Re: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)
On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Bert Mehling wrote: Just for the record, I had no trouble with the Stoneyfield website, using Safari on TiBook with OS 10.3.9. Everything worked just fine. Bert Mehling breaks in fireFox for me if you try and follow the get coupons thing all the way to actually _get_ coupons. try it that far? 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: Website Compatibility (Stoneyfield)
On Feb 20, 2006, at 6:17 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Tried the same page with iCab. No problems--I can see all the graphics, and access the individual pages. (Is there one with printable coupons? I see the one where they want an email address and they'll send you e-coupons, but I really don't need another company sending me information - even if, as they claim, they won't sell the email info. yes, that's the part that breaks. Feed them a fake gmail account and see what happens- that's when you get the sorry, no macs thing. 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 ---
VLC plugin for Firefox under OS X?
I want/need to play content provided by VLC server using firefox under OS X. There is a Windows VLC media player/ VLC player plugin; how do I get something similar installed for fireFox under X? The VLC X installer doesn't have a plugin for Firefox, and I don't see described anywhere the mime-encoding type (or whatever it's called) a way to set up Firefox to call VNC manually for any stream types. I want to use VLC to handle streams from my PVR software, gbpvr, which uses VLC server on my PVR host, and has a webstreamer app that uses VLC. Except I can't find a way to view the stream for OX X . I can't just type the URL unto VNC client due to need to provide password/login info to the stream. 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: Finally sorted out video playback -Thanks !
On Feb 19, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Amber Robey wrote: It turned out that the ffmpegX software worked incredibly well once I got it set up properly. It immediately converted the clips to DV format and I was then able to import the videos directly into iMovie - great quality too. Glad it worked! Thanks for the update. So many things like this just vanish, I always wonder if they got resolved or not. -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: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On Feb 18, 2006, at 7:31 PM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add-on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. 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: format for video/MPEG-2 Playback Component
On Feb 19, 2006, at 12:11 AM, Amber Robey wrote: I had been told that Quicktime Pro 7 and the MPEG-2 Playback Add- on would allow me to transcode these files so that they will not stutter. I was hoping that somebody here had both and could test this for me with a small file before I go ahead and buy the two. VLC wil play mpeg2. If it plays in the free VLC, then it will play in the expensive, double-quicktime purchase. Hi Brian, VLC will play them but that's about it. I need to be able to edit them in iMovie (recognizable by Quicktime) and so far, I haven't been able to find a way to do that with VLC...do you know how ? Amber Nope! I was responding to your above question about whether you could be sure of the double purchase giving you capability to view in QT. So it should do that for sure. VLC indicates thay are mpeg2 right? I would expect that spending the $ to let you play them, would also let you edit them, but this is Apple, and I have not the capability to test as I'm not going to fork out the double $ to get Pro and the codec (I have one of the iLife bundles that came with my laptop though). VLC isn't an editor; If you have access to a XP machine, you could try the free nanoedit utils for working with mpeg2 files that come with a Hauppauge.com card, available for download from their support pages for the PVR-350; it may or may not require the hardware but I think not. If you have flexibility in quality or window size, and really don't wish to pay the $ for the 2 QT pieces, you *could* play them with VLC (especially if played in a window), capture them again with the SnapzPro demo, and have them in a regular video format that iMovie should take. I'm not an iMovie guy but that should/might work. Depends on how badly you wish to avoid spending $ and what you want for quality, I guess. HTH. 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: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Remember the discussion on open-source goodies? http://www.videolan.org Go there and get VLC. It's quite wonderful. cheers, A.J. Good Morning A.J, Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? You can try burning it to DVD and reimporting. Apple wants another $20? $30? for the mpeg-2 codec for QT. 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: accessing mpeg video files on OS X ?
Amber Robey wrote: On 17-Feb-06, at 6:56 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Amber Robey writes: A relative in England has sent me two MPEG files but Quicktime does not recognize or play them. Thanks for the reply. I did manage to download it and play the video. However, I am wondering if there is a way to somehow convert the video to quicktime format so I can import it into iMovie or iDVD ? You can get VLC to output separate audio and video streams in a format that quicktime would understand. If you have QT Pro you can then combine the audio and video and output it as a DV stream which iMovie would understand, at a cost of about 6G/hour of video. Or you can output them into something more useful and mux them together and burn them all using free tools. Its complicated and time consuming. You'll need a few tools and need to learn about how a video stream is put together, the basics, to use the tools. Or, buy/upgrade to Toast 7, its rather good about taking stuff like you've got and making a watchable DVD from it, albeit without fancy iMovie type eye candy. 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 ---
Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being allowed to post, or this group may not be open to posting. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/g-books/about to join or learn more about who is allowed to post to the group. Help on using Google Groups is also available at: http://groups.google.com/support -- 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: Oh boy, this Google group stuff is delightful ....
Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/02/06 10:42, Brian Scott Oplinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly me, I tried to reply to a few posting to the list I got via the Google group vs the older list and this is an excerpt of the nice things Google had to say to me. What am I doing wrong? You do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join the group before being allowed to post, or this group may not be open to posting. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/g-books/about to join or learn more about who is allowed to post to the group. Help on using Google Groups is also available at: http://groups.google.com/support You have to subscribe the email address you want to use before you can post to the list. From that email address, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then, you can create an account for that email address if you want to change your subscription preferences (digest over regular emails, etc.) I already did all that good stuff, I'm getting the Google list posting along with this maclaunch list. But when I reply to the Google messages I get the error quoted above. Of course since I can't post there to ask how to be able to post there, I'm stuck posting here asking instead. 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: G-Books Google List
Bruce Johnson wrote: Log into the Google Groups page, then My Groups, then on Manage my Subscriptions. There you can set it to receive it as e-mail, digest, etc. Does this mean I *must* have a Google account just to be able to get a digest to the list? Or is there a way to email in a request for a digest like there is to email in a request to get the listings individually? 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: Safari bookmarks menu
On Feb 14, 2006, at 5:17 PM, sandra ragan wrote: you can imagine what a collection of bookmarks says about you... looks at FireFox bookmarks NOVA ScienceNOW streaming video archives semi-quantitative real-time PCR links siRNA links PubMEd, Entrez, GenBank links BBC Radio HHGG streaming radio series Build your own PVR links NetBSD-cobalt support sites and .iso files fatwallet, bensbargains.net streaming grateful dead UCSB Edison cylinder archives CUPSd/OSX/ SSHd links Bunny Chow and other South African recipes hmm... -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: on line privacy
On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:50 PM, Concetta Z wrote: OK, I just went to Google Groups. This new group has PUBLIC archives. Concetta shrug the CURRENT LIST is also archived publicly and indexed by google. So that's not that new. Can Dan mask our email addesses in the google archive? Else it's a huge source of spam. 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: on line privacy
On Feb 13, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Woody Duncan wrote: Brian McEwen wrote: Can Dan mask our email addesses in the google archive? Else it's a huge source of spam. I'm on another large e-mail list that has a public archive. They made some changes on their server and now mask our e-mail addressees. They even went back and removed all e-mail addresses from the old archive. Woody Right, their server, it's easy (er) to do that. will *google groups* do that? Or do you mean you -are- on a google-hosted list that does that. That would be great. Looking forward to list footers being short. Save electrons! 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 ---
broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still
Ok, Still have issues with airport and 802.11 on some open networks. It's likely a combo of broken Apple stuff, and a version of Windows server stuff, but I'm tired of being punished by this. My PDA can get online everywhere, my powerbook 1400 can get online everywhere, my nice AlBook cannot. Tested this repeatedly at the problem locations. If I get a USB 802.11 adapter, will I bypass some of the airport stuff and just connect? I have my little wireless D-Link DWL-G730AP that I can hook up to the ethernet jack, and THAT works. But it's a little more of a pain to config when going from place to place. But If I have to haul that huge, matchbook-sized dongle with me :) I can do it. Suggestions welcome re: hardware. I really feel done re: help troubleshooting networking, please :) It's real, and it's not something I can change, it's certain versions of server-side stuff that breaks the Apple side (or the Apple side isn't compliant too, I don't know)- but when XP, 9.1, PalmOS 5.0.3, and a Newton Messagepad can be configured to connect to an open network, and my 10.4 machine cannot, it's not my skills at wireless configs that is the issue... 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: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still
On Feb 11, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: No, it isn't. It's a defective AlBook, or more precisely a broken Airport Extreme card. It's got nothing to do with OS X or configurations. Perhaps the card isn't responding properly on all channels, or the firmware is corrupted on it. IAC, I'd get it replaced. Open networks should let anything on, and if it won't work on open networks something's not right. I'm pretty sure it's a server side issue with some slightly dated services. Big ones, not the local coffee shop with a WRT54G or whatever- Windows or Cisco stuff running the show. For example, when I was visiting researchers at one hospital, I couldn't get online, called their tech, they'd had complaints of 10.4 users with issues. Couple months go by I hear they are putting a Windows server update online, magically, after that, I could connect. Well I can always CONNECT, and pull an IP, but no DNS resolution, and no ping out even. But after the update, packets actually moved. No way am I going to fork out the $ for a new airport card (I hate Airport, why can't they just put something standard in); and I have little faith that the local apple shop will believe me or do anything.I guess I'll stop by though, can't hurt to ask. Anyway I'm still open for USB 802.11b/g suggestions. How is reception/signal on those? Not much antenna there... I really wanted a PCMCIA slot but went for the 12 PB for portability, else this would be a no-brainer, I have PCMCIA 802.11 cards. 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: Wegener Media = BAD--just my opinion
On Feb 6, 2006, at 9:11 PM, Illovox Media wrote: think they can bully you with legalese, all of which is BS. Always use a credit card in online transactions. A CC WILL refund all expenses with a deal gone bad and nail the seller with the tab. FTC guidelines are available online as well And one should also be aware that if you use your debit card (!) through the mastercard interface, usually NONE of the Mastercard protections apply. 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: Wegener Media = BAD--just my opinion
On Feb 7, 2006, at 4:57 PM, mike kochkodin wrote: Au Contraire my friend The current limit that was set by the feds for debit card fraud is $50 IF you detect it early and inform your bank...Also, many if not most banks will waive that limit if you request itIt costs a lot more than $50 to attract and sign up new customers to replace you if you leaveespecially if you have been a customer for a while and a source of fees for other bank servicesI know this from personal experience.. Mike K in central PA I think perhaps it is not the same as a mastercard itself. Maybe it varies with the bank. My bank indicated that if I got a product, even if dead/disabled, I had no claim thru MCard with my debit. If I got no box at all, then I had a claim. Fraud I think is different issue than I got a dead/broken/no product. I really had no gripe, was just checking once out of curiosity, so I had no reason to push and see what gave :) Anyway still be aware that going with a debit card, even with a mastercard logo, won't be as easy as using a regular mastercard if you have a problem, perhaps depending on your bank :) Better? :) thanks for the info-- -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: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
On Feb 5, 2006, at 3:27 AM, kaldav wrote: However, when I tried Safari, an ebay auction page was not saved with the images, the page did not have a correct title, and later double clicking on the page just opened the page on my desktop but there was no web url at the top- just a link on my Desktop so I could not connect again to this page. Have you tried FireFox? Has options for save as web archive, html only, and save as web page, complete. Due to ebay page naming, the file you r get is named .dll not .html, but a quick rename to .html and you have something that opens fine in either Safari or other web browsers. Safari just doesn't cut it for almost any serious web viewing, unfortunately. IMO. 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: best browser for ebay downloads of pages, pictures?
