Re: PPC G5 tower CD burner

2011-09-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
to be fully supported, in 10.5 any drive that met the standards works. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those us

Re: 16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

2011-09-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
burning, is there a SATA drive hooked up > to a SATA PCI card that will still support Apple Software burning? No, because there is no SATA support for OS 9. The answer to ALL of your problems is simple: Update to OS X 10.4 or 10.5. Under OS X the new drive WILL be recognized, if not natively th

Re: Mac frozen in startup

2011-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
, because very often this sort of thing is the harbinger of a failing drive, particularly if this is the original drive in the thing. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You receiv

Re: Mac frozen in startup

2011-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
ue, problems that manifest before login are typically systemic in nature, the the shotgun approach of re-installing the OS will usually fix this. The above steps are attempts to avoid this hassle. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Instit

Cool tip about Time Machine I didn't know...

2011-09-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
7;Browse Other Backup Disks' was a menu option already. Used this to restore files to my laptop form the time machine backup of my currently comatose desktop. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely cust

Re: Geforce 7800 locks up

2011-09-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
tc, and finding the actual part number of the fan itself sometimes requires removing it, but they carry a wide assortment. Definitely recommended for an electronics supply house. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have op

Re: USB 3.0 pcie card in a late 2005 G5?

2011-09-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:18 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > > However, the LaCie driver is Universal, NOT Intel. Not according to LaCiethat's interesting... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opini

Re: USB 3.0 pcie card in a late 2005 G5?

2011-09-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
any PPC development, barring someone writing one from scratch there never will be a USB3.0 driver for PPC Macs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you ar

Re: Abridged summary of g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

2011-09-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
s > hotter card? I did have the aux power connection connected. I think you just discovered why it was available on the second-hand marketbut make sure your video drivers are up-to-date. ISTR some issues with the GeForce line. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are&quo

Re: B&W G3 freezes

2011-09-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
RC, but presumably you would be printing out of the OS X side with FileMaker running as an OSX program (since FileMaker is a carbonized app, at least as of V5.5, dunno what version you have), that would be good. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technolog

Re: B&W G3 freezes

2011-09-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
using ADB devices instead of USB? What RAM allocation have you given to FMP? What happens if you kick it up? Have you considered going to OS X? VASTLY more stable than os9, FMP should run under both, WriteNow will work just fine under emulation. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pha

Re: Q --- power light flashing on g4 mdd?

2011-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
roblems turning it on or the system shutting off unexpectedly -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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

Re: Quieter fans for a Quicksilver G4?

2011-08-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
eld during a thunderstorm long enough for us to gather a statistically significant number of lightning strikes.... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you

Re: Weird graphics issue on i7 MacBook Pro

2011-08-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
would just be peachy. I don't think that's an issue with the GPU, but the images themseleves. I'd expect GPU issues to affect the entire screen; those errors are clear;y connected to specific issues.Try clearing the Safari cache. or try a different web browser. -- Bruce Johnson &

Re: Jobs II is over...

2011-08-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:21 PM, Dan wrote: > At 5:02 PM -0700 8/24/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> The CEO is resigned, long live the CEO > > He can still do a lot of damage as The Chairman. You know, the US economy would be doing orders of magnitude better if such 'damage&#x

Jobs II is over...

2011-08-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
The CEO is resigned, long live the CEO <http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/24/us-apple-idUSTRE77N82K20110824> (Or perhaps he'll just pass the turtleneck on to Tim Cook, who will assume the title 'Dread CEO Jobs' 8-P) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 22, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > I had to disable firewire support on it or it wouldn't sleep, and clearly it > did not support firewire :-) I canNOT believe I forgot to add "but clearly it supported 'ON Firewire'..." -- Bruce Johnson &qu

Re: Firewire 400 not working in G5 PowerMac

2011-08-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
support on it or it wouldn't sleep, and clearly it did not support firewire :-) -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 p

Re: Early MacBook comparisons

2011-08-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
oing to seem like a screaming performance monster moving up from a PPC mac. I just resurrected a 17" 2.4 Ghz one (MBP with a bad LCD + an hour careful fiddling to replace the LCD, gave me a 17" MBP for $375...) and it feels orders of magnitude faster than my old top of the line PPC PowerBook.

