Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

2020-06-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
Have you found what you’re looking for? What OS “old stuff” are you running. I have a couple FMP versions. Cliff > On Jun 6, 2020, at 3:46 AM, g3-5-list@googlegroups.com wrote: > > g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >

Re: Communicating to my iphone

2017-10-02 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 3:19:19 PM UTC-7, smac0031 wrote: > > I have an iphone 6s. I was able to download photos from my phone using my > DA G4 and a cable until I upgraded to > iOS 10.3, I think. Now I am using a Dual G5 with iphoto 9. It doesn't > matter, it doesn't work. My iphone is

Re: Dead Seagate

2013-09-09 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Saturday, September 7, 2013 7:45:17 PM UTC-7, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > Have a > > **Seagate 9SL154-302 ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 - 1 TB SATA II > > That's a lot of excellent feedback and commiserations. I've ordered a usb HD connector to test the drive.

Dead Seagate

2013-09-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
Have a **Seagate 9SL154-302 ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 - 1 TB SATA II in a Newer Tech Mini Stack v 2.5 I/O 1394A+USB2.0+HUB Not that it matters, but running 10.4.11 as a Mini external boot drive to run PPC apps. One morning... NOTHING. Suddenly, drive is not recognized at all. I lost

Re: Jury/jerry rigging.

2013-02-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Feb 16, 1:54 pm, JohnV wrote: > > "Jerry rig / Jury rig Years ago, on a remote island in the northern Lau group of the Fijian chain, where we did a lot of "jury rigging", I thought the term was "jerry rig". So, a friend and I conspired that if we ever got back to the "main land" we'd start

Re: Music stream capture app?

2012-08-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Monday, August 6, 2012 6:32:52 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote: > > On 8/6/12 3:30 pm, JoeTaxpayer wrote: > > Audio Hijack allows for advanced settings. > > > > > Anyone know of one that will work with Mountain Lion? > > I'll throw in my lot for Audio Hijack Pro. Got it originally when it was >

Converting video to HTML5

2011-12-01 Thread Cliff Rediger
I have a familiar routine for creating relatively small .mov files in iMovie and then converting the to .swf (Video2SWF) for posting on a web site using Dreamweaver. I convert to .swf because they are smaller files easier to make "play on click" and more universally viewable However, now

Re: Mail Sent Box empty

2011-09-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Sep 10, 10:20 am, Cliff Rediger wrote: > Mail 2.1.3 > OS 10.4.11 > I've ended up with an empty "Sent" box for one of my POP accounts. > > An in-Mail search for sent emails shows them in the Sent Box > But the Box itself shows empty. > > Apple suppor

Mail Sent Box empty

2011-09-10 Thread Cliff Rediger
Mail 2.1.3 OS 10.4.11 In process of trying to export my mail accounts over to Intel machine I've ended up with an empty "Sent" box for one of my POP accounts. An in-Mail search for sent emails shows them in the Sent Box But the Box itself shows empty. Apple support suggests importing the mail bo

Re: Early MacBook comparisons

2011-08-19 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: >comment comparatively on the relative durability, or any know service issues >for these earlier MacBooks. On Aug 19, 1:54 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > IMO, I would not consider a Core Duo Macbook or Macbook pro at all. If you'r

Early MacBook comparisons

2011-08-19 Thread Cliff Rediger
As per my interest in upgrading to the Intel world while retaining PPC capability, I've decided to look for a MacBook for improved video card (over Mini) and portability. So, I've been looking at 13" A1181(early) 15" A1175

Re: Inadvertant short cut key combination

2011-08-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 17, 3:14 pm, "Tina K." wrote: > On 2011/08/16 20:52, Cliff Rediger so eloquently wrote: > > Do OS versions later than Tiger offer contextual menu customization? > > No, just in the Keyboard pref pane. I miss Menu Master (and Font Card > for that matter), t

Re: Inadvertant short cut key combination

2011-08-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 16, 7:44 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > 99% chance this is a Menu Master problem. Perhaps look in your ~/ > Library/Preferences folder for com.unsanity.menumaster.plist and trash   > this file. 100% chance. That did it. Thank you Kris I've heard about Haxie issues but haven't experienced m

