Re: External backup drive recommendations

[Eric Volker]

I know I’m late to this party but I felt obliged to respond to the above
recommendations for Seagate. Some of you may be familiar with Louis
Rossman. He is famous for doing board level repairs for Macs on YouTube,
and also for criticizing Apple’s tendency to make newer devices
unrepairable.

Another lesser known aspect of his business is drive recovery. Here he
explains why he frequently has to repair Seagate drives:


https://youtu.be/6b0JcNqkZrk


On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:59 AM Bruce Johnson 
wrote:

> I’ll second Mark’s suggestion, I've had good luck with their HDD’s (both
> 2.5” and 3.5” ) for Time Machine use.
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2021, at 2:55 AM, Mark Syder  wrote:
>
> I like Seagate external discs. If she's not using a large amount of the
> 1Tb, a disc is probably good enough.
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 01:28, William Spencer 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi there: My wife’s 2nd computer has just been replaced with a new 1TB
>> SSD Mini, and we need to get a backup for it. I’d be glad to know your
>> recommended sources, makers, and types (meaning HD vs. SSD). The size would
>> be probably 1-1.5 TB, I guess, no need for more than that as far as I know;
>> the data at issue will not change very often at all since it’s a single
>> use/function machine—meaning it only gets used for one specific activity
>> that does not involve much updating of data.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ***
>>
>> Bill Spencer in Maryland
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Re: Why did I receive the post about a Saudi Billionaire and the US Senate?

[Eric Volker]

I'm seeing this Saudi post as well, so it's not just Colin. Since he's on
Gmail like I am, I guess it's some kind of Gmail spam?? GMail is usually
excellent at filtering out garbage...

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Bruce Johnson  wrote:

> It is trivially easy to forge the visible ‘From’ address on any email;
> this is, after all, why I apparently send myself spam all the time 8-)
> Email addresses are harvestable from all sorts of places (or heck even just
> synthesized. Back when we had a more hands-on approach to managing spam
> here we would routinely see long lists of names with ‘@
> pharmacy.arizona.edu’ attached, regardless of whether or not the accounts
> referenced actually existed. )
>
> If you have enabled junk filters in your mail client (and/or use any of
> the online email services, who also tend to have effective spam filtering)
> the next most effective anti-spam strategery is: the delete key. delete it
> and move on. I vaguely remember seeing something like this email, to be
> honest I didn’t even really pay attention to what folder it landed in
> (which would be related to the list address per my account rules), just
> went “Well this is dumb” and hit the delete key.
>
> More traffic is usually generated on mailing lists complaining about
> errant spam than the actual spam itself, often by several orders of
> magnitude.
>
>
> On May 16, 2018, at 5:49 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio 
> wrote:
>
> I visited the iMac list page ( which Google calls a group )
>
> I do not see anything on there about a Saudi .
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Re: 2008 imac won't start

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> On Mar 30, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Jim Scott  wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I gave up on “shadetree” BGA reflows years ago, but YMMV. My reflows worked 
> for a while, then died for good. 
> Another issue with the 2008-era iMacs is that occasionally the “coolant” 
> (ether, I’m told) leaks out of the tubes running to and from the fins and the 
> heat sink proper. Same problem with G4 iMacs, which also are pretty efficient 
> little stationary Hoovers and can choke themselves to overheat death.
> 
> Jim Scott, Eureka, CA
> 

I can confirm that I had a bad GPU heat pipe in my 24” 2007 iMac. The GPU would 
regularly hit  100ºC when doing anything remotely stressful. Rather than fix 
it, I compensated by using Macs Fan Control. It didn’t fix the problem, but got 
enough air flow going inside the chassis to keep the GPU from melting into a 
puddle.

The iMac eventually died from a bad PSU. RIP.

Eric

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Dead 24" 2007 iMac - power supply?

[Eric Volker]

Well my ancient iMac may have finally bit the dust. I had put it away 
for a couple of weeks, and when I tried to plug in the power cable, it 
made several clicking noises then stopped. Since then it's been 
completely dead, no startup chime, no more clicking noises, nothing. It 
seems to me the most likely culprit is the power supply. Is this a sound 
diagnosis?


Given the cost of iMac power supplies on eBay, it's probably not worth 
the cost of resurrecting it. If that is indeed the problem, I'll 
probably salvage the hard drive (2TB) and trash or donate the rest.


Thanks,

Eric

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Re: Printer recommendations?

