Help!
Well, my iMac (2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 3Gb ram, 10.6) crashed last night, and when I went to boot it this morning, it starts to boot, gets to the grey Apple, then displays the NOT sign. I know this is a system problem, but nothing I've done has helped. Disk utility (Repair permissions, repair disk) and DiskWarrior made no difference. So my question now is, what will the Snow Leopard installer do?? If I was running 10.4 or 10.5, I'd just do an archive and install, with preserve user settings. But the 10.6 installer doesn't have those options... I really don't want to wipe all my info, is there some way to know what kind of install it's going to perform? It sure looks like it's going to install the system fresh... (I do have a Time capsule backup drive, so my info is safe... I hope...) Thanks everyone. -Elliott -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Help!
On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Cyrus Griffin wrote: So my question now is, what will the Snow Leopard installer do?? If I was running 10.4 or 10.5, I'd just do an archive and install, with preserve user settings. But the 10.6 installer doesn't have those options... I really don't want to wipe all my info, is there some way to know what kind of install it's going to perform? The default install is now an AR. Apple has gotten rid of the 'Upgrade' option, and is more selective about things it saves it the 'Previous Systems' folder, and IIRC, (I don't have an upgraded system handy to check) calls it something else now. However I've done the install on several systems now and users here have done quite a few more and no one's had any issues with lost data or anything. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
At 11:49 AM -0600 12/10/2009, Christian Wacker wrote: I have access to 4 copies of the 10.4.x betas (2 10.4 ones and 2 10.4.3, i'm assuming one build is intel, one is PPC) Is it a good idea to run these on my iMac? I am also wondering if these would run, seeing as my iMac is the baseline G3 (350mhz) Any suggestions\ideas (and a tip on how to identify which is Intel and which is PPC, so that I don't spend 2.5gb of bandwith on the wrong one.) Don't pirate OS X. Buy a real kit. There are often some on LEM Swap. Tiger will run fine on that iMac, btw. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: What's the point of running a beta when the real version is released? It's neat to see how software progresses. I have 120gb of Windows betas and applications of the sort, and I find it interesting to see an OS evolve from one stage to the next It probably won't be that different, and probably a lot more glitchy. It probably can't be much worse than it already is =P Yeah, it'll run pretty well, considering. It also depends on how much RAM you have, the more the better. (10.4 will run on 92Mb, but NOT well at all... 128 is the minimum for decent performance.) So 512 will work well? -Christian -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
I agree, but I wouldn't think it would be that different. Like the OSX beta had the apple in the middle of the bar... That would be cool to run. But 10.4 betas can't be much different from the released version, there isn't even that much of a difference between 10.3 and 10.4. 10.4 is actually very stable; even on older and unsupported Macs. I rarely had/have any issues with it. Especially 10.4.11. 512 should work very well. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Dec 10, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: What's the point of running a beta when the real version is released? It's neat to see how software progresses. I have 120gb of Windows betas and applications of the sort, and I find it interesting to see an OS evolve from one stage to the next It probably won't be that different, and probably a lot more glitchy. It probably can't be much worse than it already is =P Yeah, it'll run pretty well, considering. It also depends on how much RAM you have, the more the better. (10.4 will run on 92Mb, but NOT well at all... 128 is the minimum for decent performance.) So 512 will work well? -Christian -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
I can see a simple solution to getting past the decomissioning (My iMac has a bad CMOS battery, so it won't see the time) as long as it isn't connected to the internet, it should load up properly. i'll check with my 'supplier who gave me the public beta along with 4 developer previews, to see if he's ever gotten them running. I might be able to get it booting properly on my tray loader, and run from there. (i'll let you know what I find out about them.) On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: I have no idea. The earliest OSX I've ever run is just 10.0. and 10.1. In my understanding, the beta was decommissioned, so it wouldn't work anymore... Maybe that's just the public beta. And yes, I'm pretty sure you need to update the firmware to run OSX. And, it's just a good idea in general to have everything up-to date. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Dec 10, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: I would try it on the spare one, because you might encounter problems, and 10.0 isn't really usable for anything nowadays. Anything special I would have to do to make the 10.0 betas boot on a G3 tray loader (that you know of)? Do I need a firmware update for it? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
I found there's a big difference between Panther and Tiger... or do you mean in the beta versions of each. Aside from that why not get Tiger full version off ebay... why screw around with betas; or maybe that's the point here? Elliott Price wrote: I agree, but I wouldn't think it would be that different. Like the OSX beta had the apple in the middle of the bar... That would be cool to run. But 10.4 betas can't be much different from the released version, there isn't even that much of a difference between 10.3 and 10.4. 10.4 is actually very stable; even on older and unsupported Macs. I rarely had/have any issues with it. Especially 10.4.11. 512 should work very well. -Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Dec 10, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: What's the point of running a beta when the real version is released? It's neat to see how software progresses. I have 120gb of Windows betas and applications of the sort, and I find it interesting to see an OS evolve from one stage to the next It probably won't be that different, and probably a lot more glitchy. It probably can't be much worse than it already is =P Yeah, it'll run pretty well, considering. It also depends on how much RAM you have, the more the better. (10.4 will run on 92Mb, but NOT well at all... 128 is the minimum for decent performance.) So 512 will work well? -Christian -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Running a Tiger Beta on my G3?
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Bill Chapman pagew...@interlog.com wrote: I found there's a big difference between Panther and Tiger... or do you mean in the beta versions of each. Aside from that why not get Tiger full version off ebay... why screw around with betas; or maybe that's the point here? The point is to mess with the beta releases. I am curious to see it evolve. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
