Re: External Drive

[Bill Chapman]

Yeah, I've heard good things about newegg.. I'll definitely check them out




Ashgrove wrote:

On Jun 3, 6:31 pm, Kathy K  wrote:
  
I will check out otherworldcomputing too. I still need to purchase  
ram.



You can also check Newegg and some --not all-- vendors on eBay.
1-800-4-MEMORY is a good one. While always reliable, OWC tends to be a
little on the pricier side.

Felix

  


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Re: External Drive

[Ashgrove]

On Jun 3, 6:31 pm, Kathy K  wrote:
> I will check out otherworldcomputing too. I still need to purchase  
> ram.

You can also check Newegg and some --not all-- vendors on eBay.
1-800-4-MEMORY is a good one. While always reliable, OWC tends to be a
little on the pricier side.

Felix

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Re: External Drive

[Bill Chapman]

Yeah, go to http://8.quark.com/, you can download a free trial. You can 
upgrade from your earlier version of Quark. Take a look at what they can 
do re Flash... a lot of great info links on their site. The thing about 
InDesign is that their conversion to web layout from any given page 
layout is pretty much limited to simple 'brochure' type layouts, 
according to reviews, while Quark 8 has tons of interactivity functions.

http://8.quark.com/design_across_media.html

Check out how you can integrate with PS and other adobe apps
http://8.quark.com/cs_integration/

Don't forget, you can get Q8 several hundred dollars cheaper when you 
upgrade from an earlier version (assuming you paid for it haha)


Earlier you said "...because I know that I won't get around to backing 
things up on CDs and DVDs."
I have an external OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro hard drive, 1Tb... I just 
drag-drop files I'm working on to it at least 2-3 times a day. No 
sweat. You just have to kind of scare yourself and get into the habit of 
backing up. About 3-4 months ago my G4 QuickSilver hd died on me... but, 
all I lost was a ton of emails, since I've been backing up my stuff all 
along, since 1996... I have over 200 CDs and DVDs with all my graphic 
work done over the years... all of that is also on my external hard 
drive, making it a snap to find any file really quickly, a real time 
saver compared to rifling through a ton of CDs.


I also have a network of macs available since I have deadlines and can't 
afford to have a mac die... the day the G4 died, I promptly went out and 
got a G5 tower second hand and it's been great, really powerful. So, I 
didn't miss a beat... I was busy designing a 40-page web site and have 
that all backed up incIuding on my G4 Titanium Powerbook, ready to step 
in at any time.


I buy all my macs (12 and counting) second hand and never throw any out. 
Those legacy macs can be really useful... my Wacom tablet, printer and 
scanner are unusable in OS X but I have an old mac on my network which 
runs then on Mac OS 8.6




Kathy K wrote:
I might have to look at that—but I haven't used Quark much in the last 
year. In fact, I just did some work in Quark from existing files and 
could hardly remember any shortcuts or anything.



On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:

FYI Quark 8 is a way different re interface than earlier versions... 
it mimics adobe modern interfaces, is very appealing. And it is far 
superior to InDesign re building Flash output; can do most of what 
Flash itself does right inside Quark... great if you're more of a 
print designer than web designer, since you won't have to learn Flash 
itself





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iMac G5 Cap Replacement Follow Up - I2C errors in ASD 2.5.2

[Jason Trunzo]

Hey guys, a couple of months ago I looked here for some help with replacing the 
bad caps on my iMac g5 1.8Ghz 20'
Well I did it!
It starts up.  It seems to be working.
I ran Apple Service Diagnostic 2.5.2 on it WITHOUT an internal HD and I am 
getting 2 errors.
The first is on the I2C - Register test.  It simply says it failed.
The second is on the temp sensor on the HD - also failed, but I suspect that is 
because there is no HD
I couldn't find any info in this particular area on apples support service site 
or any of the service manuals.
Anybody know what these errors mean?  Is it possible I am getting the I2C error 
because there is no drive on the bus?
Don't want to buy a new drive for this mac unless I am reasonably sure that I 
will be able to use it.

Thanks so much!
Jason T
St. Petersburg, FL





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Re: External Drive

[Kathy K]

I might have to look at that—but I haven't used Quark much in the  
last year. In fact, I just did some work in Quark from existing files  
and could hardly remember any shortcuts or anything.



