Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Jorge Quiroz
Ok, your mac can go up to 10.4, but you'll need a retail disk (not an specific machine disk) you can put any standard IDE DVD ROM in your Power Mac( mine has a LG SuperMulti DVD Burner with dual layer support), you can get a WiFi PCI Card to connect to wifi networks, the other option is buy

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Ted Treen
Jorge Quiroz wrote: Ok, your mac can go up to 10.4, but you'll need a retail disk (not an specific machine disk) you can put any standard IDE DVD ROM in your Power Mac( mine has a LG SuperMulti DVD Burner with dual layer support), you can get a WiFi PCI Card to connect to wifi networks,

Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
Hi all I would like to know how to store my address book on a flash drive so I can transfer it to any of my machines. I have the address book on an iMac G3 at my shop and I update it in the coarse of the day after which I want to take it home and update those machines. It's probably simple but

Re: Booting from USB

2009-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:05 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: True, it is an assumption, and although you don't use firewire on your DA now, it may become necessary in the event of a computer

Re: Booting from USB

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
How do you get the 10.4.11 onto the flash drive? On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:05 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Dec 19, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: True, it is an assumption, and

Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread lanstrad
I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive is 40GB with 32 GB

Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive

Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread Jim McGee
On Dec 20, 2009, at 8:49 AM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS

Re: Can't purchase from iTunes Store

2009-12-20 Thread Dan
At 6:51 PM -0800 12/18/2009, Cliff Rediger wrote: At 10:23 AM -0800 11/10/2009, Cliff Rediger wrote: minG4 Tiger iTunes 9.0.2 Try to purchase a tune and get Error 1008 Google search on problem reveals others with same problem Seeming only fix is revert to vs 8. I finally reverted to vs. 8. LOL

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Amanda Ward
Robert, The BW is a nice machine... I have two of them. Lessee... You can max out the ram to 1 GB (4 x 256 MB) There are some processor options. You can go to an Apple 450 MHz G3. You can install a 450 MHz G4 CPU from the first gen. G4 machines... the Yikes/PCI graphics. (Note: Going to a G4

Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread Mel
Before you do anything, consider downloading Carbon Copy Cloner and using that to accomplish what you want to do. --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote: From: Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com Subject: Re: Can I erase one hard drive ? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date:

Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread Brett M. Roby
Jim McGee orb...@dslextreme.com wrote the following on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:10:11 -0800: You should also be able to use your bigger (40Gb) boot drive's Disk Utilities to erase the smaller drive without the need to use an install disk. Jim McGee I think this is what I would

Re: USB/MIDI Digital Keyboard PowersUp my QS

2009-12-20 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/20/09 8:44 AM, Bill Connelly of billycarm...@verizon.net sent On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: I changed to a newer driver for my Yamaha motif es8 digital keyboard, connected as a USB device, and now when I turn on the motif es8, my attached QS Dual 1GHz Powers Up.

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Dan
At 6:38 AM -0800 12/20/2009, John Carmonne wrote: I would like to know how to store my address book on a flash drive so I can transfer it to any of my machines. I have the address book on an iMac G3 at my shop and I update it in the coarse of the day after which I want to take it home and

Re: Can't purchase from iTunes Store

2009-12-20 Thread Kasey Smith
On Dec 20, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Dan wrote: At 6:51 PM -0800 12/18/2009, Cliff Rediger wrote: At 10:23 AM -0800 11/10/2009, Cliff Rediger wrote: I finally reverted to vs. 8. LOL Can't win. A couple of days ago, iTunes 8 stopped working in the Apple Store for me. All I get now is messages

Re: BW video problem

2009-12-20 Thread Kasey Smith
I had this problem with my 400MHz model when i first got it. Try removing all PCI cards, (i had a problem USB card that works fine now o.o) all RAM but one stick, and pull the power plug and the PRAM battery overnight. (or longer if it still refuses to boot) On Dec 18, 2009, at 4:53 PM,

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Brett M. Roby
I believe this is how it is done: http://www.ehow.com/i/#article_4699014 (note: that is a link for the iPhone's browser, but you should be able to view its content on a traditional browser regardless) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: needing a memory upgrade to 1 gig for a g3./600

2009-12-20 Thread Kasey Smith
On Dec 19, 2009, at 11:19 AM, dooney wrote: im You're what? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

Re: USB/MIDI Digital Keyboard PowersUp my QS

2009-12-20 Thread Bill Connelly
On Dec 20, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Well, an early Christmas present from Yamaha, I'd say, Bill! How cool is that?...switch on your MIDI controller and your system lights up. About the time you get used to it, another firmware update will cancel it out, then you'll think