[Eric Volker]

I’m going to agree with Bruce on this one. We’ve had a Brother HL-2270DW for a 
few years now, and it’s never let us down. It was a little finicky getting the 
wireless set up, but once setup it’s an absolute snap to add to a Mac. And the 
driver support is still there in El Capitan.


> On Sep 29, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Bruce Johnson  
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> Honestly, from my experience with brother laser printers, it might be worth 
> coughing up for a new drum. 
> 
> The ones we’ve had here have been amazingly reliable.
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Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

[Eric Volker]

I just wanted to make a final report on this experiment, in case anyone else 
wants to try it. I bought a refurbished 500GB G-Technology G-Drive (with 
Firewire 800 and USB 3.0) on eBay for $40. I then replaced the 500GB mechanical 
drive with my 256GB SSD. I’ll probably put the HDD in my PC laptop.

The El Capitan install I had performed while the SSD was in the Iomega 
enclosure was unreadable, so I had to reinstall the OS. Fortunately, that went 
smoothly. 

Performance isn’t quite where I hoped it would be. The transfer rate is about 
60MB/s, where I was hoping for 70+ MB/s. Boot time is only slightly faster. 
However, the iMac is much more responsive, and I only see the beachball once in 
a blue moon. Xcode launches in 6 seconds instead of 20 seconds. So I’ll chalk 
it up as a success.

Thanks for the assistance and success reports.

Eric


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Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

[Eric Volker]

J.C.-

I found confirmation online that these Iomega Mac Companion drives will not 
boot over Firewire, just USB. It boots great off USB, so it’s not a problem 
with the system folder being blessed. Isn’t that from the MacOS 8/9 days? I 
haven’t blessed a folder in an eternity…

I think I’m going to try a G-Technology G-Drive and replace the built-in drive 
with my SSD. The Amazon reviews seem to confirm that the drives are bootable 
over Firewire 800. Has anyone here ever used one of those drives and booted it 
from Firewire?

Thanks,

Eric
> On May 23, 2016, at 11:35 AM, 375GTB . <jcarroll33...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> IF it shows up on the desktop.
> 
> But won't boot into
> 
> Then the System Folder needs to be "Blessed"
> 
> Look up how one does that
> 
> Been years
> 
> Your iOmega enclosure is FINE, trust me.
> 
> They were bought out, did not go bust...
> 
> iOmega was BAD, about 1990...
> 
> After great success with the old ZIP drives...
> 
> Burning stuff did them in, for a while...
> 
> IWeve been using external enclosures since our 1990 Mac Classic, 
> 
> with a 20MB SCSI Apple drive meant for the 1987 SE.
> 
> Given to us in 1997
> 
> I use two FW800 LaCie d2's with my 2009 Mac Mini
> 
> One is IDE, the other SATA... 320GB, 7200 rpm in each case.
> 
> As my main drives. Were c. $25 on eBay
> 
> The Mini's slow 320GB 5400 internal drive is used ONLY for Time Machine 
> backups.
> 
> A FW400 250GB 7200 rpm LaCie d2 is used with my 2007 white MacBooks lone 
> FW400 port.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> J.C.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Eric Volker <evol...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:evol...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Well I got the enclosure, but things didn’t go as planned. I got a deal on an 
> enclosure that had once been an Iomega Mac Companion. I installed the SSD, 
> hooked the enclosure up to my Firewire 800 port and it showed up on the 
> desktop. I installed El Capitan and rebooted, but when the Mac rebooted it 
> came up from the internal drive not the external one. Holding down Option 
> while booting showed only the internal drive. The Firewire drive is visible 
> in the Startup Disk preference panel, but selecting it accomplishes nothing. 
> Rebooting it just comes up on the internal drive.
> 
> Now for the fun part. It *will* boot if I hook up the drive via USB 2.0. 
> However, that’s pretty slow and I got this enclosure for the faster Firewire 
> 800 port. Another curiosity is that the disk shows up as “External RAID 
> Media” in Disk Utility. It is assuredly not RAID, just a single 256GB SSD. 
> Could this be the problem?
> 
> I’m in the process of testing the SSD over USB, but results so far are mixed. 
> Any thoughts on getting Firewire working?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric
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Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

[Eric Volker]

Yes, I see those negative reviews now. I used to have an Iomega MiniMax 
sometime in the distant past, and it booted fine off Firewire, so I assumed 
it’s successor would do the same. I’m still doing some research into possible 
solutions, but so far haven’t come up with anything other than resetting the 
SMC and PRAM. I’ve also installed El Capitan twice to the disk, and neither 
time would it boot. Does El Capitan support Firewire booting?  If anyone has 
any other ideas, I’d be grateful for suggestions.

