Re: Best independent Apple forum
On Oct 7, 5:29 am, Jonathan jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I signed up to Mac rumours. What a great place for sumbling upon information. But my god, what a bunch of zelots and time wasting trolls there are on there. I think it would be nieve of me to ask if there was another forum where people didn't troll about so much, treating their mac's like their own children. It sounds as though you are a candidate for a moderated forum. The only one I know of is at macintouch.com -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Robert MacLeay rmacl...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 7, 5:29 am, Jonathan jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I signed up to Mac rumours. What a great place for sumbling upon information. But my god, what a bunch of zelots and time wasting trolls there are on there. I think it would be nieve of me to ask if there was another forum where people didn't troll about so much, treating their mac's like their own children. It sounds as though you are a candidate for a moderated forum. The only one I know of is at macintouch.com _ A lot of ad links and little forum input ? Moderated it may be. Also pretty sleepy. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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: PowerMac g4 450 dual core
A while back on the G-Books forum, I believe, were some tips to get Youtube working on older G3 Powerbooks. I think some of those tips could work for you, too. There's a way to type in extra code to the navigation bar to force the video into a lower quality setting, and some other workarounds. Could be worth searching the Gbooks list archive for. -Elliott Any soup-up suggestions to get YouTube done? -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
Thanks guys, I will give the forum a look. I am just sick off the sheer number of pointless, snide comments on there. Mainly in this vein: User : I can't get x to work because... senior member : if you use it properly it WOULD work, dimbass newbie. Why?! Just why?! Sent from my iPhone -- 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: 250GB HDD inside an iMac G4
Looks like it shouldn't be a problem, providing you're running 10.2 or up. From LEM (http://lowendmac.com/macdan/05/1024.html): Big drives are supported under OS X 10.2 and later in iMac G4s, eMacs, 2001 Quicksilver G4s,* 2002 Quicksilvers, and all later desktop Macs. All Titanium PowerBook G4 models with DVI video and all 15 and 17 Aluminum PowerBooks support big drives. If, for some reason, it still doesn't work, you might consider getting an IDE to USB bridge, and using one of the newer Macs for formatting. These are fairly cheap, and very handy to have. -Elliott On Oct 6, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Midnight rider wrote: Hello everyone, I recently randomly found a 250GB IDE drive in my basement, and it works. I wanna know if i can put it in my iMac G4 without that 128GB limit. If i partition it with x2 125GB partitions, will it work? Also, I can't do that because I have no macs that are capable of using an HDD bigger than a 128GB IDE, unless it's a SATA, and that's where my G5 iMac and macbook pro come in. -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Jay Smith jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Thanks guys, I will give the forum a look. I am just sick off the sheer number of pointless, snide comments on there. Mainly in this vein: User : I can't get x to work because... senior member : if you use it properly it WOULD work, dimbass newbie. Why?! Just why?! Sent from my iPhone -- That's not a help forum it's an ego verification tool. LEM hasn't gotten that low for a while. But who can predict ? Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
At least the Mac forums don't usually have tl;dr (at least I would hope not). There is almost nothing I find more annoying than someone who has nothing to add to a well thought out conversation (and is in fact too lazy to even bother to find out what the conversation is) posting a response telling the rest of the world that they have nothing to do with the conversation. Even more aggravating is the fact that they use such a short abbreviation. The least they could do is take the time to write I don't feel like reading all that or thinking up anything helpful, but I'm lonely and I feel like adding a comment anyway will somehow make me more important. It's mostly things like that that keep me away from forums in general. Apart from the LEM lists and the comments sections of certain blogs, I don't bother with forums because there is so little real information and so much useless bickering. Steven On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Jay Smith wrote: I am just sick off the sheer number of pointless, snide comments on there. Mainly in this vein: User : I can't get x to work because... senior member : if you use it properly it WOULD work, dimbass newbie. Why?! Just why?! -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
It's so nice to see I am not alone. I would rant more, but it's 6:15 pm, and I want to get home. I want to give them a pei e of my mind, but there is no use in that -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
At 7:39 PM +0100 10/1/2010, Jay Smith wrote: There's just not the volume of info there, I have signed up to macroumours and it seems to be suitable, if a little too busy. If y'all are looking for general info/news, then subscribe to some rss feeds. If yer looking for technical support, then stick with LEM. We cover all Macs and have a wide variety of members - newbies to experts. WRT big forums... Be careful. Bigger is not better. Besides being web-based horribly slow and full of OT garbage, some general searching thru MacRumors forums today (to pick a victim) has certainly proven interesting. I found some decent advice on using certain apps. But when it comes to serious hardware and OS issues -- there's a lot of bad advice there (with noone correcting or disputing it) and very little that demonstrates expert knowledge of the OS guts, like we have here. I'd like to see the LEM lists re-organized a bit, and the archives moved around so that they're more easily searchable. But still, as-is, they work. And I think the information advice our members provide is of the highest quality... FWIW, - 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: i am locked out
