We should all write them and tell them we're going to boycott their
products until they unleash Mac users from Windows Dominion! :)
That's a very good idea! I'm going to let them know right away!
-Laurent.
This is the text I left on their website, as a complaint:
I, alas, lost it
Alas, getting posts to the G-Book List in Digest form won't work with this
list on Google groups, whereas it did work previously.
I tried to open the Digest email I received on Sunday, 12FEB06, from the
Google list and got the alert noting that Digest Viewer cannot read this
type of Digest.
I recently came across a nice photoshop like application. Its an open
source program.
www.gimp.org
works with photo retouching image authoring. I have been playing with
Steve - I downloaded it. Wow! Is this complex to someone who has only been
working with Apple's iPhoto. Would you
Brian - Thanks so much for the feedback and guidance.
You said:
Setting a password, turning off remote admin, and making
sure you check for firmware updates once in a while (you are current
at the moment for a v3 BEFSR41) are the important things for your
setup, as I see it.
Password is
Run CCC from the admin account, after repairing permissions.
Make sure there are no other apps running.
Dan -
Small point, but worth clarifying.
Do you mean no other apps running or open? Should one shut down
everything when backing up with CCC?
I usually don't touch my Mac
Sharing the connection is not illegal. It will violate the terms of
service most likely though if you knowingly let them share it. There
is nothing that could get you arrested though.
Expand your horizons a bit and consider what would truly be the worst
case scenario, IMHO.
Someone
Personally, I do not bother with WEP, but I keep MAC address
filtering on.
Brian -
When I saw your post, I went to my Linksys BEFSR41 Router, v.3; firmware
version 1.05.00 and checked under the Security tab.
I found the following choices and their settings:
Block Anonymous
Drive around the neighborhood, park your car, open your laptop with
broadband wireless adapter and presto you are connected online.
Chances are you will have more than one signal within that area. You
are not stealing a signal because you are not intruding to someone
else's property.
If those published stats hold up to real world comparisons, that's
one helluva impressive laptop.
Before we wet our collective pants on this one, best first check out:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/01/the_mac_perform
.html
Inter alia, in notes:
Apple used
Well let's see, two Apple Stores within about 5-10 miles to the
south, another about 15 miles north. And MacWorld about 28 miles
north.
Washington, DC. TWO major Apple stores and THREE mini-Apple stores and
ONE mom-and-pop Apple-only store well within 10 miles!
Be still my heart!
After all those years, I'm still using the free MT-Newswatcher, version
3.4...
-Laurent.
Gotta agree with Laurent. I've been using MT-N for years without
problems. And it's free.
bob
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A while back I asked about different ftp clients I could use with my
'book.
Howard -
Don't know if I responded before, but my recommendation would be the free or
donorware Cyberduck, available at the usual sites, Versiontracker, etc.
It has served me very well know for several months.
FYI, Over the period of two years, I had 2 Linksys cable/dsl routers. Both
stopped functioning without any apparent reasons. Right after the warranty
ended up. I decided to go with D-Link and so far, after a little bit over a
year, it's still running fine. They were all Ethernet routers, not
I started the thread about being careful about static electricity.
Tonight, I put my G5 iMac to sleep.
I stood up and took off a Polartec vest, under which I had a cotton
turtleneck.
I was done with the computer and I knew I was going to get a blast of
static electricity when I
Just a friendly reminder to all.
It's gotten quite cold these last weeks and I've noticed, in particular
when wearing anything made of Polartec, that when I reach for the light
switch when I enter the room to use my iBook, when I hit the light switch I
often create a very loud snap/spark
Always seems to be someone or other asking about the best way to care
for one's battery, how to get the longest life from it, etc.
In that case, http://tinyurl.com/extcq might be worth checking out.
It leads to a recent MacFixit page on that very subject.
bob
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Have downloaded the latest update to DW and a created a new CD with that
version: 3.0.3.
It will start my G5 iMac running 10.4.2 and repair it just fine.
However, when I try to start my G3 Dual-USB iBook with this same CD, it
will not work. I can hear the CD drive grinding away, but
Have a G4 iBook running 10.4.9.
Pop in my DiskWarrior CD v 3.0.2, restart while holding down the Command
+ C keys and after much churning, it ignores the CD in the drive and starts
from the HD.
However, when I go to Startup Disk in System Prefs and choose the DW
disk and restart, it
Bingo! That what is. What was I thinking? It's been a very long since
I've started up from a CD and I mistakenly recalled it being Command/C and
not just the C key alone.