Hello ebayers on NMUG I use a thing called baywatch which adds any frontmost auction to my ical and alarms me. I don't use it for everything but it can be handy. One can also drag and drop the URL to the Desktop to have temporary but convenient access to an auction (rather than saving the page). Havent tended to use it but select all from browser, copy and paste into textedit gets the lot - images and links too!. (In a sort of package document). Just been outbid on an icurve - oh well. Anyone selling an iCurve? (Its a laptop stand), I fancy a wireless keyboard too if I see one at a good price. Has anyone a verdict on the might mouse or a recommendation for a wireless mouse with scroll and right click? all the best 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 ---
Backlit keyboards
Having gotten a Powerbook 1.67 (last year's model) with a backlit keyboard - which is cool - it operates somewhat sporadically, turning on and off without any reason as far as I can tell. Is there anything can be done about this? At the moment it works about as well as voice recognition (Tell me a joke!). all the best 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: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)
On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:31 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Tim Collier writes: THIS is the reason I don't like bottom posting. When I first saw this in preview, all I see is different replies. Having to go to the area and scroll down to read six words is really silly and wasteful of everybody's time. It's only a waste of time when the previous poster leaves *ALL* of the quoted text in place. Quote only what you need, dump the rest. The post you're reading right now is at least as readable as any you will ever read. Doesn't AOL offer free classes in this stuff by now? I read this AM that AOL will start charging mailing list owners for content sent to their list members- if you aren't whitelisted, it will not be delivered. Other big mail services (yahoo etc) should follow. mailing list is a little vague but it mentions specifically enabling/disabling HTML links,etc, which content makes up 80% of 90% of the body in posts on the LEMlists (long footers). B http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3581301 AOL announced on January 30 that it will phase out its Enhanced Whitelist service in June in favour of Goodmail CertifiedEmail, which carries an as yet unspecified per-message fee. Until now, a mailing list gets on the AOL whitelist by following good e-mail practices, such as cleaning up dead addresses, making it easy for people to leave mailing lists, and of course not sending any spam. This is all going to be thrown out the window and replaced with the payment of hard currency to Goodmail. People who can afford to pay this fee will have the privilege of reaching AOL subscribers, others will end up in junk folders. Yahoo is expected to follow down the same 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: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
If you can modify your signature, you can also add 2 '-' characters at the beginning of a line, just above your name and signature. The standard is -- (dash dash space) on a line by itself. See RFC 3676 for instance. 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: lombard HD click of death??
On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:00 AM, MorningAJ wrote: Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong with Western Digital that isn't wrong with Hitachi or Samsung or Toshiba or... (insert drive manufacturer here). They /all/ suck, in my book. Quality control among the manufacturers is a really close game these days, and I cannot recommend one above another. So, shop on price. Froogle is your friend. cheers, There is a difference though in tech. Look for drives that reportedly run cooler (= longer life), slower perhaps (not that big an issue on laptop HDs, affordabe ones are all pretty slow), bigger cache= less gronking perhaps, bearing technology (fluid bearings were new at some point, not sure if they all have them now). Drives with a combinations of the above should work longer. IMO. Sometimes with of the manufacturers with bad drives can point to a given model or version of a given model. See what you see when you google 7200.8 failure. Is it real? Not sure, but certain makes, not just brands, seem to get more reports. 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: feet
Anne Judge said recently: On Jan 27, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Peter Saint James wrote: I lost one of the rubber feet to my Al Powerbook. . . Anyone have good luck improvising a foot for a Powerbook? What did you use? I thought my 17 was down to 1 foot, but just checked and in fact I don't have any left - I considered what to do for replacements a while ago, when the first one disappeared, but inertia won, and in fact I haven't found any downside to not having (as it turns out) any feet at all. Anne Don't you find hopping difficult? (Sorry ;-) Radtech sell a set of alternative feet http://www.radtech.us/Products/Pawz.aspx saw this when checking neocase which I just got from ebay. regards 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: Wifi antenna
On Jan 26, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Has anyone ever come up with a way of connecting some kind of external antenna to the PB to boost signal connectivity? I've got the G4 AL http://www.smalldog.com/product/32826 http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/antennas_boosters/whips.php Are a couple. I've read good things about the Quicktek one (QuickerTek, whatever it is). No direct experience. I thought I'd seen homebrew things (put cable just alongside the lid or something) but did not find them in a quick google. HTH. -- 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 ---
plugging in the power lead - does it matter?