Walter: Could you do a close up (Command-Shift-4) screen shot of the drive icons with the little locks in place and send it to me ?? Mike On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. Upon restarting after the update was completed both external FireWired drives came back on the desktop BUT both had a small lock in the lower left hand corner of the drives icons. Those two drives can not be opened because the message is that i don't have permission to see the contents. Command+I shows that i have Custom access. When I tried to change those settings they revert to Custom access. I ticked on the Ignore ownership on this volume but still locked out. I really need help because the alternative at this time is to erase and lose hours and hours of audio/video projects on one of the two drives. I have tried DiskWarrior 4.2, TechToolPro 5.x, Apple'sDiskUtility by repairing permissions, unplugged the fire wire cable and re-plugged the cable, powered off and back on. No luck at all. Is there any Utility or a terminal command to unlock those drives ? Suggestions/help required please. 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.comimaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- Warmest regards, Michael Shaw MaUsE President, www.mause.ca Editor, MaUsE DoubleClick ducati...@gmail.com 237 Huntingwood Drive Oshawa, ON L1J 7C6 Canada 905-576-2097 -- 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: i am locked out
On 2010/10/06 07:49, Walter Sheluk wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. I just experienced something very similar only it wasn't my external drives who's permissions got munged but my user folders - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Dropbox, etc… Strangely Get Info yielded either You can read write or You have custom permissions but no way to change them in the get info window, and the ones that were allegedly read write permissions would not let me actually write anything to the folder. The custom permissions message was my tip off. I googled 'remove acl leopard' or something to that effect (ACL= access control list) and removed all acl's via Terminal. This corrected my permissions problem, but not until I had reboot. FWIW, YMMV, ad nauseam. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
I have found the Mac Support Central group to be very helpful (as well as this group). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/ Tom On Oct 7, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan wrote: Good lord!! Feedback on this... So I signed up to Mac rumours. What a great place for sumbling upon information. But my god, what a bunch of zelots and time wasting trolls there are on there. I can expect, that every forum has its share, but this place is brim full. I loose my temper every day on there. I think I will just use it for browsing from now on. I think it would be nieve of me to ask if there was another forum where people didn't troll about so much, treating their mac's like their own children. On 1 Oct, 19:39, Jay Smith jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: There's just not the volume of info there, I have signed up to macroumours and it seems to be suitable, if a little too busy. Sent from my iPhone On 1 Oct 2010, at 19:25, Judith Berkowitz sfjb...@mac.com wrote: Jonathan wrote: [snip] Why would I look further than here? Well as I said, I am looking for support not for my LEMs but in this case for my current gen imac and powermac. Thanks again everyone. -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
On 2010/10/07 05:29, Jonathan wrote: I think it would be nieve of me to ask if there was another forum where people didn't troll about so much, treating their mac's like their own children. http://forums.macnn.com -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
On 2010/10/07 08:30, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:29 AM, Jonathanjonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I think it would be nieve of me to ask if there was another forum where people didn't troll about so much, treating their mac's like their own children There's a reason we're all still here after all these years. This is a forum in the traditional sense of the word, but not so much in internet parlance. A mailing list tends to be more focused on a single general topic, iMacs in this case though it seems to have loosened up from just a few years ago, whereas forums are more generally focused places where one can post not only on topic but things such as jokes, videos, images and discuss topics outside of the primary topic such as current events. So in my eyes anyway they are two different animals. Having said that I prefer LEM lists to the vast majority of forums. I can do without the chaos just fine. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- 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
New HD for my iMac (addendumb)
I've been looking for a new hard drive for our iMac. So far I've seen several 2 Tb models at $109, some even shipped. Anyone have recommendations for the best brands? Last thing I need to do is spend the money, installing a badly-made HD!! Thanks, Paul paterfami...@gmail.com -- To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. -- George Santayana -- 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: New HD for my iMac (addendumb)