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Kasey Smith
Why didn't you just reply to Robert? Anyway, is the machine blue on the front, top and back or is it beige all around? On Dec 19, 2009, at 10:16 PM, Robert Long wrote: Hello, here is the info off my G3 My G 3 is a blue and the info on it is; CD rom and ATA hard drive, PCI slot $J12

Re: Booting from USB

2009-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:15 AM, John Carmonne wrote: How do you get the 10.4.11 onto the flash drive? Repartition the flash drive with the correct partitioning scheme for your Mac, for PPC Macs this is Apple Partition Map, this will format it as HFS+ as part of the repartitioning. Then using

Re: Shockwave Flash Problems.

2009-12-20 Thread Dan
At 8:20 AM -0800 12/18/2009, John Niven wrote: I don't know why this started, but all my wed browsers hung up when a site requiring flash was accessed. Flash corrupts its database now and then. That uninstaller you ran wiped it. You can do it yourself... Clear the cache in your browser then

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
I can't seem to find this file on any of my machines ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/. On Dec 20, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Dan wrote: At 6:38 AM -0800 12/20/2009, John Carmonne wrote: I would like to know how to store my address book on a flash drive so I can transfer it to any of my

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Joseph Welling
John Carmonne wrote: I can't seem to find this file on any of my machines ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/. Are you looking in the system library maybe? It should be in your user library. (The ~ takes the place of your user directory--the house icon.) Joe -- You received

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Joseph Welling
John Carmonne wrote: I can't seem to find this file on any of my machines ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/. Also, this path goes to a directory. The data file itself is: ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook.data Good luck! Joe -- You received this message

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Dan
At 2:41 PM -0600 12/20/2009, Joseph Welling wrote: John Carmonne wrote: I can't seem to find this file on any of my machines ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/. Also, this path goes to a directory. The data file itself is: ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook.data

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Brett M. Roby
I guess you guys never got my other e-mail. If you're looking to simply transfer address book data from one machine to another, do what's on this page: http://www.ehow.com/i/#article_4699014 and you're all set. All this other stuff you guys are talking about is crazy! John Carmonne

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 20, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Brett M. Roby wrote: I guess you guys never got my other e-mail. If you're looking to simply transfer address book data from one machine to another, do what's on this page: http://www.ehow.com/i/#article_4699014 and you're all set. All this other stuff you

Bluray revisited

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
Hi all In have a PM G5 2.7 Dual 12 GB i can get a burner to copy and burn Bluray with however I'm told that Apple does not have a Bluray player yet. I have a Vizio 36 LCD monitor with HDMI and DVI ports what do I need top play Bluray on my Vizio? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA 25 kids all

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread Dan
At 2:30 PM -0800 12/20/2009, Brett M. Roby wrote: I guess you guys never got my other e-mail. This is the first from you I've received in this thread. Doncha love Google Groups. sigh. If you're looking to simply transfer address book data from one machine to another, do what's on this page:

Re: Address book transfer

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 20, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 2:30 PM -0800 12/20/2009, Brett M. Roby wrote: I guess you guys never got my other e-mail. This is the first from you I've received in this thread. Doncha love Google Groups. sigh. If you're looking to simply transfer address book data from

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: what do I need top play Bluray on my Vizio? I don't believe Blu-ray will ever play on a PPC Mac since PPC software development is pretty much dead. If you had an Intel Mac the only way to playback Blu-ray at this time is to boot Windows 7

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:36 PM, John Carmonne wrote: what do I need top play Bluray on my Vizio? I don't believe Blu-ray will ever play on a PPC Mac since PPC software development is pretty much dead. If you had an Intel Mac the only way

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I also believe you can rip them on your PPC Mac, and once ripped, play the converted .mkv file: http://makemkv.com/ OOPS! I'll correct myself, this doesn't work on PPC, it's Intel only also. Sorry. -- You received this message because you

Re: Bluray revisited

2009-12-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:09 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 20, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I also believe you can rip them on your PPC Mac, and once ripped, play the converted .mkv file: http://makemkv.com/ OOPS! I'll correct myself, this doesn't work on PPC, it's Intel only

RE: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Robert Long
Mine is just blue side panels and front.I tried a OS 10 4 tiger and it won't read the disk. Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Upgrade my Ge Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:52:00 -0700 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Why didn't you just reply to Robert? Anyway, is the machine

Firefox

2009-12-20 Thread Stephen Conrad
Does anyone else notice that if you have Firefox automatically check for Add-on updates that it makes it unresponsive whenever it finds any? I finally turned this feature off and hope this helps. -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle