'Hybrid' DVD systems

[David Dalgarno]

Story about new DVD formats - storage up to 50gig/   [Apple to use sony 
system?]

see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4468047.stm

David Dalgarno

Amazon are going to get in trouble,.....

[Daniel Kerr]

For those interested.new PowerMac G5s?
Not released yet...but rumoured,.







Enjoy!

Kind Regards
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Re: Help Is this a good buy

[Craig Ringer]

On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 12:58 +0800, Kassandra wrote:
> Hi,
> I am thinking about buying this G3 Powerbook Lombard (bronze keyboard) 
> 400 mhz Dvd Firewire model for $500.00 is this a good price do you 
> think. The machine is clean and tidy, no physical damage, screen 
> display is clear and bright. The screen shudder a little when I put a 
> movie on but the disk was really dirty, I was in the shop and didn't 
> have time to muck around with it a lot. But i put it on hold while they 
> charge the battery for me. Is there anything I should be looking for in 
> this model that could cause me grief.

The battery.

If it's old/worn out, you won't get much life, and I don't know what the
situation is with replacements. Check the battery life BEFORE you buy,
and if you can find out the price of new batteries too.

Also check to make sure the display hinges are solid.

I'd also want to make sure there's a decent amount of memory in it, and
price the upgrade to a sensible amount if it doesn't ship with it. I
define "bare minimum" as 256MB; others needs may vary.

Mostly it depends on what you want to do with it.

-- 
Craig Ringer

Re: Best OS9 browser?

[Craig Ringer]

On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 19:15 +0800, Robert Howells wrote:
> On 26/04/2005, at 6:25 PM, Paul wrote:
> 
> > Ikon Design wrote:
> >
> >> ...OS9.2, Netscape 4.7 all old I know.
> >>
> > Good ole 4.7 ;)
> >
> > I shudder to think there was a time (a long time in fact) when I 
> > thought that it was the best browser around.
> 
> Nobody mentions Netscape 7 , the first browser as far as I know to 
> introduce Tabbed browsing !

Nope, though it was probably the first popular one on Mac. Tabbed
browsing turned up in Mozilla (which Netscape 7 is based on) *way*
before there was even a Netscape > 4.x . It'd been in other browsers,
including Galeon and Opera, well before Mozilla had it too, though I
don't know if any of the others made it to Mac.

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Re: Best OS9 browser?

[Robert Howells]

On 26/04/2005, at 6:25 PM, Paul wrote:


Ikon Design wrote:


...OS9.2, Netscape 4.7 all old I know.


Good ole 4.7 ;)

I shudder to think there was a time (a long time in fact) when I 
thought that it was the best browser around.


Nobody mentions Netscape 7 , the first browser as far as I know to 
introduce Tabbed browsing !


And the last version of 4.7 was possibly4.79


Bob







The other day someone mentioned browsers for OS9, specifically iCab.
Can anyone rate it for me please?
Could it be better on <= G3 macs than IE or even that little gem 
mentioned above?


I dont use OS9 anymore but I have some friends and clients who do and 
iCab must be the only browser I havn't tried.

I would feel a lot more positive about OS9 if it had a viable browser.
Most seem so heavy, espcially on pre G3s, while plenty of other OS9 
software is still more than useful.


Cheers
Paul


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Re: Safari, and Security and OSX Updates

[Paul]

Kelly Duffy wrote:


Also, if there's a more recently updated email archives I'd appreciate the URL.
 


http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/List.html


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Best OS9 browser?

[Paul]

Ikon Design wrote:


...OS9.2, Netscape 4.7 all old I know.


Good ole 4.7 ;)

I shudder to think there was a time (a long time in fact) when I thought 
that it was the best browser around.


The other day someone mentioned browsers for OS9, specifically iCab.
Can anyone rate it for me please?
Could it be better on <= G3 macs than IE or even that little gem 
mentioned above?


I dont use OS9 anymore but I have some friends and clients who do and 
iCab must be the only browser I havn't tried.