Re: Inadvertant short cut key combination

2011-08-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
Hello Kris On Aug 16, 6:58 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: >Under Keyboard tab "Keyboard Shortcuts" have you hit the "Restore defaults" button? tried that - no joy > Do you have any additional software installed? Specifically the haxie   > called "Menu Master" allows the custom reassignment of menu key

Inadvertant short cut key combination

2011-08-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
Mini G4 10.4.11 suddenly shift-colon opens "Date&Time" in Systems Preferences Cannot type a colon. no such key stroke in "keyboard & mouse" suggestions appreciated Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wi

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-08-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 29, 7:54 am, irrational John wrote: > I may be wrong, but I doubt a newer system is going to make much > difference in terms of Internet speeds. You may be right John, and my connection is relatively slow, viz. 1 Mbps But, to summaries this thread for anyone else in a similar considerat

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
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 that. > -- > look at early gen Intel Macbooks. Macbook Pros, and iMacs Bruce, I like the idea of looking

Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
I've been monitoring discussions on Apple's OS progression and the changes in hardware requirements. Since I'm running a Mini G4, I feel I'm rapidly receding into antiquity. The main issues are CPU speed and the ever increasing number of cool 10.5+ only apps. I've lived with the speed thing beca

Re: defragging ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 28, 10:17 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Unnecessary, and potentially hazardous, as it does, remotely, put your system > at risk for serious directory corruption if something happens while it's > running. > > There are still a few times where defragging is warranted, but they're rare > o

defragging ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
Back in the OS 9 days defragging seemed essential at least on my 5300 PB. Now in Tiger and above, I'm wondering if it remains a useful or even necessary maintenance option. I suppose there are more than one defrag softwares out there. This is the one that showed up on MacZot http://www.stellarde

Re: Help on video to DVD recording on G4 Power Mac

2011-07-14 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 13, 6:33 pm, "Wm. Arnold" wrote: > Hi Group, > I wish to record video on a Power Mac G4 Tower. > My input is from a ( Zenith Mod. XBV343 DVD player+Video Cassette > Recorder/Player ) > I have many Cassettes I want to put on DVD's. > Info from manual is shown below. > I use a device calle

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-05 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 2, 6:41 pm, Dan wrote: > Good catch, thanks! Wow, this thread caught on. Very useful overview, though kind of discouraging to think one would/will have to change all one's HDs I have four. I have other questions, but I think they'll go better in a separate thread. Thanks, Cliff -- Y

Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-06-25 Thread Cliff Rediger
Well, I'm seriously considering upgrading from my Mini G4 to an Intel Mini. A quick google suggests that with Rosetta or other such utilities one can effortlessly run PPC apps in Snow Leopard on an Intel cpu. Also, what about Classic apps. ? There's one I just can't live without, viz. INCON

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-24 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 24, 10:38 am, Dan wrote: > At 9:56 AM -0700 6/24/2011, John Carmonne wrote: > > >I have found Apple Mail doesn't work with the free Yahoo Mail > >service. You have to pay for their premium mail account. Yes, I'm a paid customer. So, finally found the Yahoo complaint (customer care) form

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-23 Thread Cliff Rediger
> At 12:32 PM -0700 6/23/2011, Cliff Rediger wrote: > >Still no joy. > >I now cannot POP mail yahoo at all. > On Jun 23, 12:51 pm, Dan wrote: > And since this is a service for which you paid, contact Yahoo directly. > Thanks for the response Dan. Yahoo doesn't mak

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-23 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 23, 11:19 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > On Jun 22, 8:52 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > >> Switched to Yahoo Mail Classic and problem went away. > > Spoke too soon. > > I send a test message to the yahoo acct

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-23 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 22, 8:52 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > Switched to Yahoo Mail Classic and problem went away. > Spoke too soon. I send a test message to the yahoo acct and then 'get mail' manually and Mail POP retrieves it OK. But, then when Mail auto checks for mail, I get the error

Re: Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-22 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 22, 8:27 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > When checking yahoo POP Plus account > I get > > The POP server “pop.mail.yahoo.com” rejected the password for user > “myusername” > > Please re-enter your password, or cancel. > > This has happened periodically recen

Mail 2.1.3 & Yahoo Mail

2011-06-22 Thread Cliff Rediger
When checking yahoo POP Plus account I get The POP server “pop.mail.yahoo.com” rejected the password for user “myusername” Please re-enter your password, or cancel. This has happened periodically recently. I'd have to enter my password, check the remember box and the check would complete. Today

Re: .a07 files ???