Grazie mille, Laurent.
bob
Have a G4 iBook running 10.4.9.
Pop in my DiskWarrior CD v 3.0.2,
I saw a noticeable improvement in speed on my Pismo as I upgraded
drives from the original to the current 7200 rpm travelstar. At least
one intermediate between the original and current, maybe more. You
should see the same unless bus speed is a factor?
You've probably seen where, on this
Hey folks - thanks for all that good advice. I really appreciate it.
Bob
Just out of curiosity, how much room did 10.4 take up? I know 10.3 take
up 2 gigs and I can't imagine 10.4 taking up much more room.
I misspoke. I should have said after I moved over _everything_ that was
on my
I just loaded Tiger onto my G3 Dual-USB iBook with the 9.24GB capacity
HD and I realize I barely have breathing room left.
Two questions:
1. Can a reasonably handy person (rebuilt the carburetor for my 1965
Mustang once) replace the HD in this model iBook?
2. Can anyone
Plug it in, set the ethernet TCP/IP to get it's address via dhcp. It
shouldn't be any more complex than that. Certainly no more complex
than the Airport connection.
Bruce -
Thanks. Next time I travel with the iBook, this is what I'll try.
Let me be certain I understand you:
Is CCC working properly with Tiger?
No. that's why I switched to SuperDuper! recently and I actually like
it a lot better.
I believe this is incorrect. With the latest upgrade to Tiger, 10.4.2,
CCC now works just fine. It does for me and it didn't with previous
iterations of Tiger.
Are you able to synch (update) an already cloned drive or are you
erasing and cloning from scratch each time?
Don't know the answer to the firs part of that sentence.
Each time I backup, I backup my entire hard drive, erasing the old clone
as I do so. bob
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Usually at Best Western. Both
places had free high speed internet connections available. Be advised that
you should carry a ethernet cable with you as not all offered wireless
connections. Each motel that did not offer wireless had a modem and ethernet
cable available in the room for use plus
Usually at Best Western. Both
places had free high speed internet connections available. Be advised that
you should carry a ethernet cable with you as not all offered wireless
connections. Each motel that did not offer wireless had a modem and ethernet
cable available in the room for use plus
Do you all recommend one over the other, both, neither? (And while
we're at it, what are some of your favorite add-ons and widgets? I
did just install Compost, since I like the idea of having more control
over trash functions. :) )
I like RadarInMotion. When it opens with your other
I purchased Tiger and, expectedly, it came on DVD. I have a 700m Mhz,
G3 dual USB iBook. I tried to install Tiger on my external DVD drive,
but no luck. I couldn't select it as my startup drive in System
Preferences.
Do you have an iPod? You can use it to install Tiger on your iBook.
I'll try to keep this very simple.
I have a G5 iMac running 10.4.2 and...
A G3 iBook running the latest version of Panther.
I have a DSL modem connected to a LinkSys router.
That router in turn is connected to my iMac via an ethernet cable and...
Connected to a
I think the very definition of insanity is repeating the same action
and expecting a different result.
Once saw a motivational poster: If you always do what you always did,
you'll always get what you always got.
Except with computers. Sometimes repeated restarts solve the darndest
I have a G3, 500Mhz, iBook running 10.3.9., 640Mb of ram
It's considerably slower, naturally, than my G5 iMac running Tiger.
Has anyone installed Tiger on this generation of iBook and, if so, does
it run faster, slower, or about the same as Panther?
If there's no speed
Nothing is free in Italy, we also pay for the air we breath.
said Richard Clark
I've always been struck by the fact that in Europe, the land of high
taxes and socialist entitlements such as universal free health care,
relatively inexpensive (as compared to the U.S.) university-level
Folks at MyMac.com had nice things to say about the G3 Dual-USB iBook,
noting that...
...when it comes to balancing performance, looks, and price, my vote goes to
the dual-USB G3 iBook, perhaps the first Mac portable to bring all the joys
of mobile computing to the masses without having to
Ram. Absolutely. Max it out, that's what I did and it's still quite
slow.
I have a G3 500Mhz, Dual-USB iBook (slow), a G4 14 iBook (faster) and a
20 G5 iMac (quite fast, indeed).
When I go back down to the iBook, I really get bugged having to wait, it
now seems to take forever
I have a Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 iBook, with the yo-yo power adapter.