On Jun 3, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:

FYI Quark 8 is a way different re interface than earlier  
versions... it mimics adobe modern interfaces, is very appealing.  
And it is far superior to InDesign re building Flash output; can do  
most of what Flash itself does right inside Quark... great if  
you're more of a print designer than web designer, since you won't  
have to learn Flash itself


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Re: External Drive

[Kathy K]

If I'd clued in that .11 was greater than .8, then indeed I would  
have realized I had the minimum OS required. But I don't have an IT  
brain, and never tried to determine what it was that confused me  
about the whole upgrade point system. Rather, I am more frequently  
found helping one of my kids with math homework, where in their  
world .11 is less than .8 — at least decimals I know. Bruce's  
explanation was great—I'll remember how that works now.


I just bought Snow Leopard today, so once I get everything backed up,  
that's what I'll be going to. Also purchased an external drive. I  
know Glenn said he didn't like Seagate, but Seagate has been fine in  
the past for me. I do have an old Seagate external drive still  
trucking over here, just not big enough anymore. Anyway, I was happy  
to find the 1TB Seagate FreeAgent for Mac drive for $99 on the shelf  
at my local BestBuy.


I will check out otherworldcomputing too. I still need to purchase  
ram. I'm interested in Time Machine, because I know that I won't get  
around to backing things up on CDs and DVDs. One can always hope  
though. Maybe after I do my taxes...


On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:

You should be getting CS5 adobe stuff. Forget Tiger (10.4 and  
Leopard (10.5)... switch to Snow Leopard 10.6) pronto. But make  
sure your old adobe stuff will run on Snow Leopard (just google  
'cs3 snow leopard' for example)


Go to http://www.otherworldcomputing.com/
You can get all manner of Mac stuff at decent prices there. I  
bought memory, an external hard drive and an external burner.


You said: "specs that 10.4.8 is the minimum OS needed."
The higher the number, the most recent the software is... kinds  
makes sense, right? So if you have something higher, like 10.4.11,  
that'll work. In other words 'minimum' really means 'equal to or  
greater than'


Re backing up, I use CDs, DVDs and an external hd... I can't be  
bothered with Time Machine, I do it all manually. I back up  
important stuff every day to the external HD, and then burn to CD/ 
DVD every couple of weeks (you should back up to more than one form  
of media since you never know when any given hard drive is going to  
die. Also have duplicate back-ups in more than one location... in  
some other residence I mean



Kathy K wrote:
I'm trying to do my homework before making a purchase, and I'm  
just ending up befuddled, and wondering if some kind folks on this  
list can clear things up for me.


I am running 10.4.11
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB Memory
Hard Drive Capacity: 232.57 GB, Available: 116.82 GB

I use this computer for graphic design/illustration, family  
photos, and internet-based games (social facebook kind of games).


I would like to get an external drive to back up all my graphics  
work and photos. I've been looking at the Seagate FreeAgent drives  
(1TB-2TB) but I'm seeing in the specs that 10.4.8 is the minimum  
OS needed. Is this just for the purpose of using TimeMachine? Or  
do I need 10.4.8 just to dump files on the drive?


Also, it seems any external drive will work with a Mac, it's just  
a matter of reformatting if it's a PC drive—correct? But do I  
really have to by a Mac drive to make use of TimeMachine? Will  
TimeMachine not recognize other Mac-formatted drives?


I was mainly looking at Seagate because of the 5yr warranty,  
decent reviews, and Mac compatibility. What other drives should I  
consider?


I would like to upgrade to 10.5 Leopard and perhaps later 10.6  
Snow Leopard. Couldn't I get one of these drives now, manually  
back up files to it by drag/drop, then upgrade to 10.5 and begin  
using TimeMachine then? Because a lot of my stuff is not backed up  
anywhere, I do want to back everything up before doing an OS upgrade.


Along with the OS upgrade, I'd also like to add 2 GB Memory, as  
this computer can be pretty sluggish. I currently have 1 GB in  
each of the two banks—so that means buying 2 new 2 GBs to replace  
the 2 1 GB.


I have also considered upgrading the external drive (faster and  
larger) but don't know what to do there.