I would feel a lot more positive about OS9 if it had a viable browser.
Most seem so heavy, espcially on pre G3s, while plenty of other OS9 
software is still more than useful.


Cheers
Paul


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Re: iTMS: Thursday!

[Rod]

On 26/04/2005, at 4:40 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:


Hi

Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy  
tunes and play them under Tiger :)







I love who let it slip :-)  I'd like to see Steve and Russell go  
toe-to-toe on that gaff :-)


Seeya

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iTMS: Thursday!

[Shay Telfer]

Hi

Thought folks might be interested in this. Obviously so you can buy 
tunes and play them under Tiger :)




Have fun,
Shay
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File ownership and Permissions ! ?????

[Robert Howells]

HI everyone,

I just came across this :  Anybody daily dealing with file ownership and
permission problems may wish to read it in full :



Bob

DVD Player Lost?

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Guys,

I've had a phone call from a person who has 'Lost' their DVD Player in 
OSX10.3.9??


I've been and had a look at his Computer  and he is right .. there 
is no DVD Player on his HD.


There still is DVD Player Bookmarks in Application Support
& DVD Player Scripts in Application Support.

Am I best to Delete the above folders, use Pacifist to obtain the 
Application DVD Player & reinstall it?


Thanks for any advice.

Cheers,
Ronni
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"Apple!"

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Matthew Healey]

On 26/04/2005, at 1:41 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:

This transfers all files in Documents folder on old drive to  
Documents folder on new. Notice back-slash with space this  
signifies a space in naming convention of drive. The -avz  - tells  
program this is an option, a is archive it will transfer all files  
with symbolic links and preferences, v is verbose can see what and  
where files are being transfered, z is compressed slightly faster  
transfer but definitely smaller can be left off as it is for  
across networks.




Note that this will corrupt any Macintosh documents or applications  
with a Resource fork unless you apply the resource fork patch to  
rsync. rsync by default is not resource fork aware.


If you run these utilities from Tiger, you don't have that problem.

cp, mv, rm and rsync are all Spotlight and Resource Fork aware in Tiger.

- Matt

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Shay Telfer]

This transfers all files in Documents folder on old drive to 
Documents folder on new. Notice back-slash with space this signifies 
a space in naming convention of drive. The -avz  - tells program 
this is an option, a is archive it will transfer all files with 
symbolic links and preferences, v is verbose can see what and where 
files are being transfered, z is compressed slightly faster transfer 
but definitely smaller can be left off as it is for across networks.


Note that this will corrupt any Macintosh documents or applications 
with a Resource fork unless you apply the resource fork patch to 
rsync. rsync by default is not resource fork aware.


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Shay Telfer]

Rest assured it is being investigated.
And, Management are aware.


I've hassled them about it before when I got an e-mail response from 
their tech support that assumed I was a PC user.


You just have to read their monthly mail out with lots of PC tips and 
tricks, and the odd (often incorrect or pre Mac-OS X) Mac tip.


But hey, I never bother to call support unless my connection's 
broken, and all the other ISP's I've used are worse than WestNet with 
regards to Mac knowledge anyway :) At least WestNet replied to my 
e-mails.


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Rob Davies]

Afternoon,

On 26 Apr 2005, at 12:53 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


On 26/04/2005 12:44 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:



Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time 
as

installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new
HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to
migrate my user data from the old HD to the new one.

Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the SU in the method 
I've

described? My previous experience was in moving user data via a
firewire cable between a G5 and a G4. I'm unsure whether it can be 
used

between two internal HDs.

A few google searches haven't revealed anything, any info appreciated.

Cheers,
Tobes.



Hi Tobes

I haven't tried it via two internal drives. As it needs to look for a
Firewire connection it may not work but not 100% sure on that though. 
You
could always setup the new drive, create the same User, then reboot 
over to
the older user and replace the folders inside it with your current 
data.

That may also work.
I've done that on a couple of my machines, and then just repaired
permissions, and it all worked fine. Not the best way, but still works 
well.