I read that one should always plug in the power brick before connecting power lead to the Book. If I move it from one place to another, I am conscientiously unplugging it and re plugging it in correct sequence rather than just carrying it with the power lead and brick connected and then replugging the plug into the wall while still connected. I just want to check out if this is over paranoid behaviour or not? I mean the manual suggests not to move the Powerbook while on but people do - but carefully - right? all the best 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: Wifi antenna
I have recently got an AL Powerbook and the signal upstairs can fluctuate quite a lot. (to the point of losing it) Other times in the exact same spot (in bed) I get full strength. It can change from one moment to anothr. No idea why. No other networks impinging as far as I can tell. Have a d-link 604t ADSL router - Can any of these signal boosting kits work with any wifi router? I will look some more but didn't see how they fit -is it a standard fitting? Scuse me if I am a bit dumb - I am only a few days into portable Mac life. Its really noce. all the best 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: Wifi antenna
On Jan 26, 2006, at 6:49 PM, Brian Steere wrote: No other networks impinging as far as I can tell. What type of phone system do you have? the 2.4GHz can be wiping out your 802.11, as they hop around. Or your neighbors phone, even, depending. Or your household items, like microwave. Have a d-link 604t ADSL router - Can any of these signal boosting kits work with any wifi router? I will look some more but didn't see how they fit -is it a standard fitting? If you see an easy way to unplug the external antenna on the WAP you can likely figure something out. Try putting your WAP on a different channel. 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: plugging in the power lead - does it matter?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said recently: I read that one should always plug in the power brick before connecting power lead to the Book. I've never heard of that. But I can see where it would make sense: The brick is a power sink, that could suck a bit off the battery before you power it up. I think the potential issue is that the power adaptor take some moments of time to stabilise it output (?) I skimmed a whole load of www.macintouch.com Powerbook reports and I think it was in there. I bet most folk just plug it any how - but then I read of System admins at schools etc commenting on the high failure rates of the power adaptors and wonder how important it really is. Thought I'd sound out and find either some tech info or user accounts of problems etc all the best 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: Firewire horrors: update
Bruce Ryan said recently: Hi Listas tried putting one of the recalcitrant disks inside the Pismo: still no joy (See http://sites.ecosse.net/mycelium/forothers/ forothersMain.html#update) So the options seem to be: 1: give up on Firewire and find a USB2 PC card that works in the Pismo, then use the 40GB HD in the USB2 case as a back-up device 2: find a firewire PC card that works in the Pismo 3: cobble the 40GB into an expansion bay module. What do you all think? Can anyone how suggest item 3 is done and supply me with an appropriate EBM? many thanks Bruce Hi Bruce the link broke because of being wrapped in the email client. (using and at each end of a link will stop that in future). 2 things you can try disconnect all external cables. disconnect from mains. Disconnect Battery. Wait 15mins. Also ensure Ext HD is disaconnected (though don't know if this is necessary). This resets the firewire bus apparently and has worked on my Desktop on the 2 occasions when my LaCie firewire HD wouldn't mount or show in System Profiler. (Obviously I added the battery part of the instructions as you otherwise wont be unpowered) or (If Pismo can start in OF - don't know Pismos). Start up into Open Firmware by pressing and holding the Command, Option, O and F keys simultaneously combination during startup. At the prompt, type the following commands, one by one, pressing the return key after each (your system will automatically restart after pressing return the last time): €reset-nvram €set-defaults €reset-all Good luck - you deserve it! all the best 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: downloading movies
On Jan 23, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 22/01/06 21:37, Dan K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also use DVDshrink on my PC to make DVD-R copies, again for personal BU of DVDs we own. However I'm not aware of any Mac utility that matches DVDshrink's abilities and convenience. Have you tried MacTheRipper with Popcorn? My guess is he's looking for free solutions. Windows excels for that, too bad. 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: downloading movies
On Jan 23, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Francesco sciacca wrote: Have you tried MacTheRipper with Popcorn? Roxio advertise the latest Toast 7 as being able to 'copy and compress' DVDs. I'm not sure to what extent that works, but it'd be great to hear from some actual user (if anyone out there). True that Dual-Layer DVDs would ease the process, but when I bought a new Dual-Layer superdrive to beef up my powerbook, little I knew that blancs went for £30 (well over $50) per 5-pack! And they still do now, 6 months later... I was a little disappointed in Popcorn's features as implemented as opposed to as advertised. I can't speak to Toast yet. A common way to save room is to compress audio- big space savings, little to no hit in quality. Popcorn, for DVDs with multiple chapters, cannot compress the audio portion, only the video portion. You can only compress audio for DVDs without sections- whatever the proper term is. Trouble is, almost all DVDs these days have chapters. Windows freeware (DVDShrink) is much more flexible in this regard. It looked to me when viewing the feature list, they basically rolled Popcorn into Toast; I've not looked at it in great detail but the feature set didn't seem improved that much. They stated that Popcorn could compress audio but did not mention that for most discs, you won't be able to use that feature effectively. The other commercial OS X software for doing this (DVD Magic? whatever it was, I forget) might be more flexible, might not- it was certainly a lot more expensive than Popcorn at the time of my purchase. Anyway be sure to look into the fine print/ call tech support at Roxio if this limitation might affect you. I got Popcorn to be able to keep a undamaged version of DVDs we use in teaching after a couple expensive ones were scratched and needed replaced- I can do what I need with Popcorn, but it bugs me to compress video when audio would be almost lossless. 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: downloading movies
On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Gerald Abreu wrote: May I ask how you were able to view a ripped dvd from MTR on your computer. I've ripped a dvd that I own to view on a trip but don't know how to get it to play. There is a folder titled nameofmovie and then in a sub folder there are video_ts and a video_ts folders. run the OS X DVD player. file? menu/ Open DVD Image. point it to the video_TS folder, and don't forget to hit play :) (there's no prompt, just a black screen after loading). There's also a cute little interface called Matinee that will sort of scroll thru all the possible movies / other multimedia files stored in a given folder. 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: downloading movies
On Jan 22, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Jason wrote: I second this, I use toast though, the diff being I had someone buy me the more expensive roxio program, yay birthdays!! I bought Popcorn a while ago, then 4? months later they came out with a Toast update that seems to have a lot of the Popcorn features rolled in -- from the description anyway. I've not looked closely. My Toast is still at 5.0.3 and working fine and popcorn works. Anyway, for the OP: You can rip a DVD to your MacOS laptop for free with MactheRipper, usually (some DVDs won't work, the free Windows tools are better (of course). To put a DVD onto a DVD-R, you often need either a dual-layer external drive (DVDs are often 7.5gig and a single later DVR disk, like powerbooks can handle with built-in hardware, is only 4.5gig) or a software to compress the 7.5gig image to 4.5 gig. Windows has free software that works great for the compression but for MacOS there is no free tool, you have to buy something. There are a couple options, but I forget the titles. Popcorn for sure, maybe the latest Toast has features rolled in, maybe not, and at least one other commercial tool exists. But for ripping your DVDs to laptop to watch on the plane or whatever, you usually are OK with MacThe Ripper. The 4-disk Firefly DVD set, for example- I had trouble with disk 3 and had to do that on a Windows laptop before my last vacation. Sure I could have just brought the DVD with me but d*mmit I have the tech in hand... :) HTH. 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: downloading movies
On Jan 22, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Allen Brewer wrote: 2. Doing so is illegal. Copying a DVD that you have bought is illegal. I'm sure that lil statement will get the howler monkeys going so lets clarify. You have the right to make a backup of media that you have bought. However if that disc is copy protected/ encrypted, which a commerical movie dvd is, then the part where you bypass said copy protection to extract the data, THAT part is illegal and is a felony. I don't know about howls... The want-to-be fascist, religious and corporate powers that currently own the US government at this time have made this illegal on paper, certainly. That's not debatable. And it is unlikely to change. Im no sure if the original poster was even in the US or not, though. It is telling ( I think) that tools to let you USE your fair use rights remain available, with their own, public domain names and brand-name advertising, freeware and commercial solutions alike. This is not software you have to download from l33t sites of any sort. With the control in the US Supreme Court that the fundamentalist and corporate interests will shortly have this could change quickly. But for now, it's not a challenge that they have made, for whatever reason. This sounds like a political interpretation but really it's just a summary of the publicly-stated positions of all involved. I don't like the extensions and implications of this, certainly, especially going forward, but that could just be me :) Anyway until they start bribing your kids to report you for putting your personally-purchased DVDs onto your laptop for your own viewing, there are not consequences likely for doing so. 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: downloading movies
Lawrence Sica wrote: Actually it is not that simple. The actual legality of copying DVDs was not addressed in the court case, the 321 Studios once. They only ruled about 321 studios program violating the DMCA. Also making a copy of a DVD, encrypted or no *is not a felony*. Actually, according to the DCMA, any decrypting is a felony. Whether you would be prosecuted for say converting your Firefly DVDs into a copy you take with you on trips, so you don't have to worry if they are broken/lost/stolen/damaged is debatable. But its still a felony to do so. -- 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: downloading movies
On Jan 22, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: No matter how you read the law, it is still theft if you copy a commercial DVD for distribution, but then your moral standards may allow that type of behavior. Copying a movie you purchased (that act itself) is clearly not theft. Violation of fuzzy, poorly-defined, badly written legislation purchased by corporate interests? Yes, it is that. If someone gets their morals from what is legal, then I'd submit that's a BIG part of what is demonstrably wrong with the processes as they are implemented today. It's legal for a business to declare bankruptcy and forget about the money people have paid into pensions for retirement funds, for example. Would you call that morally allowable? I think not... Anyway. It's certainly possible to put most DVDs on your mac for your personal use, although it's a little easier with Windows software. Hope that helps the original guy out! 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: part 1 how-To?......
On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:23 PM, Will S wrote: Have you read the available info on Gimp Print in OSX? As soon as I saw Keyspan USB to parallel adapter I know what the issue was. These cables have well known issues with Mac OSX. In short they don't work! this is likely why Keyspan has made drivers for the cable sounds like the drivers still have issues maybe? Here a quote form the FAQ at Gimp print ON OSX. While the Gimp-Print drivers are not partial about any particular brand or model of USB-to-parallel converter cable, when used with Mac OS X certain brands of cable appear to work better than others. Some cables which work fine in Mac OS 9 (such as the Keyspan USB-to-parallel cable) reportedly do not work at all in Mac OS X. Hi Will; Actually, per the user-posted forums at the Gimp-print OS X pages, the Keyspan seems to work OK for almost all. I'm looking at the thing thru the local CUPS web interface, which is a lot more useful than the Printer Setup Utility (http://localhost:631). Anyway I've got this going (grabbed from the cups web config) : Epson LQ-2550 Foomatic/epsonc (recommended) Description: LQ2550mode Location: directconnect Printer State: idle, accepting jobs. The process foomatic-rip stopped unexpectedly with status 2 Device URI: usb://Keyspan%20%20UP-6C/Keyspan%20%20UP-6C%20Printer% 20Cable?serial=0 I am using the gimp-print and CUPs and Ghostprint versions that came with 10.4.3, I've not updated to the latest ones from the various open source sites yet. There aren't really drivers for the Keyspan for OS X, only for OS9. I think I may want to change the device URL to send with serial=1 not =0 but I've not looked for that config file yet. Anyway it should all work; I did find a proper .ppd for the LQ-2550 (the epsonc one should work) so I think it's a matter of matching versions of the open-source modules and some small unix config editing. 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: Drive needs repair? Should I worry?
