Re: iLife installation problem

2005-05-04 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
On 30 Apr2005, at 8:51 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I am trying to install iPhoto 4 snip I get a message that iLife cannot be installed because one of its programs is running. I am sure that none of the iLife programs is running. I also have restarted the machine, repaired permissions,

Re: wireless range

2005-05-04 Thread Rick McCutcheon
Someone recently posted a wireless router on the swap list and mentioned in passing that It is a fact that Wireless B products have a longer range than their G counterparts. Can someone confirm this? G routers fall back to B when find a single B-only client, or the range exceeds the few

Re: wireless range

2005-05-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 3, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Someone recently posted a wireless router on the swap list and mentioned in passing that It is a fact that Wireless B products have a longer range than their G counterparts. Can someone confirm this? Yes. Higher data rate == shorter range.

ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Larry le Mac
I have a problem with my wife's new TiBook 400MHz and I'm going crazy... We have ADSL and everything works fine with my G4 QuickSilver, but her TiBook (X.3.9) will not receive a valid IP address, 169.smoething... I have run permissions repair and all, no difference. The subnet mask is 255.255.0.0

Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 04/05/05 11:43, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a problem with my wife's new TiBook 400MHz and I'm going crazy... We have ADSL and everything works fine with my G4 QuickSilver, but her TiBook (X.3.9) will not receive a valid IP address, 169.smoething... I have run

Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Zoltan Batiz
Hello all, I've been hearing a lot lately about Tiger this and Tiger that. . .doesn't anyone wait anymore? I mean, there's bound to be bugs in huge upgrades. . .history has taught me that. When I went from 9 to Puma (10.1) I ended up going back to 9 until Jaguar (10.2.) came out; and I

Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cor, a super quick answer, thanks! Do you have a router connected to your ADSL modem? If not, then it probably explains why. Somehow, your provided has registered the MAC address of your QuickSilver and will hand out an IP address only to that machine.

Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 04/05/05 11:50, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cor, a super quick answer, thanks! Do you have a router connected to your ADSL modem? If not, then it probably explains why. Somehow, your provided has registered the MAC address of your

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 4, 2005, at 8:49 AM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hello all, I've been hearing a lot lately about Tiger this and Tiger that. . .doesn't anyone wait anymore? I mean, there's bound to be bugs in huge upgrades. . .history has taught me that. When I went from 9 to Puma (10.1) I ended up going back

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread William Wiseman
Actually, this has been the most trouble-free upgrade I've done. It is now loaded on my iBook G4/800, which I did first and tested for stability, as well as an eMac and my mini. All were done as archive install, with settings imported, and I had no install problems and only one other

Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 4, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cor, a super quick answer, thanks! Do you have a router connected to your ADSL modem? If not, then it probably explains why. Somehow, your provided has registered the MAC address of your QuickSilver and will

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Keith Johnson
Wait? Never! I installed Tiger last night. I waited a few days to see if my monitor would explode if I didn't. Installation went smoothly, a lot quicker than I expected. Optimization was extremely fast. So far no problems. Tiger seems smoother, just like Panther felt smoother than Jaguar. I'm

Re: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards

2005-05-04 Thread Chris Jansen
Tiger runs fine on a Lombard. Installing it is the trick, and requires a new world Mac. You can install it on an external disk connected to Mac with built-in firewire, or install it on Mac with built-in firewire and swap the drive into the Lombard. But after putting the drive into the

Re: Confirmation Request (3040057234)

2005-05-04 Thread Mark Edward Attew
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Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] One thought, and I forget the beginnings of this thread...have you swapped out the cables, and tried different ports on the router? I've had flaky ethernet cables that have really tried my patience by making it look like everything else is at fault... Nah,

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Bruce Mitchell
Besides, it seems to me we should all be grateful for the pioneers who choose to install the latest OS when it comes out and find out for themselves (and the rest of us) what the bugs are... On 5/4/05 9:52 AM, Jason Rife [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, I ordered it, got it at the student rate,

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Amber
Hello Zoltan, On 4-May-05, at 8:49 AM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Hello all, I've been hearing a lot lately about Tiger this and Tiger that. . .doesn't anyone wait anymore? I mean, there's bound to be bugs in huge upgrades. . .history has taught me that. Some people choose to wait, some don't.I

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Aaron Willems
Take a look at this web link, it lists compatibility for Tiger and 3rd party software venders. This list helped me plan my Tiger upgrade for my computer network. I administer over 100 Macs at my job, and I have no plans within the next 3 months to upgrade. OS 10.3.9 runs perfectly. It's all a

Re: ADSL - 255.255.0.0 - going crazy

2005-05-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 4, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] TCP/IP voodoo makes SCSI voodoo look like childs play. Yes, but knowing the fundamentals stops you from going mental and at least attempt to think at the right end of the problem, knowing very little makes you

MCE's iBook SuperDrive upgrade

2005-05-04 Thread Simon Tang
Hi all, A friend of mine is thinking about springing for a superdrive upgrade from MCE for her G3 iBook. Has anyone out there had any experience with this upgrade (good or bad)? I think they are offering the upgrade for $199 + $99 installation (they have a $49 install option, but you will

Re: Confirmation Request (3040057234)

2005-05-04 Thread Tom and Lisa P
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Re: Windows Media Player (was Real Player for X)

2005-05-04 Thread Harry Corsover
On Apr 25, 2005, at 4:36 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: For Windows Media I use VLC and in rare cases WMP. Are you saying that .wmv files play for you in VLC? I get sound, but no video. And for some reason (despite deleting the Windows Media Player Prefs file and reinstalling, I can't get any wmv.

