OS X on iMac G3 (Re: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions)
On Sep 8, 2010, at 3:01 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: Excuse me for dropping into this discussion. In general, please start a new thread for a new question (e.g. by using New Message in Apple Mail) instead of replying. I have a iMac G3 that has OS 9.2.2 installed by the guy that sold this blue bean. It is my understanding that i can install OS X on top, right ? OS X 10.3 Panther, sure. Maybe 10.4 Tiger. Definitely not 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard. However, the said iMac G3's optical drive can only read CD's not DVD's. It rudely spits out the DVD with no explanation. How rude is that? It beats crashing. Don't try plugging in a modern iPod. And also the iMac G3 hard drive is only 10 GB. Don't bother. What kind of hardware you need depends of course on what you intend to do with it, but even so, what you have is really not suitable for running OS X in any scenario. What now ? Run OS 9 or get a newer machine? For OS X, I suggest getting a Mac with at least an Intel processor. Beyond this it would help to know what you're seeking to do with it. Josh -- 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: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions
Headless means the computer has no monitor. (Usually this is done with servers, and they're controlled through screen sharing.) And that's not true; PPC Macs will not (officially) boot from USB devices. Later G4's and G5's can be made to if you go through a lot of hard steps setting up the USB drive, but I have never gotten that to work. Any Mac with USB 1.0 shouldn't start from USB because it's just too slow; it takes so long to boot, it just never comes up. (I know from experience! Tried to boot a G3 iMac from a USB DVD drive, and it just sat at the grey Apple screen for hours.) FireWire DVD burner, or Target Disk Mode are the best ways to get around the fact that they don't have DVD drives. (Or borrow a DVD drive from an iBook, Powerbook G4, etc. They're compatible with the slot-loaders AND the tray loaders. You just have to switch connector boards on the back) -Elliott Any PPC that is not HEADLESS and has a keyboard attached will startup from any drive as long as it has a valid operating system installed. What does that mean? I've never heard that term in the 26 years I've had computers. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney -- 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
g4 i mac with the round pod at the bottom
Dennis not sure what you mean have a swivel g4 i mac with the round pod at the bottom, I cant connect my spare plasma screen and the swivel one has gone blank 2 days ago but the computer seems to be running ie fan on and can eject disks etc sincerely malvin -- 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
old G4 imac black screen
I have an old G4 i mac with lcd built in swivel screen when I try to conect another screen through the video prt to another flat screen it does not work in the last 2 days the macs screen is black and the mac starts up but balck screen now I need the additional screen even more anybody know about this and can help -- 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
Document trouble.
Hello, A very strange text problem now haunts my machine, which even though others and me try applying logic to such remains a pain. Here's my problem, I have several pdfs that my former publisher supplied to me after my system crashed and I am trying to put the text in word format so that I can edit the manuscripts. However, no matter what I and others try we can't get word to function in the way that the manuscripts can be edited. I have both adobe acrobat pro and microsoft office work with but nothing works in regards being able to edit the converted text document from pdf to doc. Anyone know what the eff? -- 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: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions
On Sep 11, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: On 11/09/10 02:12PDT, gifutiger wrote: Any PPC that is not HEADLESS and has a keyboard attached will startup from any drive as long as it has a valid operating system installed. What does that mean? I've never heard that term in the 26 years I've had computers. 'Headless' means not having a display. Josh -- 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: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions
You stand corrected. The later series of G3 iMacs (Summer 2001 and later) have a VGA port on the back side that have the ability of mirroring the display. In the event the main display ceases to function, the VGA port can be used, and this will case a Headless iMac. Earlier G3 iMacs do not have this ability and therefore cannot be fixed once this happens unless you modify the connector wires, or unless you have a DB-15 to VGA adapter for the bondi blue iMacs and imacs with a corresponding design. Basically any one with the VGA port on the back or the tray loading G3 imacs can be Headless. -- 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: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions
gifutiger wrote: Sorry, an iMac can not be headless. Given the design of the eMac, G3, G5, and Intel iMacs there is some truth to this statement, although you could take the MB out of one of the above mentioned machines and make what is technically a headless 'iMac' out of it. But the G4 iMac most certainly can me modded to run without a 'head' without removing the MB from the case, unfortunately MacTech bought MacMod.com and I can't find the how to. The one caveat to either method is that you need to buy or build something to fool the MB into thinking that there is a monitor attached. Dr. Bott used to sell one, or they can be made fairly easily and much cheaper. I did find a video of someone who turned their G4 iMac into a headless jukebox that he access' with his iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7XCRIza9II Tina -- 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: How Goes SiteSucker?
