Email issues (was Re: Big Sur crashes etc)

2021-07-01 Thread Dan C
items selecting “Synchronize” from the pop-up menu. Then … wait … for Mail to coordinate with the mail server. Fwiw, last rebuild I did took about 20 mins for Mail to vomit the correct results. HTH, - Dan. On Jul 1, 2021, at 09:26 PM, Michael Angell wrote: > > And I thot it was only y

Re: Big Sur crashes etc

2021-07-01 Thread Dan C
occurred). - Dan. On 05/11/2021 5:06 AM William Spencer wrote: > > Hi there: Ever since installing Big Sur/11.3/11.3.1, I have been having big > problems with the machine crashing and restarting randomly, taking forever to > shut down, refusing to shut down altogether, even spontaneou

Re: Logitech trackball weirdness

2019-10-31 Thread Dan Cottler
orld. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! What vers macOS? What vers LCC? Clean the contacts/wheels as best you can, and replace the batteries. I’ve had this double-click behavior on several devices. The fix was usually cleaning or fresh batteries. - Dan. -- You received this message becaus

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-04-05 Thread Dan Cottler
> On Mar 31, 2017, at 12:32 PM, Bill Spencer <wspen...@jhu.edu> wrote: > > What choices are there for a 19" 5:4 (or could be 4:3...) touchscreen monitor? *blink* Touchscreen *blink blink* for a Mac I thought there was no support for that in macOS.!? How exactly do

Blu-Ray & DVD media

2016-12-06 Thread Dan Cottler
Hey all… I’m getting ready to buy some blu-ray blanks for myself; shopping around, looking at the quantity prices, etc. What brand & type of media do you use / like best? Are there any brands that I should avoid? If I were to order in quantity,,, should I offer some on LEM Swap? -

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-10-23 Thread Dan Cottler
for photos. First print on it was a photo. mid-range jpg, regular paper, standard print mode - came out quite nice. Still need to get some harder paper to do a high-res print. - Dan. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-10-23 Thread Dan Cottler
for $127 (incl tax and free shipping). Couldn’t resist. Big sucker. But the color prints are beautiful. - Dan. -- 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: Feeling very stupid about printer setup...

2016-10-04 Thread Dan Cottler
On your Mac, print a document. In the print dialog, look in the bonjour list. Select the new printer. Print! Then you can view the printer in the sysprefs, clean up its name etc. hth, - Dan. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using App

Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

2015-06-29 Thread Dan C
On Jun 29, 2015, at 03:00 PM, Jack jhs...@gmail.com wrote: 10.3 on CDs, but it won't recognize them, displays the missing system folder icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've tried Option C... any suggestions...? To boot from a CD/DVD, hold down the c key. Not option-C - Dan

Support Low End Mac

2015-03-24 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
Low End Mac us a user-supported online resource. If you've found us helpful in choosing, buying, selling, upgrading, or just knowing more about your Macs, please consider making a donation. Thanks! http://goo.gl/Ohv8Zb -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Help out Low End Mac

2015-01-29 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
Low End Mac is a user-supported online community, both on our website and in social media. If you can help us meet expenses, we'd be most grateful. Thanks! http://goo.gl/Ohv8Zb -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: Another DVD-conversion question

2015-01-25 Thread Dan C
changing settings and such. HTH, - Dan. -- -- 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 http://www.lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Fan noise

2014-11-22 Thread Dan C
Manager is confused. Try sucking out the dust (a must if you have shedding pets!). Find the vent holes and apply the business end of a vaccuum cleaner hose. Depending on the Mac model, opening 'er up and doing a full vaccuum job is often a good plan. HTH, - Dan. -- -- You received

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-06 Thread Dan
the base file sharing servcies. They're havens for the piracy crowd, so they often get shut down and/or blocked without notice. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Forum widget at lowendmac.com

2014-01-05 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
We've added a widget to display the most recent postings to our various forums on LowEndMac.com. Come on over and check them out! -- -- 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

