From Apple Mac OS X Troubleshooting and Installation Software Updates

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi All,..

I thought this might be useful for people looking at installing Panther,...
The magic word everyone uses before talking about it,..backup! :o)



Enjoy!

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Panther compatibility problems?

[Ray Forma]

The following statement from the makers of Vectorworks, the top Mac CAD 
program, makes me ask what other applications will not work properly with 
Panther?

Columbia, Maryland (October 22, 2003)- Nemetschek North America
announced today that it will release a public beta of VectorWorks to
coincide with Apple's release of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" this Friday.
Company officials state that this special Macintosh beta version,
VectorWorks 10.5.1b, is intended to provide timely compatibility with
Apple's newest operating system. A final version of VectorWorks 10.5.1
is scheduled for later this winter.

Paul Pharr, CAD Manager for Nemetschek North America, stated, "We are
committed to fully supporting Mac OS X Panther and have worked hard to
resolve known compatibility issues. Panther is an exciting evolution of
Mac OS X and offers improvements in speed, ease of use, and reliability.
Releasing VectorWorks 10.5.1 as a public beta provides VectorWorks 10
users with immediate Panther-compatibility, and at the same time allows
us to resolve any unforeseen issues that may arise before the final
VectorWorks 10.5.1 release later this winter."

The VectorWorks 10.5.1 Macintosh beta updater will be made available as
a free download for VectorWorks 10.5 users from the company's website.
Prior versions of VectorWorks for Mac OS X are not Panther-compatible.
Nemetschek North America officials state that VectorWorks 9.5 and 10
users will need to upgrade to Version 10.5.1 if they wish to take
advantage of Mac OS X Panther.

For more information on the VectorWorks 10.5.1 public beta, visit
www.nemetschek.net/downloads. For more information on Mac OS X Panther
compatibility please visit, www.apple.com.
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Re: new Macs

[Shay Telfer]

Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable
configurations?

Does the increased processor power in current Macs make THAT much
difference to make up for the shockingly low amount of RAM?

I didn't think OS/X was usable with less than 512MB.


You can get away with less, provided you don't run any applications 
in Classic. RAM is cheap though :)


Have fun,
Shay (Live via satellite from an underground hotel room in Coober Pedy :)
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Upgrading to OSX from OS9??

[Greg Colgan]

Hi there MUGgers,
I've done some research on this on the net (mostly looking at Apple's site),
but would appreciate informed advice from those of you who have been there
and done that.

The issue here is putting Panther on existing machines, buying new hardware
but continuing to run pre OSX software.

I work in a small office which currently has about half a dozen macs - a
mixture of the coloured imacs, a couple of G3 desktops and a couple
Wallstreet G3 laptops. Many of these machines have augmented RAM and would
seem to pass the minimum hardware requirements for running OSX recommended
by Apple (are these specs realistic by the way?)

Naturally, all of our software is pre OSX and our major concern is that if
we go out and buy the latest Panther-equipped macs (say a couple of emacs
and a couple of laptops), will we be able to run out software?  We can't
afford to upgrade both hardware and software at this stage, so it's
important to be assured that we'll have no problems in using the following
key software in Panther:

Microsoft Office 98 - esp Word and Excel
Adobe Photoshop v5.0
Adobe Golive 4.0
Now Contact and Up to Date
Quark Xpress v4
Filemaker Pro 4.1
Adobe Acrobat Distiller
Retrospect

Would appreciate feedback from anyone who has already gone down this
path...

Thanks in advance!
Greg

Excellent reading before Mac OS X Panther install..

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi All

For those thinking of installing Panther and haven't yet done it,..I would
consider grabbing this eBook before you start. It's not hugely expensive at
USD$5. I've paid for it and downloaded, and although I know a lot of it
already, it's good to have for future reference and referral.

Here is the email and link about it,...

Hope it's useful to some!

Enjoy! And have a good weekend!

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Begin forwarded message:
> Date: Sat Oct 25, 2003  04:00:00 Asia/Muscat
> Subject: "Take Control of Upgrading Panther" now available!
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> It's here! After weeks of toiling over our keyboards, our first electronic
> book, Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Upgrading to Panther," is now available
> for sale. 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's the description from our Web site:
> 
> Start on the right foot with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther with this detailed guide
> from Joe Kissell! Joe's expert guidance, developed over innumerable test
> installations, thoroughly explains the seven steps necessary before upgrading,
> which of three installation options is right for you, how to perform the
> actual upgrade, and the four tasks you must perform after the upgrade
> finishes. Also included are instructions if you're extra paranoid or are
> upgrading from Mac OS 9. Worried that something might go wrong? Joe provides
> detailed troubleshooting tips for five possible problems and even instructions
> on how to downgrade to your previous system if necessary. Bonus Section!
> Direct links to software update sites for keyboards, mice, tablets, scanners,
> video cards, audio equipment, and more.
> 
> 
> To order "Take Control of Upgrading to Panther" for $5 (plus VAT for customers
> in certain EU member states), visit the Take Control Web site and click the
> Buy Now From Kagi button to purchase a copy from Kagi. (Along with credit
> cards, they accept checks, cash, and money orders, although forms of payment
> other than credit card require that you mail in your payment, which can take a
> while.) Kagi will send you an email receipt for your order; look for the
> download instructions (it's a 420K file) and password at the bottom of that
> message. 
> 
> Thanks so much for all your kind words of support so far, and we hope the Take
> Control series exceeds your expectations. As a fun way to thank you, Joe
> Kissell has volunteered to send a batch of his famous cherry chocolate chip
> cookies to a randomly selected reader from the first 1,000 sales.
> 
> Stay tuned for our next title, "Take Control of Customizing Panther," written
> by Matt Neuburg! 
> 
> cheers... -Adam & Tonya Engst, Take Control Publishers
>
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backup problems.mac/panther