:o) And always worth it as a last resort.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel
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rsync could be of use for transferring files, the beauty of Unix / 
Linux and the genius of an Australian; Andrew Tridgell (Samba)


rsync is a file transfer program capable of efficient remote update
via a fast differencing algorithm.

information is found via the terminal; type, man rsync

It is used via the command line:

rsync -avz /Volumes/OLDHD/Documents /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Documents

(example only, naming conventions different for each machine and only 
valid with OS X)


This transfers all files in Documents folder on old drive to Documents 
folder on new. Notice back-slash with space this signifies a space in 
naming convention of drive. The -avz  - tells program this is an 
option, a is archive it will transfer all files with symbolic links and 
preferences, v is verbose can see what and where files are being 
transfered, z is compressed slightly faster transfer but definitely 
smaller can be left off as it is for across networks.


The forward slash at end of commands for destination signifies to 
create a folder with name of the src. I have left it blank so as to 
deliver them to Documents folder. Their are many uses for said program 
even as a remote or local backup, remember though if you have to remove 
system files one has to be Administrator or initialise root if you are 
trying to move things across users.


Cheers!
Rob Davies
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"It is the world which makes known to us our belonging to a 
subject-communtiy, especially the existence in the world of the 
manufactured objects." Sartre.

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Toby Oldham]

Thanks Dan & Mark - I've pulled the "install new OS, duplicate user 
folder then switch with old user folder" trick once before, when I 
wanted to get a G5 up and running quickly after it had been out of 
action for awhile ... to this day I still have permission issues. ;-}


If the app looks for a firewire connection, I guess what I need is 
another G5 to accommodate the old HD.


Cheers,
Tobes.


On 26/04/2005, at 12:53 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

Hi Tobes

I haven't tried it via two internal drives. As it needs to look for a
Firewire connection it may not work but not 100% sure on that though. 
You
could always setup the new drive, create the same User, then reboot 
over to
the older user and replace the folders inside it with your current 
data.

That may also work.
I've done that on a couple of my machines, and then just repaired
permissions, and it all worked fine. Not the best way, but still works 
well.

:o) And always worth it as a last resort.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel
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Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Ronda Brown]

On 26/04/2005, at 1:03 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:


On 26/04/2005, at 7:00 AM, Roger and Rosemary Horton wrote:



On 25/04/2005, at 4:28 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:



  They needed telling.  Their member photo site is basically 
inaccessible in Safari and even in Firefox it ain't much chop.




Nor can you use their backup service if you have a mac

all this quite a flaw in their otherwise excellent service.


  By the way, I haven't yet had a reply to their offer to follow up 
and in my experience, this usually means that something is getting 
investigated.
If people are annoyed by the website stuff like we have pointed out, 
maybe an email or two from several different mac users might tickle 
management along?


Nancy M


Rest assured it is being investigated.
And, Management are aware.

Cheers,
Ronni
When Microsoft asks you, "Where do you want to go today?" Tell them, 
"Apple!"

Plugpacks for zip drives

[Laurie McDonald]

I recently sought a plugpack for a 250 zip drive, and had responses 
offering me the model that came with the original zip 100. The voltage 
stated varies by 4% but I am unsure of the polarity of the lead.


Can anyone tell me if it is the same, or even test their own zip 250 
plugpack and let me know the inner and outer polarities please?


Thank you, Laurie McDonald

Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Nancy McIntyre]

On 26/04/2005, at 7:00 AM, Roger and Rosemary Horton wrote:



On 25/04/2005, at 4:28 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:



  They needed telling.  Their member photo site is basically 
inaccessible in Safari and even in Firefox it ain't much chop.




Nor can you use their backup service if you have a mac

all this quite a flaw in their otherwise excellent service.