Howard Katz said recently: I haven't noticed any problems using the 'book, and I have a backup using SuperDuper that's 3 days old. What would you all suggest I do--run rebuild, keep trying repair until it takes, scrub the drive and start over? (obviously the last isn't my favorite alternative) I would try the installer disk booting to use DiskUtility from the Utilities menu. or DiskWarrior (my preferred option). You can also check your clone- boot from it if bootable. If it is trusted to be good and you have backups of last 3 days work then it is quick to erase the HD and reclone the clone back to the drive. hope this helps (I wouldn't ignore it) 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: Anyone use iDVD in here?
Oddly, I did as you suggested a few times, I tried spotlight searches for invisible items, but found nothing remotely close to the size we're talking about. The terminal command came up with zero results (no files at all were reported). The ONLY files that came up were the image of my encrypted home folder and the chapters for the movie, which reside in the Movies folder. I'm thinking that my username is not working properly, I may erase this username or reformat the disk, Brian Well, they are there on your hard drive... try to search in the Finder for files, say, larger than 500MB. If nothing meaningful shows up, it may be that those large files happen to be in invisible directories, which aren't searched by default (or not at all). You might still get them in the Terminal. Try sudo find -size +1048576 -print (enter your password when requested) The ouput is the path and name of the files with size greater than 0.5GB (size here is expressed in multiples of 512 bytes, for historical reasons). That should give you enough information. Then you can either delete them in the Finder or using the Terminal. Luis Sequeira -- 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 ---
list up, but... functional??
Ok, I have a email to send to the list, it is 63 lines. The list rejects it as it is 18k and there is a 10k size limit. It's all needed info :) I cannot trim. I know the list was having quota issues but it would be nice to have a techie update sometime, and word of when we can send emails more than 62 lines in length. 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 ---
part 1 HOW-TO? Citizen Notebook II with Leyspan USB-parallel adapter
2 parts due to list issues (10k restriction, not just lines, I counted :) --- Getting the Citizen Notebook Printer II working thru a Keyspan UP-6C USB to parallel adapter with OS 10.4.3. Ok, this has been sitting as an unfinished task. I finally got the gender changers I needed to get this Citizen printer hooked to the Keyspan USB-parallel adapter. The Keyspan has OSX drivers thru GIMP- Print, available from their web site. Problem is, the Citizen support page linked below is defunct so I cannot confirm the information below about specific Epson model compatibility. There is a CUPS LQ-2550 .ppd from linuxprinting.org, but no GIMP-Print equivalent. I put the CUPS Epson .ppd in /usr/share/ cups/models. And rebooted. Prnter setup sees a printer on the USB, but I cannot add a driver for it (ghosted button). I install the keyspan drivers, and I can see the USB -parallel adapter in the printer setup app (I had just tried the CUPS driver first, without the keyspan install, I could not select the cups driver). I have CUPS working already to print to my Samsung laser ML-1740 with a foomatic driver, but the adapter didn't seem available without the keyspan drivers present first. I could not figure out how to print across the adapter from just CUPS. Once the keyspan drivers are in place, I have 2 keyspan interfaces, one USB, one parallel adapter. Selecting either one recommends the CUPS driver I just put in, specific to the LQ-2550, but printing to this driver gives no light activity on the printer, job goes to completed, nothing physical happens. If I select the USB interface, it knows it is directly connected to the USB port, still no print activity. Not surprising that the .ppd for CUPS doesn't work I guess, as the Keyspan interface works thru GIMP-print. OK, I start trying Epson gimp-print drivers, using the installed gimp- print modules that came with my 10.4 default install thru printer config, with the keyspan interface selected. There isn't a listed driver for any LQ model. I can get garbage to print this way, though. This is good I guess. Just need the right gimp-print drivers... but I can't find any for a LQ model Epson. END PART 1 -- 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 ---
part 2 HOW-TO? Citizen Notebook II with Keyspan USB-parallel adapter
PART 2 --- ...for the LQ-2550. I'm stumped. It's almost there... How can I access the USB/parallel adapter just with the perfect(?) (assuming the below compatibility info is right) CUPS .ppd for the LQ-2550, OR, where can I find a gimp-print driver set for the LQ Epson models? Or a plain stylewriter? Depending on what info is correct re: model compatibility. Thanks for help; Brian email thread pulled from old post: (citizen link is dead, and I can't pull up the chart from their main site) According to the Citizen website, http://www.citizen-america.com/ drive...iver_Chart.htm this printer is compatible with an Epson LQ-2550. You should be able to find a driver for this in one of the Epson printer packages on the 2nd and 3rd install disk of Panther. Also, here is an extract from http://www.citizen-america.com/ drive...driver_faq.htm 13 I need a printer driver for my Notebook Printer II, PN60, or PN60i to use with my Macintosh. We have a driver for these printers that worked with older versions of the Macintosh operating system (versions 6.7 to 7.5). We no longer support this driver and recommend using the Stylewriter or Stylewriter II (some customers have reported success using the Stylewriter 1200 or 1500) drivers from Apple. You may need to change the Stylewriter Disable/Enable setting in your printer (in the VuePrint Menu options; see your manual for information). If you wish to use the unsupported Citizen driver we have included it and some text files below. Also, some people have reported problems downloading our driver file. Since we provide limited support for Macintosh computers, we cannot help with downloading problems with a Macintosh. For support on the Stylewriter drivers you will need to contact Apple. * Notebook Printer II/PN60 Macintosh Driver V2.0 (567K) * Mac driver installation instructions (2K - text) * Driver Notes for Macintosh printer driver (11K - text) -- -- 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: list up, but... functional??
On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: I'm not sure I want to read 63 lines but you could do it in two pieces for those who do -- HTH, the signature for the list alone is 23 or 24 lines... 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: part 1 how-To?......
On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:23 PM, Will S wrote: Have you read the available info on Gimp Print in OSX? As soon as I saw Keyspan USB to parallel adapter I know what the issue was. These cables have well known issues with Mac OSX. In short they don't work! this is likely why Keyspan has made drivers for the cable sounds like the drivers still have issues maybe? Here a quote form the FAQ at Gimp print ON OSX. While the Gimp-Print drivers are not partial about any particular brand or model of USB-to-parallel converter cable, when used with Mac OS X certain brands of cable appear to work better than others. Some cables which work fine in Mac OS 9 (such as the Keyspan USB-to-parallel cable) reportedly do not work at all in Mac OS X. I have; works with other printers for me; I'm stuck on the Citizen. Hence my telling what drivers I'd tried, and why. 60 line post limit on a list that provides 24 line sigs on every post, even 1-line ones, seems silly. They even have a forum which talks about which cables work. I picked up a generic PC USB to Parallel cable at Fry's for $12.95 and have used it with no issues for 3 or 4 years. Most cables require no drivers other then the Gimp print drivers . Starting with Panther they are built into the Mac OS . You don't even need to download anything. Here's a link for more info and links. I could find no gimp-print drivers for the LQ-2550 or the Stylewriter (vanillla stylewriter). I am using foomatic drivers fine but not thru the Keyspan... thanks for help with either, and for the reply. 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 ---
Anyone use iDVD in here?
