Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-17 Thread Dan
At 4:31 PM -0700 5/17/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 17, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > What's up Listers? FoF ? ( fear of Facebook? ) More like DGAFFAF "Don't give a flying f**k about Facebook." Ditto. Also "Get off my lawn

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-17 Thread Dan
TO SUPPORT IT ON FB THAT IS AN ISSUE HERE. An issue or THE issue? And by implication are you saying that if we don't support that Facebook page then we don't believe in LEM? That's rather insulting. Uh yea - I support LEM so I'm going to hop on over to that latest lame

Re: Multiple address books possible?

2010-05-19 Thread Dan
tuff about sharing address books with multiple people, but nothing about one person having multiple address books. Bet those apps will blindly follow symlinks. Set up two trees - one of her files and one of her boss'ss Use a script to quit the apps, switch symlinks, launch apps... - Dan. --

Re: Who is dmnotifyd?

2010-05-20 Thread Dan
Then you applied an update to the OS, which updated those components. Now those components need permission to access your .Mac account. Either turn off the sync or give 'em the permission. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because yo

Re: Do you need a ROM Patch for B&W G3 if G4 Zif is installed?

2010-05-23 Thread Dan
the i/o bus is slowed. If your work flow is i/o intensive, then the the slower processor might be better. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: CCC on network?

2010-05-23 Thread Dan
backup I use ChronoSync to backup our network. It's very versatile and only $40. I've used it for years and all of the upgrades are free. Sync is NOT equal to Backup. Two totally different functions that serve totally different purposes. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jers

Re: CCC on network?

2010-05-23 Thread Dan
onfused with the commercialware SuperDuper? You have to pay for SuperDuper to enable more than its basic cloning feature. (and even then, afaik, SuperDuper doesn't do incremental/versioning). - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: file recovery?

2010-05-23 Thread Dan
At 8:05 PM -0700 5/23/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Bruce, tried the Data rescue 3, worked like a charm:-) Jeff Now, go make a backup! NOW. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-05-30 Thread Dan
ys it doesn't like Safari 3.0.4? Shutterfly's help area says: - Firefox 2.0 or higher for PC or Mac - Safari 2.0 or higher for Mac Aside... Since you're running Tiger, you should be fully updated to 10.4.11 and Safari 4.0.5... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; Sout

Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-05-30 Thread Dan
the security holes plugged, the faster webkit, and (flash issues aside) fewer leaks. 2) How does your "gripe" pertain to the OP's issue? Stop with the thread hijacking. Please. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because y

Re: USB 3.0

2010-05-30 Thread Dan
erfaces or tell us to suck it up and buy new peripherals. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 ht

Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-05-31 Thread Dan
nswers/detail/a_id/384/kw/browser%20requirements> Anyway, I guess I don't mind upgrading Safari all that much ... uh huh. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 deskto

Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-06-01 Thread Dan
At 12:19 AM -0400 6/1/2010, Dan wrote: At 2:07 PM -0700 5/31/2010, Bruce - in Orlando wrote: Quoth the Shutterfly message: "Shutterfly Sites requires one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0 + FireFox 1.5 + Safari 3.0 + (except 3.0.4) Ok. No idea what "message&quo

Re: Anyone tried Logitech's LCC 3.2?

2010-06-01 Thread Dan
failure of developer AND beta testing. Looks like Logitech "withdrew" the 3.2 release by breaking their download page, btw, back in mid May. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for thos

Re: Anyone tried Logitech's LCC 3.2?

2010-06-02 Thread Dan
b/techsupport/mouse/mac/> - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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-lis

Re: Anyone tried Logitech's LCC 3.2?

2010-06-03 Thread Dan
2.60 upgrade. So far (early as it is), no problems and I have both KB and Mouse showing up now. Ok. Use whatever works for you. Maybe someday Logitech will get their act in gear. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: Webkit

2010-06-08 Thread Dan
u're using something that's incompatible with it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Safari 4.1

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
is yet-again faster. On the Sunspider tests, I'm seeing that it's often between .8 to 1.24 times faster. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: PPC Intel HDD partition map

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
it to boot all my PPC stuff and have basic CCCs on it> Why does the MacBook boot from it. Apple fixed that. Either partition type works. GUID is simply "preferred" for x86 Macs. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message beca

