Another "swapping app" question

[Joseph Getchel]

The previous question on this topic caused mr to remember a problem I
am having.
I use Entourage as my email application.  However, whenever I click on
a "mailto:"; link on a website, "mail.app" opens instead of Entourage.
I searched the previously mentioned plist
(com.apple.LaunchServices.plist) in my user account, and found no
reference to "mail.app".
Is there another "global" plist file that I should be looking for to
correct this problem?  Or is this setting controlled somewhere else?

Joe Getchel
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Re: Another "swapping app" question

[Steve R]

At 7:03 AM -0700 5/26/09, Joseph Getchel posted:
>  The previous question on this topic caused mr to remember a problem I
>  am having.
>  I use Entourage as my email application.  However, whenever I click on
>  a "mailto:"; link on a website, "mail.app" opens instead of Entourage.
>  I searched the previously mentioned plist
>  (com.apple.LaunchServices.plist) in my user account, and found no
>  reference to "mail.app".
>  Is there another "global" plist file that I should be looking for to
>  correct this problem?  Or is this setting controlled somewhere else?
>

Back in the old days, Option-Click would open a dialogue box where 
you could reset preferences.

Barring that working, download the freeware RCDefaultApp to set your 
preferences.



Steve R

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Re: Another "swapping app" question

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 26, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Joseph Getchel wrote:

>
> The previous question on this topic caused mr to remember a problem I
> am having.
> I use Entourage as my email application.  However, whenever I click on
> a "mailto:"; link on a website, "mail.app" opens instead of Entourage.
> I searched the previously mentioned plist
> (com.apple.LaunchServices.plist) in my user account, and found no
> reference to "mail.app".
> Is there another "global" plist file that I should be looking for to
> correct this problem?  Or is this setting controlled somewhere else?

This is set in Mail.app's preferences.

Start Mail, and in the preferences, general section, select 'default  
email reader'. Change it to Entourage, and mailto: links will work as  
expected.

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Re: My 750GB Seagate Disappeared ...

[insightinmind]

On May 25, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:

>
> On 5/24/09 11:17 AM, "Tommy"  Broadcast  
> into the
> ether:
>
>> I'll never purchase a Seagate hard drive again.
>
> In the world of computing that would be a very bad thing to do.  
> Western
> Digital used to make crap hard drives and now they make some really  
> good
> ones.  I can give tens of examples of companies that made a bad  
> product then
> fixed it and continued to develop that line.
>
> I just bought two seagates yesterday.  This firmware MINOR issue is  
> all over
> mac websites and even knowing that I went and bought the 2 I wanted.
> Because they make very good hard drives. And they will no doubt  
> continue to
> do so.

I'm still sticking with Seagates, too.

My problem was not a firmware issue on the Seagate 750GB. The 750GBs  
don't fall into that firmware faulty 1TB+ series, AFAIK. I had a  
10.5.7 update problems ... after fixing a corrupt partition, I went  
back to a clone of my 10.5.6 OS X, and everything seems fine now ...  
stable. I was even getting that flashing ? at the Startup when trying  
to use the 10.5.7 Combo Update on top of my original 10.5.7. That  
doesn't occur under 10.5.6.

Don't think I'm going to retry the suggested update path as given  
under the thread "10.5.7" just yet, with Repair Permissions on the  
10.5.6 before updating using the Combo, than repair permissions  
again ... maybe after a good nap.

I'm a little paranoid ... but I think Apple is trying to get us all  
to abandon our PPCs and go Intel, with the 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 (5: 6 ->  
7) update ...

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DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

[Jonas Lopez]

DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

I suspected this problem, so I did a test: Ran DiskWarrior on disk with 10.4 
and 9.2. It ran just fine.

Ran Applejack in safe mode. Did all 5 features; all ran well. Some changes 
reported, but was able to fix disk.

As acid test, I then ran DiskWarrior and it refused to run says error 2156 and 
2180.

What is going on here?? AppleJack has damaged disk!

