Download Apple Hardware Test from Apple

2008-10-29 Thread Paul
http://www.info.apple.com/support/aht.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Time Machine/Capsule (was: Adding New HD)

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 4:13 PM -0400 10/28/2008, Al Poulin wrote: Are the TM and TC less prone to problems in a home environment than in the office with multiple users? Doubtful. The issue is bugs in TM. Time Machine is just, IMO, not fully baked yet. Good to play with but until it's totally dependable, your

Re: Download Apple Hardware Test from Apple

2008-10-29 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
Wow, thanks! I did not know about this. 2008/10/29 Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.info.apple.com/support/aht.html -- -hackmiester --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those

Re: Yikes! Power Button or CUDA?

2008-10-29 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 27, 2008, at 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, what is it about people such as yourself that they want to be spoon-fed and are unable or unwilling to use the resources available to them? It's not that hard. Go to Apple.com, select Support, have someone type the letters

Re: Adding New HD

2008-10-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:26 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: I installed my new external HD, partitioned it into two partitions, made the first one the same size as my internal drive (80gb ). I called it MAC HD BACKUP and copied my internal HD on to it,

Re: Adding New HD

2008-10-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Liam Proven wrote: 2008/10/28 Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: I installed my new external HD, partitioned it into two partitions, made the first one the same size as my internal drive (80gb ). I called it MAC HD

Re: Adding New HD

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 12:04 PM -0400 10/28/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: I looked under Partition Map Scheme and it says Master Boot Record. Is this right or wrong? Apple Partion Map is *required* to boot PowerPC based Macs. Intel-based Macs use GID. Windoze uses Master Boot Record. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

search in 10.5 server

2008-10-29 Thread Sam Macomber
Anyone know how to get search working right in 10.5 when searching a server? Server is 10.5, xserve G5, files are stored on an xRAID, shared through AFP and spotlight search for the share point in question is turned on. problem is we've got small JPG versions of every image shot here

Re: Time Machine Problem

2008-10-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 28, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: Hello, I have just added an external 250GB HD to my eMac, which uses OS 10.5.5. I divided it into two partitions, one the same size as my internal drive, and the other using the remainder. I copied the internal drive onto the matching size

Re: malware and web pages

2008-10-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Avoiding this malware doesn't seem to be as simple any more as simply not opening attachments from unknown senders. What's the safe way to secure a Mac (or any computer for that matter) that's used for online banking? Are there

Re: Time Machine Problem

2008-10-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: Hello, I have just added an external 250GB HD to my eMac, which uses OS 10.5.5. I divided it into two partitions, one the same size as my internal drive, and the other using the remainder.

Spring Cleaning

2008-10-29 Thread janesprando
I have a PowerBook, iBook and an iMac. I am always moving files among them. Spring Cleaning sounds like a good application for $29.95 to rid of duplicates, etc... Does anyone use it? Is it worth buying/ Comments, please. Jane --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: Adding New HD

2008-10-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 12:04 PM -0400 10/28/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: I looked under Partition Map Scheme and it says Master Boot Record. Is this right or wrong? Apple Partion Map is *required* to boot PowerPC based Macs. Intel-based Macs use GID. Windoze uses

Re: malware and web pages

2008-10-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Avoiding this malware doesn't seem to be as simple any more as simply not opening attachments from unknown senders. What's the safe way to secure a Mac (or any computer for that

Re: Spring Cleaning

2008-10-29 Thread Icanswing
Spring Cleaning works well for me. I bought mine on ebay for $5.00. Why pay $29.00? ** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav0001)

System Crash - Spotlight???

2008-10-29 Thread RediG3-5
Mini G4 10.4.11 I've had several Crashes recently where I get that nasty black dialog telling me that I have to shut down by pressing the power button for several seconds. When I reboot, it seems that Spotlight begins indexing. Recently, I've taken to shutting my computer down over night and

Re: System Crash - Spotlight???

2008-10-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:13 AM, RediG3-5 wrote: Mini G4 10.4.11 I've had several Crashes recently where I get that nasty black dialog telling me that I have to shut down by pressing the power button for several seconds. You need to go looking in the logs at the system crash reports to see

Re: System Crash - Spotlight???

