File Associations

… nada. Sorry this is long and complicated, but I'm hoping someone has a suggestion. I'm not looking forward to spending hours and hours dealing with this. :-| Thanks for any guidance! Amanda Ward -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: Corrupted Files?

is reported as 'just peachy', yet I still can't open a disk image file. Short of explosives, I don't know what to do. Any suggestions? Amanda On Dec 2, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: J. R., Bruce and Jim… Many thanks! Y'all have given me a weekend's worth of tinkering. I =have

Re: Corrupted Files?

. Still the same problems. Files are corrupted or have invalid checksums. I dunno!?!?! Amanda On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:50 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All… Recently I've had problems with files I've downloaded not opening because the file

Re: Corrupted Files?

Scott wrote: On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:50 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: To begin with I'd run permissions repair and DiskWarrior just to get that out of the way. On Dec 2, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Thanks to John and Jim for their response!!! What I've done since my first

Corrupted Files?

Hi All… Recently I've had problems with files I've downloaded not opening because the file is corrupted or has an invalid checksum. Also found files that I've downloaded in the past and successfully installed are now corrupted, etc, etc… Most recently the backlog of updates from software update

Dead-ish G5

A lot of time on my hands has prompted me to look into why my iMac G5 (first gen) quit working. Posting the symptoms here got the opinion the power supply took a header. It was supposed to have had the PS replaced before I bought it, but hey! I don't mind putting another PS in the unit, but I

Re: Dead-ish G5

Oh poo... It's a 20 model. Curious... I replaced the original 160GB HD with a 500 GB, could this have affected the power supply? Amanda On Jun 10, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jun 10, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: A lot of time on my hands has prompted me to look

Pdf File Printing

Okay... I'm not real sure if this is the proper forum. Please redirect me if needed. Right about the time I updated my iMac (Intel/Late 2008) to 10.6.7, my printers started refusing to print PDF files. Three printers... HP Office-jet 4580, HP Desk-jet 6980 and my workhorse HP Laser-jet 4000.

Re: Pdf File Printing

Hey Bruce... On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Are these PDF's created by OS X or PDF's created by Acrobat? Try Printing them from Acrobat reader, clicking the 'Advanced' button and checking the box 'Print as Image'. Files downloaded from the interwebs. ;-) I don't have the

Multiple Printers

Hi All... A question... I have an inkjet printer connected, via USB, to my iMac (late 2008) running Snow Leopard. My internet connection is thru a USB connection to my cell phone. I want to add a second printer, a laserjet, connected thru an ethernet print server. If I plug in the ethernet

Re: Multiple Printers

Thanks Chris... On Feb 12, 2011, at 8:14 AM, cb wrote: On Feb 12, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: I have an inkjet printer connected, via USB, to my iMac (late 2008) running Snow Leopard. My internet connection is thru a USB connection to my cell phone. I want to add a second

Re: Shutdown Problem

Hi all... On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... A problem with my iMac G5... 1st Gen, 20 inch, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, 500 GB HD, Airport Ext., Bluetooth. I think that's about it. The problem... a while back it started

Shutdown Problem

Hi All... A problem with my iMac G5... 1st Gen, 20 inch, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, 500 GB HD, Airport Ext., Bluetooth. I think that's about it. The problem... a while back it started going into sleep when playing videos (with VLC). As time went on, it seemed to take less and less time for it to do

Video Problem

Hi All... I'm having a problem with my iMac G5 and playing video (.avi files). Used to play them just fine, but recently, without warning, the video pauses (the two vertical bars) and the machine goes into sleep mode. The farther I get into a video file the closer together the pause/sleep

Re: Xcode

Hey Bruce, On Nov 14, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Apple has a lot of stuff in their Developer web site: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/ and I've been informed by a couple devs that this book is a good intro: Cocoa® Programming for Mac® OS X, Third Edition

iPhoto

Hi All... I recently did a clean reinstall of 10.6 on my Intel iMac. Now I can't iPhoto... it's not in the Applications directory and Spotlight has no hits for iPhoto. Am I missing something here? Does Snow Leopard not install iPhoto for some reason? Thanks for any adviced! Amanda -- You

Re: iMac and new EcoDisk

On Sep 28, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Jay Smith wrote: What is a double down, and can I eat it? From the KFC website... The new KFC Double Down sandwich is real! This one-of-a-kind sandwich features two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of

Infra Red Question

Hi All... The reason for the question.. I'm diabetic and got a new meter that is capable of transferring data via IR link. Have an Aluminum Intel iMac 2008 model. I know there is no IR port as such, but could the receiver for the remote, somehow, accept data from the meter? Yeah, it's a

SATA Question

Hi All... I upgraded the 160GB SATA drive in my G5 iMac (first gen) with a Seagate 500GB/7200 drive. After installing the new drive, I noticed the old one had a jumper to force a 1.5GB transfer mode. I didn¹t put this jumper on the new drive. Everything seems to be working okay. Could this cause

Re: Airport Extreme and SATA

Thanks Kasey! I guess my confusion stemmed from the different photo qualities on eBay. Some of the pictures made the AE module look the size of a deck of cards. Thanks again, Amanda Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Kasey Smith

Airport Extreme and SATA

Hi All... I recently bought a first gen G5 iMac and it doesn¹t have wireless capability. It will take an Airport Extreme module, but I¹m not sure it it needs a specific part number. Snooping about on eBay, it ³looks² like there are different models and I don¹t want to buy something that won¹t

Re: Airport Extreme and SATA

Thanks, I kind of thought that maybe they would be interchangeable, but wanted get some input from more experienced folk. Got the airport figured out. I pulled the AE module from my AL Powerbook and it works just fine. Amanda On 1/20/10 9:57 PM, Christian Wacker pizzaboy...@gmail.com wrote:

HD Upgrade

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

Video Capture

Hi All... Has anyone experience with capturing video from a DVR via Firewire? I¹m trying to use Firewire SDK 26 with a Comcast DTC6412 and an iMac G5 (first one). Thanks for any advice! Amanda -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: AL super-slim keyboard warning...

Bruce... On 11/23/09 10:19 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: I tried cleaning mine this weekend and very nearly ruined it. My standard procedure is to spray some cleaner, like formula 409 on a paper towel and carefully clean the key caps with it, then soak a clean paper

BTW Bruce...

Thanks for posting that missive on keyboard cleaning! I hadn¹t realized how grungy my li¹l Al keyboard had gotten till someone mentioned cleaning one. Thank you!! Amanda -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs.

Help

Hi All... Just upgraded my Intel iMac to Snow Leopard. Mostly it went okay... EXCEPT... my external HD is no longer accessible. It is a Maxtor 500 GB connected via USB 2. I've tried everything I can think of and all I can get is this message... The alias “ONETOUCH4” can’t be opened

Geeky Question

Hi All... Anyone know what the impedance is for the audio input jack on my iMac (Intel early 2008)? I have an older piece of equipment whose audio output normally drives a 4K ohm magnetic headphone. Audio quality isn't a big issue... the output is just occasional spikes with some low level

Re: Time to upgrade; need guidance

Heya Owen... On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:04 AM, owen wrote: Hi all, *SNIP* So what does everyone think? Should I pick up a second G4, upgrade to G5, Or make the jump to Intel? Don't know what your financial situation might be, so... I'd been running an upgraded Sawtooth G4 (1.6 GHZ

Winderz Xp

Hi All... I don't know if this is off topic or not... I've installed M$ XP on my iMac and I'm looking for resources to make the most of the installation. This isn't important business stuff, I'm just trying to learn how my iMac works... kind of, if the machine can run Winderz, I want to