G4 450 MHz box with OS 9.2, X 10.4. AGP Graphics on a card. DVD/cd Drive, all 
are Apple branded.
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Re: UPS's

[Anne Keller-Smith]

Diane -

It sounds good to me! It all depends on the load you're putting on it.
Looks like you've added those up and you're okay there.

I'll just say again, don't plug your printer into it. Printers have  
motors, and a motor is too much for a UPS.

On May 25, 2009, at 9:14 PM, diane wrote:

>
> Based on the recent discussions on UPSes, what is the consensus on
> the APC ES series?
>
> They really don't seem bad for the VAs and number of outlets, unless
> there is something else I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diane
>
> >
>




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Re: My 750GB Seagate Disappeared ...

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 11:46 AM, insightinmind wrote:

> My problem was not a firmware issue on the Seagate 750GB. The 750GBs
> don't fall into that firmware faulty 1TB+ series, AFAIK.

This firmware issue wasn't limited to 1TB+ drives. I've got two 500GB  
included in the problems that I've still never updated because the  
update may be destructive and so far I've experienced no issues. I  
notice 5 models of 750GB drives in this list. Here is the complete  
list of models covered:

Barracuda 7200.11
ST31000340AS
ST31000640AS
ST3750330AS
ST3750630AS
ST3640330AS
ST3640630AS
ST3500320AS
ST3500620AS
ST3500820AS
ST31500341AS
ST31000333AS
ST3640323AS
ST3640623AS
ST3320613AS
ST3320813AS
ST3160813AS
Barracuda ES.2 SATA
ST31000340NS
ST3750330NS
ST3500320NS
ST3250310NS

DiamondMax 22
STM31000340AS
STM31000640AS
STM3750330AS
STM3750630AS
STM3500320AS
STM3500620AS
STM3500820AS
STM31000334AS
STM3320614AS
STM3160813AS

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DVD/CD master?

[MacGuy]

I just made several "what I thought" were bootable dvd .dmg's in disk  
utility and for some reason they won't launch dvd player? I  set the  
image format to: "DVD/CD master" and they all simply mount to the  
desktop, but dvd player does not automatically come up? what did I do  
wrong? I also tried it with a new tiger test volume, and no dice...  
strange. Jeff

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Re: DVD/CD master?

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, MacGuy wrote:

> I just made several "what I thought" were bootable dvd .dmg's in disk
> utility and for some reason they won't launch dvd player?

I think you're using mistaken terminology?

"Bootable" means a System software disc that can boot a computer. It  
sounds like you mean a video DVD that isn't automatically "launching"  
the application Apple DVD Player? The reason for this could be many  
things. If you're trying to copy an encryption protected DVD it will  
have to be "ripped" first to remove the encryption using something  
like MacTheRipper. You'll also need to be sure that if the video  
format is correct (mpg2) that DVD Player is the default application.

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Re: DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 26, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:

>
> DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.
>
> I suspected this problem, so I did a test: Ran DiskWarrior on disk  
> with 10.4 and 9.2. It ran just fine.
>
> Ran Applejack in safe mode. Did all 5 features; all ran well. Some  
> changes reported, but was able to fix disk.
>
> As acid test, I then ran DiskWarrior and it refused to run says  
> error 2156 and 2180.
>
> What is going on here?? AppleJack has damaged disk!

>
> G4 450 MHz box with OS 9.2, X 10.4. AGP Graphics on a card. DVD/cd  
> Drive, all are Apple branded.

Does the Mac run? Is it displaying any sign of directory corruption?  
What does Disk Utility say?

It could just be a bug in DiskWarrior...

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Re: DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> It could just be a bug in DiskWarrior...

If you use an older version of DiskWarrior on a newer OS version  
you'll get error messages. As I recall, for Tiger 10.4.11 you needed  
at least DiskWarrior 3.0.3 rev.39 (the final v.3 series update) or  
newer. Version 3 was PPC Macs only, all Intel Macs require v.4 for  
Tiger 10.4.11. The current is v.4.1.1.


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Re: DVD/CD master?

[MacGuy]

On May 26, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

> I think you're using mistaken terminology?