Yes.  However I want to emphasise that westnet's service - where it 
matters most - in provision of network and the absolutely best support 
desk in the known universe is streets ahead of the next competitor.
For example, I recently tracked a transient DNS problem down to "most 
likely" in their network - using apple's troubleshooting pages - and an 
intelligent and switched on Beau twigged immmediately that I had missed 
a notice about DNS number change.   Somehow I just know if I had wanted 
help at another isp,  I would have first had to wait for half an hour 
to speak 'live' and then would have got on to a timid  trainee with 
hearing problems ;-/

And most importantly, the support staff are all very mac inquisitive.
And too, I think everyone would agree that the reply re the flash 
problem was well researched and helpful - as far as it went.  By the 
way, I haven't yet had a reply to their offer to follow up and in my 
experience, this usually means that something is getting investigated.
If people are annoyed by the website stuff like we have pointed out, 
maybe an email or two from several different mac users might tickle 
management along?


Nancy M

Help Is this a good buy

[Kassandra]

Hi,
I am thinking about buying this G3 Powerbook Lombard (bronze keyboard) 
400 mhz Dvd Firewire model for $500.00 is this a good price do you 
think. The machine is clean and tidy, no physical damage, screen 
display is clear and bright. The screen shudder a little when I put a 
movie on but the disk was really dirty, I was in the shop and didn't 
have time to muck around with it a lot. But i put it on hold while they 
charge the battery for me. Is there anything I should be looking for in 
this model that could cause me grief.

Much appreciated
Thanks
Kassie

Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Daniel Kerr]

On 26/04/2005 12:44 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> 
> Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as
> installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new
> HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to
> migrate my user data from the old HD to the new one.
> 
> Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the SU in the method I've
> described? My previous experience was in moving user data via a
> firewire cable between a G5 and a G4. I'm unsure whether it can be used
> between two internal HDs.
> 
> A few google searches haven't revealed anything, any info appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tobes.
> 
> 
Hi Tobes

I haven't tried it via two internal drives. As it needs to look for a
Firewire connection it may not work but not 100% sure on that though. You
could always setup the new drive, create the same User, then reboot over to
the older user and replace the folders inside it with your current data.
That may also work.
I've done that on a couple of my machines, and then just repaired
permissions, and it all worked fine. Not the best way, but still works well.
:o) And always worth it as a last resort.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel
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Re: Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Mark Secker]

I'll try find an e-mail tomorrow at work from the Mac tech list that 
isn't on my home computer - It gave the name of a file that you can 
delete (or edit?) that will cause the firewire transfer program to 
initiate... from recollection the drive that you wish this to run on 
has to be a clean install without the setup user program been run on 
it or you had to get in to it booted from another disk and remove or 
edit some other files to make the OS think the drive was in that 
clean install with no users state.


Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time 
as installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install 
the new HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup 
utility to migrate my user data from the old HD to the new one.


Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the SU in the method 
I've described? My previous experience was in moving user data via a 
firewire cable between a G5 and a G4. I'm unsure whether it can be 
used between two internal HDs.


A few google searches haven't revealed anything, any info appreciated.

Cheers,
Tobes.


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Installing Tiger on new HD, then moving old HD data across

[Toby Oldham]

Hi all, I'm planning on upgrading my G5's Hard Disk at the same time as 
installing Tiger. I figured the best way to do this is install the new 
HD, install Tiger onto the new HD, then use the Setup utility to 
migrate my user data from the old HD to the new one.


Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the SU in the method I've 
described? My previous experience was in moving user data via a 
firewire cable between a G5 and a G4. I'm unsure whether it can be used 
between two internal HDs.


A few google searches haven't revealed anything, any info appreciated.

Cheers,
Tobes.

FS nick-nacks for macs

[Mark Secker]

iTrip FM transmitter for in car  use of iPod as new $30 works with 
any dock iPod. I haven't tried it with my mini though - I'm told the 
mini iTrip is just a cosmetic  make over to aesthetically fit the 
size of the mini iPod better.


Griffin iMate $20 ADB to USB addaptor - allows ADB devices such as 
keyboards, mice and graphics tablets to be used with non ADB equipped 
macs no driver needed for iMate or for standard peripherals such as 
keyboard and mouse. great if you have one of those great old school 
Apple ADB extended  keyboard.