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-26 Thread Dan
). And if your system is running slowly, use it to clear the kernel, system, and applications caches. OnyX also lets you enable some nice hidden interface stuff. fwiw, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-25 Thread Dan
unbolted the engine and left it on the floor... Before you jump off the deep end with the disk maintenance described in the other thread forks,,, do the basics as described above and provide some detailed information. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- -- You received

Re: HD lifespan statistics

2013-11-14 Thread Dan
buys consumer grade drives in bulk. But that's all we know. We don't know what grade drive, warranties, etc. It would be much more useful to have a breakdown by manufacturererer etc. Then we could draw some real conclusions, to make better purchasing choices. :\ - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: Moving to WordPress

2013-04-06 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback. We will continue to maintain all of our lists on Google Groups as is and add online forums at lowendmac.com as an additional resource. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs

Re: Moving to WordPress

2013-03-13 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
We're learning as we go. You should be able to use the same login ID and password for forums and for comments on the rest of the site. I have no idea why verification is taking some of you to PayPal and will investigate. Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com -- -- You received this message because you

Re: Moving to WordPress

2013-03-13 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
Should have that PayPal thing fixed now! On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 5:56:22 AM UTC-4, Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: We're learning as we go. You should be able to use the same login ID and password for forums and for comments on the rest of the site. I have no idea why verification

Re: Moving to WordPress

2013-03-12 Thread Dan
At 3:39 PM -0700 03/11/2013, Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: Low End Mac has made the transition to WordPress, which allows our writers to submit content online, allows our readers to add comments, and now allows us to run our own forums. Once upon a time there were only G3 iMacs, and that's

Moving to WordPress

2013-03-11 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
all of this works. You're the first group to try out the new system. Dan Knight, publisher, Low End Mac -- -- 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: (Intel) iMacs reliability

2012-10-10 Thread Dan
problems. And anything before 2009 is about due for HD issues. Buy a set of suction cups! As with buying any used machine, try to get its history and avoid ashtrays. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: Crash when I opened Mail

2012-09-01 Thread Dan
boot volume, using Disk Utilty. If it finds any errors, fix 'em. Then try Mail again... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Get Info for lots of files?

2012-08-31 Thread Dan
is the application, especially if the icon has been pasted. That is EXACTLY how trojans work!!... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Low bandwidth DSL or the Mac?

2012-07-14 Thread Dan
Monitor, to monitor the memory usage, etc. While 1 GB is pretty much a minimum for Leopard, it should be enough to do surfing and such. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: Low bandwidth DSL or the Mac?

2012-07-14 Thread Dan
. If you view the network throughput using Activity Monitor, or even iStat Menus, while playing such videos, she should get a better idea if that's the bottleneck. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: Low bandwidth DSL or the Mac?

2012-07-14 Thread Dan
At 1:09 PM -0400 7/14/2012, Dan wrote: levels out to around 700 Mbps for a while, then spikes back to 1.5 to 2 Mbps as it rebuffers. 700 Kbps. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: Hardware test error 4SNS/1/40000001:VDOR

2012-07-14 Thread Dan
by the other or - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http

Re: Hardware test error 4SNS/1/40000001:VDOR

2012-07-14 Thread Dan
to the errors from TT and AHT, it might be a good idea to update your backups, just in case. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: kernel panic

2012-06-29 Thread Dan
, AppleJack it again, telling it to do everything. Then see how things run. THEN make a good backup. THEN consider trying that new memory again... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Re: kernel panic

2012-06-29 Thread Dan
. Email that file to me, or paste it into your reply here. Hopefully it will have something definitive in it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs

Re: kernel panic

2012-06-27 Thread Dan
for it to try and copy/paste it? Use Console.app (It's in /Applications/Utilities/) to view all system type logs. View the log list; it will be in there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: Question about Finder Copy