Re: Early MacBook comparisons

2011-08-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
d here has been batteries; even the hard drives have held up pretty well..I've upgraded a few. They're ridiculously small by today's standards, of course, but they've held up well. The only one we've surplused had cola spilled into it's guts and the owner kept trying

Re: G4 temps acting crazy

2011-08-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
cranking along. If something is causing the CPU to spike, maybe there's something going on software-wise to cause this. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Mail Question

2011-08-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
ure 'BCC Address Field' menu item in the View menu is checked. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 foc

Cool hack for an old keyboard...

2011-08-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
<http://hackaday.com/2011/08/12/overhaul-an-old-mechanical-keyboard/> -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 particula

Re: Boot USB?

2011-08-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
;update to 10.5.2' :-) However, Macs don't boot from a Time Machine volume. The restore process with Time machine is: Boot from the system DVD. Install OSX, during the process you will be asked if you want to restore programs, files and settings from (among other choices) a Time Mac

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

2011-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
e of the computer with disk utility unless you boot from another volume. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 particul

Re: G5 1.8 won't boot

2011-08-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
e, hod down command-V (for verbose booting) at startup and see how far it gets. It should guve you a clue as to the issue. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4

Re: I cloned OSX 10.4 from a G4 to a G5, and G5 doesn't boot

2011-08-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
G5; all you need is a FW400-FW800 cable <http://tinyurl.com/3qvhnh> -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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

Re: Maybe off topic?

2011-08-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
so you can help > your friends connect when they're sitting there trying to puzzle out which of > the 6 WAPs they see, with nonsensical names, be you. My favorite local SSID is: *\'|'/* I've never actually run into one that was someone's address. -- Bruce Joh

Re: Upgrading to Lion

2011-08-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
which are 32-bit only. Lion is strictly 64 bit.. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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.

Re: Upgrading to Lion

2011-08-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
nly way to get it is via the App Store, which requires 10.6.8 or better. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 fo

Re: QuickTime 7.7, and Apple's horrible support for Mac OS X

2011-08-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
t; Apple supports MICROSOFT'S WINDOWS XP, but NOT their own systems that are > NEWER! They're supporting the current and two previous versions of each OS. The changes between 10.3 and 10.5 are huge, much larger than the differences between XP and Win7 -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: Mouseball comes to life, keyboard dies

2011-07-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
for same time. > > > --DISHWASHER-- ??? Yep, older keyboards are readily cleanable this way, top shelf, gentle cycle, no soap... The current AL keyboards do not take to this treatment, though. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received th

Re: Mouseball comes to life, keyboard dies

2011-07-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
n it. Those keyboards are glued together, so no taking them apart to clean. -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy -- 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

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 28, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > > On Jul 28, 11:38 am, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > >>> **Cannot afford to change/upgrade my HDs to GUID. >> Also this is a matter of reformatting the drive, not getting a new one or >> anything like th

Re: defragging ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
enius and Intego Virus Barrier for ONLY $120! Woo Hoo! A defragger and antivirus bundle of uselessness! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a mem

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > **Cannot afford to change/upgrade my HDs to GUID. Also this is a matter of reformatting the drive, not getting a new one or anything like that. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
t of some to a lot of geekification working it out and getting it running, as in ording the parts and putting it together and shouting "it's ALIIVE BWahahahahah!" when it first boots up :-). While building your own frankemMac out of PC parts isn't the daunting challe

Re: Removing Heat Sink from Sonnet G4 upgrade card

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
e are called 'security' bits and are quite readily available <http://tinyurl.com/434au7b>. This should cover any one you'll run into. Harbor Freight has a 100-piece set on sale for $8 right now. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technolog

Re: defragging ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
entire drive designated for your working one, and reformat it between projects. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Moribund G4 iBook - and will the DVD drive fit in my MacBook?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
aven't put my multimeter across it yet, but it seems to be the same > size chunky connector. IIRC the g4 iBooks are the same as the G4 powerbooks: same voltage, same connector style, different size. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You r