I made a couple mistakes in making a .img file with my iDVD project in it, and cancelled the creation a few times thinking the program had frozen, when apparently it hadn't. In any event, the file I wanted did not appear in the place I specified in each of those occasions, but I still lost several gigs of space due to files that never materialized. How can I get that space back? 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 ---
guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
Hi - my first posting here having just got an ali Powerbook 1.67 (the older than last model with 1280 resolution screen). I want to be able to move frequently between my Desktop and Powerbook and find the best way to keep in synch. I can just synch via superduper which is a cloner that can incrementally clone one to the other and back again. Are there any particular risks or penalties from using a clone back and forth? I also have Chronosynch which can synch any folders and may be a better way to go but not sure what to exclude. I am using Entourage and have been manually copying the identity over thus far as well as Address Book. One issue is that their are subjective items to each Mac that DON'T want to synch but I am not sure what and where they are. Most of my data is on another partition on each Mac which makes that easy to keep synched. Any advice guidance or pointers would be gratefully appreciated. (I am not using .Mac) all the best 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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 14, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Amber R. wrote: I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? Just turning on one of the 2 built-in restrictions will keep 99.999% of people out of your network. The 0.001% that want in and want to bother, can get in no matter what. While I have been trying not to use the wireless router (given the situation with my neighbour that I mentioned earlier today), I really need to have access to it here and there as I have a lot of work to get done and cannot easily do it at my computer desk. I was thinking I could perhaps create another network name and WPA and perhaps stay hidden from her brother. Changing the name of our station will last all of 5 seconds or so before someone looking will know. Even if you turn off SSID broadcast (of the name of the network) sniffing software will still be able to see that it is there, and what the name is, if someone (you) is connected. WPA is easier to crack than WEP, per the proof-of-concept articles I just found googling for WPA crack. I didn't look for software for cracking WPA but I'm sure it exists, I've read articles about software for WEP decryption, there are several options. Turn on WEP, turn on MAC address filter as I mentioned before, whitelist the MAC ID of your laptop(s) and keep half an eye on your logs. It is really unlikely they will hack in, and if they do, you can either ban the MAC ID of anything that does connect, or call someone about it, or both. Their breaking in is really not likely to be an issue if you enable the built-in security options, and if it is, you will see it going on and can do something at that time. There's a lot of media hype and not a lot of there there, if you know what I mean. Put MacStumbler or KisMac on your Mac laptop. Look around when you are out and about, to get a feel for how this works, and what is really available and what is not accessible even though you can see it. Look at your own network with one of these softwares to make sure the setting you think you have enabled, are enabled. A bit of education and experience and you will worry less about your setup, and be comfortable with the technology and be able to keep your LAN useful to you yet sensibly protected. -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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:14 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: I did not provide sufficient info on my setup. Here it is. DSL modem connected to the wired Linksys router. Linksys connected to my G5 iMac via ethernet cable AND connected to my ancient Graphite Apple Base Station which in turns links our two laptops in a small home network. I checked out the ABS and found under the Access Control Tab's sub tab AirPort ID, I have entered the AirPort ID number of each of my two iBooks. Tell me...am I good to go, security-wise? AirportID is just a cute JobsSpeak for MacID, apparently, per google, so getting them listed is good; on all my WAP's (non apple) you can have a listing but still turn the MAC ID restrictions on/off (or whitelist or blacklist by MAC ID); so just make sure you really are doing something with an appropriate menu item and you should be as good as reasonably possible! 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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:24 PM, John Siple wrote: broadcast the SSID. I wasn't too interested at the time so I didn't ask what brand of router he was using. But this capability would be a clean solution to the nosey neighbor and still allow Amber to use her own wireless systems, which she ought to be able to do. This can make WinXP clients drop a connection a little more often (due to a bug in XP) (bad if you are a legitiamte user of the LAN) but if someone looks, you can still see the station ID if the station is in use. With the cloaking, the SSID is not in the broadcast packet, but it is in the response packet, so anyone sniffing will have access to it anyway (assuming a legit user connects sometime). See any of many pages for details. http://www-128.ibm.com/ developerworks/wireless/library/wi-roam5.html for example. Again, it's one of those things that only keeps mostly honest people out, like all of wireless security. 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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 14, 2006, at 6:21 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: Personally, I do not bother with WEP, but I keep MAC address filtering on. Brian - When I saw your post, I went to my Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware version 1.05.00 and checked under the Security tab. I found the following choices and their settings: Block Anonymous Internet Requests: Enabled. Filter Multicast: Disabled. Filter Internet NAT Redirection: Disabled. Are these properly set? Thanks, bob Well they are set properly, but they have little to do with security- or at least, limiting access related to sharing of a wireless connection. These setting help filter incoming requests/attacks as well as deal with some internal redirection things that don't really matter unless you are running an internal gaming server. You need to look under wireless/security and turn on MAC address filtering and WEP to control these things on a wireless router. Except, my old BEFSR41 wasn't a wireless router :) so the discussions about MAC filtering and WEP, don't really apply to this router or you! If you aren't running any servers in your house, you can check the port forwarding tab and make sure nothing is getting forwarded into your LAN, and a BIG thing, is to make sure you set the admin password on the router to something only you know, and turn off remote administration- some Linksys firmwares were easily hacked and people could get admin rights remotely if you had remote administration enabled. Setting a password, turning off remote admin, and making sure you check for firmware updates once in a while (you are current at the moment for a v3 BEFSR41) are the important things for your setup, as I see it. Hope that helps! 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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 13, 2006, at 11:09 AM, Amber R. wrote: I told her that I had no interest in this arrangement at all as it is obviously illegal and I am also concerned about the security of my files.She has shown up a couple of times at my door since then saying that her brother is a network analyst and would ensure the cable company would never know about her surfing on my connection and said all he would need is my WEP password to access it. Their persistence is not only getting annoying, but concerning as well. There's no way (IMO) that he could guarantee this; anything he puts on will have to have a separate MAC address, so that packets get routed back to his CPU and not yours. The MAC address gets tracked, ISPs can tell how many CPUs are using a given connection if they wish to bother. Will the cable company ever know that one wireless CPU is in your house and one is next door, connecting thru the same router? Not unless they come in and physically see what CPU is physically not in your house. Currently, I have turned the router off and just have the cable modem going directly into the PB but this is really an inconvenience to me as the whole idea of buying the router was so that I could use my PB anywhere in my place. I would really like to know if there are any measures I can take to protect my connection so they cannot access it and to ensure my files are safe. All wireless is hackable, it's a question of if it is worth it to bother or not. PS. It did sort of strike me as odd that even though her brother is a Network administrator/analyst, he has not been able to get past the WEP password. Aren't these supposed to be relatively easy to crack if you know what you're doing ? On a non-Apple CPU, it is not hard, there is software now that can do predictive attacks on the key that can often find the right key in a matter of seconds (WEP keys anyway). At most it's a matter of collecting a few hundred thousand packets via sniffing then working with the collection. (Airport cards cannot be put into promiscuous mode, which is needed to monitor packets that are not yours, so Macs need a 3rd party card to do this- but it's much easier for most regular computers). For all the hype, though, you are not likely to be victimized by this. If you wish to go whole-hog: -Keep your WEP on (or WPA if you have it in the router AND all your computers support it). -Turn on MAC address filtering, and allow access to only your computer. The MAC address is a long ID string, specific to a given ethernet card. and just keep an eye on your router logs. If they hack in (not likely, media people talk about it a lot but it's not common), you'll see their CPU and MAC address in your router access (DHCP) table, and you can totally block access to them via you router config. They'd have to change their MAC address on their CPU to get in at that point (which is possible but again, not common). If someone were being bad, you would see them in your router table that lists connecting MAC addresses (my routers have all always shown that anyway, but I don't use Apple ones), and you can then blacklist them. In fact, you could open it up for a day/week (long enough to let them find it and rejoice), note their computers MAC ID, and then blacklist them :) Personally, I do not bother with WEP, but I keep MAC address filtering on. I figure if someone wants in, WEP will not stop them, so there's not a point to bothering with it. They'd have to clone my MAC address to get in, which is a pain and they'd have poor connectivity as packets would get lost (I think). I'd still see them in my logs as I'd notice connections when I wasn't online via wireless, and I could deny them access and change my own ID to let me stay in (repeat as needed). But of course, there isn't anyone doing any of this, at least on my LAN. HTH. 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 ---
audio in- PBG4
Is there a way I can record from a RCA photo plus out (from a cassette desk) to my 12 PB G4 without buying a solution like the $99 PowerWave? Can I just adapt to the mic jack? with a little electronics and very little cash outlay? 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: audio in- PBG4
On Jan 12, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: Is there a way I can record from a RCA photo plus out (from a cassette desk) to my 12 PB G4 That's RCA (PHONO) PLUG from a CASSETTE DECK (component) of course. without buying a solution like the $99 PowerWave? Can I just adapt to the mic jack? with a little electronics and very little cash outlay? 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: audio in- PBG4
On Jan 12, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Michael A. Howard wrote: The PB G4 has a line in jack, so a $2 Radio Shack RCA to 3.5mm adaptor will do what you want. Mike I have the 12; the only audio input is the mic input; is that ready for line in voltages?? Great, that is easy then. I thought that would be only ready for low-level condenser mic levels. Thank, 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: Applecare on Powerbooks ?
Amber R. wrote: Has anybody here had any problems with getting these two items repaired under Applecare ? Perhaps like batteries they are considered 'normal wear' items and as such aren't covered? Although it would be nice for these things to be spelled out better in the Applecare documentation. 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: Intel Macs....
On Jan 10, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: In Wayne and Garth's immortal words SCHHHWINGGG! :-) If those published stats hold up to real world comparisons, that's one helluva impressive laptop. no problem with laggy google Earth on THOSE laptops! 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 ---
bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...