Re: PPC Intel HDD partition map

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
At 9:06 AM -0700 6/9/2010, john CARMONNE wrote: On Jun 9, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:06 PM -0700 6/8/2010, John Carmonne wrote: external FW USB 320 drive I confused my self tonight and booted 10.5 with an Intel MacBook and did a clean install, I thought that the drive had to be

Re: PPC Intel HDD partition map

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
At 12:13 PM -0400 6/9/2010, John Martz wrote: On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Dan wrote: > Apple fixed that. Either partition type works. GUID is simply "preferred" for x86 Macs. I guess the only question I would have is how "preferred" is it? GUID is the futu

Safari 4.1 and 5.0

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
At 9:41 AM -0400 6/9/2010, Dan wrote: I strongly recommend upgrading Safari and using the latest WebKit Nightly. The WebKit included in the Safari release is, as usually, weeks old. The latest Nightly build is yet-again faster. On the Sunspider tests, I'm seeing that it's often

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?

2010-06-09 Thread Dan
and Mac OS X 10.6.3. The Mac is a Sawtooth. An iSaw is a USB device. :) <http://www.usbchainsaw.com/> Yeah, that's right! I do have 10.6.3 on a PPC mac! I have the "Q" emulator running as the only program on the system, and I run it on startup. Very cool! URL for Q?

Re: Safari 4.1 Problem

2010-06-10 Thread Dan
I've now had a dozen Flash crashes in Safari 4.1. Pulling ClickToFlash and SafariBlock didn't change things. Upgraded from Flash 10.1.53.60 to 10.1.53.64 -- the former being last week's final beta, and the later is today's official release. So far so good... FWIW, - Dan

Re: Safari 4.1 Problem

2010-06-10 Thread Dan
At 7:21 PM -0700 6/10/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: Another data point. My G4 Tibook is displaying the same issue with Webkit that it does with Safari 5: It just doesn't work. Ergo, the problem lies in what Webkit and Safari share, which I believe is only my Safari settings. Dan, do you

Re: Safari 4.1 and 5.0

2010-06-12 Thread Dan
problems with CosmoPod, SafariStand, SIMBL, etc. So try moving those items aside... Please zip up that crash log and email it to me directly. I'll take a look. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a grou

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?

2010-06-12 Thread Dan
py of ffmpeg within. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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.

Re: G4 Sawtooth random freeze

2010-06-12 Thread Dan
e gone out to lunch. Need to see the whole system.log. Please zip that up and email it to me directly. Please indicate the exact times the freeze occured. What's your HD configuration, internal and external? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You receiv

Re: weird USB - Firewire bridge

2010-06-13 Thread Dan
ll shut off the interface (reboot to restore it). A powered hub will usually fix things. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-13 Thread Dan
so good. Like the above - notice how you can tell who wrote what? heh. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 Powe

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-13 Thread Dan
puter maintenance. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 an

Re: Jaguar not booting up

2010-06-13 Thread Dan
the memory, zap the PRAM. Try booting into Safe Mode (shift key held down). That will rebuild caches etc. Try booting into Verbose Mode (cmd-V), and take note of what's happening right before the panic. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this mes

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-13 Thread Dan
At 4:00 AM + 6/14/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Dan <<mailto:dantear...@gmail.com>dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: At 9:01 PM + 6/13/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Why there is not a basic computer practices class I d

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?

2010-06-14 Thread Dan
further validate your proof. Oooo, good point, didn't think of that one. WRT segmenting... When you have the video ready, let us know - we can work out some hosting for the full thing. That way you don't have to play split games etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South J

Re: Jaguar not booting up

2010-06-14 Thread Dan
ot it set to auto-login, then your user's login items are also starting to run. That it panics at that point would indicate a memory problem, most likely. But again, as I posted before -- the details are in the system and panic logs. Look at them. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South J

Re: Improper "Put Away?" for USB Modem???

2010-06-14 Thread Dan
w the system log. Then plug in the modem... and see what error messages get thrown. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-14 Thread Dan
long? 100+ years? And how many people are totally befuddled when it comes to changing a tire or even replacing their windshield wipers... heh. We're lucky if they can park between the lines! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message be

Re: Improper "Put Away?" for USB Modem???