Re: OS 10.5

2011-07-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
t http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- Bruce Joh

Re: eMac problems

2011-07-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
card is there but not working, make sure the antenna is properly connected. > Is there a way I can make a fresh install of the OS? As above, boot from the tiger dvd and in trhe installation options you can select erasing the disk and re-installing. -- Bruce Johnson University of Ar

Re: OS 10.5

2011-07-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
e it's for a core duo iMac. Personally I'd go right on by 10.5 and look for 10.6, at least; if that's a Core Duo system that's the top limit you can get to; and there's not much that wasn't compatible with 10.5 on those that doesn't run in 10.6, and 10.6 is a

Re: Virtual Snow Leopard in Lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
in it, it would have been VERY difficult to make it ARC clean. As a semi-related side note, ~/Library is now a hidden folder. Mac OSX Hints has a hint about turning that on and off. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message becaus

Re: Virtual Snow Leopard in Lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
ate for OS X virtualization, as they've already done it, albeit only briefly. If Apple is allowing any previous version now, they'll all offer it soon, as this will be a stopgap to supporting ROsetta. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD --

Re: Virtual Snow Leopard in Lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
ver, and virtualizing OSX Client is possible (VirtualBox did it an early V4 beta, until they eliminated that capability at the request of Apple.) I would kill to be able to virtualize 10.5 and 10.6 on my 10.7 Mac; it would make support issues MUCH better, because we've got a lot of people who

Re: Cleaning a PowerBook G4

2011-07-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
ience and Surplus <http://tinyurl.com/3whh695>) might drive home the point. You have my sympathies. We had one pipe-smoking faculty member whose keyboard was so grotty we would routinely bring our own whenever we had to work on his computer. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona Colle

Re: G3 Beige Tower Questions

2011-07-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
, or re-apply the latest combo update for your version. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G

Re: Hard drive woes

2011-07-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
matting or directory structure. If you're finding 'disk corruption' that's recurring, it's quite possibly a sign of impending drive failure...I've seen that a number of times. Also if these drives are as old as the Mac...well, they're getting old, failing so near ea

Re: G3 Beige Tower Questions

2011-07-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
may actually have an old 604 powermac not a G3. As for add-on ATA cards, so long as they have Mac ROMS they should work. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message beca

Re: G4 MDD has lost FireWire.. .. Ideas?

2011-07-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 10, 2011, at 7:45 AM, irrational John wrote: > I'm not sure which PCI cards work on the G4 MDD Macs. Any PCI Firewire card works...FW is an Apple-devised standard. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message becaus

Re: Strange Mac showing up on Shared list

2011-07-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
as you can confirm (and you seem to have) that it's one of your macs doing this, my inclination would be: 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, m

Re: Strange Mac showing up on Shared list

2011-07-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
et and the wifi connections may show all together in one screen or in different parts of the interface; one for wireless connected devices and one for wired. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

Re: Curious external login

2011-07-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
ely different OS subsystems at work here: file sharing and window manager login. There's no way screen sharing is going on? That's the only way I could think a remote system could log you in 'on the console' so to speak. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Phar

Re: Mysterious communications between two G5s

2011-07-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
use that's the only way they can do that. ANY cable or DSL modem that has either: WiFi or more than one local ethernet port on the back of it support LAN's. (yours has both: the WiFi and the 'four port switch', meaning it'll support multiple wired and wireless devices.) -

Re: Format problem

2011-07-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
ition scheme menu down and select 1partition. -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy -- 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/list

Re: Painter X question

2011-07-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
The link there is foo, here's a working one: <http://www.feureau.com/2008/07/how-to-fix-painter-installation-of.html> -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy On Jul 3, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Google found this: > > <http://painterfactory.com/

Re: Painter X question

2011-07-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 3, 2011, at 8:05 AM, PAR wrote: > My copy is is legal download copy, with my key provided personally by > Corel. Anyone know how I can solve the problem so I can run Painter > again? Google found this: <http://painterfactory.com/forums/p/1911/8751.aspx> -- Bruce Joh

Re: how to restore mail without the .plist file??