Thing is, it actually feels pretty snappy even over USB 2.0. Boot time isn’t 
that much better, but once the desktop loads programs pop up in a fraction of 
the time that the did off the internal drive. It’s not mind-blowing, but it is 
a significant difference. 

Returning it probably wouldn’t be worth it. I paid $14 + shipping for the 
enclosure, and I’d be liable for return shipping. So it’s probably not worth 
the effort to get $7 back.

Thanks,

Eric
> On May 18, 2016, at 11:06 PM, Robert MacLeay <rmacl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have seen this non-booting behavior with USB3 drives connected through a
> Thunderbolt connection to a Mac that does not support USB3 natively. They
> can be mounted through TB, but only after the machine has booted, making it
> impossible to boot off those drives.
> 
> I suspect that (making the huge assumption that it is not defective) the
> Iomega FW chip does not support booting.
> 
> I just checked this device's customer reviews on Amazon:
> http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Companion-External-35130-Silver/product-reviews
> /B00576T1GG
> I've never seen such hate for a single piece of equipment.
> 
> You would probably be better off returning it if you can, or just throwing
> it away if you cannot.
> 
> 
> On 5/18/16, 7:29 PM, "Eric Volker" <evol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well I got the enclosure, but things didn¹t go as planned. I got a deal on an
>> enclosure that had once been an Iomega Mac Companion. I installed the SSD,
>> hooked the enclosure up to my Firewire 800 port and it showed up on the
>> desktop. I installed El Capitan and rebooted, but when the Mac rebooted it
>> came up from the internal drive not the external one. Holding down Option
>> while booting showed only the internal drive. The Firewire drive is visible 
>> in
>> the Startup Disk preference panel, but selecting it accomplishes nothing.
>> Rebooting it just comes up on the internal drive.
>> 
>> Now for the fun part. It *will* boot if I hook up the drive via USB 2.0.
>> However, that¹s pretty slow and I got this enclosure for the faster Firewire
>> 800 port. Another curiosity is that the disk shows up as ³External RAID 
>> Media²
>> in Disk Utility. It is assuredly not RAID, just a single 256GB SSD. Could 
>> this
>> be the problem?
>> 
>> I¹m in the process of testing the SSD over USB, but results so far are mixed.
>> Any thoughts on getting Firewire working?
> 
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Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

[Eric Volker]

Well I got the enclosure, but things didn’t go as planned. I got a deal on an 
enclosure that had once been an Iomega Mac Companion. I installed the SSD, 
hooked the enclosure up to my Firewire 800 port and it showed up on the 
desktop. I installed El Capitan and rebooted, but when the Mac rebooted it came 
up from the internal drive not the external one. Holding down Option while 
booting showed only the internal drive. The Firewire drive is visible in the 
Startup Disk preference panel, but selecting it accomplishes nothing. Rebooting 
it just comes up on the internal drive. 

Now for the fun part. It *will* boot if I hook up the drive via USB 2.0. 
However, that’s pretty slow and I got this enclosure for the faster Firewire 
800 port. Another curiosity is that the disk shows up as “External RAID Media” 
in Disk Utility. It is assuredly not RAID, just a single 256GB SSD. Could this 
be the problem?

I’m in the process of testing the SSD over USB, but results so far are mixed. 
Any thoughts on getting Firewire working?

Thanks,

Eric

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Re: Extending the life of an old iMac - Overheating, Windows, etc.

[Eric Volker]

>From what I understand of the yellowing process, it’s caused by heat from
the backlights somehow ‘burning’ stripes into the lcd. Simply swapping out
the backlights probably wouldn’t fix it; is replacing the entire LCD
assembly relatively easy? I seem to recall it coming out fairly easily when
I replaced the hard drive. However, they’re not cheap; I seem to recall
prices around $125 on eBay.

As far as the heat pipe is concerned, how hard it is it to find an
appropriate thermal pad? I was hoping I could do it with paste, but it
seems that's out. I may just go ahead and run the CPU fan into the ground
with my fan control software. I found out that there's a Windows version
that runs under BootCamp, making that decision easier.