2011-06-03 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 1, 2:43 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > On May 30, 9:10 pm, Alexander Gomes > wrote: > > > I'm sorry I messed that up.  It would go .arj, .a00, .a01 and so forth. That > > would be part 9 of the whole archive so without the rest, no you can not > > open it. &g

Re: .a07 files ???

2011-06-01 Thread Cliff Rediger
On May 30, 9:10 pm, Alexander Gomes wrote: > I'm sorry I messed that up.  It would go .arj, .a00, .a01 and so forth. That > would be part 9 of the whole archive so without the rest, no you can not > open it. Hmm. the .a07 is the suffix for all the files they are chronologically ordered by numbe

.a07 files ???

2011-05-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
is it possible to open .a07 files on Macs? and what is an .a07 file anyway? a quick google indicates it's some sort of archive file for Windows or something? Cliff -- 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 pa

Re: Folder Label Color settings ?

2011-04-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 17, 5:54 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: Thank you for the response. > > Did you figure out what caused the problem? Bruce, First I cloned the external drive from another drive and I naturally became the administrator. Then I added GLK (father-in-law) as a User and then made him the administra

Re: Folder Label Color settings ?

2011-04-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 17, 3:28 pm, Brian Christmas wrote: > > Are you sure the files/folders aren't locked? or the privileges different? > > Do a get info on them to check. > > Regards > > Santa > Yes, that was the problem exactly. Had to go through each file and unlock, change the owner and color. Thank you f

Folder Label Color settings ?

2011-04-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
Running Tiger on G4 While transferring files from my father in-law's G4 internal HD to an external HD I colored the files that I transferred to keep track. It seems that the folders or files that I dragged and dropped before coloring now allow me to uncolor them on the new drive. But if I colored

iTunes 10+ on OS 10.4.11 ???

2011-03-23 Thread Cliff Rediger
My wife just received a new IPod which tells her she needs iTunes 10.2+ to connect to her iBook G4 running 10.4.11. Hmmm? Seems iT 10.2 is compatible with OS 10.5 or later only. Seeking confirmation and/or hacks. thanks Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: "No Valid Packages" Error ???

2011-01-05 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jan 2, 9:53 pm, "Tina K." wrote: > Packages are stored in /Library/Receipts, it might be worth taking a > look to see if the folder contains any packages (.pkg) or not. Thanks for the responses. I tried the safe boot thing and Disk Utilities gave the same error message. Library/Receipts cont

"No Valid Packages" Error ???

2011-01-02 Thread Cliff Rediger
My father-in-law, George (94 years young), has this PPCG4 "tower" I guess you call it, running 10.4.11. It's quite slow (to my sensibility) and he regularly has things fail to open or other troublesome stuff that is frequently solved by re- booting, which of course he forgets to do. Anyway, I'm

Re: MacAlly Combination Firewire/USB PCI Adapter card Compatibility ?

2010-12-11 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > could comment on the likelihood of the 10.2 > > driver working with later OS versions up to 10.4 ? On Dec 10, 10:05 am, John Carmonne wrote:> > I can send you off list, "Tiger 10.4.11" drivers to work with th

MacAlly Combination Firewire/USB PCI Adapter card Compatibility ?

2010-12-10 Thread Cliff Rediger
I have a MacAlly Combination Firewire/USB PCI Adapter card At the Macally driver site http://www.macally.com/EN/Techsupport/Drivers.asp they list drivers for OS 10.1 and 10.2 (jaguar) Macally tech support didn't seem to knowledgeable about it so I wondering if anyone could comment on the likeli

Re: Mail Question: icons in Flags column ?

2010-12-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Dec 6, 7:06 pm, "Tina K." wrote: > On 2010/12/06 18:28, Cliff Rediger so eloquently wrote: > > For example, right now I see a "!!"  , i.e. double exclamation mark > > and a "--" : dash > Any ideas what these "flags" mean, > &g

Mail Question: icons in Flags column ?

2010-12-06 Thread Cliff Rediger
Tiger on MiniG4 Mail 2.1.3 I've only now noticed that a few messages have icons in the Flags column. Did they ever appear before? I never noticed them, if they did. For example, right now I see a "!!" , i.e. double exclamation mark and a "--" : dash Of course there are the usual little orange

Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

2010-11-15 Thread Cliff Rediger
I hope this doesn't turn into a double post as I thought I'd posted but it doesn't appear. On Nov 14, 8:57 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try a different playlist, see if ti's that particular one? Perhaps one of the > songs? Doesn't seem to be playlist specific, Bruce. However, it DOES appear to be

Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

2010-11-14 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Nov 14, 7:57 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > I think it's a Toast plugin causing the problem. > Why not burn directly within iTunes? > Why not upgrade iTunes to 10.1? I too wondered about this Consul log entry, Kris, since I AM trying to burn directly from iTunes. i.e. select playlist / burnplaylist

Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

2010-11-14 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Nov 14, 6:49 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > error report reads: > Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) > Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x7fbda691 P.S. Consul log reads: CrashReporter/iTunes.crash.log iTunes[291]: [WSX] Version of iTunes is 0x9218000 (153190400) Nov 14

iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

2010-11-14 Thread Cliff Rediger
Tiger on miniG4 itunes 9.2.1 When i try to burn a play list in iTunes iTunes crashes error report reads: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x7fbda691 Log in as different User: No problem Google search turns up EXC_BAD_ACCESS problems with almost a

Re: back up generator question

2010-11-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Nov 7, 6:07 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > That's the plan exactly. Not ideal but could work for short outages. P.S. I bought this small generator with the intention of powering electric tools in the field. Mostly, I want to power a pneumatic pole chain saw so that I can prune or 5

Re: back up generator question

2010-11-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Nov 2, 7:04 am, "ah...clem" wrote: >you absolutely MUST have a high quality UPS I have a APC UPS before our wifi antenna and router AND another APC UPS before my mini and external drives so I'm hearing that I should be OK. > will you > put the generator outside and run an extension cord in t

Re: back up generator question

2010-10-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Oct 29, 1:51 pm, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" wrote: > Your choice of generator looks OK, but the power rating it provides > would probably be a little low for this application. not knowing too much about electricity 800 watts seems like a lot for our use. How much juice does a mac mini and external H

back up generator question

2010-10-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
We live in a rural area where power outages occur commonly. I just purchased a 800 Rated Watts/900 Max Watts Portable Chicago Electric Generators http://www.harborfreight.com/800-rated-watts-900-max-watts-portable-generator-66619.html in hopes of having back up power to run our WiFi ISP antenna,

Re: Where is Flash 10.1

2010-10-21 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Oct 21, 7:09 am, Len Gerstel wrote: > Do you mean you can't find the installer to run? Or are you looking   > for an actual Flash Player program? > > If the latter, there is no program, it is (I think) a plug in deep in   > the bowels of the system that allows your browser to run Flash apps.

Where is Flash 10.1

2010-10-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
I'm running 10.4.11 on G4 Mini Every time Firefox updates it tells me I must update Flash Player NOW. So I download and install Flash Player 10.1 but where does it go? I have Macromedia Flash 8 installed and in the sub folder "Players" SAFlashPlayer appears and it appears again in the sub-sub-fol

VersionTracker "folds"

2010-09-19 Thread Cliff Rediger
Did you notice where VersionTracker has been folded into CNET download.com ? Now the noise of all those advertisements and the general feel isn't as simple. so it goes Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Can't purchase from ITunes (error 1008) fix

2010-09-19 Thread Cliff Rediger
Back in November 09 I posted that I couldn't purchase from iTunes receiving an error message 1008. I'd upgraded to 9.1 and the only fix that worked was to revert to v 8+ recently I succumbed to the relentless update notices and upgraded to 9.2.1 Everything worked fine until I traveled with the e

Re: HD thermal sensor tape ?

2010-08-31 Thread Cliff Rediger
Fabian wrote: wrote: > When the original tape inside my Newer Tech MiniStacks no longer sticks, I've > used clear packing tape, blue painter's tape, and even a piece of Scotch > tape. The main thing is to keep the thermal sensor in contact with the hard > drive but still exposed to the air insi

Re: HD thermal sensor tape ?

2010-08-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
>Exactly which type of external enclosure are we talking about here? On Aug 29, 1:47 pm, Jim Scott wrote: > Check out the Newer Tech MiniStack, Yes, that's the enclosure of which I speak. Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: HD thermal sensor tape ?

2010-08-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 29, 12:25 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > Are you sure? [the thermal sensor to the HD.] >I've never heard of external HD thermal sensors, and I   > don't know of any software that would make use of such a sensor? Once again, my novice status has been flushed out. I'm not sure what the sensor is

HD thermal sensor tape ?

2010-08-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
All my external HD (or the enclosures I don't remember) came with a strip of yellow transparent tape for securing the thermal sensor to the HD. It doesn't like reuse. Where can one purchase tape such tape? Or, what alternatives are acceptable? thank you Cliff -- You received this message becaus

Re: FirstClass Client 9.126 shuts down when Screen sleeps

2010-08-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 27, 8:15 pm, Fabian Fang wrote: > > The LEM G-Group may not be a good forum for inquiries about the   > FirstClass E-mail Client. Yes, I suspected that, but knew that there were a few. > why you would not want to log out anyway when you are not using it. I check it regularly throughout

Re: FirstClass Client 9.126 shuts down when Screen sleeps

2010-08-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 27, 8:15 pm, Fabian Fang wrote: > > The LEM G-Group may not be a good forum for inquiries about the   > FirstClass E-mail Client. Yes, I suspected that, but knew that there were a few. > why you would not want to log out anyway when you are not using it. I check it regularly throughout

FirstClass Client 9.126 shuts down when Screen sleeps

2010-08-26 Thread Cliff Rediger
miniG4 10.4.11 First Class client 9.126 For a long time I have not set the Energy Saver for sleep. but obtained new monitor. Now whenever the monitor sleeps FC shuts down. kind of bothersome. Tried various settings, i.e. computer sleep, hd sleep. all same results. Any work arounds known? thank y

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-23 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 22, 8:31 pm, Fabian Fang wrote: > You have been working with VGA output from the Mac mini, which   > supports analog resolutions as high as 1920x1080.  I believe that your   > ViewSonic monitor accepts DVI input. > The ViewSonic accepts both VGA & DVI. The odd thing is that it can get co

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-22 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 21, 5:49 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Aug 21, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > If the cable is a VGA cable, and you have a DVI-to-VGA at the Mini,   > then you're stuck unless you buy a DVI cable, which should give a   > slightly crisper image on the mo

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-21 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 21, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Yeah it's been intermittently hitting me. It's a Google issue, absolutely. First of all let me apologize for any culpability I may have. I wanted to edit my last post and tried "removing" the initial post. It took several tries before I seemed to get

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-21 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 21, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Yeah it's been intermittently hitting me. It's a Google issue, absolutely. First of all let me apologize for any culpability I may have. I wanted to edit my last post and tried "removing" the initial post. It took several tries before I seemed to get

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa Barbara. On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin wrote: >Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click on the O

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa Barbara. On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin wrote: >Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click on the O

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa Barbara. On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin wrote: >Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click on the O

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa Barbara. On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin wrote: >Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click on the O

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa Barbara. On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin wrote: >Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click on the O

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > So two things about the 1920x1080 setting. > > > 1. The window does not fill the screen. > > Even when Horizontal size is maxed, > > there's a 5/8" border on on the left and 3/8" on the right