WD is very good, I would avoid Seagate; they have certain lines of drives that tend to fail. The smaller companies (Hitachi, Samsug, etc.) can sometimes be OK, but I would definitely recommend WD. From my experience they're the most reliable drives. -Elliott I've been looking for a new hard drive for our iMac. So far I've seen several 2 Tb models at $109, some even shipped. Anyone have recommendations for the best brands? Last thing I need to do is spend the money, installing a badly-made HD!! Thanks, Paul -- 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 need to restart your computer
Hello All, Yesterday I got the kernel panic message, You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button (in 4 languages) on my 1.3 Ghz eMac G4. I've been getting that A LOT on my iBook G4, and a few times on my Sawtooth G4. All running OS 10.4.11. It just seems a wee odd that 3 computers would all start doing that *AFTER Apple announced they no longer support Tiger. On the Sawtooth, one of the memory banks had mis-matched memory sticks. The other was matched. I pulled the mis-matched sticks so far I haven't seen the message there since. (knock on plastic) The eMac though, uses a single memory stick expansion (If I'm remembering correctly) The iBook, definitely uses a single memory stick. Any ideas what to do here? Cheers, Drew -- 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: You need to restart your computer
The only time i ever got a You need to restart your computer message in 4 different languages message was when I used to install Jaguar in my sawtooth in the old days but instead of using a retail disk i used a powerbook G4 disk. Check to make sure that there are no hardware/software problems with all 3 machines, and that there are no FREQUENCIES running around back at your place that could be interfering with the processor. -- 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: Best independent Apple forum
Thanks for the suggestions and opinions. I do like to browse, it's as informative as a magazine, but free. I sift through the bits I don't like and read those I do. So m rumours is good for discovering, but if I need help, I know to come here! Sent from my iPhone -- 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: You need to restart your computer
That's called a kernel panic. On Oct 7, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Midnight rider wrote: The only time i ever got a You need to restart your computer message in 4 different languages message was when I used to install Jaguar in my sawtooth in the old days but instead of using a retail disk i used a powerbook G4 disk. Check to make sure that there are no hardware/software problems with all 3 machines, and that there are no FREQUENCIES running around back at your place that could be interfering with the processor. -- 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: You need to restart your computer
I know what a KP is, i have been using OS X since it came out. -- 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: You need to restart your computer
As a engineer, I find Samsung to be at the bottom of the pile with the most fails. WD at the top of the pile. -- 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: i am locked out
Greetings Walter, I think your problem is ownership! Select each drive and then using the drop-down menu get info for all of your drives. When that information appears on the desktop, near the bottom is Sharing Permissions Make sure that the pointer is pointing down, exposing the contained information. Then make the information for the Locked Disk's the same as your main boot disk. Under no circumstance select the the drop-down menu Apply to enclosed items You will need to unlock the Sharing Permissions to make any changes. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca. ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Oct 6, 6:49 am, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. Upon restarting after the update was completed both external FireWired drives came back on the desktop BUT both had a small lock in the lower left hand corner of the drives icons. Those two drives can not be opened because the message is that i don't have permission to see the contents. Command+I shows that i have Custom access. When I tried to change those settings they revert to Custom access. I ticked on the Ignore ownership on this volume but still locked out. I really need help because the alternative at this time is to erase and lose hours and hours of audio/video projects on one of the two drives. I have tried DiskWarrior 4.2, TechToolPro 5.x, Apple'sDiskUtility by repairing permissions, unplugged the fire wire cable and re-plugged the cable, powered off and back on. No luck at all. Is there any Utility or a terminal command to unlock those drives ? Suggestions/help required please. 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
Improving DVD playback
Hello again peoples! I was wondering if there was a way of improving the quality of dvd playback on my 27 imac (long shot,I know) Sitting at the desk, the size of the screen doth result in a rather pixelated experience. I am using iDVD. Is there third party software that improves quality or perhaps a settings tweek? Please don't suggest I sit further away, lol. My question might seem dumb, but really, I am not thick! lol Cheers! J -- 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: Improving DVD playback
Agreed. BluRay movies are at 1080p, and even though the 27 iMac is a lot higher resolution then 1080p, it'll be way better then what's probably 480i or even 720i coming off of a DVD. Other then that... Sit farther away... ? There's not much you can do. It's the video quality burned on the DVD that's the limiting factor. -Elliott On Oct 7, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Ashgrove wrote: or get an external BlueRay player. -- 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: Improving DVD playback