2008-10-29 Thread Steve R
At 10:13 AM -0700 10/29/08, RediG3-5 posted: Mini G4 10.4.11 I've had several Crashes recently where I get that nasty black dialog telling me that I have to shut down by pressing the power button for several seconds. NetBarrier X4 likes giving those in 10.4.x and 10.5.x. If it's the

Re: CCC

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 9:17 PM -0400 10/22/2008, Al Poulin wrote: On Oct 22, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Dan wrote: At 1:10 PM -0500 10/21/2008, George Hozendorf wrote: anyone tried the latest version of Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1.2? On my machine it's incredibly faster. hum. Hadn't even realized it was out! I'll

Re: jpeg and gif coversion problem

2008-10-29 Thread dorayme
On Oct 29, 9:59 am, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Documents have a resource fork attached, and can   cause problems. If it's an image, open the file in TextWrangler, the   first line should have JFIF in it. If the file opens as a picture in   TextWRangler it's a JPEG Document.

Re: CCC

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 4:11 PM -0400 10/29/2008, Dan wrote: 5. Need to look into CCC's handling of the various Cache directories. My worry was the CCC was copying caches - those directories aren't listed in the docs as ones that are ignored. Turns out that CCC is, as expected, smart about it. The caches are in

Re: Yikes! Power Button or CUDA?

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 7:00 AM -0400 10/29/2008, insightinmind wrote: I've also had a problem though, trying to come up with Manuals and such using the correct search box. Perhaps Apple needs to reexamine their redesigned of online Support (wrong computer images), IMO The new support.apple.com is really screwed

Searches in Apple Support (Was: Yikes! Power Button or CUDA?)

2008-10-29 Thread Al Poulin
On Oct 29, 2008, at 6:58 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 2 == Date: Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:00 am From: insightinmind Having use the wrong Search box, not the one on the Search for Support, but the one next to the word Support in the Menu bar on Apple's site, I had ended up with CUDA

Re: Spring Cleaning

2008-10-29 Thread Al Poulin
On Oct 29, 2008, at 6:58 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 2 == Date: Wed, Oct 29 2008 9:52 am From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a PowerBook, iBook and an iMac. I am always moving files among them. Spring Cleaning sounds like a good application for $29.95 to rid of duplicates, etc...

Searches in Apple Support (Was: Yikes! Power Button or CUDA?

2008-10-29 Thread Al Poulin
Sorry, posting this as a NEW topic a SECOND time, because Google Groups mis-handled my reply to Spring Cleaning and changed the Subject line. On Oct 29, 2008, at 6:58 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 2 == Date: Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:00 am From: insightinmind Having use the wrong Search

No More iMacs

2008-10-29 Thread Simon Royal
Well, it is a sad day in my house. A local group member is collecting my G3 iMac for a friend. I think this will be the last G3 iMac in my house after owning lots of them. Fantastic, superb, reliable and still capable machines. I still have my PowerBook G3. Long live the G3. Simon ---

Personal Data Removal Methodology Questions

2008-10-29 Thread aussieshepsrock
HiYa Group, I want to know if how I've gone about removing files from my drives is Theoretically Sound. After reading the new thread regarding the new version of CCC being out I think I might have a assumed to much about how the process I was using went about it's job. Let me outline how I did

Re: Personal Data Removal Methodology Questions

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 6:53 PM -0700 10/29/2008, aussieshepsrock wrote: G4 Mini, 10.4.11, 1gig, 40gig, 320gig external, external dvd burner, Super Duper 'Clone' of the 40gig onto an external drive that is kept unplugged from everthing including power except when it's in use. I want to know whether when I made my

G4 Tiger vs Leopard benchmarks

2008-10-29 Thread Kris Tilford
I just finished downgrading a 1.67 GHz PowerBook G4 with 2 GB RAM and an 80 GB 5,400 RPM Apple OEM HD. It was being downgraded because the owner said Leopard seemed too sluggish, especially in photo editing software. I ran benchmarks. Sure enough, it appears Leopard 10.5.5 was about 20%

Re: malware and web pages

2008-10-29 Thread Dan
At 3:02 AM + 10/29/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the safe way to secure a Mac (or any computer for that matter) that's used for online banking? Read Bruce and Len's replies carefully. They explain things that you need to do generally. Bottom line: There is NO truly safe or

Re: G4 Tiger vs Leopard benchmarks

2008-10-29 Thread Mullin9
Leopard isn't Vista, but it's the first OS X edition to go slower on   PPC Macs than it's predecessor. On Intel Macs Leopard actually runs   faster than Tiger, so go figure? I found that the Leopard is optimized for X86 Macs, using mostly X86 coding whereas the 10.4.11 Tiger is optimized