2012-06-04 Thread Dan
that don't behave this way. Use Disk Utility to run a verify disk pass on each volume. Make sure the file systems are clean. And next time it happens, check your system log for errors. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you

Re: Question about Finder Copy

2012-05-28 Thread Dan
appropriate extensions, get in the habit of doing so. This will reduce the possibility of odd name collisions. And Apple has depreciated the old creator/type code system anyway. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Position of TextEdit window

2012-05-26 Thread Dan
! It doesn't automatically reize or anything. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: vintage-2000 G4 in trouble - wont start

2012-05-07 Thread Dan
At 1:29 PM -0400 5/7/2012, dect...@earthlink.net wrote: Thanks Dan, wish I'd known about the voltmeter test Always a good idea to have an xtra PRAM battery laying around. As Bruce mentioned in his reply, they're standard 1/2 AA 3.6v lithiums. Google lists quite a few sources. Don't you

Re: vintage-2000 G4 in trouble - wont start

2012-05-06 Thread Dan
, start plugging things in one at a time. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

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

2012-04-15 Thread Dan
-it/4749 Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/new-targeted-mac-os-x-trojan-requires-no-user-interaction/11545 - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

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

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http://www.lowendmac.com

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

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2012/04/poisoned-coffee.html http://www.macworld.com/article/1166254/what_you_need_to_know_about_the_flashback_trojan.html - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

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

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
/2012/04/poisoned-coffee.html By not releasing Java updates for Leopard and older, Apple has screwed both ppc and x86 users. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs

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

2012-04-11 Thread Dan
At 2:25 PM -0700 4/11/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Dan wrote: Some more articles: http://www.infoworld.com/t/java-programming/its-time-run-java-out-of-town-190525 Might as well write an article C++'s done, time to stick a fork in it. This idiot hasn't got

Re: Anti-Virus Software for Mac

2012-04-10 Thread Dan
attention. Crush Flash. Kill Java. Destroy MS Office. Then date the sexy robot. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

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

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
of the articles posted today are backing off on that number. Apparently it's total Flashback infections, not just this particular variant, and some of which are Windoze. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

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

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
A nice article on TidBITS about Flashback... How to Detect and Protect Against Updated Flashback Malware http://tidbits.com/article/12918 - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Re: Mice

2012-03-29 Thread Dan
At 10:00 PM -0700 3/28/2012, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 28, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Dan wrote: some brands of Pee-Sea mice (USB) will work fine for a few seconds, then freeze the computer so severely that the only way to get things working again is to force restart Sounds like a driver issue

Re: Mice

2012-03-28 Thread Dan
for errors -- USB devices rarely cause problems without being noisy. Try the mouse without whatever software you installed. Then try a real driver, such as USB Overdrive. SteerMouse and MouseZoom are also quite useful. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You

Re: Cloud shadow over Me.com?

2012-03-25 Thread Dan
... these are a few of my favorite things. It's not easy being free. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: DVD Issues

2012-03-25 Thread Dan
of the laser, to reach the other layer. The latter is a single layer disc that has writable substrait on both sides - so it must be turned over to reach the other 4 gigs. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Cannon Scanner vs IntelMac

2012-03-25 Thread Dan
the latest CanoScan Toolbox... I'm pretty sure it's fat, ppc and x86. Vuescan supports it. http://www.hamrick.com/ - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs

Re: Problem with Toast

2012-03-08 Thread Dan
a different tool, such as Finder or Burn? Try different media. Try cleaning it... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Insomniac iMac

2012-03-03 Thread Dan
it to view your system log. Let the machine sit there, beyond the time when it should sleep. Check the messages that are thrown into the log. Typically, there will be something there indicating what woke it, or refused the sleep order. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA

Re: uTube videos not playing continously.

2012-02-05 Thread Dan
be the FIRST thing you do to try to diagnose problems. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: uTube videos not playing continously.