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > So two things about the 1920x1080 setting. > > > 1. The window does not fill the screen. > > Even when Horizontal size is maxed, > > there's a 5/8" border on on the left and 3/8" on the right

Mini G4 10.4.11 & ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-18 Thread Cliff Rediger
I'm running 10.4.11 on a mini G4 Bought ViewSonic VA2323WM 23" monitor. Plug & Play. Looks great, except the VA2323 calls for 1920x1080 60 hz display and will only accept 800x600 and 1024x78 as alternatives. Everything else is "out of range". So two things about the 1920x1080 setting. 1. The wind

Re: sync iTunes Music

2010-07-15 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 13, 11:02 pm, John Carmonne wrote: > > Just a word about  iTunes syncing between 2 libraries is that I found it not > as easy as a folder of files to copy. The iTunes needs some real brains in > the sync tool to work, or you'll have a mess. Make sure to have a CCC of both > before you

Re: sync iTunes Music

2010-07-13 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > 10.4.11 > > now with more HD space, I'd like to synce iTMF 1 with iTMF 2 > On Jul 13, 3:17 pm, John Carmonne wrote: > I just did exactly this with ChronoSync It works like magic. I have several > iT

sync iTunes Music

2010-07-13 Thread Cliff Rediger
iTunes 8.2 on Mini G4 10.4.11 I have two iTunes Music folders can't remember what I was thinking at the time probably space, so created second iTunes library on external drive. now with more HD space, I'd like to synce iTMF 1 with iTMF 2 that is ignore duplicates copy tunes and info from iTMF 1

Re: MiniStack Reviews, Experiences?

2010-07-09 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 8, 10:47 am, "t...@io.com" wrote: > Would anyone care to share their experiences with Newer Technology's > MiniStack?  Specifically version 2.5? > I have three (actually now four) two 2.5 Mini stacks and whatever version came before that. I boot from the older one (80 G) and have a 1T dr

Re: File Recovery

2010-06-25 Thread Cliff Rediger
> > On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > > In my experience, Data Rescue is very thorough, and ALWAYS finds old   > > > files unless the HD has be reformatted or zeroed. > I took the drive to a friend who ran some other recovery software and then DR. files were recovered but apparentl

Re: DVD drive ?

2010-06-25 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 17, 11:17 am, Peter Haas wrote: > try MTR's "rip main feature only" option. That works. Thank you Cliff -- 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: DVD drive ?

2010-06-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 17, 11:17 am, Peter Haas wrote: > > Well, have you tried every available ripping tool? probably not. > > When the improperly authored chapter is the infamous "FBI Warning",   > then it is probably time to try MTR's "rip main feature only" option. I'll try this when I return home. > One

Re: DVD drive ?

2010-06-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 16, 8:12 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > whole bunch of people saying the EXACT same problem. Well that's encouraging in a way. Thanks for that link Kris. On Jun 16, 8:39 pm, Peter Haas wrote: > One way of getting around these flawed DVDs is to use the SKIP key to   > bypass the offending chap

DVD drive ?

2010-06-16 Thread Cliff Rediger
We've been using our iBook G4 DVD drive to watch Netflix DVDs. Never a problem. Until now. It plays most all DVDs but we've had three Ken Burns National Parks Disc 4 fail. All exactly the same. Plays the "if you copy you'll be punished warning" then nothing no menu We did have some skipping probl

Re: HD partition not seen

2010-06-10 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 10, 2:24 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > > However, it still does not show up in the Systems Pref StartUp volume > window. > The Drive/partition in question is supposed to be a clone of my boot drive at home. I must have done something wrong during last backup. In an

HD partition not seen

2010-06-10 Thread Cliff Rediger
I have a Newer HD case with a partitioned HD that I take with me when traveling. This I Firewire 400 connect to Sandra's iBook G4 and boot from partition #1. This trip, both partition show up on the desk top but only partition #2 shows up in the Finder Window (there in the left column) Partition