2010-06-14 Thread Dan
At 5:44 PM -0500 6/14/2010, James Therrault wrote: On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan wrote: At 1:46 AM -0500 6/14/2010, James Therrault wrote: After sufferin' years with erratic dial up, Cricket, (USB Modem), started covering the area last November of 2009. Best signal strength was tw

New unibody Mac Mini (was Re: Apple Store "closed for update")

2010-06-15 Thread Dan
had all that space available,,, why couldn't they put the SD, FW and a USB port on the front - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 particu

Re: New unibody Mac Mini (was Re: Apple Store "closed for update")

2010-06-15 Thread Dan
the first peripherals hit the market *six months ago*. I'm not a big fan of USB but at this point, since FW has stalled... sigh. What may the SD port do other than a camera card, it seems a waste of port space when a two dollar USB SD adaptor will do it. Exactly. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: G3 Lime iMac and 10.4 instal CD

2010-06-15 Thread Dan
ap it on the HD. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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.shtm

Re: Improper "Put Away?" for USB Modem???

2010-06-15 Thread Dan
- it can't get a grip on the device. What else is plugged into your USB? Try unplugging evertything except that modem. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 de

Re: Safari 4.1

2010-06-15 Thread Dan
doesn't like things that suck. Try that latest WebKit Nightly. If it still hangs, then follow the directions on the webkit site for filing bug reports. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a grou

Re: to scsi or not to scsi?

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
good sense. It's cheap, fast, and easy to cable up. Consider tho the cost of all the SATA cards if you wanted to connect more than a couple HDs... FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
to take a few years. We can all do our part... Install a flash blocker and make sure you totally block flash-based ads. By blocking them, you are telling that web site and the ad company that Flash is unacceptable. They'll get the message as they see the stats and their revenue cha

Re: OMG I NEED HELP!

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
p with the frey apple logo and spinning wheel for like forever! Boot into Safe Mode (shift key held down) to force the full rebuild of the kernel cache. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for t

Re: to scsi or not to scsi?

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
At 9:32 AM -0700 6/16/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 16, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Dan wrote: > IEEE-1394, aka Firewire, is a subtype of SCSI-3. > SCSI-3 SPI, from 2003, btw, does 5120 Mbps (5.1 Gbps). Why nothing newer? Because HD tech hasn't caught up to those speeds yet!

Re: to scsi or not to scsi?

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
you say tape do you mean magnetic tape? or is that just a term for a backup device Real tape. A stationwagon full of tapes far exceeds the bandwidth of the Internet and the reliability of every other storage media. Also dirt cheap, per gb. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-16 Thread Dan
At 11:28 AM -0400 6/16/2010, Dan wrote: At 3:44 AM -0500 6/16/2010, Kris Tilford wrote: Leopard 10.5 Security Update 2010-004 includes the latest Flash and Shockwave players bundled inside. Evidently Apple thinks Adobe Flash & Shockwave are such bad security risks that they need to force

Re: OMG I NEED HELP!

2010-06-17 Thread Dan
At 3:48 AM -0500 6/17/2010, James Therrault wrote: Didn't Maxtor go belly up a few years back? They were assimilated by Seagate. Seagate now uses the Maxtor name to brand their lower-end drives. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this me

What it's like to own an Apple product...

2010-06-17 Thread Dan
ROFLMAO <http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple> - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 a

Re: Dual 1GHz Quicksilver won't sleep!

2010-06-17 Thread Dan
heck your system.log. There will be messages sent there saying what woke where etc. Use Console.app to view it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wit

Re: OMG I NEED HELP!

2010-06-17 Thread Dan
a spell of having to deal with the fallout from bad glue. The stuff would dry, crack, flake - and cause head crashes. Seagate is once again the primo brand. Maxtor is now simply their lower-end model line. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this messa

Re: Security Update 2010-004 for Leopard 10.5

2010-06-18 Thread Dan
he lists with slow and/or metered connections. Don't waste their bandwidth. In the furture, if you're worried, go look at the group via the web and take note of your previous postings. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message bec

Re: OSX is a 32-bit operating system?? is this true??

2010-06-18 Thread Dan
selling you more memory, even if 2/3 of it goes unused. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: OSX is a 32-bit operating system?? is this true??

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
#x27;s what the classic Mac OS did with fonts. That's a new feature added to HFS+ volumes, in Snow Leopard! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - w

Re: OSX is a 32-bit operating system?? is this true??

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
he cooties would transfer from the IBM to the DEC side of the machine room. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: Folder contents PDF?

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
int from Finder. In Terminal: ls -l > ~/Desktop/a-file-listing.txt Then open the txt file and do whatever you want with it. If a graphic is good enough, you can always cmd-shift-4 then hit space to select the whole window, then click the mouse to take the snapshot. - Dan. -- - Psychoceram

Re: OSX is a 32-bit operating system?? is this true??