Wacom ADB A5 sized Artz II graphics tablet $30... will work with os 
9.x or lower can be used with Griffin iMate to connect to later non 
ADB OS 9 compatible macs - no drivers (even on Wacom's site) but I'm 
sure you can fox them from someone somewhere ( there may even be 
openware drivers for OSX? but Ican't be bothered looking as I have 
new A4 USB tablet).
This is a good size for G3 iMacs and even better with G3/4 Powerbooks 
and  iBooks as a tablet this size maps well to these size screens... 
will work in mouse and basic pen mode in programs in OSX but no pen 
pressure sensitivity (not compatible with "Ink" text recognition)
comes with spare stylus pen and if I can .. just .. darn... find 
it... a A6 size Artz II ADB mini graphics tablet ...



Wacom and iMate together $40


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WestNet Issues

[Ronda Brown]

Hi WAMUGers,

After following the issues people have been experiencing with WestNet.
I have been in touch with WestNet Management and informed them of the 
problems we have with them.


They were surprised and did assure me that they are busy putting 
together new Mac Training for their staff and have recently employed a 
number of Mac Trained staff.


They are going to investigate these issues and will keep me informed.

As many of you know,  WestNet  has been my ISP almost from 'day one' 
and I have recommended them as an ISP for Mac users  .  So I want 
these problems fixed!


They certainly would not be being 'Nefarious'.  (great word Matt)!

Cheers,
Ronni
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"Apple!"

Re: AddressBook.app query

[Rod]

Don't stress, it's not doing anything nefarious.

Nefarious.  Flash word there Matt!  We will put it on our board as Word 
of the Day!


:-)

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Re: AddressBook.app query

[Matthew Healey]

On 25/04/2005, at 3:34 PM, Robin Belford wrote:

Sometimes when I open the application Address Book.app Little  
Snitch gives me this message "Address Book wants to connect to  
homepage.mac.com on TCP port 80 (http)".


As I don't have an active .Mac account or a home page there why  
does Address Book want to do this and what is it telling Apple?


You probably have someone in there that has a .Mac account.  
AddressBook is looking to see if that person(s) have upload a photo  
of themselves. If it finds one it will download it and assign it to  
that card.


Don't stress, it's not doing anything nefarious.

- Matt

Re: Firewire query

[Rod]

On 26/04/2005, at 10:42 AM, John Thompson wrote:


Hi List,
`	I have just recently purchased a new Mac Mini (lovely machine) and 
with the (100%) assistance of Peter Hinchliffe, transferred all data, 
system library and apps over via firewire from my iBook 500.  This 
worked fine so I purchased a Firewire cable for myself.
	The problem now is that this new cable (the second one I have tried) 
is not seen by either machine.  Any ideas?


Regards

John Thompson



Hi John,

How are you connecting up the firewire cable and to what devices?  If 
you are connecting two machines together, one of them has to be in 
Firewire Target mode (restart mac and hold down the 't' key until a 
floating firwewire symbol appears).  Otherwise, connect the device and 
the mac mini with the cable.  Then go to 'About this Mac' in the Apple 
menu, then click more info.  Click on FireWire in the side menu and see 
if any devices appear in the list.  If not, there may be a problem with 
either the cable or the device you are connecting to.


Seeya

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Firewire query

[John Thompson]

Hi List,
`	I have just recently purchased a new Mac Mini (lovely machine) and 
with the (100%) assistance of Peter Hinchliffe, transferred all data, 
system library and apps over via firewire from my iBook 500.  This 
worked fine so I purchased a Firewire cable for myself.
	The problem now is that this new cable (the second one I have tried) 
is not seen by either machine.  Any ideas?


Regards

John Thompson

Re: Safari, and Security and OSX Updates

[Rod]

On 26/04/2005, at 9:50 AM, Kelly Duffy wrote:


Hi all,

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I checked the WAMUG site and
the Yahoo group for archives first, I've been unsubscribed since I
last changed email addresses, but last night I downloaded the most
recent updates for Panther and afterwards Safari just stopped working.