Cheers I would tweek the res, but i am doing other things on the desktop at the same time. Maybe apple should tone down on the huge screens! I have VLC, but was hoping for a more integrated experience, but what the hell, i will try it. As far as Blu ray is concerned, I have read um's and ah's about it. Whats the craic with an external blu ray drive? Will this really give me 1080p, proper blu ray playback? Any catches? thanks again -- 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: Improving DVD playback
On Oct 7, 4:01 pm, Jonathan jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I was wondering if there was a way of improving the quality of dvd playback on my 27 imac (long shot,I know) Sitting at the desk, the size of the screen doth result in a rather pixelated experience. I am using iDVD. In a word, no. The resolution of the DVD format is about 1/6 that of your iMac's screen. You cannot blow up an image that much without losing sharpness; the information needed simply isn't stored in the file. The best compromise is to play your material back at 200% of actual size. (This will leave big black bars on all four sides.) You CAN use high-definition in iMovie or Final Cut (if your source material is HD), but you lose the HD when you export to conventional DVD movie format. -- 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: i am locked out
Greetings Tina, WOW removing all 'ACL's may not be the best thing to do, i.e. Technically seen, an ACL is a list of individual rights which can be attached to a file system object. The ACL can either be empty -in this case, only the conventional POSIX permissions apply-, or it can contain one or more objects called Access Control Entries (ACEs). An Access Control Entry includes the following information: to which users does this entry apply (this can be an individual user or a user group)? does this entry allow or deny access? which right in particular is allowed or denied, respectively? how should this entry be inherited from a folder to the contents of this folder? So what you've done is made all files and application available to all users that can log into your platform. If you were unable to make changes in the get info window then you were not logged in as the platform owner. As the owner has all privileges. Or sometime you may not be able to make direct changes but need to either add or delete one or more of those listed in the ownership listing. If your log-in name isn't listed then you need to touch the + button and add your name. If you are able to unlock the lock then you should have privileges to add users. The important thing is to make the Ownership of the locked disks the same as the disk that you are logged as that is your main access point. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Oct 6, 9:16 am, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/10/06 07:49, Walter Sheluk wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. I just experienced something very similar only it wasn't my external drives who's permissions got munged but my user folders - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Dropbox, etc… Strangely Get Info yielded either You can read write or You have custom permissions but no way to change them in the get info window, and the ones that were allegedly read write permissions would not let me actually write anything to the folder. The custom permissions message was my tip off. I googled 'remove acl leopard' or something to that effect (ACL= access control list) and removed all acl's via Terminal. This corrected my permissions problem, but not until I had reboot. FWIW, YMMV, ad nauseam. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- 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: i am locked out
On 10-10-07 4:00 PM, gifutiger wrote: Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca. Thanks: i've tried that but as soon as i close the window it goes back to custom. The drive that contains all my audio/video productions is at the Apple Hospital. Please send best wishes. -- 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: i am locked out
Hi Walter, Tina is correct. If the permissions in the Get Info window appear as custom, this indicates that ACLs are in effect. You can check this in the Terminal using the following commands: cd /Volumes ls -le Access Control Lists provide more granular control of permissions than POSIX permissions. Clearing ACLs is one of Apple's suggested methods for file system troubleshooting. On Oct 7, 2010, at 6:20 PM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings Tina, WOW removing all 'ACL's may not be the best thing to do, i.e. Technically seen, an ACL is a list of individual rights which can be attached to a file system object. The ACL can either be empty -in this case, only the conventional POSIX permissions apply-, or it can contain one or more objects called Access Control Entries (ACEs). An Access Control Entry includes the following information: to which users does this entry apply (this can be an individual user or a user group)? does this entry allow or deny access? which right in particular is allowed or denied, respectively? how should this entry be inherited from a folder to the contents of this folder? So what you've done is made all files and application available to all users that can log into your platform. Clearing ACLs will not make all files and applications available to all users that can log onto you platform. Clearing ACLs still leaves POSIX permissions in effect. If you were unable to make changes in the get info window then you were not logged in as the platform owner. As the owner has all privileges. Or sometime you may not be able to make direct changes but need to either add or delete one or more of those listed in the ownership listing. If your log-in name isn't listed then you need to touch the + button and add your name. If you are able to unlock the lock then you should have privileges to add users. The important thing is to make the Ownership of the locked disks the same as the disk that you are logged as that is your main access point. ACLs cannot be defined or