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
p being glued directly onto a circuit board then the medusa head being added, one wire at a time, and then they sealed the whole thing with a big blob of insulating glue -- no chip package at all! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: OSX is a 32-bit operating system?? is this true??

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
week, and our main work took a CPU month or two... (VLSI design work and other um stuff). I have very fond memories of my time using Amdahl systems. Our engineers loved 'em. We ended up on IBM systems because of some evil behind-the-scenes financial / managerial trickery.

Re: Folder contents PDF?

2010-06-19 Thread Dan
At 11:26 AM -0700 6/19/2010, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I tried the terminal command from Dan but it says it doesn't recognize the command. Then you didn't type it correctly. Copy this line and paste it into Terminal: ls -l > ~/Desktop/a-file-listing.txt - Dan. -- - Psychocer

Re: office offer

2010-06-23 Thread Dan
. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 netiquette

Re: Burn .mkv file to DVD

2010-06-23 Thread Dan
do the burning for you. The command line to run ffmpeg directly would be: ffmpeg -i "My Video.mkv" -target ntsc-dvd -b 4000k "My Video.mpg" - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a gr

Re: Burn .mkv file to DVD

2010-06-23 Thread Dan
and the other is in Burn. Install those apps then use ffmpeg from within them. Read those old threads. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: Burn .mkv file to DVD

2010-06-23 Thread Dan
At 5:05 PM -0700 6/23/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Dan wrote: Didn't we cover this in a previous thread? There are two fully built copies of ffmpeg available. One is in ffmpegX and the other is in Burn. Install those apps then use ffmpeg from within them.

Re: I need networking help

2010-06-28 Thread Dan
ile Sharing and check the box for using tcp/ip. I know you're trying to connect the other way, but sometimes it helps... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 de

Re: More power to keyboard/mouse please!

2010-06-30 Thread Dan
already can't handle the load of the longer cable run and the devices connected. Either use a shorter extension, or a powered hub. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-30 Thread Dan
k its entry in System Profiler - make sure it's recognized and fully capable of the various media types. Clean the drive. Clean the disc. Make sure it works with a DVD. Make sure your CD is of the type that is supported by the drive... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey,

Samba names

2010-07-01 Thread Dan
the standard alias borked message. Where are those other names coming from? How do I make them go away? ...I thought about trying to connect from a Windows system, but I don't have a working one here currently, as our one real PC is mostly doing BSODs, since a storm last week.

Re: CCC and backing up iCal, Address book, Safari

2010-07-03 Thread Dan
. Mine runs every day at 5:02. Takes between 10 and 30 mins (depends on how active I've been that day). Oh, tell CCC to ignore "Library/Caches" There's nothing there you ever need or want. If space on the backup device is an issue... You could tell it to ignore your m

Re: CCC and backing up iCal, Address book, Safari

2010-07-03 Thread Dan
tch both /Library/Caches and /Users/jeff/Library/Caches etc. If you hit the "?" button in that dialog, it will display instructions. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
went x86 only for Silverlight 2... Silverlight is MS' proprietary rip off of QuickTime and Flash with some .NET support thrown in. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
+ titles. And they can get anything they don't have thru the national Inter-Library Loan (ILL) system. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - w

Re: RsyncX error code 12?

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
e pretty good... ...CCC uses rsync to do it's work. It is a custom build, with bug fixes. Definitely worth using. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 deskto

Re: RsyncX error code 12?

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
At 2:19 PM -0400 7/4/2010, Dan wrote: At 10:48 AM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I'm in the process of setting up RsyncX to do incremental backups of my movie and music files. So right out of the box I get an error code 12. Any one know what this is telling me? It's tellin

Re: RsyncX error code 12?

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
on the destination. If your intention is to SYNCHRONIZE the files on both computers, so each computer contains the same files and those files are equally accessible with iTunes etc then use ChronoSync. It has an up-to-date build of rsync in it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; Sou

Re: RsyncX error code 12?

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
matically keeps things sync'd on every machine connected. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: RsyncX error code 12?

2010-07-04 Thread Dan
At 1:15 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: > At 12:34 PM -0700 7/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote: >> I want the libraries and DVD file accessible to all my machines so I want synchronized copies on one of my machines other than the working ma

Re: G5 1.8 PPC memory RAM Question???

