Re: old imac wireless question
Yes, I meant "inexpensively" ! I will look for the wirless dongle and the card. thanks 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
old imac wireless question
I had someone give me on older flat panel imac 15 inch computer today. I want to give it to someone else but it does not have any wireless and I feel most people will want wireless. What is an expensive way to get this puppy online. thanks Laura -- 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: tv shows skip and pause?
I will try that! yes I have them on my back up ddrive. On Oct 24, 10:17 am, "./aal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Crazy idea here > Can you copy some of those videos to an ext drive and put them on another > system? > If so, do they skip there too? > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Laura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks Matt, I did try that and it was just as bad...great idea > > though. > > Laura > > > On Oct 21, 4:54 pm, Matt Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Laura, > > > > I have run into similar problems on my eMac 1.25 GHz. I have found > > > that playing the video through QuickTime rather than iTunes decreases > > > the cpu usage. You can find the file by right-clicking on it in iTunes > > > and selecting "Show in Finder". Then right click on the file in Finder > > > and select "Open With" > "QuickTime". > > > > Matt > > -- > I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to > promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace > so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and > let them have it. > --Dwight D. Eisenhower > "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with > sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." > --Galileo Galilei > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of > thinking we were at when we created them." > --Albert Einstein > "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." > --Frank Zappa > Henry David Thoreau - "Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind > it." --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: worth of used imac
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Re: worth of used imac
thanks John. 2 summers ago I upgraded the fan, the hard drive (to a 500gb) the ram (to 2gb), an added airport card and the optical drive, knowing full well I would never get the money back.(It was kind of a trip taking it all apart too!) But I can't really see selling less than $500. Not looking good on the sites I am looking at . Oh well, I guess I will just keep it! I was hoping to get some cash to buy the pretty new BIG imac. Thanks Laura --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
worth of used imac
Does anyone have any ideas on a site that can give me some idea on what my iMac might be worth? besides ebay that is? thanks Laura --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: tv shows skip and pause?
Thanks Matt, I did try that and it was just as bad...great idea though. Laura On Oct 21, 4:54 pm, Matt Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Laura, > > I have run into similar problems on my eMac 1.25 GHz. I have found > that playing the video through QuickTime rather than iTunes decreases > the cpu usage. You can find the file by right-clicking on it in iTunes > and selecting "Show in Finder". Then right click on the file in Finder > and select "Open With" > "QuickTime". > > Matt --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: tv shows skip and pause?
Bruce you said "Laura, look in the Console at the system messages, see if there are errors being reported at the time you're slowing down. " can you explain how to do that more fully? I don't think I am looking in the right place? Laura On Oct 19, 12:50 pm, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kyle Parish wrote: > > > > > Try resetting the pram. > > Which will do not a single damn thing. > > > > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Laura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi All, > >> As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. > >> Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. > >> For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out > >> and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. > >> I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 > >> minutes, > >> then it maxes out again. > >> I am running no other programs. > >> Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Laura, look in the Console at the system messages, see if there are > errors being reported at the time you're slowing down. > > ISP speeds have got nothing to do with watching TV shows in iTunes, > unless you're trying to watch them as they download. Shows in iTunes, > like songs in iTunes are downloaded in their entirety to your computer. > > Watching the cpu will probably show it pegged the whole time, as > iTunes video is quite CPU intensive. > > If your hard drive is having problems, this could cause it, as well. > I'd check the SMART status with Disk Utility and/or boot from your OS > disks and repair your hard drive. > > Is the RAM upgrade new? I'd get Memtest and run it...you might have > faulty RAM. > > Since it's a 'lately' thing I'd try to isolate what has changed..new > programs? new iTunes? Seeveral updates to iTunes have come out > recently, I'd look to Apple's forums to see if there were issues with > video playback. > > Do copies of shows that ran ok before now exhibit the same behavior or > is it just the newer episodes? > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: tv shows skip and pause?
Bruce, I did do a pram reset and I also did disk utility from external drive. There was one small minor error but it is fixed and still stuttering. I am going to look thru some of my older tv shows and see if they stutter at all, it seems like I remember Lost doing it too. Sometimes the video stops all together and the audio continues on. I guess it was always and I am just noticing it more lately so I am not sure if its some program or software related thing. I will download Memtest and check that out. I will also check console. thanks for the ideas... Oh and how do I check the temperature? Laura --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: tv shows skip and pause?
Al, it is not streaming video. It is video that I have purchased and downloaded already. thanks Laura On Oct 19, 8:42 am, Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:17 AM, imaclist group wrote: > > > > > == 1 of 2 == > > Date: Sat, Oct 18 2008 8:18 pm > > From: Laura > > > Hi All, > > As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. > > Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. > > For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out > > and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. > > I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 minutes, > > then it maxes out again. > > I am running no other programs. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > thanks > > laura drew > > 2 GB RAM, updated dvd drive, fan, 500 gb hard drive > > Flat Panel iMac, G4, 1 GHz > > hard drive is half full > > What OS version are you using? > > My first suspicion points to the quality of service that you have from > your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Are you on cable or DSL (phone > line)? What does the ISP claim to be its download capacity to your > modem? Cable performance is sensitive to the number of people in your > neighborhood actually on line at a given time. If you are on cable, > would the video performance be better at 2 or 5 AM, or even mid- > morning, than at 5 to 10 PM when folks have returned home from work > and school? > > There are things to check on your machine which can affect performance > in unexpected ways. Delete browser cache. Delete other caches. Do > routine maintenance, meaning ensure that maintenance scripts (cron > jobs) have been done in the past month or so. > > Also, in your initial setup, you had to specify what type/speed of > internet service you were getting. Frankly, I do not know where/how > to check on that. > > Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
tv shows skip and pause?
Hi All, As you can see by my below specs my imac is pretty maxed out. Lately I have been having problems watching tv shows in itunes. For a few minutes its fine, then eventually the cpu starts maxing out and the video kind of slows down - sound is still there. I pause it, wait a minute then it works fine for like 5 or 10 minutes, then it maxes out again. I am running no other programs. Any ideas would be appreciated. thanks laura drew 2 GB RAM, updated dvd drive, fan, 500 gb hard drive Flat Panel iMac, G4, 1 GHz hard drive is half full --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
