Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Jay Smith
Do you not fancy opening it up and fixing this steven? I'd love too myself. Though, you may not share my need to open things, lol Sent from my iPhone On 25 Sep 2010, at 01:36, Steven macintosh.awes...@gmail.com wrote: I have this exact model (except mine only has 1gb of RAM), and it works

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-09-24 7:58 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: I upgraded to iTunes 9.2.1. Excellent suggestion: could you please give the url for the download: i can't find it at apple. Tanks. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Ashgrove
Kevin, This is the first generation Core 2 Duo iMac. I have the 17 model. They are great machines. They are prone to display/video card problems, which apparently has been silently acknowledged by Apple, since mine broke last year and was repaired for free by them (that was before I got it but

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Midnight rider
my friend has an i7 iMac, and they look about as good as those core 2 duo imacs that came out before. Well anyways, go for it! It's a nice machine, and it'll last you years. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs.

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Steven
Right after I downloaded iTunes 10 I tried to replace the icon with the icon from iTunes 9 and it wouldn't work. I did some searching online and found an entire package of changes that brings back the horizontal close/minimize/maximize buttons, colored icons in the sidebar, original icon (it

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Steven
I love opening things that I know I can put back together easily (though I think that's how I broke the floppy drive on my PowerBook 145b), but I use this iMac as my main workhorse, and will probably do so for at least another year, so I can't really risk anything going wrong. The most I have

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Tina K.
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:20:29 -0600, Walter Sheluk wrote: Is there a haxie to get rid of the nightymare UI in iTunes 10? There was a terminal solution posted at MacWorld a couple of days ago but that just made it a stark black and white UI. There are some modified iTunes.rsrc files floating

Re: Printing to PDF

2010-09-25 Thread Tina K.
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:52:47 -0400, N.Shani wrote: My issue is with print-to-PDF: there zero (0) selection options - even when page set-up is configured, the print-to-PDF seems to completely ignore it, and any output requested as smaller than letter size (in appearance, say 6x9) will end-up

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-25 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-09-24 12:19 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: I've been using FruitMenu, Xounds and WindowshadeX, since Jaguar days; I'll keep using them until Apple gets its head out of its butt and put the functionality back into the Mac OS. The same here. Apple has simply allowed third party software

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-25 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-09-24 12:26 PM, Midnight rider wrote: I was wondering if there is a patch for the OS 9 theme to make it look like leopard or at least jaguar. My Power Mac 6100 machine has my favorite startup chime of all time and it feels dated to have an OS 9 desktop... I use Kaleidoscope ( it is

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-25 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-09-24 2:31 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: I write my own OS 9 extensions. such as ? and to do what ? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Jay Smith
Sorry, so Santa rose is the code name? For the current iMacs? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/09/24 08:11, Walter Sheluk wrote: Excellent suggestion: could you please give the url for the download: i can't find it at apple. Tanks. iTunes 9.2.1 DL: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes9/061-8725.20100722.Bhnyt/iTunes9.2.1.dmg 'Downgrade' instructions:

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Jay Smith
Yes, I messed up a couple of iPods myself. They were broken anyway. Unreliable, 12 month shelf life things anyway. I am a computer engineer myself, so i delight in dismantling things, especially apple products, well, when their warranty has has run out at least Sent from my iPhone On 25 Sep

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Ashgrove wrote: This is the first generation Core 2 Duo iMac. I have the 17 model. They are great machines. They are prone to display/video card problems, which apparently has been silently acknowledged by Apple, since mine broke last year and was repaired for free

Second-party* system extensions

2010-09-25 Thread Joshua Juran
[Cross-posting to macos9] On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote: On 10-09-24 2:31 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: I write my own OS 9 extensions. such as ? and to do what ? The most useful so far is Josh's Keys. It enables Shift-, Option-, and Command- modifiers on text input in

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/09/24 08:11, Walter Sheluk wrote: Excellent suggestion: could you please give the url for the download: i can't find it at apple. Tanks. iTunes 9.2.1 DL: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes9/061-8725.20100722.Bhnyt/iTunes9.2.1.dmg

Re: Printing to PDF

2010-09-25 Thread Bill Chapman
PDFs can be created directly out of programs like Adobe Illustrator. I use QuarkXPress as my page layout software, not Illustrator. I always use Adobe Acrobat Professional to create PDFs, taking the long way around (first saving as a Postscript file via Quark, then going through Acrobat

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-25 Thread Bill Chapman
'Weather'? On 24/09/10 6:57 PM, Walter Sheluk wrote: On 10-09-24 12:19 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: I've been using FruitMenu, Xounds and WindowshadeX, since Jaguar days; I'll keep using them until Apple gets its head out of its butt and put the functionality back into the Mac OS. The same

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Midnight rider
You know,,, not all iPods are 12 month shelf life devices. I have had an iPod nano 3G since June 18, 2008 and it has been working fine for me ever since. I bought the 8GB model, black, and it has minimal amount of scratches. for sturdiness, get a 3G iPod nano. features, iPod touch. the screens on

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 25, 7:57 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Should I pay the Apple Store to replace the dead optical drive with   the same model, pay a third party to install a better device, buy an   external DVD drive (that doesn't require opening the iMac), or just   punt the whole issue and

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/09/25 18:31, Joshua Juran wrote: On Sep 25, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/09/24 08:11, Walter Sheluk wrote: Excellent suggestion: could you please give the url for the download: i can't find it at apple. Tanks. iTunes 9.2.1 DL:

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 25, 5:13 pm, Tina K. pengu...@gmx.com wrote: Don't let this intimidate you, it's actually pretty straight forward. First you delete iTunes 10 files, install iTunes 9, and recreate the iTunes library which is simply a matter of importing the .xml file that you have moved to the desktop

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/09/25 20:00, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 25, 5:13 pm, Tina K.pengu...@gmx.com wrote: Don't let this intimidate you, it's actually pretty straight forward. First you delete iTunes 10 files, install iTunes 9, and recreate the iTunes library which is simply a matter of importing the .xml

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Steven
My third generation iPod was more like a 5 month shelf life, but that was mainly because I kept it in the pocket of a baggy coat and regularly (accidentally, of course) slammed it in the car door (which is in turn why I had to replace the hard drive). I learned my lesson, though, and three

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Steven
I'm considering getting a Blu-Ray drive when I finally get fed up with my SuperDrive and can afford to do something about it. The cheapest route would of course be an external DVD drive, but when I took my PowerBook G4 in for some repairs they said that they charge a standard price for repairs

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Midnight rider
Blu ray drives aren't all that expensive if you know where to look. I picked up myself a sweet drive back in best buy for only $170, and it is made by HP: It has DVD reading/burning, CD Reading Burning up to 64x, DVD dual layer burning/reading, DVD quad layer reading/burning, Lightscribe laser

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Midnight rider
Does anyone dislike the new UI? I don't but this is the same way i felt about Aqua when it first took over the platinum theme weird and new... and the well known What is Apple up to this time? kinda feeling. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: Wondering about issues with this particular iMac

2010-09-25 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Steven wrote: I'm considering getting a Blu-Ray drive when I finally get fed up with my SuperDrive and can afford to do something about it. The cheapest route would of course be an external DVD drive, but when I took my PowerBook G4 in for some repairs they

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-25 Thread Steven
I really hate the look of iTunes 10, but there isn't really a new UI, just those odd vertical buttons and lack of color on the icons. I have a feeling that the vertical buttons will be a lot like the tab bar in the Safari 4 beta. Apple will try to justify it and back it for a short time, but