2011-07-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
some light on how > to recover from this? TIA try importing it from Mail. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 fo

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 1, 2011, at 4:29 AM, Matevž Markovič wrote: > Rosetta (along with Apple Java) will face the same fate in Lion. Well, in the case of Java, it's more like "Finally!! We can use a stock Java stack like the rest of the world!!" Rosetta has been publicly on the chopping block pretty much si

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
. OSX should require no drivers, since USB2 support is built-in. In OSX, it should just work, so either the card isn't plugged in all the way, you have a dead PCI slot, or it's a DOA card. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received

Re: Time Limits

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
> How do I set that up? Use the Parental Controls preference pane, and make sure he doesn't have administrative rights or knows an administrator's password. Make sure the Admin passwords are good ones, and always log off when you are done, so he has to log on with his account. --

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
emulator that runs under OS X) can use USB-Serial converters: <http://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7095> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this messa

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
jors looking for a project if you're near a university with an engineering school. Something to think aboutbecause in the end, relying on antique hardware increasingly renders the business liable to unexpected and costly shutdowns. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy In

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
hardware. (at least normally) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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

Re: Fan with molex on full speed Cap-i-ton?

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
fore (to establish a baseline) and after the move. Make sure you NEED to mod the Mac before you do it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a

Re: PowerMac G4 Optical drive options

2011-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
ny writable DVD or CD drive can be used. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 deskto

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
assword will not work at all. > > So, back to request for shared experience and suggestions. Use Keychain Access and go delete all saved "internet passwords" for Yahoo. This has cleared up similar issues I"ve seen in the past. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College

Re: Toast 10 not loading.

2011-06-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
er delete Toast and all the prefs/application support, etc, and re-install. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for t

Re: SSH filebrowser client

2011-06-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
hat runs over sshd. Fugu says it offers image previews: <http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a m

Re: Toast 10 not loading.

2011-06-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
: 255 > > > This doesn't mean a lot to me:- is there anyone who could shed any helpful > light on this? Why yes: <http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/default.html?rTrack=m_sup_home> Try the obvious: delete Toast prefs, re-install the app? -- Bruce Johnson University of Ariz

Re: Interesting Problem UPDATE

2011-06-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 19, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > > Still concerned about the 'security update' being for a 'client' [of Server/ > Client], as opposed to a 'desktop' . That is OSX client versus OSX server. That is the correct version for you. -- Bruce -- You received this message beca

Re: Dead processor?

2011-06-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
nt. I corrected > that. > But so far there is no success. > > What else can there possibly go wrong? > What else could I try? > Check for firmware updates? I had to do that on my GigEthernet when I put in a 1Ghz update. -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy -- You receiv

Re: Spotlight vs corrupted JPG files

2011-06-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
or my other drives - where I've disabled and erased the > spotlight index?! > To limit the 'find' command use /volumes/ instead of just / at the beginning. -- Bruce Johnson UA College of Pharmacy -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Home folder near "capacity"

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
, it has since changed, but if your home directory, like mine, is a verteran of numerous systems ond OS versions, you'll still see it in your directories. It is still used throughout the system in the 'under the hood' parts. Why 'wheel'? Google offers this apocryphal tale: &

Re: Selling upgraded Macs

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
several ex-Windows people who have asked me for that solution...) The problem here, of course, is that you need to: Be able to teach technical stuff to non-technical people. Be deeply knowledgeable about BOTH platforms. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD

Re: Selling upgraded Macs

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
, and works for free? 8-P -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 htt

Re: Spotlight vs corrupted JPG files

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
two lists to find ones on one list and not the other, either in the command line or via a text editor like bbedit or textwrangler (I know TW does this, I've done it before.) -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because

Re: Spotlight vs corrupted JPG files

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
kMDItemPixelWidth = 800 kMDItemProfileName = "Generic RGB Profile" kMDItemResolutionHeightDPI = 72 kMDItemResolutionWidthDPI = 72 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2011-05-18 00:00:00 -0700" ) Worth a try. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you