altered in the Finder. Trying to change the permissions of files and folders with ACLs set will result in exactly what you experienced. To remove ACLs, you need to use the terminal. They can be removed on individual files or folders as well as recursively. Details can be found in Mac OS X Support Essentials: http://books.google.com/books?id=iAwgbkQeZYQCpg=PA246lpg=PA246dq=apple.com:+clearing+aclssource=blots=WoZb6hvb7psig=oK5vLbu4zbWCx4Uwtf_Z6sQ2DxMhl=enei=UY-uTMnROIW6sQO7ktH9Awsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=5ved=0CCYQ6AEwBA#v=onepageqf=false I believe you said the drives were at the Apple Store. I suspect they will clear ACLs on the external disks to resolve the issue. I will be curious to hear what they say. Jim Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Oct 6, 9:16 am, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/10/06 07:49, Walter Sheluk wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. I just experienced something very similar only it wasn't my external drives who's permissions got munged but my user folders - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Dropbox, etc… Strangely Get Info yielded either You can read write or You have custom permissions but no way to change them in the get info window, and the ones that were allegedly read write permissions would not let me actually write anything to the folder. The custom permissions message was my tip off. I googled 'remove acl leopard' or something to that effect (ACL= access control list) and removed all acl's via Terminal. This corrected my permissions problem, but not until I had reboot. FWIW, YMMV, ad nauseam. 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: i am locked out
Thanks Jim. On 10-10-07 9:47 PM, Jim Emery wrote: Hi Walter, Tina is correct. If the permissions in the Get Info window appear as custom, this indicates that ACLs are in effect. You can check this in the Terminal using the following commands: cd /Volumes ls -le Access Control Lists provide more granular control of permissions than POSIX permissions. Clearing ACLs is one of Apple's suggested methods for file system troubleshooting. On Oct 7, 2010, at 6:20 PM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings Tina, WOW removing all 'ACL's may not be the best thing to do, i.e. Technically seen, an ACL is a list of individual rights which can be attached to a file system object. The ACL can either be empty -in this case, only the conventional POSIX permissions apply-, or it can contain one or more objects called Access Control Entries (ACEs). An Access Control Entry includes the following information: to which users does this entry apply (this can be an individual user or a user group)? does this entry allow or deny access? which right in particular is allowed or denied, respectively? how should this entry be inherited from a folder to the contents of this folder? So what you've done is made all files and application available to all users that can log into your platform. Clearing ACLs will not make all files and applications available to all users that can log onto you platform. Clearing ACLs still leaves POSIX permissions in effect. If you were unable to make changes in the get info window then you were not logged in as the platform owner. As the owner has all privileges. Or sometime you may not be able to make direct changes but need to either add or delete one or more of those listed in the ownership listing. If your log-in name isn't listed then you need to touch the + button and add your name. If you are able to unlock the lock then you should have privileges to add users. The important thing is to make the Ownership of the locked disks the same as the disk that you are logged as that is your main access point. ACLs cannot be defined or altered in the Finder. Trying to change the permissions of files and folders with ACLs set will result in exactly what you experienced. To remove ACLs, you need to use the terminal. They can be removed on individual files or folders as well as recursively. Details can be found in Mac OS X Support Essentials: http://books.google.com/books?id=iAwgbkQeZYQCpg=PA246lpg=PA246dq=apple.com:+clearing+aclssource=blots=WoZb6hvb7psig=oK5vLbu4zbWCx4Uwtf_Z6sQ2DxMhl=enei=UY-uTMnROIW6sQO7ktH9Awsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=5ved=0CCYQ6AEwBA#v=onepageqf=false http://books.google.com/books?id=iAwgbkQeZYQCpg=PA246lpg=PA246dq=apple.com:+clearing+aclssource=blots=WoZb6hvb7psig=oK5vLbu4zbWCx4Uwtf_Z6sQ2DxMhl=enei=UY-uTMnROIW6sQO7ktH9Awsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=5ved=0CCYQ6AEwBA#v=onepageqf=false I believe you said the drives were at the Apple Store. I suspect they will clear ACLs on the external disks to resolve the issue. I will be curious to hear what they say. Jim Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Oct 6, 9:16 am, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/10/06 07:49, Walter Sheluk wrote: Both of my External FireWire Drives were powered on and their icon's were on the desktop ( iMac/3.06GHz/Snow Leopard ) when i decided for some unknown reason to eject ( Command + I ) both drives to do a apple software update/installation. I just experienced something very similar only it wasn't my external drives who's permissions got munged but my user folders - Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Dropbox, etc… Strangely Get Info yielded either You can read write or You have custom permissions but no way to change them in the get info window, and the ones that were allegedly read write permissions would not let me actually write anything to the folder. The custom permissions message was my tip off. I googled 'remove acl leopard' or something to that effect (ACL= access control list) and removed all acl's via Terminal. This corrected my permissions problem, but not until I had reboot. FWIW, YMMV, ad nauseam. 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 -- 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