You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge when it comes to terms  
Kris, yes, your right.. these discs are from non-copyrighted  
material ... also, for some reason, the .dmg's that I've stored on my  
hard drive months ago that used to "launch" dvd player don't want to  
do it now? make sense?


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Re: DVD/CD master?

[MacGuy]

On May 26, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

> You'll also need to be sure that if the video
> format is correct (mpg2) that DVD Player is the default application.


If the original DVD plays in "DVD player" , when I make the disk image  
from it, it should already be mpeg2 right?

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Re: DVD/CD master?

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 3:05 PM, MacGuy wrote:

> for some reason, the .dmg's that I've stored on my
> hard drive months ago that used to "launch" dvd player don't want to
> do it now?

Can you manually play them in DVD Player by using DVD Player's Open  
DVD Media... command under the File menu? If not, do they play in VLC?  
If they won't play in VLC, they're likely not playable for some reason.


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Re: DVD/CD master?

[MacGuy]

On May 26, 2009, at 1:12 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

> Can you manually play them in DVD Player by using DVD Player's Open
> DVD Media... command under the File menu? If not, do they play in VLC?
> If they won't play in VLC, they're likely not playable for some  
> reason.
>

Yes, they play fine if I do as you've stated above. Both in VLC and  
DVD player.

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Re: DVD/CD master?

[joe]

On May 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, MacGuy wrote:

>
> I just made several "what I thought" were bootable dvd .dmg's in disk
> utility and for some reason they won't launch dvd player? I  set the
> image format to: "DVD/CD master" and they all simply mount to the
> desktop, but dvd player does not automatically come up? what did I do
> wrong? I also tried it with a new tiger test volume, and no dice...
> strange. Jeff

It sounds like you made a data DVD with a copy of a dmg file on it.

You want to make a movie DVD with the VIDEO_TS folder--that is if you  
want something that will play by DVD Player.

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Re: DVD/CD master?

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 3:10 PM, MacGuy wrote:

> If the original DVD plays in "DVD player" , when I make the disk image
> from it, it should already be mpeg2 right?

You may have made a DVD of the ".dmg file" instead of burning the  
image of the .dmg onto a DVD. To burn an image file, you'll need to  
drag the .dmg into the left column of Disk Utility under the HD icons,  
then highlight the .dmg icon and press the "Burn" button in the upper  
left corner.

I suspect your DVD's have a data file of the disk image on them? I  
also made this mistake the first time I tried to burn a DVD. I haven't  
done this again, mistakes are a quick teacher.


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Re: DVD/CD master?

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 26, 2009, at 1:05 PM, MacGuy wrote:

> On May 26, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
>
>> I think you're using mistaken terminology?
>
>
> You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge when it comes to terms
> Kris, yes, your right.. these discs are from non-copyrighted
> material ... also, for some reason, the .dmg's that I've stored on my
> hard drive months ago that used to "launch" dvd player don't want to
> do it now? make sense?

Yes, this means the issue is DVD PLayer not autolaunching, not that  
something's wrong with the disk image.

You can try deleting the DVD Player prefs. That might fix this. Or  
just select the disk after manually starting DVD player.

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Re: UPS's

[Al Poulin]

On May 25, 9:14 pm, diane  wrote:
> Based on the recent discussions on UPSes, what is the consensus on
> the APC ES series?
>
> They really don't seem bad for the VAs and number of outlets, unless
> there is something else I am missing?

I like having the automatic voltage regulation (AVR) capability which
I have in my 1998 and 1999 model APC Back-UPS Pro units.  This series
is no longer in production.  Quoting the description of the LS and the
RS series:  "AVR instantly adjusts both low and high voltages to safe
levels, so you can work indefinitely during brownouts and overvoltage
situations,"  I believe this feature is important in areas of the
country where we have already seen massive brown outs in years past.
However, I have seen statements indicating that today's computers are
quite tolerant of low voltage, brownout conditions.

