Re: Linux question

On 11/15/12 1:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 15, 2012, at 2:29 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: Apple itself also uses a lot of OSS in the depth of Mac OS X. Just the GUI, “Aqua”, and the applications are closed source by Apple. Even the browser uses OSS: WebKit. Indeed so, including muc

Re: Where can I find a good explanation on using Migration Assistant?

This is the way I like to do it, except that during the OS install, I name the first account I create "admin", and leave it on the computer "just in case" - once in a very great while, you need to login to an administrator account that's different from your user account for maintenance, trouble

Re: can't delete user account

On 8/1/12 7:37 AM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: stats: G4 iMac (goose neck one); 10.4.xx; I have an Administrator account I gave my old iMac to a teenage boy. I kept myself as Administrator and made his account Administrator, too. He just gave the computer to his sister. I need to delete his

Re: Eudora replacement

udora replacement. -- Sent from my HP Pre3 On 22 Jul 2012 13.57, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: On 7/21/12 10:23 PM, ben...@gmail.com wrote: > We have set up a Facebook page to discuss and to see how many of us are > still lo

Re: Eudora replacement

On 7/21/12 10:23 PM, ben...@gmail.com wrote: We have set up a Facebook page to discuss and to see how many of us are still looking for a true Eudora replacement: Http://www.facebook.com/WeWantEudora -- Sent from my HP Pre3 What if you don't do Facebook? I'm in the market for a new email clien

Re: Low Power G5

On 4/21/12 7:27 PM, Old G4 wrote: Hello All: I need your opinions on the following: My G4 MDD is nearing the end of its miserable life (bad power supply, power manager system, starting problems, etc.). I want a G5 PowerMac for internet, video encoding, a little Halo and Star Trek, etc., but I

Re: advice on getting a dual G5`

I had a late model dual 2.0 PCIx G5 for a while, it was great for graphics with an upgraded video card and had loads of processor power. It was the fastest one without water cooling, so I would look for one of those. Stephen On 4/9/12 4:16 PM, Jackie wrote: I'm looking to upgrade to a dual G

Re: Flashback Malware Hits 600,000 Macs???

On 4/6/12 6:35 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:48 AM -0400 4/6/2012, Kristina Rost wrote: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/flashback-malware-hits-60-macs/ .8> snip! 8>... 3. Because Java is a dying language, Apple is no long

Re: Migration Assistant question

where you least expect it. Stephen On 3/11/12 6:04 PM, Roger Faulkner wrote: G4 = 10.4.11 G5 = 10.6 -RF On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar mailto:sbod...@gci.net>> wrote: Which version of OS on the G4 and which on the iMac? Stephen On 3/11/12 4:25 PM, Roger Fa

Re: Migration Assistant question

Which version of OS on the G4 and which on the iMac? Stephen On 3/11/12 4:25 PM, Roger Faulkner wrote: Just finished moving the content of a G4 emac to an Intel iMac. Files, apps and documents all moved as planned but none of the data. No bookmarks in any of the browsers or data used by various

Re: going to an Intel iMac

On 1/8/12 4:52 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2012/01/07 09:54, Stephen E. Bodnar so eloquently wrote: Very well said. Having done this very same migration numerous times, there is one gotcha - let Migration Assistant create the new user on the new (target) machine and not update an existing account

Re: going to an Intel iMac

On 1/7/12 7:15 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 7, 2012, at 8:42 AM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Why not just use a file manager utility to move your wanted files? The simple old fashioned way to batch process ? Because tools like Migration Assistant take care of all the niggling little issues

Re: hacking for a slimmer world

On 11/16/11 2:54 AM, dc wrote: On Nov 15, 9:01 pm, "Stephen E. Bodnar" wrote: I'll keep my ears open. We live up on Purtov now and have a pretty active feeder, but Switgard and Lars will be over in Germany for Christmas. If somebody wants to sit in our kitchen drinking hot bu