I don't have loads of $ to spend, and also need to know that my  
graphics software is going to be compatible with the OS upgrade.  
(Adobe CS3, and InDesign CS2, Quark 7, Freehand MXa—yes, the suite  
needs upgrading and yes I'm still attached to Freehand.)


If you've read all the way through—I thank you. If you're  
considering a reply—I thank you doubly!


Kathy K







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Re: External Drive

[Bill Chapman]

FYI Quark 8 is a way different re interface than earlier versions... it 
mimics adobe modern interfaces, is very appealing. And it is far 
superior to InDesign re building Flash output; can do most of what Flash 
itself does right inside Quark... great if you're more of a print 
designer than web designer, since you won't have to learn Flash itself




Kathy K wrote:
It looks like Freehand might be OK—there is an updater that is 
supposed to remedy how Freehand starts up.
Quark, though it's unfortunate that I've spent $ on this software, I'd 
just as soon let it go. I really don't like Quark. Future clients will 
just have to deal with that. ;-) If I end up with an issue with CS2, 
then maybe I can get by with just an InDesign upgrade for now until I 
can upgrade the whole suite. ($799 to upgrade to CS5 from CS3.)


On Jun 1, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Run Vzel wrote:

Kathy K mailto:k...@spotart.net>> May 31 12:09PM -0700 
wrote:


>> I don't have loads of $ to spend, and also need to know that my  
>> graphics software is going to be compatible with the OS upgrade.  
>> (Adobe CS3, and InDesign CS2, Quark 7, Freehand MXa—yes, the suite  
>> needs upgrading and yes I'm still attached to Freehand.)


CS3 will be alright in 10.5, CS2 will break, Quark 7—don’t know, 
Freehand—don’t know.



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Re: External Drive

[Kathy K]

It looks like Freehand might be OK—there is an updater that is  
supposed to remedy how Freehand starts up.
Quark, though it's unfortunate that I've spent $ on this software,  
I'd just as soon let it go. I really don't like Quark. Future clients  
will just have to deal with that. ;-) If I end up with an issue with  
CS2, then maybe I can get by with just an InDesign upgrade for now  
until I can upgrade the whole suite. ($799 to upgrade to CS5 from CS3.)


On Jun 1, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Run Vzel wrote:


Kathy K  May 31 12:09PM -0700 wrote:

>> I don't have loads of $ to spend, and also need to know that my
>> graphics software is going to be compatible with the OS upgrade.
>> (Adobe CS3, and InDesign CS2, Quark 7, Freehand MXa—yes, the suite
>> needs upgrading and yes I'm still attached to Freehand.)

CS3 will be alright in 10.5, CS2 will break, Quark 7—don’t know,  
Freehand—don’t know.



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Re: Where to get capacitors (For G5 iMac)

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On Jun 1, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Elliott Price wrote:

> Well, I posted a while ago about the G5 iMac I have with bad capacitors. The 
> five that were bad were the only 5 that were different, the 1000uf/16v ones. 
> Now, I would like to find out where to get five capacitors like this, and not 
> a whole set of iMac replacements.

Mouser Electronics  Call or email 'em they've got decent 
customer service.


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Where to get capacitors (For G5 iMac)

[Elliott Price]

Well, I posted a while ago about the G5 iMac I have with bad capacitors. The 
five that were bad were the only 5 that were different, the 1000uf/16v ones. 
Now, I would like to find out where to get five capacitors like this, and not a 
whole set of iMac replacements. I've looked around online, and done a lot of 
googling, but there's just so many different components, and suppliers, none of 
which really specify all the information that I need. (Are they motherboard 
quality, low ESR, high temp, etc.) None of the local stores have anything in 
the right specs, in the right size. If someone could point me in the right 
direction, or a good online supplier, that would be great. Thanks,


-Elliott Price

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External Drive

[Run Vzel]

Kathy K  May 31 12:09PM -0700 wrote:

>> I don't have loads of $ to spend, and also need to know that my
>> graphics software is going to be compatible with the OS upgrade.
>> (Adobe CS3, and InDesign CS2, Quark 7, Freehand MXa‹yes, the suite
>> needs upgrading and yes I'm still attached to Freehand.)

CS3 will be alright in 10.5, CS2 will break, Quark 7‹don¹t know,
Freehand‹don¹t know.


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