Bootcamp is preferred because I would like to run some older games on the
nice big screen without the OS X performance penalty. Fortunately, the
yellow stripes are really only visible on solid, light backgrounds and
don't really affect gaming visuals. I've actually managed to get some
recent OS X titles to run on this old beast, like Divinity: Original Sin
and XCom.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

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Extending the life of an old iMac - Overheating, Windows, etc.

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I’m actually pretty lucky as far as longevity goes. My old mid-2007 iMac
will still run the latest OS, making it among the oldest devices to do so.
Even so, it has a few problems.

Chief among them is what I think is a bad heat pipe on the GPU - it rapidly
overheats if I play any 3d games. I had already blown out the dust, and it
still overheated. I contacted a local Mac shop and they said the repair was
impossible - the logic board would have to be replaced. I rather doubt
this, but don’t have any way to confirm it. Has anyone out there replaced
their heat pipe in their iMac? I’ve replaced the hard drive in my iMac, but
it was pretty hairy. Can an end-user replace the GPU heatpipe? In the
meantime, I’ve got some fan control software helping keep the Mac cool, but
it’s putting a lot of wear and tear on the CPU fan.

My second question relates to Boot Camp and Windows. The logical version to
install would be Windows 7, but only 32-bit OS’s are supported on this
iMac. Where on earth would I find a 32-bit version of Windows 7?

My third question relates to the screen. It’s gotten these subtle
horizontal yellow streaks on the screen that from what I’ve read are from
the CCFL backlights. Is there any way to get rid of them without replacing
the screen?

Thanks,

Eric

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Re: Video Card for an I mac Late 2009

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I have a mid-2007 24 iMac and have pondered some of these questions 
myself. 10.9 and 10.10 were poor choices for my machine, since they push 
the graphics card too hard and cause it to overheat UNLESS I run a fan 
control program to speed up the system fans. (This may also be due to a 
faulty heat pipe in the Mac.) From what I have read, you are stuck with 
Mac-specific MXM cards unless you hack the GPU BIOS or the driver/kext. 
Hacking the driver is probably the easiest, but if something happens to 
your OS you may be stuck without the ability to boot in safe mode.


However, making your Mac faster may be easier than that.  Upgrading your 
RAM should help, but since you don't seem afraid of opening up your Mac 
an SSD would drastically improve your Mac's responsiveness. You might 
also be able to get a good boost by attaching a Firewire 800 SSD drive 
and booting off of that, though I personally haven't tried that approach.


Upgrading the CPU may be possible, but I think an upgrade to a quad may 
be impossible, since I don't think the iMac ever supported the Core 2 
Quad. Plus the quad generates a lot more heat than a C2D. See here for 
more info:


http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/imac-aluminum-faq/imac-intel-aluminum-processor-upgrade-instructions.html

Hope this helps,

Eric

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Weird mouse problem

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I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24 Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One
day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot
fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse
remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB
mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard.
The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not
move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless
of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install
a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install
because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen.

This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried
resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I
should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work?

Thanks,

Eric

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Re: Weird mouse problem

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Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a
partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and
Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided
to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse
driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple
mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days.

Thanks anyway,

Eric


On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24 Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One
 day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot
 fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse
 remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB
 mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard.
 The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not
 move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless
 of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install
 a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install
 because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen.

 This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried
 resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I
 should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work?

 Thanks,

 Eric


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Re: Replacing the HD

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote:

Sorry for my late response. I'll try to answer as best I can, based on
my experience upgrading my 2007 iMac.

 Is this replacement something I can do myself or would it be better to pay
 someone to do so? The ifixit site has a guide but it's marked as moderate
 for difficulty, so I'm glad to hear other opinions on the task.

It's not for the faint of heart. I think you have a white iMac, which
I understand is at least a little easier. That said, replacing the
hard drive in my Aluminum mid-2007 model was a pain. It was well worth
it for my fiancee though - she jumped from a 320GB drive to a 2TB
drive.

 The drive type is 160 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA drive...so will any drive with
 these specs work? Or are there other constraints I need to consider,
 e.g. specified as Mac-compatible? (I'd like to at
 least double the capacity if my pretty limited budget can stand it.)

Pretty much any SATA 3.5 inch drive will work (see my 2TB drive above.)

 Are there manufacturers I should seek our or avoid? I've always heard good
 things about Seagate and Western Digital but beyond that I'm in the dark.