I have the 10.4 12 G4 aluminum, a Clie UX-50, and Missing Sync. I wish to connect the PDA and Missing Sync with Bluetooth. The PDA and the PB can do the initial discovery/trusted device thing fine. when I go to actually sync, the PDA gives me a unable to initiate HotSync connection, port in use by another application. This is after I have just used bluetooth on that PDA and laptop to discover each other, validate by password, and save each as a trusted device to the other. I can sync with bluetooth just fine to the XP machine at work, no change in settings on the Clie. What is up with Bluetooth on the G4/10.4?? 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: bluetooth, AL-book, and Clie...
On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:04 PM, Harry Corsover wrote: My best guess is that this is a software/firmware problem with the Clie, not the PB. I had a similar recurring problem in the past with a Kyocera smart phone using a cable (it did not have Bluetooth). Can you hot sync using the cable or cradle? If so, do that, and as an experiment, soft reset the Clie and try the Bluetooth hot sync again. If your experience is anything like mine, the novelty of using Bluetooth to hot sync may wear off very soon. I now have a Treo 650 and a 15 AlBook G4, 1.25 GHz. It takes me a minute or so to hot sync with the cable, and almost ten minutes via Bluetooth. This may be because of the number of applications and files I have (including Documents to Go with many files, as well as Acrobat Reader with several files). So I hardly ever use Bluetooth to sync any more. It is nice to have it available in case I need to and I don't have a cable handy, though. Synch works great over cable, Mac or PC, and great over bluetooth (PC). It is a little slower but it sure is handy when I forget a cable- for example at work today, I was able to use BT to get all my Exchange calendar events onto the Clie, and from the Clie to iCal on the PB later at home- I'd forgotten the USB cable I need and there were a tons of meetings and appointments that I wanted to get on the PB ASAP. Glad to know I'm not alone, but it seems to me if it's working great with multiple PCs and fails with the Mac, the issue is the Mac... 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: Any experience with USB to SCSI adaptors in OSX?
On Jan 8, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All I'm shifting from a Lombard to a Pismo and want to be able to connect to SCSI devices, specifically older powerbooks (520, 1400, Wallstreet) using the SCSI dock connector. To do this I've recently got a Belkin F5U015-TPW USB to SCSI adaptor but have had no luck finding drivers for Panther. According to Belkin's web site this device is OS 8 and OS9 only. http://www.belkin.com/support/download.asp?download=F5U015- TPWlang=1mode= Does anyone know where I might look for OSX drivers? Or can anyone recommend a different adaptor that works in OSX? A couple profs in my wife's dept (longtime Mac) tried some (each of the 2?) available offerings, with only disappointment, for scanners or hard drives. I'd avoid the concept myself. Especially hooking up working CPUs via SCSI dock. Everything I've reqad about this adapter class indicates that they are problematic, you cannt trust voltages etc- seems like a good way to kill hardware. Maybe someone has success stories but here it was only negative results. HTH. 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: Comp USA wireless card
On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm sorry, what are you whinging about? Every one of the posts in this thread had something to do with Tom's problem with the CompUSA wireless card. My thought was that 5 new threads of which the compUSA was one, had been started by replying to a different thread and just editing the subject. If people sort their mailbox by the in-reply-to message ID, that screws up the nesting of emails- as that sorts the new email into the wrong thread (the original thread that was replied to, regardless of the subject). I don't use that sorting feature of any mail client, simply because it gets messy when people do that. I will confess I didn't care enough to check the headers to see if that was what was referred to :) -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: using serial printer with Lombard running Panther?
On Jan 2, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello All My father in-law is debating adopting my Lombard 400 running Panther but wants to know if he can use the serial printer that he has been using with his Wallstreet. Has anyone had any experience with USB to serial adaptors and/or using serial printers with OS 10.3.9? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? Keyspan adapters work well in my experience, but you will pay more than the value of the printer for one. And you should check their website for supported printers. Best cost-effectiveness is likely to just buy a new printer. 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: Li-Ion Wasting charge cycles?
On Dec 31, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Jim Katz wrote: Someone mentioned that the L-I battery should be drained completely if used at all since any charge cycle is one less from the total number of charge cycles possible for that battery. If true, then I've been wasting them. I play Scrabble with a partner. When I pass the laptop to the other player, I unplug the AC. When I get it back 5 minutes later, I plug it in again during my turn, so as to restore full charge for off-leash work after the games are finished. Is this a bad habit? I mentioned that that is the WORST way, from everything I've read, to treat a LiON. A little google searching will provide many sources for the same info. In a nutshell, everything I've ever read about Lithium rechargeables says they should be kept topped up rather than fully discharged, kept as cool as reasonable especially while charging, and if you have to store them for a while without use they should be at 50% capacity and in a cool place. No matter what you do, even stored and unused, they lose total capacity over time, about 50% max of original life after 2 yrs is not unusual. HTH. -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: Li-Ion Wasting charge cycles?
On Dec 31, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Jim Katz wrote: Someone mentioned that the L-I battery should be drained completely if used at all since any charge cycle is one less from the total number of charge cycles possible for that battery. If true, then I've been wasting them. I play Scrabble with a partner. When I pass the laptop to the other player, I unplug the AC. When I get it back 5 minutes later, I plug it in again during my turn, so as to restore full charge for off-leash work after the games are finished. Is this a bad habit? I mentioned that that is the WORST way, from everything I've read, to treat a LiON. Ok, sorry for the lack of clarity at the start of this post, insert a statement like: full discharge is the worst way to treat a LiON here. A little google searching will provide many sources for the same info. In a nutshell, everything I've ever read about Lithium rechargeables says they should be kept topped up rather than fully discharged, kept as cool as reasonable especially while charging, and if you have to store them for a while without use they should be at 50% capacity and in a cool place. No matter what you do, even stored and unused, they lose total capacity over time, about 50% max of original life after 2 yrs is not unusual. HTH. -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: Cable internet and Macs
Caleb Cupples wrote: I'm finally taking the jump and going to broadband internet access, but I'm wondering if anyone has had any problems with the cable monkeys looking at a Mac like it's a Pandora's Box or not... Here in NY, TW is advertising 29.99 a month with their 'do it yourself installation' kit. I've never had trouble with the tech people and the fact that I have a mac, router, pc and networked printer. After all, you just plug the cable into the cable modem and a cat 5 jack from it into your computer, what does it make a difference what type computer? 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 ---
female Centronics36 to DB25 female adapter??
I have a Citizen Notebook printer II with a male DB25 cable connection (the port on the printer is a tiny custom one). I have a Keyspan UP-6C USB to c36 male printer adapter, which works with CUPS and OS X. so, I can't hook the two together without a connector with DB25 female on one end, and C36 female on the other end. Trouble is, I'm not finding the female-female connector of this type online. Only male-female. Anyone have a good source for this? I can try getting yet another cable in between these, but I'd rather make it jst one additional adapter. 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: Cleaning wipes for PB
On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:26 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Yep, you want to stay away from any product with alcohol. You won't see the damage right away but after a while, your screen will start having some kind of a haze and at that time, it's too late... You should also be able to use some of the good cleaning solutions for glasses. Many of the optical/scratch coatings they have now also require ammonia/alcohol free cleaning solutions. And you'll get a lot more cleaning solution for your $ than on the Klear Screen pads. 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: OS X print to PDF issue
On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:58 AM, John Roberts wrote: For what it's worth, there's a nice little program you can download called Combine PDFs by Monkeybread Software. It willdrum roll please. combine multiple PDF files into one document. Looks like the developer is 404. All the little utils to do this use the OS X pdf libraries (that I tried). I am trying to get around what I see as a bug in the way OS X pdf libraries generate a pdf. I'm not willing to risk it for a work-related document. YMMV. 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: OS X print to PDF issue
On Dec 12, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Peter Saint James wrote: The only way I have found to deal with this is to combine PDFs. This can be done with Automator fairly painlessly. You don't need any other software. I remember there are four actions to tell Automator to do, but I'm afraid that if I try to tell you what they are, I'll make a mistake and mislead you. I believe there is a document on macosxhints that explains the process. Thanks for the couple replies about this. I looked at a couple of utilities to do this, but there were always discplaimers depending on the version of the OSX libraries you were using, etc., and I wanted my pdf to be readable for sure, by all recipients. I ended up doing the deed with the full Acrobat at work. Brian -- Typical traditional philosophical question: If a tree falls in the woods but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Bill Clinton's philosophical question: It depends on what the meaning of 'is', is. Bush administration's philosophical ponderings: If the person you are torturing is held in another country, is it still torture?? If you are _certain_ you are doing god's work, is it still torture? -- 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 ---
video out from 12 Al PB
Hi all; I used the video out on my 12 PB for the first time, with a LCD projector. The video was a bit blurry, unlike that from the PC laptops I use at work. I'm using the Apple adapter that came with the PB; is there one with better shielding or something that would give better results? Thanks, Brian -- Typical traditional philosophical question: If a tree falls in the wods but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Bill Clinton's philosophical question: It depends on what the meaning os 'is', is. Bush administrations philosophical dilemna: If the person you are torturing is held in another country at your direction, is it still torture?? -- 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 ---
RCA video in for 10.4/ Al PB
Hi all; I need to make a little camera to put down animal burrows. I like the size of this: http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?q=wired+miniature+video +camerapid=4782326709778709707oid=18166107059201079516btnG=Search +Frooglelmode=addr=scoring=p and I can figure out a way to put it on a flexible probe with an LED light etc. What is a good USB or firewire video digitizer solution for Macs? I need the RCA video input. video quality should be average or better than average. 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 ---
OS X print to PDF issue
I'm printing to a pdf using OS X built-in print feature, and have an issue. I have to have a section break in the document, I want the first couple pages to have a different margin than the last few pages (is there another way to do that in Word 2004 without a section break? the page setup/ allow to selected text inserts one without telling you, or you do it on your own- the only ways I have found to get different margins in the same document). I really want one pdf, not two. how to print it without making two files? Is there a better, free/shareware pdf driver? I assumed that Apple just ported an OSS solution. 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: Odd static electricity outcome