Re: Tiger on Lombard

2005-05-04 Thread Alan C. Magnus
On May 4, 2005, at 6:04 pm, Andrew F. wrote: Well the external drive trick worked, my wife's Lombard is now happily running Tiger. It boots quickly and is very stable, though I'm having a problem getting wireless going on either of my two PC cards, both of which I have drivers for. This

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Nima
Well... On the date of the release of Tiger, at 6:00 p.m. I found myself in line waiting for the Apple Store to re-open. They opened up the store's door and about 200 or so of us faithfuls were in line and under a general applause we entered the Store. The Apple personnel were distributing

Re: Tiger on Lombard

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 04/05/05 19:30, Andrew F. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine is behaving strangely in that the PC card (I've tried five different PC cards) gets power and is identified properly in the menubar, but is not accessible and does not appear on the Mac's desktop. I even put the Panther drive back

Tiger Scrolling options?

2005-05-04 Thread Rob Carruthers
Just installed Tiger and found uControl (scrolling util for PBs) is no long installed and not supported. Can anyone recommend another suitable app. that will work in Tiger, preferably Open Source. Rob -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?! {Tiger Gotcha}

2005-05-04 Thread David Lesher
Beware a major Gotcha.. Tiger does not support FileSharing over Appletalk, only TCP/IP. And I and other have found that TCP/IP Filesharing between X.2{.4, I think, not sure which rev.} or X.3 OS9 is unstable; it times out after about 120 seconds idle. This bug has been reported multiple

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?! {Tiger Gotcha}

2005-05-04 Thread Nima
Perhaps it is a feature? :) ___ NBT On May 4, 2005, at 20:36, David Lesher wrote: Beware a major Gotcha.. Tiger does not support FileSharing over Appletalk, only TCP/IP. And I and other have found that TCP/IP Filesharing between X.2{.4, I think, not sure

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Terry McCune
Hey - I've been waiting and watching for 2 years now, not just for Tiger, but for a new iMac to buy myself as a retirement present. When they did the iMac upgrades on Tues. morning, I figured I'd jump in. Tiger on a 20 iMac! I can hardly wait. -- Terry McCune -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Tiger Scrolling options?

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 04/05/05 21:34, Rob Carruthers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just installed Tiger and found uControl (scrolling util for PBs) is no long installed and not supported. Can anyone recommend another suitable app. that will work in Tiger, preferably Open Source. Try iScroll2. I was using

Re: MCE's iBook SuperDrive upgrade

2005-05-04 Thread Stephen Thomas
I upgraded my 12 G4 iBook from a combo to dual layer superdrive and replaced the hard disk with a 100 GB at the same time. I used one of MCE's local authorized service centers for the upgrade. In one morning, out that afternoon, and both have worked flawlessly ever since. On May 4, 2005, at

Re: Ibook DVD question

2005-05-04 Thread Dan K
Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a combo drive from a friends newer Ibook that died and I'd like to install it in my Ibook. I have an earlier model 500 MHz Dual USB and was wondering,. did all of them have the DVD decoder on the motherboard, or just the DVD drive equipped models. All

Re: Confirmation Request (3040057234)

2005-05-04 Thread Dean
I anyone else getting these? This is the 4th one I've had since yesterday. Does someone have a virus? - Tom and Lisa P wrote: This is an automated message from the G-Books mailing list manager. Somebody (probably you) has

Re: Confirmation Request (3040057234)

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 04/05/05 23:14, Dean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I anyone else getting these? This is the 4th one I've had since yesterday. Does someone have a virus? Don't know but I did email the original poster to ask him to stop forwarding those to the main list. -Laurent. --

Re: Ibook DVD question

2005-05-04 Thread Dean
I took a dead 900 Mhz 14 down to the skeleton to part it out. There were a lot of screws and a full muffin tin in the end but I've got to say I've done PC's that were more of a problem. Dan K wrote: Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got a combo drive from a friends newer Ibook that died and I'd

Slight annoying problem with iChat in Tiger?

2005-05-04 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Since upgrading to Tiger, I did notice a change in the way iChat works. Basically, if the main application is not opened, you don't get any audio sound for any action. I thought that these were playing even if the application was not running, as long as I had the iChat menu extra in the menu bar

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-04 Thread Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo
Congratulations - what a treat! Turtle-Bear On May 4, 2005, at 7:43 PM, Terry McCune wrote: Hey - I've been waiting and watching for 2 years now, not just for Tiger, but for a new iMac to buy myself as a retirement present. When they did the iMac upgrades on Tues. morning, I figured I'd jump in.

Re: MCE's iBook SuperDrive upgrade

2005-05-04 Thread Simon Tang
Do they return your drives to you? Or do they keep it? Simon On 5/4/05, Stephen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded my 12 G4 iBook from a combo to dual layer superdrive and replaced the hard disk with a 100 GB at the same time. I used one of MCE's local authorized service centers for

Re: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards

2005-05-04 Thread PETE
Would the same thing work for a wallstreet? Pete. --- Chris Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tiger runs fine on a Lombard. Installing it is the trick, and requires a new world Mac. You can install it on an external disk connected to Mac with built-in firewire, or install it on Mac with

Re: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards

2005-05-04 Thread Andrew
No, Wallstreet needs a different video driver that is provided by XPostFacto. --- PETE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would the same thing work for a wallstreet? Pete. --- Chris Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tiger runs fine on a Lombard. Installing it is the trick, and requires a new

Why am I getting this?

2005-05-04 Thread Jim Dynes
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