It's easier than that, no need for terminal use!
Fire up system preferences, and clock the sharing bit, and at the
top is a text box for you to enter the computer name in. I think
On 26 Dec 2009, at 10:37, Ramon Pubill claupub...@gmail.com wrote:
I am posting on behalf of my 73 year old
Hi All...
I recently picked up a first gen iMac G5 and it is a fine machine. However
it only has a 160GB HD. I have a Western Digital 1TB drive on hand and would
like to install that. Are there any problems I should be aware of?
I¹ve seen slightly different versions(?) of SATA drives and wonder
That happened to me when I won an eBay bid on a Powerbook last year.
What I did was contact the seller through eBay and he told me how to
change that... I forget what he told me, but it worked.
Ramon Pubill wrote:
I am posting on behalf of my 73 year old dad. He's beginning to get
concerned
That's for local network ID I think... I call this computer
'Quicksilver' on my LAN; that's what it says in the sharing pane.
Otherwise my system refers to 'bill's computer'
Not sure, but System PreferencesAccountsPassword might be a clue... if
it says John Doe there then it looks like the
On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:
That's for local network ID I think... I call this computer
'Quicksilver' on my LAN; that's what it says in the sharing pane.
Otherwise my system refers to 'bill's computer'
In the sharing there's a place to change the name of the computer,
The machine without the DVD drive (it doesn't read consistently) is
actually a MacBook, but the helper machine is the iMac under my .sig and
the principles will be the same regardless of model.
The MacBook owner deleted a bunch of stuff based on its dates and times
and thereafter booted to a
On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Malcolm O'Brien wrote:
Can anyone tell me a better option? How do you install the OS
without a
DVD drive? Will I have to go into the Apple Store and have them fix
it?
the correct solution is to fix the Macbook; sooner or later she'll
need a working
Boot the Macbook in target disk mode (Firewire disk mode) by pressing
some key during startup (I don't know everything, but it's available
on google)
Insert the installer disk into your iMac, and reboot, installing the
OS to the firewire one (which is actually the MacBook)
Problem solved.
On Sun,
I didn't say it was the network name; I understand that in this case the
main purpose for naming the computer is to identify it to other
computers on the network ('Other computers on your local subnet can
access your computer at Quicksilver.local' is what it says on this
computer underneath
this is wy off topic of the thread
On Dec 27, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:
@Christian Wacker:
A little off-topic, but others here might benefit from my recent
experience of installing Virtual PC 7 on 3 of my macs
Worked well at first on:
• B/W G3 Tower 400MHz B/W running
Christian Wacker wrote:
Boot the Macbook in target disk mode (Firewire disk mode) by pressing
some key during startup (I don't know everything, but it's available
on google)
T for Target disk Mode
Insert the installer disk into your iMac, and reboot, installing the
OS to the firewire one
the correct solution is to fix the Macbook; sooner or later she'll
need a working optical drive.
Yeah, I told her that.
better would be one of these
Oh! I _have_ one of those! And I have now made 2 partitions on a HD and
copied the 2 install disks there, installed, and all is well.
A little off-topic
No, a lot. And really, really in need of a different subject line.
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On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Christian Wacker wrote:
Boot the Macbook in target disk mode (Firewire disk mode) by pressing
some key
Hold 'T' while booting to enter Target mode. If I remember this only
works with Macs with native FW 400/800 ports.
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On Dec 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@gmail.com
wrote:
Boot the Macbook in target disk mode (Firewire disk mode) by pressing
some key
Except for the PowerMac G3 BW. I know the iMac DV's can though...
On Dec 27, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Jonathan Rowson wrote:
Hold 'T' while booting to enter Target mode. If I remember this only
works with Macs with native FW 400/800 ports.
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Just to clarify, SATA1 and SATA2 are interchangeable, SATA1 has a
theoretical max of 1.5gbs, SATA2 has a theoretical max of 3.0gbs
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote:
The size doesn't matter; it's the speed of the drive that creates more/less
heat. For
as can the iBook g3 systems
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On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote:
Except for the PowerMac G3 BW. I know the iMac DV's can though...
On Dec 27, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Jonathan Rowson wrote:
Hold 'T' while booting to enter Target mode. If
Jonathan Rowson wrote:
Hold 'T' while booting to enter Target mode. If I remember this only
works with Macs with native FW 400/800 ports.
Correct with the exception of the BW G3. It can't do Target Disk Mode
nor boot from FW.
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... Exactly. So that shouldn't be a problem either.
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On Dec 27, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Christian Wacker wrote:
Just to clarify, SATA1 and SATA2 are interchangeable, SATA1
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