
Is this above-mentioned replacement drive an internal or external? I have always been under the impression that replacing anything on a laptop is much more risky (as in, easy to screw up?)... A DVR-110 is an EIDE/UATA drive, and needs an external Firewire, USB or Firewire/USB case. The DVR-K05 is usable in your Pismo's media bay, but there is no possibility of the Matshita (Panasonic) bezel fitting it. Even the current Panasonic drives cannot use that bezel. However, the discontinued UJDA-series of drives might be able to use that bezel. Since a standard 12.7mm slot loader will fit the media bay, I just use it that way. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