On Dec 3, 2005, at 11:24 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: Well...to discharge it, I tapped my finger against the exposed metal plate on the front of my excellent quality ($100) surge suppressor...and the Mac, four feet away, woke from sleep. Whoa, Nelly! bob The amount of protection you get from those things is actually limited, but it's better than nothing. there's a definite inside and outside to the protection you get, and things can and will reflect around. I needed to get very good protection for a piece of lab equipment once, and I read up on everything at that time (much gone from memory now) but long story short, to get really clean(ed) power that keeps internal and external issue clamped down, you want a line conditioner, and you are spending many thousands of $. The home equipment is good to have, but far, far from perfect. 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: Macs and eBay
On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: y browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. Anyway, it appears that some of the problems I am having are related to my not using a regular computer and not having an up- to-date browser that works with some sites. Amber Safari just does not support things that well. When I started using FireFox, I have had almost no problems with even complex sites- only limit is those that need activeX components downloaded and run. Hope that helps. 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: Netware on Lombard
On Dec 4, 2005, at 10:23 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: I've got a Lombard 400 with OS 9.1 and OS X Jaguar, and I'm wanting to know if there are any good free ways to connect to a Novell Netware network. My school network is running Netware 6.5, with most of the client machines running versions of Windoze from 98 to XP Professional. To clarify, there are only two Macs in the school, and those are a PowerMac G5 and an iMac G5, both of which are running OS X Tiger. Have you tried the actual Netware client?? If they have a site license, it comes with the 9.1 client. I used that at the local univ. and the Netware setup in the medical college, about a year ago, 9.1 on my 1400/g3. Worked fine. Not sure of versions, the PB1400 is not accessible at the moment or I'd fire it up and look. 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 ---
USBcam for 10.4/1.5GHz
Hi all; OWC has the following for cheap USB cams: = MacAlly IceCam USB Video Web Camera - works great with iChatAV! (MACICECAM) more info... $29.99 Same Day Mac System Accessories: Click on the Price to add item to Basket. Description:Price: Ships: Griffin Technology SightLight - FireWire Light for your iSight Camera (GRI6000LITE) more info... $37.95 Same Day = Anyone used either or both and have comments? I'd be happy for alternate recommendations. Intended use is occasional chat. I got tired of googling for reviews and only finding websites that promised reviews but never delivered. 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: Reminder about static electricity
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Silly question I'm sure--I can understand about touching the trackpad, but what about if you just touch the body of the computer--AL or Ti? It's happened to me and I get a slight shock. Power supply is plugged in. I try to remember to discharge before I sit down, but it's easy to forget. If everything is plugged in, and you have a grounded outlet that is really grounded (only one in my house is), and Apple has done things right, then I'd think you'd ground thru the case, out the cord, to your house ground, and the static shoul follow that route from the case and all should be isolated from the sensitive bits. 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: Reminder about static electricity
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Howard Katz wrote: I'd have no qualms about that, but the adapters I've seen, both the Apple-supplied one and the replacements on the market only have 2 prongs. :) hm. True! :) You're killing it! you're killing it!! :) 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: Life of PBG4 Battery
On Nov 27, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to recondition my battery? What steps will I take to maximize power of my battery? Clem How old is this battery?(I don't know when the PBG4 500MHZ came out). Assuming it is Lithium-ion: There was a thread about this a bit ago. Lithium batteries usually lose about 50% of their initial capacity after a couple years, no matter what you do, just due to aging. You know how old your battery is, so you can judge how well it is doing. that sounds... not too bad for an older battery, to me. If you use the battery (full discharge then recharge) it's not the best for the battery, but probably best for the MacOS power manager, which seems to need an occasional discharge then recharge. You should try and avoid complete discharges if at all possible for best lithium battery life. Other items about prolonging life: --- http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm is one good spot; the wikipedia entry for LiIon is pretty good. Googling finds others. Charles Moore has a good summary here, for powerbooks but really it's the same thing: http://www.applelinks.com/p5/index.php/print/1217/ Basically: LiIon batteries lose capacity over time whether you use them or not; storage condition makes a difference. 50% charged and cool helps a lot for storing, so if you have a spare battery that you don't use much that is a good thing to try for. For the battery you are using, it's best to keep it compatatively topped up rather than letting them go totally down. BUT leaving the powerbook plugged in always can let it get hot which is bad. HEAT IS BAD for all batteries, but it has a marked effect on LiIon. It's a good thing to keep them cool at all times you can manage. So take that iPod out of its protective case when charging, don't charge your laptop when it's on the sofa, put it on the wood table, etc. Replies I got from makers of replacement LiIon batteries when I was buying spares indicated 50% loss of max capacity after 2 years whether they are used or not; so stocking up on many spares was not recommended, even by the guys who sold the batteries I was buying (www.laptopsforless.com, battery for my Sony Clie UX-50 -I highly recommend these guys for batteries for many devices). HTH. 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 ---
replacement Pismo battery
Hi, I would like to purchase a new (or possibly refurbished?) battery for my Pismo. I may even buy two of them. Looking for battery life for extended use when not plugged in to AC. It currently has (the original, I think) PowerBook Lithium Ion Apple Rechargeable battery M7318 which now seems to be dying on me, going from 100% down to 0% in a very short time, maybe 20 minutes or so. I started doing some comparison shopping online, using Google/Froogle, macworld.pricegrabber.com, and looking at auctions on eBay. I've seen prices anywhere from $73.99 up to $129.00. Does anyone here have a recommendation on who to buy from ?? --Brian Miller -- 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: clay animation software
On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:13 AM, Kristina wrote: does iMovie run in OS9x? The older iMovie Version 2 does run under OS 9.x, but it requires native FireWire, which your Lombard does not have. ratz... my G3 Beige is only 277MHz One more try... would this gizmo work with either my Lombard, G3 Beige or 6100 with a G3 upgrade...all on OS9x http://www.synchrotech.com/product-1394/analog-dv-converter_02.html Not without firewire. I used an ATI XClaim VR / RAGE Pro video capture card to do various small tasks on my 6400/G3/9.1 and they worked out OK. Youd have to do the capture with that, adn the video editing in Adobe Premiere 5.1 or so, which you should be able to find for $10 on ebay. It has RCA video input which should be perfect for your camcorder (you were talking non-digital camcorder IIRC, just composite video out, right?) I've seen that ATI card go for nothing used in the last few years. So- you could do it with that, plus some additional software. HTH. Or, if you had somewhere to write to for a $450 grant, you could get a Mac Mini and have a much better experience, but you still might have to deal with the composite input if you don't have a digital camcorder somewhere. The ATI Xclaim VR card did work for me. 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: iBook CD Problem
On Nov 13, 2005, at 1:19 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... I have a problem with my iBook (G3-500 Dual USB). It will not play an audio CD... keeps ejecting it... constantly! If I put in a program CD, it stays in and shows up on the desktop. I can't, for the life of me, understand what the difference is. Any suggestions or ideas Is it a regular audio CD or a CD-R? 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: multimedia on Al Book again
On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Anne Judge wrote: and this sounds just like what you want (note: I haven't tried it myself!!) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23180 Thanks, I had missed that one. There's a bit of piano music in the file which may lead to erroneous cut points, but it seems from the comments that it's easy enough to choose the right oens. I'll give it a try! I've been trying to do this with Audacity which I usually use for small mp3 tasks, but I don't seem to be getting the hang of setting multiple labels properly... 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 ---
multimedia on Al Book again
Hi all; I have a 1.08hr mp3 file that I'd like to split into tracks. It's a live recording I made locally. So, the thing about multimedia is- anything you do with it takes time :) and I'm short on that! I have Audacity, and I can extract pieces to individual mp3 files, but that will take a while. Is there a better way? I have Toast 5.2.3, nothing newer, would a newer Toast or Soundjam let me take the whole hour-long track, and insert breaks at certain timepoints? Thanks for thoughts. 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: firewire connectivity
Victoria Brandon wrote: Greetings listers -- As previously related, my computers (BW G3 Lombard PB, both running Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of ethernet. So (as encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for the Lombard on eBay: it came yesterday and seems to work right out of the box, at least system profiler sees it, and the firewire option now appears in the Network preference pane. Only trouble is, the cord that came with the card has a four pin plug at one end and six pin at the other, and the connections on both computers require six-pin (at least that's what I assume: the larger size is required on both ends, anyway). Is this the proper description of the necessary cord, and is it something I can pick up at Radio Shack? Or is something more specific and harder to find required? And if so, what is it CALLED? Very short answer, FW has an option to carry power along with data, if it does, it uses the 6 pin connector you're familiar with. Your PC card adapter doesn't provide power (nor do a lot of PC notebooks) and so has a 4 pin connector. (This is for FW 400, the older FW spec not the newer spec, FW 800) You have 2 options... 1) If the device doesn't need power, just get a 4 to 6 pin FW cable (will set you back a lot at a Radio Shack, on the order of $50, because they only carry the Sony line of cables anymore, but can be had for lots less online, see www.cableforless.com as an example.) 2) Your device needs power provided by the FW cable. In this case you'll need the cable above *and* a FW hub. (Also called a repeater sometimes although that's actually a different thing) These come with a power adapter and can proved power to the ports downstream of the hub and so provide power for your device. Some URLs: Sony i.Link cable (only FW cable I saw on a quick search of radioshank.com) ($40): http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2111822 Cablesforless.com cable ($5): http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPRODProdID=281 Compusa.com: belkin brand (cheap version) ($12): http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50278690 belkin fw hub ($50): http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=329287 -- 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: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 10, 2005, at 1:48 AM, John Siple wrote: -- Noise level and occasionally the manufacturer of the router or access point. It keeps a log of signal strength and last connection date, and there's a field for notes, though I don't find that very useful. Mostly what I use is channel and strength, and if you're getting that from Also you will be able to see many networks that don't show up in the regular Airport connection util. For example, the 2 networks named Public on 2 different channels- the Airport util would not show them both. Plus it would not show me the hidden WEP protected connection that hospital had for staff use- but with the stumbler util, I could see it was present. Worth taking a look, just to see who is in the neighborhood. 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: Wireless network problem - help!