And the LS and RS series carry the same RBC2 battery that my units
have.  I have replaced the battery in each box once, but there are
signs that the oldest battery (6 1/2 years) needs replacement soon.
It looks like the ES series does not have the space required for the
RBC2 battery.

Perhaps Bruce can tell us what APC models he uses for his systems.

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Re: UPS's

[diane]

At 2:33 PM -0700 5/26/09, Al Poulin wrote:
>On May 25, 9:14 pm, diane  wrote:
>>  Based on the recent discussions on UPSes, what is the consensus on
>>  the APC ES series?
>>
>>  They really don't seem bad for the VAs and number of outlets, unless
>>  there is something else I am missing?
>
>I like having the automatic voltage regulation (AVR) capability which
>I have in my 1998 and 1999 model APC Back-UPS Pro units.  This series
>is no longer in production.  Quoting the description of the LS and the
>RS series:  "AVR instantly adjusts both low and high voltages to safe
>levels, so you can work indefinitely during brownouts and overvoltage
>situations,"  I believe this feature is important in areas of the
>country where we have already seen massive brown outs in years past.
>However, I have seen statements indicating that today's computers are
>quite tolerant of low voltage, brownout conditions.


I liked the LS but it only has 7 outlets total. Maybe I just need to 
re-evaluate what I need to plug in to it. I was trying to "do it all" 
with one unit.

The ES has 10 outlets for even less than the LS (but not the brownout feature).

I have two old Smart-UPS but they don't even turn on anymore, and the 
trade in requires me to get a huge replacement. I can trade in my 
also-dead original Back-UPS Office for something a bit smaller.

I know about the printer not going into them. I am thinking of 
getting just a good surge strip for the other side of the room with 
the lasers, the ink jet should be able to go into the non-battery 
side of the UPS?

Thanks,

Diane

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Re: UPS's

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 26, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

>
> Perhaps Bruce can tell us what APC models he uses for his systems.

servers, phone closet switches and similar equipment have rackmounted  
or standalone SmartUPS units, clients have been getting BackUPS units.


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Re: UPS's

[Bruce Johnson]

On May 26, 2009, at 2:49 PM, diane wrote:

>
> I liked the LS but it only has 7 outlets total. Maybe I just need to
> re-evaluate what I need to plug in to it. I was trying to "do it all"
> with one unit.
>
> The ES has 10 outlets for even less than the LS (but not the  
> brownout feature).

Heck, if you need more outlets, just plug a power strip into the UPS.  
So long as you don't exceed the rating of the unit, the number of  
items plugged in is irrelevant. APC cautions against this because of  
the temptation toplug every damn thing in, but with modern Mac  
systems, after the CPU, everythign else is relatively inconsequential.

(like my computer, monitor, and assorted power bricks for external  
drives, USB hubs, Firewire Hubs, and in the case of my home system the  
cordless phone) all plug in to power strips connected to the battery  
side.

My old Backups 500 at home will run my phone for a doay or so, I bet,  
if I unplugged everything else.

It certainly held up fine for seceral hours during our last power  
failure.

(big storm hit town, and a whole bunch of major utility poles went  
down. During this, the breaker blew on the transformer feeding us and  
about 5 neighbors. We were way low on the list that night.)

In the office I have a BackUPS RS 900 connected to my iMac, external  
19" monitor, along with three or four power bricks for ancillary  
equipment. It will run the whole shebang for about 20-30 minutes. Long  
enough for me to fire up remote desktop to shut down the servers amid  
the cacophony of beeping (When the power goes out in our office, we  
know it!)

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Re: My 750GB Seagate Disappeared ...

[insightinmind]

On May 26, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

>
> On May 26, 2009, at 11:46 AM, insightinmind wrote:
>
>> My problem was not a firmware issue on the Seagate 750GB. The 750GBs
>> don't fall into that firmware faulty 1TB+ series, AFAIK.
>
> This firmware issue wasn't limited to 1TB+ drives. I've got two 500GB
> included in the problems that I've still never updated because the
> update may be destructive and so far I've experienced no issues. I
> notice 5 models of 750GB drives in this list. Here is the complete
> list of models covered:


Thanks, Kris.

