Re: I just ordered a iBook/SideTrack

2004-08-13 Thread Bob Gir.
I can't really give you any advice on accessories, but if you plan on using the trackpad at all then I suggest that you download sidtrack. Went to the URL given and, reading about SideTrack, came across this warning right up front. NOTE: SideTrack is presently a public beta. As a

Re: DW or TTP

2004-08-11 Thread Bob Gir.
FWIW, I have had both and would strongly urge you to get Disk Warrior. As Andrew said: DW has always been unique, i.e. it addresses a level of the file system that no other utility works with, and like many others I can report it has several times recovered disks that otherwise

Re: OS 10.3.5

2004-08-10 Thread Bob Gir.
Be sure to boot off your Panther CD first, and repair the Boot Disk, followed by repairing disk permissions. If the suggestions I have seen proffered time and again at other sites like MacFixIt, etc., are accurate, you should *not* repair permissions using disk utility *while* booted up on a

Cannot Restore System from CDs

2004-08-04 Thread Bob Gir.
Just got a new 14 G4 iBook. Also have an older 12 Dual-USB G3 iBook. On the G3, Keychain has been driving my crazy for months. All efforts to get it to run properly failed so I decided to wipe the HD clean and re-install/restore the system software. Then came the idea: why not use the CDs that

Re: Anyone else having probs with the list

2004-07-31 Thread Bob Gir.
Getting that message saying that emails from the list are bouncing back to B-Books. Hmmm. . .hope this doesn't keep happening. Pray, folks, pray, that what is happening to the iBook list doesn't happen to this one! To wit, I had to unsubscribe because the server was sending

Re: Travelstar drive noises

2004-07-27 Thread Bob Gir.
If you understand Spanish, I will be more clear for sure. Alejandro - I have seen posts by native English speakers that are not as clear as yours. Your English is fantastic. Ciao, bob -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Virtual Network Computing

2004-07-23 Thread Bob Gir.
Can anyone offer _any_ suggestions for a fix on this one??? Two Mac computers. Both running latest version of Panther and latest versions of Share My Desktop (server) and Chicken of the VNC (client) software trying to set up a virtual network connection. I have a DSL modem connected

Is this a wise choice??

2004-07-23 Thread Bob Gir.
I really hadn't looked at PowerBooks because of their expense. My wife was considering a G4 IBook 14 screen which would retail for $1,300 with a 1GHz processor. 40GB HD, 256M of ram. At SmallDog, found this sale on a G4 PowerBook http://www.smalldog.com/wag14620/atdealmacex#link_1

Re: annoying desktop file

2004-07-18 Thread Bob Gir.
This is a bit long. I've patched this info together, over a year or two, from posts I've seen on the subject. Maybe worth your saving for the days when _you_ can't delete a file/folder/etc. I've left in the info on quitting programs that won't quit as well as trashing items that refuse

Re: Safari crashin' all the time!

2004-07-13 Thread Bob Gir.
Try this, it solved one of the problems I was having with Safari crashing. Go to Safari Preferences AutoFill tab and check to see that Other forms is unchecked. Somehow, mine got checked and it played hell with Safari until I stumbled across and unchecked it. bob On 7/11/04

Re: Safari crashin' all the time!

2004-07-11 Thread Bob Gir.
On 7/11/04 0:19, Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, stating: But today, I decided to play with the Font Manager (related? I dunno. . .) , and I downloaded a bunch of really cool fonts. . .some of the ol' video game themes and more. I used font manager to install them. It was after that

More on Battery Life

2004-07-09 Thread Bob Gir.
This is from Battery University site. All personal computers (and some other electronic devices) contain a battery for memory back up. This battery is commonly a small non-rechargeable lithium cell, which provides a small current when the device is turned off. The PC uses the battery to

Re: [P1] Updating Linksys Router Firmware

2004-07-05 Thread Bob Gir.
On 7/4/04 11:11, Mike Beede [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, stating: Mike - Thanks for your post below. I was able to update mine using my Safari browser with no trouble whatsoever. If that had failed, my next step was to explore how to do it via TFTP. Again, thanks bob On Jul 2,

Updating LInksys Firmware

2004-07-02 Thread Bob Gir.
My iBook, router and base station are described below. I found the latest update for this router's firmware but, knowing nothing about PCs, I haven't a clue as to how to go about updating the Linksys firmware. I went to the Linksys site where someone told me that there was Mac help

Re: Keychain Problems

2004-06-22 Thread Bob Gir.
My brother just bought a refurbished ibook from apple. He loves it but he says that keychain access keeps popping up and asking for his password... He types it in and it doesn't9t work... Is there a way to fix this? His password works everywhere else. Thanks, shane Shane - I've

Prolonging Battery Life

2004-06-21 Thread Bob Gir.
Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 Ibook 640MB of RAM 10Gb IDE Hard Drive OS 10.3.2 AirPort Base Station M5757 (Graphite) AirPort Card 8.2011 *** Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware version 1.04. *** Is leaving an iBook plugged in all the time the best strategy for battery

Re: dumping keychain

2004-06-20 Thread Bob Gir.
I have OS 9.2 on my Wallstreet. Can I get rid of the keychain foolishness by simply tossing everything in my sys folder that says keychain? I don't need it. I am not sure about OS 9, but if you did that in OS X as soon as you restart, the keychain items will be created once again. If you

RE - Carbon Copy Cloner

2004-05-09 Thread Bob Gir.
To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. You can also use it to make periodic back-ups of said bootable disks. Best George Just got back from vacation and read the above. There is indeed another way to make a