Howard Katz wrote So the question is why won't Tiger connect? Not really my problem now--it's the IT dept. And there's enough Tiger users wandering around that they'll need to fix this fast. Oh, and for information's sake--I'm sitting at a Panera's cafe using their free wifi. Other than having a slight problem negotiating their sign-in system this morning (more their system than mine!), it's obviously working ok. Why is it we tend to, when it comes to computers, to think it's our system that's the problem, and not something on the other end, but when it comes to things political or social issues, it's always the other guy's fault? :) I'll still say that, despite that it's a MS server software, the fact that every other wireless device I own can work fine, and the 10.4 one cannot, tells me that Apple has made some assumptions/broken some rules/ is doing *something* differently than everything else out there. Think back to good ol' dialup days, where everything else with a PPP stack could obtain the local DNS server info automagically, while us Mac types had to type it in by hand always. That the MS server update might bring this wireless feature to the fore, doesn't necessarily mean that it is the fault of MS or your local IT guys. Fun/useful to hear what exact server update they are now running (hint hint :) 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: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 9, 2005, at 7:17 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
IT isn't too mac savvy here, so I'm basically on my own.
Any suggestions or help?
Best guess is you aren't getting a DHCP lease. Open the Network
Preference Pane and see what IP address your Airport interface is
getting. If it is 169.254.x.x that is what is known as Self
Assigned (the Network Preference Pane will refer to it as such).
It means your Mac couldn't get a DHCP address from a server and
made up it's own address which is usually used with ad hoc networks.
the OSX wireless/ open WAP thing is partly broken as far as I can
tell. Both at my workplace and at the hospital where I was spending
many hours a few months back, I could get online fine with any laptop
except the OSX powerbook.
I could get an IP, signal fine, see the SSID of the open network,
etc. but trying to ping anywhere let alone DNS lookups gav eno route
to host.
Apple support ('book was new) was no help, local admins said yup for
whatever reason OS X can't get online, we have no ideas, but would
like it to work.
I thought perhaps I had an idea of the problem- the hospital had 2
open networks named PUBLIC but on 2 channels, I thought perhaps
things were confused on the Mac due to that (though my Clie UX-50,
Win98, WinXP, and Newton Messagepad were fine (I had lots of time and
trips to work on this :) but the work one, DORA is open and the
only one around.
I gave up. Macs just don't work as well as windows machines
sometimes. I know my karma will take a pummelling but that's the data.
B
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Re: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Howard Katz wrote: turns out--Tiger. She couldn't connect either. I've a feeling the problem isn't mine, but the IT folk who aren't big mac fans. I'll test it out tomorrow at the wifi cafe and give a report back. FWIW, I can connect fine at work on the WEP protected network- just the open one won't work. Laptop is fine at Panera stores, other places. The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I finally gave up. It's in Apple's court. In June they said they would have an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1 didn't touch it. If you can find out what they are doing for server stuff at your workplace (routers versions etc) I've ben meaning to trap our guy near the coffee pot and find out. The weird thing is our AP is just a bog standard off the shelf Linksys or some such. Big Cisco thing behind it, but I'm not sure why the Cisco hardware would matter at that point. It's really Apple's issue, I think- if everything else is fine, and 9.1 machines are fine, and Win98 machines are fine- Apple's the cause in my book. Heck my Newton Messagepad is even fine, and its TCP/IP stack is a poster child for broken... Luck; 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: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: The hospital IT guys worked hard with me to troubleshot but I finally gave up. It's in Apple's court. In June they said they would have an update that addressed some network stuff- but 10.4.1 didn't touch it. sorry, meant 10.4.2. 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: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:43 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Tiger. (I hate to think what'll happen when the next version--Leopard?--appears) I hate all these nicknames. especiallly the laptop ones. Pismo indeed. I hadn't been down to the hospital group since early July so hadn't tested that setup with 10.4.3. I should put it on and try the work one, though- it just automatically goes through the WEP protected one now so I hadn't bothered doing more unpaid work testing for Apple. Sounds like Howard has the 10.4.3 installed with the same issue persisting, though. 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: Wireless network problem - help!
On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: access points support AppleTalk, but, otherwise, it shouldn't matter. The network negotiation from the PowerBook to the WAP should be the very same. Heck, it should be the same if you switch to built-in Ethernet. If it's 802.11b or 802.11g, then it should work. Oh, I truly agree. 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: dimming screen
On Oct 31, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Peter Saint James wrote: The display on my 15-inch, Al Powerbook running Tiger sometimes dims when the computer is inactive for just a few minutes. I can get it brighten again by moving the mouse or hitting a key, but this is quite inconvenient and irritating. This habit is not consistent. It does it some days and not others. There does not seem to be a pattern to when, except--and I'm not sure of this--it may be doing it when the computer has not been booted for several days. The box in system preferences that refers to automatically reducing brightness is unchecked. Is there anything else that controls this? Does it indicate something else wrong? I've had to deal with this kind of problem on my Pismo. It could mean that the PowerBook has switched to battery power due to a loose connection with the power cable, and that the energy saver options for Battery indicate that the brightness of the display should be lowered to save battery life. System Preferences - Energy Saver - Options check Show battery status in the menu bar When the display dims, look to see if the status indicates that the PowerBook is being powered by the power adapter or by the battery. If the indicator shows that the computer is running on battery power even when plugged in, try a new AC adapter or try jiggling the connector of the one that you are currently using to see if the PowerBook recognizes it (and if the display becomes brighter again). --Brian Miller -- 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: OT missing link to story
Will S wrote: Oddly the link didn't show up in the last post will try again. http://www.halturnershow.com/KeystrokeLoggersInAllNewComputers.html Its a hoax, read about it here: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/homeland%20security%20logger.htm -- 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 ---
iPod logistics...
greetings; I recently bought a used iPOd from a coworker, it's been fine, but I've started using it on 2 different computers-- and I can't move music off the iPod onto the second computer. I thought that that was the point of authorizing each computer- it would know it ws you and let you do what you want. Is this an example DRM working the way it should (restricting my fair use right :) or am I missing something? There are lots of ways around this, but I'm not sure I care that much at this time. 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: iPod logistics...
At 11:33 AM 10/25/2005, you wrote: I use an app called Senuti (iTunes backwards). It has an iTunes-like interface and works really well. Thanks guys. I might get around to moving the things off; it isn't a major concern, but there are a few softwares to help. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some iTunes setting on my powerbook! 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: 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: 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 ---
avi to DVD-R again
OK, I have another .avi file (the Star Wreck: In the Perkinning sounded fun). I can't find the tool I need to turn the .avi file into something that I can burn onto a DVD (in movie format). Googling pulls up so much meta tag spam and commercial apps that I have about given up on google. What apps do I need to do what I want? I'm on a G4/1.5GHz, OS 10.4, superdrive. I have both toats 5.2.3 and iDVD. 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 ---
