Re: What else to do with your old machines
asdAsd. Add Ass gggvf. Xxx xcf Ass ,)() Sent from my iPhone On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:11 PM, William Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: In case you missed this site... http://macuddersidepark.4-you.ca/ *** Bill Spencer in Maryland IMac Core Duo 2.4 ghz/2 g RAM/Snow Leopard IMac Core Duo 1.83 ghz/1 g RAM/Snow Leopard -- 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: System Preferences is very slow to open.
On Mar 25, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On 3/25/10 9:55 AM, Earle Jones wrote: First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. After 30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click. The 'Force Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing. Try the same thing again: Click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. One bounce and it opens. Strange stuff! Is there a .plist file somewhere corrupted? Likely. Try moving ~/Library/com.apple.systempreferences.plist to the Desktop (~ is your user folder, /Users/username). -- Clark Martin * Clark: Many thanks! I did exactly what you suggested above. I think it worked! I could go back now and compare the old .plist with the new one and see exactly what got corrupted. Thanks and cheers! earle * Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: System Preferences is very slow to open.
On Mar 25, 2010, at 1:29 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On 3/23/10 7:21 PM, Earle Jones wrote: Intel iMac Sys 10.6.2 System Preferences takes a very lng time to open. How long? What is going wrong? If I click the dock icon, it bounces forever. Forever as in you literally die waiting for it or forever as in twice as long as you think it ought to? -- Clark Martin * Clark: Thanks for the response. First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. After 30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click. The 'Force Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing. Try the same thing again: Click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. One bounce and it opens. Strange stuff! Is there a .plist file somewhere corrupted? Thanks! earle * PS: I just added a new 32GB iPhone 3Gs (birthday gift from my kids!) but this System Preferences behavior pre-dates the iPhone. Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
System Preferences is very slow to open.
Intel iMac Sys 10.6.2 System Preferences takes a very lng time to open. What is going wrong? If I click the dock icon, it bounces forever. Any ideas? Cheers! earle * Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: [macosx] IOMEGA HD 320GB
On Jan 9, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Earle Jones wrote: Greetings! Intel iMac -- X 10.6.2 -- HP printers, etc. I have several external HDs (all are USB connected) including an IOMEGA 320 GB. The 320GB power unit died (loose plug-in prongs) and IOMEGA sent me a new power unit. When I re-connect the HD, it is not recognized on the desktop. 'Disk Utility' can't find it; neither can 'Disk Warrior', TechTool Pro', 'Drive Genius' or anything else I can think of. Restart doesn't help. The disk drive is warm and rotating, the blue lamp is on, and the connections are OK (I switched several HDs around to different USB slots.) What should I do next? Is there a terminal script that will scan for HDs? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks and cheers! earle * * Many thanks for all the suggestions! I disconnected the 320GB HD, re-booted, changed USB cables, changed USB ports, zapped PRAM, tried Disk Utility, Drive Genius, and TechTool Pro. None of them recognized the HD. I'm out of ideas. I'm afraid I have a bad HD -- all of which happened when the power unit broke. IOmega replaced the power unit, but still the HD is not recognized. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance, earle * Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net -- 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
IOMEGA HD 320GB
Greetings! Intel iMac -- X 10.6.2 -- HP printers, etc. I have several external HDs (all are USB connected) including an IOMEGA 320 GB. The 320GB power unit died (loose plug-in prongs) and IOMEGA sent me a new power unit. When I re-connect the HD, it is not recognized on the desktop. 'Disk Utility' can't find it; neither can 'Disk Warrior', TechTool Pro', 'Drive Genius' or anything else I can think of. Restart doesn't help. The disk drive is warm and rotating, the blue lamp is on, and the connections are OK (I switched several HDs around to different USB slots.) What should I do next? Is there a terminal script that will scan for HDs? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks and cheers! earle * Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net -- 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:
On Sep 23, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Link Mack wrote: Hey All, I'm looking for either a Tiger upgrade DVD or full insall DVD. Needing to some of the performance bennifits of Tiger for my G4 Laptop. So if anybody can help that would be great!! Regards Link Mack * You can find all sorts of Mac system software at: http://www.apple.com/mac/ Cheers! earle * Earle Jones 380 Conil Way Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-854-1489 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jo...@comcast.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Moof!
On Dec 1, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi Does anyone remember the little cow dog from pre-OSX days. Moof! as most people know him was actually called Clarus, created in 1983. It's a day marked in black on my calendar when they took down the large Moof icon at 1 Infinite Loop, along with the rest of the Icon Garden (I wonder what happened to it?). Susan Kare the designer of Clarus (along with the rest of the ahem, iconic original set of Mac icons), still does icon design:http://www.kare.com/ You can buy a tee Shirt with Moof on it http://www.cafepress.com/mooficon.1813255 If you look in the MOMA section of her portfolio you can find Cyberdog, too. -- Bruce Johnson * Bruce: Greetings! If you have a Mac and use UseNet, this code in your header will put a copy of the Clarus (Moof) icon in the upper left corner of all your postings: X-Face: Tr`5dV#p:=3L$zY|xig,f!N(1[~Ii8O?9H%(tE.za[EMAIL PROTECTED]:_\eq! P~2yndf\.KP'9I@)Z2Za*_U[B3) earle * Earle Jones 380 Conil Way Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-854-1489 Cell: 650-269-0035 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Scanner Program (Open Source)
On Nov 30, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Richard Jenkins wrote: Hi there from Canberra, Australia I have an old (350 MHz) iMac ... which I would like to set up at my coast house. I need a free/open source scanning program for it ... to allow use of my 'canoscan u650' usb scanner. Any suggestions out there?? Richard -- Irena and Richard Jenkins * I use the SilverFast scanning software, which comes from Germany and is absolutely excellent. But it's not free: www.silverfast.com earle * Earle Jones 380 Conil Way Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-854-1489 Cell: 650-269-0035 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