Re: hacking for a slimmer world

I'll keep my ears open. We live up on Purtov now and have a pretty active feeder, but Switgard and Lars will be over in Germany for Christmas. If somebody wants to sit in our kitchen drinking hot buttered rums and counting birds, that's OK too. Stephen On 11/15/11 9:51 AM, Dan wrote: At 7:2

Re: Key command close all windows

The trick I use requires a single mouse click - hold down the option key and close the front window Stephen On 11/10/11 7:04 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: I there a key command that will close all windows on 10.5 on a G5 PPC? Short of a restart? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66

Re: G4 MDD + FCE2

On 11/3/11 1:30 AM, Avid_Fan wrote: Hello! I'm running Final Cut Express 2 on my G4 MDD. When capturing footage the window freezes after 5 minutes every time and after a quick search it would appear it's because I need to use an older version of Quicktime. I didn't get install discs with my mac

Re: Mapping Out Bad Sectors

On 10/4/11 6:08 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: If you zero out a hard drive with Disk Utility to map out the bad blocks, are they notated in a permanent fashion or will a simple reformat lose the bad block "map." In a modern drive, the defects map is created when the drive is manufactured an

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

licated 4 times. Makes losing one or two drives meaningless in this case, and that's the point. But you're talking about 1 TB, not 4. Then again, 1TB is a LOT of space. but the principle's the same. Unless I'm missing the boat completely. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Steph

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

On 6/14/11 5:33 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jun 14, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: The 2-SATA PCI card is worth it, it will speed up the system quite a bit. At least it did on my old G4! I'd like to see some benchmarks for before & after so that we'd have some real d

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

The 2-SATA PCI card is worth it, it will speed up the system quite a bit. At least it did on my old G4! As to video capture, if you're not going totally Pro, I've had really good luck with the Grass Valley firewire units. I currently have an ADVC-300 and have also used an ADVC-110. If you need

Re: Bounced mail?

Yep, getting lots of them. All with this username - Stephen On 6/11/11 11:43 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Anyone else getting tons of bounce mail coming back? Stuff you sent a long time ago? -- -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G

Re: Where's the trash?

On 1/3/11 9:04 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:07 AM -0500 1/4/2011, Yersinia wrote: On 1/3/11 10:26 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:52 PM -0800 1/3/2011, Jeffrey & Daile Engle wrote: I want to know where the "Folder" is that holds the trash? is there such thing? And what are you plotting to do to them? In your h

Re: M-Audio

Sounds like I need version 9. Thanks for the heads up. Stephen On 12/1/10 3:06 PM, TVirkkala wrote: It's ProTools 9 that has liberated the user from the box. You've gotta pay for that liberation! Strange, I installed the 8.0.0 ProTools LE that came with my MBox2, and it won't run unless the M

Re: M-Audio

On 11/30/10 2:58 PM, TVirkkala wrote: The latest edition ... A few months back I got a survey from M-Audio about what new products they should make. It was returned to them with every free form space marked FIX THE GOSH DARN DRIVERS! Of course that's never going to happen… of ProTools reverse

Re: proper mic for iMic on a G5

On 9/12/10 10:20 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: I am trying to use iMic on a G5 with a headset w/ mic. All the sets I find so far, have a stereo mic plug. Has anyone seen a headset w/ a mono plug. Or will a stereo to mono adapter work? They are trying to talk on WOW via ventrilo. The jacks are d

Re: how long to install an update?

In addition to what Netamicky said, if you have a chance to download it somewhere else over broadband and either burn it to CD/DVD or put it on a USB key and copy it over to her computer that way, it will go much smoother. My sister used to be on dial-up, so I used to download all the updaters

Re: Multiple address books possible?