Re: Selling upgraded Macs

2011-06-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
ntel macs are coming down to that $400 level, a G4 after the costs of upgrading simply cannot sell for enough to cover it's costs. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

2011-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
dth than the IDE/PATA > connections, or is it still limited by the bus speed? The only communication link between the drives and the rest of the computer is via the PCI bus, so, yes it's still bus limited. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technolo

Re: Home folder near "capacity"

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
this drwx--@ 6 Sean staff 204 Oct 10 12:58 Sean.sparsebundle We go another. In any case what I'm aiming for is getting all your old encrypted Sean stuff into Sean2, then deleting Sean and renaming Sean2 to Sean, which should get you back to where you wanted to be. -- Bruce Johnso

Re: Home folder near "capacity"

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
because that means that files are coming out of the disk image. Then undo File Vault and see if it works. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a me

Re: Home folder near "capacity"

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
is: dbdev2:~ johnson$ pwd /Users/johnson We're getting there, honest. :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for thos

Re: Home folder near "capacity"

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
s there, but finder says I can't go into the folder or open the file" "It's like I'm a new users but there's two home folders with my name on them, one I can get into and one I can't." If your account is sufficiently functional to allow Terminal to run,

Re: Hosts file wildcard

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
ks or ads. Oh THOSE things. Easier to block them at the browser level: <http://www.tech-weekly.com/2007/04/browsing-tip-of-day-block-intellitxt.html> For Safari 5 use this: <http://homepage.mac.com/drewthaler/jsblacklist/> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Inf

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

2011-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
,of course if you use an approriate digital camera, simply capturing it right from the camera vi Firewire will suffice. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message beca

Re: Processor upgrade?

2011-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
or models, I'd say yes. Actually I think the CPU modules are interchangeable among all of the models listed there. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because yo

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

2011-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
tel Macs. And WinXP in VPC?? I'd rather just beat my head in with a rock, compared to the advantages of simply using VM software like VirtualBox on an Intel Mac. Tai Chi computing is not all it's cracked up to be... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Informatio

Re: Hosts file wildcard

2011-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
derstand what you're accomplishing, but why are you getting directed to those sites so often? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

You all have probably figured it out by now

2011-06-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
but fuse.net is spazzing out again. I've gotten like 400 LEM list bounces dating back to january from someone there just this morning... -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a g

Re: Prey and Hidden tracking stolen Mac computers

2011-06-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
rt of a load, that one. So the software's definitely better than nothing. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for tho

Re: Switching wireless networks

2011-06-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
ublic and an authenticated private wifi network, and sometimes the Macs stubbornly will not connect to the preferred one. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message becau

Re: What is the best OS for PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics?

2011-06-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
unused languages, printers, etc...you can get a OSX install down to about 3 gigs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group f

Re: Beige G3 with 1GHz ZIF upgrade worth it?

2011-06-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
as cheap as either of those. I've seen G5 towers starting to go at the $300-$400 range. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

Re: Beige G3 Woes

2011-06-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
party hack to run an unsupported OS is a risky proposition,no matter how well behaved the computer is. Also, some advice that's only useful for the future: when you're in a hole, STOP DIGGING! The first thing to do if a system won't boot into OS X is to try a safe mode boot: hold

Re: .a07 files ???

2011-06-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
ufficiently to remind me that > they > are comma delimited files. Weird, glad you figured that out! -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desk

Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter

2011-06-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
.apple.com/message/12050328?messageID=12050328> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 des

Re: Disabling Onboard Graphics

2011-06-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
isn't >> recognized at boot. > Hi, Kris. > > Just exactly how would I go about doing this on my Beige G3 (OS 10.4.11 via > XPostFacto)? It has a Radeon 9200. See this thread : <http://forum.macsales.com/viewtopic.php?p=10280> OWC is the XPostFacto "home&qu

Re: Xserve advice?

2011-06-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
s a constant high-pitched noise going on in your head that you can't ever get away from. Tinnitus isn't a joke; people have killed themselves over it. I'm lucky that most of the time my case is low enough "volume" that I can mostly ignore it. Put the XServe off in anothe

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