Wife has a G4 iBook, 14, 1.2GHz with the small, white, square brick power
adapter.
When we travel, we prefer to take the smaller G3 iBook.
I searched the Apple site for compatibility issues regarding power adapters
and found
I know I can research the answer on this, but I betcha one of you knows
the answer right of the top of your head.
The wife got a new iBook, G4, 14' screen in late 2004.
My Dual-USB, G3, 12 iBook was purchased in early 2003.
I'm guessing that when we travel and take the smaller,
Looked at power inverters for the first time ever.
Seems an economical way to keep your iBook, iPod, and other devices
powered on long road trips.
For the same price, its much safer to get an auto adapter for your laptop.
Andrew
Andrew -
Thing is, with an inverter I could
I've got one. I liked the fact that it was MUCH less than a car
adapter for my Powerbook and would work with any device not just this
Powerbook.
As for warnings, I've found out that mine works much better if I turn
it off and unplug it before I turn the car on/off. That just seems
like a
(it shouldn't die really soon, unless you have a 130 watt power
adaptor or something :)
Uh, why would a 130-watt one die sooner?
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Looked at power inverters for the first time ever.
Seems an economical way to keep your iBook, iPod, and other devices
powered on long road trips.
Did a search and, among other hits, found this:
The Vector 70 Watt Power Inverter was designed for the person on the go. It's
an easy
Out of frustration, I went down to the local Apple to store to the
genius bar, where the genius mentioned he has heard of a similar
issue from another ibook.
Now comes the magic questions. 1) How I can I get Apple to do this
repair? I'm 100% certain that the bright spots are not
A CD is a CD is a
CD whether it has Britney Spears or Beethoven on it.
How DARE you sir? Have you no shame!! ;-
Couldn't resist. Know where that quote come from?
bob
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Unless Adobe has an uninstaller, you'll have to go into
~/Library/Preferences and delete the prefs manually.
Try trashing the prefs first, that could well solve the launching
problem.
I've often resorted to this, doing a command/F in the Finder using the name
of any application
BobGir said:
Thanks **so** much for this info. In all my searching around for a
solution, no one ever mentioned the on-board Apple Remote Desktop as
an option.
To which Peter Stein responded:
No problem - happy to share, I love it.
Peter -
Thanks for that long and detailed response.
Peter -
Thanks for responding.
You said...
I've been using Chicken with great success on Pismo -- Cube. I also use
TightVNC on PC -- Cube.
...and
My setup:
Using the cube with no monitor, keyboard or mouse as a MP3 server for my
home. I use either the laptop or my desktop
Since I am using a Dual-USB G3 500Mhz iBook, I'll try posting this here.
I have posted on the Share My Desktop help site, an Apple Discussion group,
and on MacFixIt and have had almost no responses to date.
I conducted a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) session over the weekend
with my
I subscribe to several Lists like this one and, following the advice of more
experienced users, here's what I have come up with for my weekly maintenance
routine for my:
Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 iBook
640MB of RAM
10Gb IDE Hard Drive
OS 10.3.5
AirPort Card 8.2011
1. Do a Safe Boot. (Shift key)
2.
This is just a wild-assed guess but: have you unplugged everything from all
of the PowerBook's ports, especially any firewire cable, before trying to
start from the CD? bob
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This feature is also available in Entourage, although I never used it
myself. Never saw the advantage of a digest.
Funny. I've tried it both ways and I can't imagine *not* getting it as a
digest.
As the poster to whom I responded observed, trying to follow a thread when
you receive posts
First my setup (both Macs running 10.3.5)
BW G3, Rev. 2
Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 iBook
AirPort Base Station M5757 (Graphite)
AirPort Card 8.2011
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Downloaded and tried Wake550. Instructions
Well...think I found the answer to my own question, so I'll note what it
was should anyone else be interested.
I tried another freeware app for waking up Macs on a network.
Right up front in the ReadMe it noted:
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is WakeUp able to wake a machine through
My new Apple refurbished iBook G4 does the same thing at startup--the
bar only goes half way across the screen, it says waiting for network
initialization and then the desktop appears. I haven't done much with
the iBook yet so I don't know if there are any issues.
Re the above: I have
New iBook G4, 14. We decided to go for Apple Care, since it was a
portable and not a desktop.
When, three weeks later, the Apple Care package came along with the Tech
Tool Deluxe disk, decided to run TT Deluxe to get a baseline, so to speak,
and see if everything passed the TT tests.
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