[Rosemary Horton]

I'm having problems with my new subscription to .mac.
I launched out and bought panther today. Seems OK, but I also bought a 
subscription to .mac. Most things seem to be working except backup 
(which incidentally was one of the things I bought it for as westnet 
backup doesn't work for mac users)


What happens is that when I click on it , it seems to open, blue 
barbers pole sideways then I get a message "irrecoverable internal 
error"


Anybody got any clues?


Rosemary Horton
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Problem with the Dock

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello all

The last couple of days the dock has started to play up.  It will suddenly
disappear and then reappear (like it is quitting and starting itself up
again).  After it has done this quite a few times, it will disappear and not
come back.

I don¹t have auto show/hide on.

I just upgraded to Panther and it is still happening. I searched the
archives and saw another reference to a similar problem.  It suggested
removing the file:

com.apple.dockfixup.plist

from the preference list.  I tried this but the problem persists.

There appears to be another dock preference:

com.apple.dock.plist

in the preferences folder.

I just noticed, when I undertook a search, that there is now a file called:

Dock.crash.log

that has been modified today.  I suppose this is because the dock is
crashing :)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards


Adam Lippiatt

Old iMac

[Erik Hecht]

Hi All,
  Still after an original iMac USB keyboard and puck mouse or something
equivalent.  Just picked up an old 266 lime and can't use it til I find
something!  If you happen to have any of these you'd like to get rid of at a
reasonable price please let me know.
Cheers!
Erik 

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Re: new Macs

[Reg Whitely]

On Saturday, October 25, 2003, at 11:48 am, Paul Kitchener wrote:


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wamug@wamug.org.au,
Subject: Re: new Macs
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:17:17 +0800


Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable
configurations?

Does the increased processor power in current Macs make THAT much
difference to make up for the shockingly low amount of RAM?

I didn't think OS/X was usable with less than 512MB.

Andy Dent BSc  MACS  AACM   http://www.oofile.com.au/


Am *I* missing something?
Our 350mhz B&W G3 with 400MB RAM running OS 10.2.6 is a great MAChine!

I dont use any other macs presently only the peecees I administer at
work, so compared to them (1.6ghz-256mb running XP) this mac rules
AOK!

Almost unusable!
Almost an insult! ;)


...and my iBook 600 has 384 Mb RAM and works really nicely with 10.2.8

Reg

Wanted - old floppy drive

[Tom Lewis]

I'm after a floppy drive to suit the internal bay of an LC375.  Drives from
LC I's, II's and so on suit.

Happy to pay a fair price and freight in advance.

Pls mail me off list.

Tom

Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: Office and 10.3

[Stephen Atherton]

Seems to. Have been using both for a few days.


On 25/10/2003, at 1:49 PM, Andrew Schox wrote:


Hello,

Does anyone know if MS Office runs OK with OS 10.3?

Cheers,

Andrew


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Office and 10.3

[Andrew Schox]

Hello,

Does anyone know if MS Office runs OK with OS 10.3?

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: new Macs

[Paul Kitchener]

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wamug@wamug.org.au, 
Subject: Re: new Macs
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:17:17 +0800

>Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable
>configurations?
>
>Does the increased processor power in current Macs make THAT much
>difference to make up for the shockingly low amount of RAM?
>
>I didn't think OS/X was usable with less than 512MB.
>
>Andy Dent BSc  MACS  AACM   http://www.oofile.com.au/

Am *I* missing something?
Our 350mhz B&W G3 with 400MB RAM running OS 10.2.6 is a great MAChine!

I dont use any other macs presently only the peecees I administer at
work, so compared to them (1.6ghz-256mb running XP) this mac rules
AOK!

Almost unusable!
Almost an insult! ;)

Paul

Re: Bluetooth Query ?

[Douglas Sheerer]

I have a Sony Clie TG-50 running Palm OS5 and I 
would like to be able to utelise our internal 
ADSL/Airport  Extreme Network to connect via the 
in built TG-50 Bluetooth and via my PBk G4 to the 
internet.


eg  BT Sony Clie TG50 >>>BT  PBk G4 WiFi >>> WiFi 
Airport Extreme  ADSL Internet connection


Is this possible? I have no trouble TG50 
bluetooth to Sony Ericsson T610 Mobile bluetooth.


I can't see a way to go direct to the Airport 
Extreme Network as the TG-50 is not wireless 
equipped.


Would be grateful of any suggestions or categoric answers eg You can't do it!!!

cheers

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