Do you have any Safari plugins?  There was a specific one mentioned 
here last week, AcidSearch.  Remove that from the plugins folder for 
Safari and see if that helps.  The actual email from Bob Howells had 
this link:




Lots of info there!

Seeya

Rod!

Safari, and Security and OSX Updates

[Kelly Duffy]

Hi all,

I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I checked the WAMUG site and
the Yahoo group for archives first, I've been unsubscribed since I
last changed email addresses, but last night I downloaded the most
recent updates for Panther and afterwards Safari just stopped working.

I've had problems with ICQ, and general downloading too, although I
think it's more likely to be the files I'm downloading, I tried Safari
and Mozilla, but Safari wont even load up for me since the siftware
updates. All I get is the icon bouncing in the dock.

Has anyone else had this happen?

Also, if there's a more recently updated email archives I'd appreciate the URL.

Kind regards,
Kelly

Weird message

[Ikon Design]

Hi

I received this message this morning, 22 times with no subject line and
I can't delete them. G4 OS9.2 Netscape 4.7 all old I know. Could some
one tell me how to get rid of them, they are dated 1/1/70 8.00 am.

Regards

Clive


Probably the Flash loading in the page. Flash player 7 for Mac OS X is
still very processor intensive even though it has improved a lot in the
latest version. Flash player 8 should be out soon and hopefully they
will address the issue and make it more efficient.

Steven

On 24/04/2005, at 11:37 PM, Mike Fuller wrote:

> Yes, Nancy, this site generates near 100% cpu on my 1.8GHz G5 iMac.
>
> What does it all mean...
>
> On 24/04/2005, at 5:17 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Can any reader confirm the near 100 percent cpu activity when viewing

>> this page:
>>
>> http://myplace.westnet.com.au/default.aspx
>>
>> in any or all of Safari, Firefox and Camino?   I note that turning
>> off the big flash phone ad  reduces the cpu activity by around 40
>> percent.
>>
>> thanks in advance for any replies
>> __
>>
>> McOnamac OS X 10.3.9 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 768  plenty RAM
>>
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Re: new Mac time lag

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 25/04/2005, at 6:41 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

Tara finally received her new computer. She is so pleased with it she 
has forgotten about switching back to Windows. She is thrilled with 
the ease of things and how much fun it is to use, and how good things 
look.


Another day and it would have been all over I think. All's well that 
ends well ...


Best wishes
edward



... and my client's Mac Mini arrived last week as well, so all's well 
with the world   :-)


Bring on the Tiger!

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Fwd: cpu activity on a web page

[Roger and Rosemary Horton]

On 25/04/2005, at 4:28 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:



  They needed telling.  Their member photo site is basically 
inaccessible in Safari and even in Firefox it ain't much chop.



Nor can you use their backup service if you have a mac.

All this quite a flaw in their otherwise excellent service

Rosemary Horton

Re: iMac SE issues

[Shay Telfer]

 >>> "3 strikes" before powering up, I have to reset it twice before the

 screen will come on and the chime happens

 >>>

 Surging/flickering in speakers, they buzz and make a flickering sound
 even when the iMac is shut down and head phone in

 Visible screen refresh, the centre of the screen is clear but the
 edges
 seem to roll and quake. I think that has something to do with the
 kinks
 in the black cable that surround the CRT for some magnetic thing???

 crashing in fullscreen mode for most Open GL games especially  games
 that launch movies

 It is using an older IDE HD taken from a beige G3 and I received it
 dismantled so more than likely there's static discharge damage

 extra info: running 128MB RAM, OS 9.2, 4.2 GB HD rather than 13GB

 Anyone else had extreme issues like this or know what's the best
 option

 >>> apart from part harvesting or trash? Is there hope?


I'd try replacing the PRAM battery. But the screen rolling and 
quaking seems to indicate that the analogue board is dying/dead. Talk 
to Kat


Have fun,
Shay
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