I really like SiteSucker. It is really fast...and you can set it to just get what you want and go only so deep. I am a teacher who has iffy internet at school sometimes, so SSucker is a life saver. I used the dmg. I use the same machine you do. Might be my imagination but it downloads way faster than my normal ftp connection does to sites I control! Could that be? Emma On Sep 8, 5:02 pm, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: In looking for tools to download websites including multiple pages, such as a main page with links to the site's contents, it seems that SiteSucker for Mac OS X is more in use than other tools.http://www.sitesucker.us/mac.html Any problems? Cautions? Alternatives for the job? Better to download the disk image or the ZIP Archive? Using OS X 10.6.4 on iMac 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Thanks, Al Poulin -- 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: old G4 imac black screen
On Sep 11, 2010, at 4:55 AM, malvin...@ymail.com wrote: I have an old G4 i mac with lcd built in swivel screen when I try to conect another screen through the video prt to another flat screen it does not work This is a strong indication that the video on the logic board has died. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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: Document trouble.
On Sep 10, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Alexander Blok wrote: I have both adobe acrobat pro and microsoft office work with but nothing works in regards being able to edit the converted text document from pdf to doc. Anyone know what the eff? Check the security properties of the PDF's if they were somehow set to no copying or editing allowed you're stuck. Also, check to see what kind of PDF it is...if it's from scanned documents, it's entirely possible that what you have is just a big collection of images of the pages, not the text. Word cannot edit PDF's, only Acrobat Pro; and in there you can't just click in it and start typing, you have to use the 'Text something something tool'...sorry, byut it's my office Mac that has adobe pro on it, and I cannot remember the exact wording of the menu item. PDFPen alleges that it's an easy PDF editor: http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/ -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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: Document trouble.
On Sep 10, 6:34 am, Alexander Blok alien...@home.nl wrote: Here's my problem, I have several pdfs that my former publisher supplied to me after my system crashed and I am trying to put the text in word format so that I can edit the manuscripts. However, no matter what I and others try we can't get word to function in the way that the manuscripts can be edited. I have both adobe acrobat pro and microsoft office work with but nothing works in regards being able to edit the converted text document from pdf to doc. Anyone know what the eff? This should work, assuming that the PDFs are truly text, and not rasterized images of text: (1) Open the PDF using Preview, then Select All and Copy (2) Paste into an empty Word document If you run into copy protection problems and do not have a password, older versions of Preview will often ignore this setting, and allow you to copy. Using Preview is better than using Reader or Acrobat because cut/ pasting from Acrobat will put every line into its own paragraph. This method will preserve some, but not all, formatting. Of particular concern is the fact that Word's styles are not saved when a document is distilled into PDF, so it follows that they cannot be restored when the PDF is reconverted. If you are dealing with rasterized images, your only hope is using Document OCR Text Recognition Recognize Text Using OCR... from within Acrobat Pro. -- 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: OS X on iMac G3
On 10-09-09 7:58 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: What now ? Run OS 9 or get a newer machine? For OS X, I suggest getting a Mac with at least an Intel processor. Beyond this it would help to know what you're seeking to do with it. Josh Actually i do have an iMac 2009 edition with a 3.06 GHz processor plus a plethera of 2007 and 2008 iMac's. OK, i admit it i love mac's. This iMac G3 is part of my legacy Mac collection. It is used to run legacy OS 9 midi/audio programs and midi/audio hardware that although were ported to OS X however those OS X midi/audio programs there were many features dropped and also getting the hardware to work in OS X is a challenge.. And then of course there are many midi/audio programs that never were ported to OS X and i still like to use them on occasion. Unfortunately I can't get this iMac G3 to burn from/to a FireWired burner and for me that's the mystery i would like to solve or at least confirm that it is not doable. I am in the process of getting a FireWire external hard drive and install Tiger or Leopard which as best as I understand it will allow me to run the FireWired burner and thereby copy/burn the files from the iMac G3's hard drive. Walter -- 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: g4 i mac with the round pod at the bottom
On 11/09/10 08:35PDT, malvin...@ymail.com wrote: have a swivel g4 i mac with the round pod at the bottom, I cant connect my spare plasma screen and the swivel one has gone blank 2 days ago but the computer seems to be running ie fan on and can eject disks etc The G4 iMac has a mini-VGA port on the back. Just get an appropriate adapter(s) to connect it to an external monitor. Forexample: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mini-VGA-VGA-Display-Adapter/dp/B68BSC -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- 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: OS X on iMac G3
On Sep 12, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote: This iMac G3 is part of my legacy Mac collection. It is used to run legacy OS 9 midi/audio programs and midi/audio hardware that although were ported to OS X however those OS X midi/audio programs there were many features dropped and also getting the hardware to work in OS X is a challenge.. And then of course there are many midi/audio programs that never were ported to OS X and i still like to use them on occasion. Unfortunately I can't get this iMac G3 to burn from/to a FireWired burner and for me that's the mystery i would like to solve or at least confirm that it is not doable. The range of supported FW and USB burners in OS 9 is vastly narrower than OS X. There's no such thing, IIRC as Patchburn for OS 9 and it wasn't until 10.4 and 10.5 that OSX supported the main stream burning hardware. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