Turns out mine are PATA drives from the 7200.10 series. A 750GB  
(ST3750640A) (and a 500GB (ST3500630A)). I don't think either are in  
the defective firmware lineup.

I'm no longer experiencing issues on my QS since returning to 10.5.6.  
I believe it started because of a my overzealous upgrading to 10.5.7,  
experimenting with a flaky adaptec USB2/FW card, and trying to use  
CCC 3.2.1 over my Network. The combination created a bad partition  
directory on my 750GB.

After correcting that, removing the adaptec card, and returning to  
10.5.6 ... all is well.

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Re: DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

[Kyle Hansen]

On 5/26/09 12:58 PM, "Kris Tilford"  Broadcast into the
ether:

> 
> On May 26, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> 
>> It could just be a bug in DiskWarrior...
> 
> If you use an older version of DiskWarrior on a newer OS version
> you'll get error messages. As I recall, for Tiger 10.4.11 you needed
> at least DiskWarrior 3.0.3 rev.39 (the final v.3 series update) or
> newer. Version 3 was PPC Macs only, all Intel Macs require v.4 for
> Tiger 10.4.11. The current is v.4.1.1.

As an active field tech what Kris is saying is the truth.  Running an older
version of Diskwarrior can even hose a computer.  So go to alsoft.com and
make sure you have the proper version for the machine and OS that you are
running.


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Re: Another "swapping app" question

[Lawrence David Eden]

If I remember correctly, you can get your browser to open any 
application you choose by holding down the OPTION key while clicking 
on "mailto:";




>The previous question on this topic caused mr to remember a problem I
>am having.
>I use Entourage as my email application.  However, whenever I click on
>a "mailto:"; link on a website, "mail.app" opens instead of Entourage.
>I searched the previously mentioned plist
>(com.apple.LaunchServices.plist) in my user account, and found no
>reference to "mail.app".
>Is there another "global" plist file that I should be looking for to
>correct this problem?  Or is this setting controlled somewhere else?
>
>Joe Getchel
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Re: DiskWarrior will not run after Applejack ran.

[tonycd]

I have 10.4.11 on a Power Mac. I had Disk Warrior 3, and they'll let
you upgrade online to 3.0.3 in a way that lets you burn a physical
disk for your own use. (I don't remember whether it's cheap or free.
If I had to guess, probably the former.)

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Re: UPS's

[diane]

At 3:01 PM -0700 5/26/09, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>Heck, if you need more outlets, just plug a power strip into the UPS. 
>So long as you don't exceed the rating of the unit, the number of 
>items plugged in is irrelevant. APC cautions against this because of 
>the temptation toplug every damn thing in, but with modern Mac 
>systems, after the CPU, everythign else is relatively inconsequential.

Come on! I never would have considered that. The old don't plug a 
strip into a strip rule. That may work then, the extras are things 
like the brick for the iPod, phone charger, little things like that.

You may just have solved my problem and let me get the better UPS  :)

Thanks!

Diane

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New to Mac - Mac Diagnostics Tool

[Jeff Smith]

Hello,
I am relativley new to the mac world.  I have a used G4 MDD running
10.4.11.  I was wondering if there are any diagnostic tools that a free that
can check out the system to make sure everything is working properly.  I
mean I don't currently have anything to complain about or reason to think
there is an issue, but being that its used I thought I would run a 'scan' if
I could.

I did have a couple freezes when I was trying to format an additional old
HDD that I installed (never did get that drive to format properly - had the
loud clicking sound of death - I assume its on its way out).  But once I
removed the bad HDD it seemed to be ok, thus far.

Thanks

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Re: New to Mac - Mac Diagnostics Tool

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:

> I was wondering if there are any diagnostic tools that are free that  
> can check out the system to make sure everything is working properly?