You'll hear surprisingly varying responses from users. I've used
mainly Seagate and Western Digital drives, and have had some of each
brand fail. I've never had a Toshiba or Fujitsu fail, but I've only
used a couple of those. Seagate had some issues with 1.5TB drives I
believe, but that was a while back. Best advice is to buy from a site
that has reviews and will accept returns. Stick with a drive that has
4- or 5- star reviews from lots of people.

 About what might I expect to have to pay if I have someone else do the
 installation?

Can't speak to this. I imagine it would be expensive.

 Anything else I should keep in mind?

Some of the screws in the iMac are extraordinarily tiny. Keep a
magnetic screwdriver or someone with small hands around (my fiancee
was very handy.)



 As always my thanks in advance!


 ***


 Bill Spencer in Maryland

 IMac Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz/2 g RAM/Lion
 IMac Core 2 Duo 1.83 ghz/2 g RAM/Lion


Good luck!

Eric

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Reassembled 24 iMac, Minor Problem

[Eric Volker]

After experiencing numerous overheating problems with my 24 iMac, I
went ahead and disassembled it and blew all the dust out. While I was
in there, I upgraded to a 2TB hard drive. I put it back together, and
everything seems to be working properly. Well, except for one minor
problem. There appears to be a very narrow strip of cloth blocking the
RAM slot screw. I don't know where it came from or how to get rid of
it/move it out of the way. I really don't want to fully disassemble
the thing just to get get the RAM cover back on. Can I get rid of it
with a few strategic cuts of a razor blade? Has anyone else who has
disassembled an iMac seen this before?

Thanks...

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Re: New iMac

[Eric Volker]

If I'm reading this correctly, iMac refurbs from the Apple store are
still coming with 10.6 installed. See below:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC508LL/A?mco=MTkwMjE2MzY

They expire quick, so the ad might be gone already. Still, I'd check
the refurb section and see if you can get a deal on 10.6 iMac.

Eric

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Re: How do you know if there is a virus in your mac and how to treat it ? Please help !

[Eric Volker]

 I keep getting told by authoritative folks in the IT industry that there
 will be a flood of OS X malware any day now; I've been hearing that for
 ten years.

 Any day now.


I do wish you'd let those wonderful IT folks know about your discovery. I
was delighted to discover recently that my company has finally adopted a VPN
client that is supported on the Mac...but that requires antivirus software
be installed on your Mac.Doh!

Eric

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RE: Compatibility JVC Averio Video Camera HD Mac

[Eric Volker]

According to a quick Google search, the JVC Everio saves files in a
non-standard format that uses a .MOD extension. Here I'm assuming that you
can connect to the camera OK, but are seeing your videos saved as .MOD
files. Preliminary research seems to indicate that if you simply rename the
file from whatever.MOD to whatever.MPG, you should be able to open it in
Quicktime. Let us know if you have any problems renaming the file.

Eric

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Re: September 2006 iMac Core 2 Duo model RAM: 3GB or 4GB?

[Eric Volker]

There may be some basis in factfor this claim. IIRC , two identical
ram modules can operate in dual channel mode. So though you  would
still only have 3gb ofaddressable ram, access times mightbe faster.
This can provide a big boost in synthetic benchmarks, but rarely have
I seen a significant improvement in real world performance.

Eric

On 8/17/10, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:

 On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Ashgrove wrote:

 This makes me recall some Apple document I read somewhere, about
 excessive bong usage... ;-)

 Most likely from the Santa Cruz division.


 F

 On Aug 17, 2:44 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
 At 11:07 AM -0700 8/17/2010, Ashgrove wrote:

 Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)

 Anybody?

 *BONG*

 How's that?

 I've got only one previous message with this subject - the body of
 the message be empty.

 - Dan.
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RE: installing linux.

[Eric Volker]

 

-Original Message-
From: GH DOK alien...@home.nl
Sent: August 10, 2010 10:30 AM
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com
Subject: installing linux.


Dear Maccers,

I am trying to install ubuntu but this is the kinda thing that has me STUMPED!
I can't figure it out and have never been able to although I have only tried 
something similar once or twice.
How much in the way of IQ do you need to deal with installing something like 
ubuntu?
That or can anyone tell me what I do need to install to run linux on my 1 tb 
additional drive?
It does nto show up in bootcamp by the way and I got a little clue it should.
Anyone?

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