2010-07-05 Thread Dan
. huh? The Power Mac G5 supports ECC memory? Crucial says NO. <http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/compatible-memory-for/Apple/Power+Mac+G5+(Dual+1.8GHz+DDR,+8+DIMM+sockets)/list.html> - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you

Re: Fresh out of ideas on .dmg mounts

2010-07-05 Thread Dan
e results into your reply here... ls -al /Volumes /Library/InputManagers ~/Library/InputManagers - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 parti

Re: Fresh out of ideas on .dmg mounts

2010-07-06 Thread Dan
At 5:52 AM -0700 7/6/2010, nestwasright wrote: On Jul 6, 12:02 am, Dan wrote: At 9:33 PM -0600 7/5/2010, Nestamicky wrote: > >I've spent the whole evening trying to find out the solution to this >one. Fresh 10.4.11 install. Completely fresh with all updates that >were

Re: i need help building this mac

2010-07-06 Thread Dan
supply box won't fit. I tried an ATX power supply box, and looks like it didn't work out. Is there any ATX power supply box I could use to work with the G3 disguised as a G4 quicksilver? Duct tape the G3's power supply onto the top of the QuickSilver. A knitted cozy will cover it

Re: i need help building this mac

2010-07-06 Thread Dan
At 7:41 AM -0700 7/6/2010, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: On Jul 6, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Dan wrote: Duct tape the G3's power supply onto the top of the QuickSilver. A knitted cozy will cover it nicely. I have blue Duct tape that would be a nice contrast with the QuickSliver:-) hum. I donno. Rea

Re: Fresh out of ideas on .dmg mounts

2010-07-06 Thread Dan
hardware issue: bad RAM, a failing drive, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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:

Re: Fresh out of ideas on .dmg mounts

2010-07-06 Thread Dan
)" from this link:http:// support.apple.com/downloads/#security%20update%20tiger, it won't install. All the partitions had red rain-drop arrows on them. II'm not sure if I'm suppose to uninstall previous updates. If so, could someone please say I how I do this. Install it while boote

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Dan
SIS 3.0 wasn't going to get him any more speed than a DOCSIS 2.0 unit. Who is right here? Moot. At those speeds, either modem is sufficient. But the cable company may be doing temporary cap boosting and other flow control / quality of service type things that require DOCSIS 3 features.

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Dan
to, to make the hop into the cable company's ethernet LAN. (Of course, this ignores various node configurations, where they first convert your coax signal to fiber to get down the big streets etc. It is this approach that makes them "Hybrid Networks"). - Dan. -- - Psychocerami

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
tally unfollowable. This is 1% ***NOT*** the way to get good tech support. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Online backup ??

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
x27;s sock draw is the best "offsite" localle. Work out a trade dealio, you stash his and he stashes yours. To be really save tho, make sure his home is outside of your blast radius. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message

Re: MiniStack Reviews, Experiences?

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
does anything quietly. *Always* check the logs! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: Online backup ??

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
timate the bandwidth of a VW Bug full of printouts. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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:/

Re: Online backup ??

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
expands to fill all available space. :) FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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://l

Re: MiniStack Reviews, Experiences?

2010-07-09 Thread Dan
At 7:55 AM -0700 7/9/2010, t...@io.com wrote: On Jul 8, 1:26 pm, Dan wrote: At 10:47 AM -0700 7/8/2010, t...@io.com wrote: > >By freezing/lock up, it doesn't lock up the computer. The copy just >stops progressing and the drive stops responding. The host computer >is

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Dan
TiBooks have 1 GB Ram. Otherwise AFAICT all are the same, yet the TiBooks run along with out any hitch but the Cubes at least once a week have an issue' Anyone know maybe why? "an issue"? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this mess

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Dan
At 9:21 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem

Re: Connecting to any Wifi

2010-07-11 Thread Dan
ll of the wifi's around my area but just won't connect. Macs? OS? Details please! "just doesn't connect" never ever happens. OS X always logs information. So check the system logs and find out exactly what went wrong. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; Sou

Re: Connecting to any Wifi

2010-07-11 Thread Dan
r/log/cups/). Those are also viewing with Console.app... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Last security update

2010-07-12 Thread Dan
problem!. Seriously. WTF. You know how rich auto shops would be if they sold you a new engine every time you had a flat tire?! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: Is a power inverter safe for laptops and iPods?

2010-07-14 Thread Dan
things in advance... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: RAID 1 on USB2 Drives?

2010-07-14 Thread Dan
normal backup scheme to protect your data. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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://lowen

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