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Re: New to Mac - Mac Diagnostics Tool

[Mac G4]

Thanks Kris...
2 follow up questions.

a) is there something similar for the OS as opposed to the hardware?


b) I ran the AHT...but unsuccessfully.  When I booted to the disk as
instructed (nothing but my monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to
the keyboard was plugged in) I received a screen that said :

'Invalid memory access at &SRR0: 00034870 &SRR1: 3030
type shut-down to turn off or mac-boot to boot computer'

I typed mac-boot thinking it was just a minor issue, then received a
similar screen:

'Invalid memory access at &SRR0: 056106dc  &SRR1: 3030'  This time
it had no further instructions.  So i typed mac-boot again.

>From there I am in what seems like an infinite loop.  The screen has a
flashing folder alternating a question mark and  the 'mac faces' on
it.  I can hear the CD spin up ever few seconds (seems to be an equal
amount of time between spin ups).


any ideas??

Thanks!

On May 26, 10:20 pm, Kris Tilford  wrote:
> On May 26, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if there are any diagnostic tools that are free that  
> > can check out the system to make sure everything is working properly?
>
> 

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Re: New to Mac - Mac Diagnostics Tool

[Kris Tilford]

On May 26, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Mac G4 wrote:

> Thanks Kris...
> 2 follow up questions.
>
> a) is there something similar for the OS as opposed to the hardware?

No. The best you can do with a previously installed OS is to reinstall  
the latest Combo Update which will refresh any corruption that exists  
in any file that has been updated. The only other solution to OS  
Software issues is to do a clean installation, or an archive  
reinstallation. These days, the need for a reinstallation are rare, OS  
X is very stable for the most part, and if a reinstallation of the  
latest Combo Update can't solve your problems, it's likely you need a  
clean installation in my opinion. I think HD failure is more likely  
than an OS X fatal issue.

> b) I ran the AHT...but unsuccessfully.  When I booted to the disk as
> instructed (nothing but my monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to
> the keyboard was plugged in) I received a screen that said :
>
> 'Invalid memory access at &SRR0: 00034870 &SRR1: 3030
> type shut-down to turn off or mac-boot to boot computer'
>
> I typed mac-boot thinking it was just a minor issue, then received a
> similar screen:
>
> 'Invalid memory access at &SRR0: 056106dc  &SRR1: 3030'  This time
> it had no further instructions.  So i typed mac-boot again.
>
> From there I am in what seems like an infinite loop.  The screen has a
> flashing folder alternating a question mark and  the 'mac faces' on
> it.  I can hear the CD spin up ever few seconds (seems to be an equal
> amount of time between spin ups).
>
> any ideas??

I've seen this once before, but it was long ago, and I can't remember  
the exact problem or solution. It would seem to indicate a RAM issue,  
but I think I remember this wasn't the real problem, perhaps it's a  
bad burn? You burned the unmounted .dmg using Disk Utility by dragging  
the icon into the left column beneath the HD icons, then highlighted  
the .dmg and pressed the burn button in the upper left?

If you think it's a RAM problem, the utility AppleJack is bundled with  
MemTest. AppleJack and Memtest run in Single User Mode boot, and are  
good. I'd suggest running MemTest.

Bad RAM is the great impersonator, it appears as almost anything, so  
verifying the RAM is good is a really good first step in  
troubleshooting a problematic Mac.


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Re: iMac G3 500 or G4 Powermac 400?

[Jim G]

On May 23, 9:32 am, Paul  wrote:
> On May 22, 10:40 am, Jim G  wrote:
>
> > I have a G4/400 Sawtooth (AGP Graphics) and it runs OSX 10.4.9 fine.
>
> Is there a reason not to go to 10.4.11, or is it just that you haven't
> done it yet?

Sorry, I meant 10.4.11!

-Jim G


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Re: [G3-5]Another "swapping app" question

[MaGioZal]

On 5/26/09 11:03 AM, Joseph Getchel at  wrote:

> I use Entourage as my email application.  However, whenever I click on
> a "mailto:"; link on a website, "mail.app" opens instead of Entourage.
> I searched the previously mentioned plist

Well, there is a simple way: go to the "Preferences" from Entourage and set
it as the default e-mail application.
 




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