On 5/19/10 5:07 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 19, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:44 AM -0700 5/19/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: Is there any way to have more than one Address book per user? One of our people has synched her address book and iCal with her boss to manage it, but she needs o

Re: G5 and M-audio crash on boot

On 4/4/10 10:30 AM, Eric Volker wrote: On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bill Connellywrote: On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: I'm still in Tiger land (10.4.11). I used to have this 2496 card in an older Quicksilver with the same quirky KaPows (kernel panics). M-

Re: Bus speeds

On 4/4/10 7:35 AM, John Carmonne wrote: PATA drives are getting rare and ATA133 even rarer. The speed improvement would be very marginal, and I would recommend looking for a 64-bit wide SATA interface instead, which would mean you can use a modern SATA drive with a big cache and a fast rota

Re: G5 and M-audio crash on boot

On 4/2/10 6:51 AM, billycar_G3-5 wrote: This is the behavior I referred to above (I don't know what other audio card to suggest): Having recently downloaded a lot of upgrades (FCE 4, Quicktime, iTunes, Security update, etc) ... I just got 3 kps in a row ... 2 between restart using the Programme

Re: G5 and M-audio crash on boot

On 4/1/10 7:41 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: A bit off topic, but maybe somebody here has some ideas! My G5 2.0 Duely with Tiger (10.4.11) will often hang on boot - all the fans running full speed and the dreaded screen saying "hold down

G5 and M-audio crash on boot

A bit off topic, but maybe somebody here has some ideas! My G5 2.0 Duely with Tiger (10.4.11) will often hang on boot - all the fans running full speed and the dreaded screen saying "hold down power button for 5 seconds..." which I do, and eventually the thing will boot. When I look through th

Re: Dongle for CAD/CAM

On 3/6/10 10:56 AM, John Carmonne wrote: On Mar 6, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 6 Mar 2010, at 11:14:10 PST, Bruce Johnson wrote: The app is ViITUAL GIBBS 5.0 the dongle is a ADB unit also I can use it on a Griffin iMate, but I want to use it on my G5 PM - I wouldn't

Re: Dongle for CAD/CAM

On 3/6/10 5:26 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I use a program that requires a Rainbow dongle and runs on OS9 I would like to run it in Classic 9 under Tiger, but the dongle needs an extension that boots at start up. I want to run it on my G5 PM but that machine will not boot OS9 Does anyone

Re: Another Firefox ?

On 2/17/10 7:36 AM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: Hello All, I am driving a G5 2.5 dualie, running 10.5 with .5TB hard drive space. I just made the move from Netscape 9.0.0.6 to Firefox 3.6 and while it was mostly a seamless transition, once I brought my bookmarks over an issue arose. Now when I click o

Re: G5 problem?

Jeff: Don't know what the kernel report says eggzactly, but my G5 used to do this on a regular basis. It turned out to be a rogue application. In my case, I had been using the CodeTek Virtual Desktop. An Apple software update hosed it, so I had to uninstall. The uninstall still left a few pie

Re: installing Classic over Tiger

Richard Gerome wrote: > > I have been trying to install OS 9.2.2 in my G4 Titanium Powerbook > running Tiger 10.4.11 for almost a yr and I'm not having any luck either... > The 9.2.2 disc I have came with my OS 10.1 I used in my Clamshell 366, it > wont even take the disc??? So I download

hardware RAID on a G5

Yo- Does anyone out there have any experience running hardware RAID on a G5? I'm hoping to replace my pile-o'-sata (4 drives to be exact) with a 2 x 1TB RAID 1 array. EveryMac shows my machine as a Power Macintosh G5 2.0 DP PCI-X 2, M9455LL/A (PowerMac7,3). It's running Tiger 10.4.11. All the c

Re: Online Subscription Management for Google Groups

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: > >> Interesting. I don't have a Google login. I was grandfathered in from >> the old non-Google list. This may be another reason that the >> unsubscribe >> may not

Re: What OCR for Leopard?