Re: HD partition not seen

2010-06-10 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jun 10, 1:23 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Jun 10, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > > This trip, both partition show up on the desk top > > but only partition #2 shows up in the Finder Window (there in the left > > column) > > This is nothing, you can

Re: File Recovery

2010-05-12 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > In my experience, Data Rescue is very thorough, and ALWAYS finds old   > > files unless the HD has be reformatted or zeroed. > On Apr 30, 5:30 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > It promised a 13+ hour run, so I'm postponing

Re: Tracing hot keys

2010-05-04 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > Still I wonder how to reach the picture format setting without Onyx? On Apr 30, 3:30 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > Onyx is easier for the average guy, Terminal is easier for the geeky   > guy. Onyx worked on my Mini. Termina

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > In my experience, Data Rescue is very thorough, and ALWAYS finds old   > files unless the HD has be reformatted or zeroed. > Kris, my report was base on running only the DR "Quick Scan" Your comments reminded me that I had other DR options, and I tri

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > My SuperDuper settings call for "smart update" which mimics the > > complete backup option > > so all files not on the original drive must have been erased, and > > thoroughly. > On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, K

Re: Tracing hot keys

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, Cliff Rediger wrote: > Is there a way to trace the hot keys to the app. ? On Apr 29, 8:45 pm, "Michael G.M." wrote: > Maybe this is Snapz ProX? I have Snapz ProX installed. sweet app and very useful for motion screen capture but not the app in this case, di

Tracing hot keys

2010-04-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
Mini G4 10.4.11 I use a screen capture software that I access with the hot keys command-shift-4 which gives me a little circle with cross hairs and and drag a section and it snaps a jpg to the desktop. I seem to recall that I loaded this app because it permits selection of the image format whereas

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > I'm suddenly thinking that any recovery will require a third drive > > (d3) of equal size to the "d2". On Apr 29, 10:09 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > As a rule of thumb always ALWAYS ALWAYS do data recover

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > I'm suddenly thinking that any recovery will require a third drive > > (d3) of equal size to the "d2". On Apr 29, 10:09 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > As a rule of thumb always ALWAYS ALWAYS do data recove

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > I'm suddenly thinking that any recovery will require a third drive > > (d3) of equal size to the "d2". On Apr 29, 10:09 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > As a rule of thumb always ALWAYS ALWAYS do data recove

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-29 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 28, 1:02 pm, Baha Ata wrote: > BUT NEVER WRITE ANYTHING ON THE DISCS that you try to rescue and NEVER > USE THEM. Data rescue take data from them and write another disc, no > change on old drive... That's the best way. I'm running 10.4.11 on a Mini G4. Hmm. Since I inadvertently cloned

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Dan wrote: > > This is why we recommend using CarbonCopyCloner for making backups.   > > > On Apr 28, 8:52 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > It's a bit disconcerting to make a complete backup, knowing you have   > just a handful of file and folders on your desktop, then re

File Recovery

2010-04-27 Thread Cliff Rediger
Color me stupid. I have two 100 GB drives: one's my basic boot drive (D1) and I SuperDuper copy to the other (D2) as backup. When I travel to where my wife is taking care of her parents, I back up to the second drive, take it with me and boot from it thru her iBook. I also have a tera byte drive

Re: capture stream

2010-04-20 Thread Cliff Rediger
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 8:34 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: > > Can I get an application that will capture streaming video feeds in   > > a format that I can use to burn a DVD? On Apr 20, 9:08 am, Fabian Fang wrote:> >

Re: Seeing a networked computer's screen ?

2010-03-27 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Mar 26, 8:12 am, Cliff Rediger wrote: better remotely open and close files, and reboot apps on his > machine ? > Thanks for the suggestions. I could do Skype but LogMeIn looks interesting. I'm investigating. Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Gro

Seeing a networked computer's screen ?

2010-03-26 Thread Cliff Rediger
My 93 year old father-in-law uses a G4 tower and Tiger. That's right ninety-three. He does really well on it, but now, increasingly gets confused, and falls into that "keep doing the same thing--get the same results" trap. He's in Santa Barbara and I'm often 450 miles away. I'm reasonably confiden

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