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > >> On Aug 24, 7:04 pm, Bruce Johnson >> wrote: >> >>> Abbyy Fine Reader is $100 It at least >>> runs on modern macs :-) >> Bruce: This looks like an excellent candidate with a nice support

Re: Online Subscription Management for Google Groups

Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: > Go to and select "Sign in". Enter your > subscribed email address and password. You may also want to check > "Stay signed in". > > Google Groups will display a list of al groups that this email address > is subscribed to. Click on "Ma

Re: Any replacement keyboards

tonycd wrote: > Personally, I love the "clicky" feel. I'm typing this on a Matias > Tactile Pro (an original, not a 2 -- these are REALLY unavailable > now). > > Another option that gets you the old-time Apple quality is to actually > get an old Apple Extended Keyboard and connect it via a Griffi

Re: Any replacement keyboards

Brian Christmas wrote: > G'day > > I'm just in the process of buying my daughter a new 24" iMac, but she > doesn't like the Apple keyboards. > > Is there a 3rd part replacement that offers the same keys, or that can > be keymapped? > > Said keyboard should be suitable for a touch typist. >

Re: Lightning Season

Clark Martin wrote: > Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: >> Clark Martin wrote: > >>> At the school I worked at we had a local fire marshall come through and >>> they had no problems with daisy chaining power strips but wouldn't allow >>> any power strips hang

Re: Lightning Season

Clark Martin wrote: > Dan wrote: >> At 8:32 AM -0700 6/13/2009, Al Poulin wrote: >>> I like to distinguish between surge protectors or surge strips on the >>> one hand and power strips on the other hand. I understand that surge >>> protectors/strips must not be daisy chained. >> Daisy chaining su

Re: Random thermal fan revs.

Brian Durant wrote: > I have started getting random thermal fan revs on my G5 single 1.8 > GHz. The revs last for about fifteen seconds and then go away. > Sometimes once or twice a day. I think this started with the last > security update before 10.5.7, but I am not sure. Anyone know anything > a

Re: Wireless USB dongle software installer won't open

Tom wrote: > I bought one of these nifty USB wireless adapters 66egqs> for my wife's G4 MDD 1.4 GB running 10.4.11, and it works > great. I just plugged the dongle into a USB port, installed the > software from the included CD, and her Mac now has access to the > Internet

Re: Dual Monitor - spanning behavior

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Paul Kemner wrote: > >> My question: If the VGA monitor is switched off (and it would >> probably look >> like it's unplugged due to the KVM switch), will my G4 boot in >> single screen >> mode, or will I just see half my desktop? Will I h

Re: Dual Monitor - spanning behavior

Paul Kemner wrote: > HiI recently got a g4 FW800. I'm currently using a VGA monitor on the DVI > port, and I'm thinking of getting a 17" Studio LCD to plug into the ADC > port. > I'm planning on using the LCD monitor alone most of the time, but using the > VGA monitor in spanning mode occasionally

Re: VHS to DVD

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:50 PM, glen wrote: > >> This idea has got my attention. I remember such a device from >> Computer Geeks a year or so ago. Checking their site I see none >> available. What combo deck do you or anyone else recommend? > > Many people I trust have

Re: VHS to DVD

hosemonkey wrote: > I have a ton of movies on VHS tape(doesn't everybody?) I would like to > get them on DVD. How can I rip VHS movies to DVD and is there a > program (such as Mac the Ripper for VHS) that will decode VHS and make > them usable to transfer to DVD? Ant advice would be appreciated.

Re: Addedum to 68k-Macs

DKline wrote: > The web address is http://groups.google.com/group/68k-macs/ Is this somehow different than the existing Vintage Macs list? Stephen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for tho

Re: Thunderbird from G4 to iBook: Which Stuff to Copy?

yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: > Stephen writes, > > Alaska and I just got off work! > > The best way to do this is to do a clean install of Thunderbird on the > new machine, start it up, let it create a default profile, then quit and > copy everything inside of the profile from the old machine t

Re: Thunderbird from G4 to iBook: Which Stuff to Copy?

yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: > Bruce writes, > > <~users/Library/Thunderbird which is where everything is stored.> > > THANKS! :-D I got it ALL done now: paid my Emailchemy shareware, cleaned > up the 'demo mess' with the real one and moved Thunderbird and My > Collection over to the iBook!

Re: sata controller in my MDD?

MacGuy wrote: > So what's a cheap solution for installing sata drives in an mdd? a > controller card? which one works good.. personal experience please.. > Thanks, jeff > > Jeff Engle > Kamiah, Idaho 83536 I had a much upgraded 867 Quicksilver with 2 2-port Seri-Tek SATA cards. They were

Re: Erase a drive to sell

Kyle Hansen wrote: > > And the only reason I know this is it is one of the tools we use at the > government lab to destroy drives...the other is the metal shredder which is > WAY more fun. > > Kyle Hansen Ya, but they don't let civillains have these, unless you roll your own from surplus! St

Re: Erase a drive to sell

diane wrote: > I have a number of SCSI drives from Compaq servers ranging in size > from 4.3 - 18.2 gb. I'm putting most of them up for sale and would > like a quick and easy way to scramble whatever data may be on them. > Will a magnet work OK and how heavy a magnet should it be? > > Thanks,

Re: Firefox memory?

MnDel wrote: > > >> Dan wrote: >>> For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs >>> are up ( it's not consistent) . >> What vers of Firefox? >> What add-ons? >> Have you tried clearing its cache? > > version 3.0.8 > Adblock Plus 1.0.1 > I hadn't been clearing cache, so I fo

Re: fans on G5 - off to the races!

Thanks for the tips. Very strange behavior here, though, when I google for MenuMeters, Safari either hangs or crashes! A rogue application or process may well be to blame, I've done as one of the other forums said and checked the CPU temps after a fan "excursion" and the CPU's were pretty warm

Re: fans on G5 - off to the races!

G5's, and may cost you upwards of $800. Hope that helps. > > > -Cyrus > > > > On Mar 15, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: > >> I have a dual 2.0 GHz G5. On occasion, all the fans start running full >> speed. I know that this is a common pr

fans on G5 - off to the races!

I have a dual 2.0 GHz G5. On occasion, all the fans start running full speed. I know that this is a common problem with this particular model, but I've searched all the forums for a fix to no avail. My guess is that the CPU heat sinks are not seated right, maybe the "goo" is dried out, the "th

Re: Thermal grease?

insightinmind wrote: > > > On Mar 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> On Mar 12, 2009, at 6:46 PM, PeterH wrote: >> >>> Silicone thermal grease needs no special preparation. >>> >>> Arctic Silver must be applied according to instructions, as this >>> stuff is conductive, and it can

Re: virtual desktop manager

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: > >> I've been really addicted to virtual desktops since working on unix >> systems back in the 80's and 90's. I still use Classic on occasion, >> so a >> Leopard

virtual desktop manager

Greetings all - since we have managed to stray a bit from G3-G5 hardware issues, I thought I would ask here. I've been running CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro for multiple desktops and after the last Apple security update, it quit working. Nobody seems to be home at CodeTek, at least they are not a

Re: Postscript Printers

PeterH wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >>> The RAM is easy to find as it is standard PC RAM from back in the 386 >>> and 486 days, when every PC supported parity, but the parity could be >>> turned off in many PCs. >> No. The HP parity RAM was different in the LJ4/

Re: Brother HL-2140 and Postscript

PeterH wrote: > > On Jan 20, 2009, at 7:02 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: > >>>> The Brother HL-2140 User's Manual, which is on the Brother >>>> web site, does not seem to make any mention of Postscript: >>> >> This is all true. But the

Re: Brother HL-2140 and Postscript

PeterH wrote: > > On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Bruce wrote: > >> The Brother HL-2140 User's Manual, which is on the Brother >> web site, does not seem to make any mention of Postscript: > > Brother offers "BR-Script" in its "network" laser printers and multi- > function lasers. > > The entry