2012-02-03 Thread Dan
(caps and speed test results). Do other video sources, local or streamed, show difficulties?... Lots of variables And, finally, is this something from utube.com, or do you mean youtube.com? Two very different sites... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
an uninstaller function or app. No big deal. And an uninstaller provided by the app's developer is 100% more reliable than some 3rd party general uninstaller that may or may not have been updated and may or may not be buggy... fwiw, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
its index... Bottom line: There is NO substitute for putting some thought into it. And always try the product's uninstall feature first. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Copyright 101 (was Re: Mackeeper Info Thread)

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
of creating a derivative work -- which is NOT fair use (see above). Authors don't get automatic dictatorial control over everyone who comes into contact with their works. ROFLMAO. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-16 Thread Dan
. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even with access control lists... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-16 Thread Dan
At 7:29 PM -0800 1/16/2012, Bill Spencer wrote: On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM UTC-5, Dan wrote: In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if you're just looking to limit file access, then you can do things with group IDs or even

Re: Burning video

2011-12-28 Thread Dan
your DVD Player can handle. One of my fav tools is Burn.app. Set Burn to do a DVD-Video, drag the container file onto it, and it automagically handles the transcoding then the reformatting, then burning process. http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html - Dan

Re: your daily dose of 'Arrrrrgggghhhh' from the support trenches...

2011-12-22 Thread Dan
; she's too aloof to participate in such a silly activity. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-22 Thread Dan
At 10:27 AM -0800 12/22/2011, Bill Spencer wrote: On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:51:29 AM UTC-5, Dan wrote: ...To be honest, farking inside an iMac is such a PITA, I've often told people to just boot/live off a chain of external firewire drives and let the internal spin down. This makes

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-19 Thread Dan
a gift for her, the wet spot from the dog, etc... hth, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: your daily dose of 'Arrrrrgggghhhh' from the support trenches...

2011-12-16 Thread Dan
the power supply gakked, but then I realized the Vicky was standing over the switch on the power strip, behind the desk, with that I didn't do it! look on her face... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/Vicky%2C%20on%20the%20shelf.jpg - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You

Re: your daily dose of 'Arrrrrgggghhhh' from the support trenches...

2011-12-16 Thread Dan
, that I've removed the woven layer of fur. Next up: To discourage Vicky from camping out on my desk and rubbing on the keyboard. sigh. Can't use the 'ole squirt gun trick -- she *likes* water. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: System file not repaired???

2011-12-14 Thread Dan
At 9:18 AM -0700 12/14/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Dan wrote: By default most AV softwares seem to check too much, I think. That initial long scan is probably what you're seeing. Tell it to stop. Then tell it to just watch your Download and Mail folders (specific

Re: System file not repaired???

2011-12-13 Thread Dan
file will land). It is with some redness in my face that I have to say that I installed Sophos AV without any virus problems on my iMac. That's ok. Malware *is* becoming an issue for us. It's time. Best to be prepared. We recommend either Sophos or ClamXav. HTH, - Dan

Re: Hardrives

2011-11-25 Thread Dan
? Or buy a whole new box? If the former, then you need to match the drive's interface to that of the internal one on the box. Office Despot, today, has a 2 TB external drive for $70... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you

Re: New to group, love this forum

2011-11-25 Thread Dan
! And don't forget to do some basic maintenance on OS X now and then. A tool such as OnyX will let you easily run Apple's three maintenance scripts, then clear all your caches, and rebuild the system ones. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
full screen. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
to rip the DVD then use ffmpeg directly to transcode to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
(GigE). If you have a need for the newer wi-fi standards, then look for 802.11n. Otherwise 802.11 a/b/g will be cheaper. Match the router to your service. If your service provides an ethernet interface, then don't need a router with a built-in DSL modem, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-05 Thread Dan
release that runs on G3 Macs. http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1036 - Dan. -- - Be Prepared! http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

Re: Airport card

2011-10-23 Thread Dan
settings and the router's settings... - Dan. -- - Be Prepared! http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs

Re: Airport card

2011-10-22 Thread Dan
seem to work with AirCard. Strange, but it is what it is. Which FiOS router? AFAIK neither the Actiontec nor the Westel have any difficulties. Be sure to set the encryption type correctly - WEP vs WPA vs WPA2. - Dan. -- - Be Prepared! http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

Re: Imac G3 ..browsing problem

2011-10-12 Thread Dan
guy. http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/ Here are builds of Camino and more Firefox, that will run on Panther: http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk/index.html HTH, - Dan. - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group

Re: Setting the system date/time to a prior date

2011-10-11 Thread Dan
and anything else that does things based on a file's time stamps. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: Credit Card Security Not Visible

2011-10-08 Thread Dan
email unless you *KNOW* the email is legit. And before clicking, *always* take note of the actual URL, in the tooltip, to make sure it's sending you to the legit site. When in doubt, use your browser bookmarks to get to the site... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA

Re: Incorrect Number Of Thread Records

2011-09-15 Thread Dan
, then the only point of doing the repair work would be to get it to the point you can make a backup... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: OS X on original imac

2011-08-03 Thread Dan
://www.tenfourfox.com/ http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/ - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: You all have probably figured it out by now

2011-06-13 Thread Dan
of characterizations (fields, bayesians, etc) the spam filter uses on your particular mail service.. eg: I marked one of the bounces as spam in GMail, and it subsequently put about 1/4 of the legit posts to g3-5 into the spam box. At 5:38 PM -0400 6/12/2011, Dan wrote: 1 got past Gmail, and was nailed

Re: IMAC G4 Airport Extreme Card Problem

2011-06-05 Thread Dan
X crashed. This typically means that there is a hardware problem. Perhaps that card is bad. Perhaps it's just not fully seated. A panic.log should have been written, that might further be able to narrow down the exact cause. Use Console.app to view it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus

Re: issues with Core Duo imac

2011-04-07 Thread Dan
to be sticking your ungrounded fingers therein. But if the machine is open, please make sure things are properly grounded and be sure to ground yourself *BEFORE* stickin your fingers in! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you

Re: issues with Core Duo imac

2011-04-07 Thread Dan
At 10:33 AM -0700 4/7/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 7, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Dan wrote: How happy i would be if that turned out to be the problem! It occurred to me that before i grab the ShopVac i should ask is that literally what you mean? Or are you thinking of one of those tiny vacuums

Re: issues with Core Duo imac

2011-04-04 Thread Dan
the situation worse by frying things with static. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: core duo or core 2 duo?

2011-03-23 Thread Dan
oddles of memory and HD space... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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

Re: core duo or core 2 duo?

2011-03-23 Thread Dan
it's just lame-a** intel memory controller. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: TechTool Deluxe Froze on Restart

2011-02-20 Thread Dan
my experience it cannot cause good either ;-) Exactly. 9 times out of 10, a little common sense and googling symptoms will narrow issues down better than any of those tools. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: G4 iMac USB ports dead

2011-02-13 Thread Dan
likely the USB controller gave the ghost. Probably. - Dan. -- 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 http://www.lowendmac.com/lists

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Dan
At 6:30 AM -0500 1/24/2011, Tom Coradeschi wrote: At 3:47 PM -0500 01/18/2011, Dan wrote: That's just bad advice, IMO. 1) Cloud storage systems are NOT secure. [bla de bla de bla de bla - we have heard all of this from Dan before] But they're still valid points. A better solution would

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Dan
all set. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
such as Dropbox are nice, for collaborative projects, small non-private stuff, or for when you need a quick way to temporarily safe guard some data when you're on the road. But they are NOT good backup solutions. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
backups, at least one being a *complete* *bootable* clone using Carbon Copy Cloner. If your internal HD fails, just boot on the clone! - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-13 Thread Dan
to get disks but none of them seem to work. Does anyone have any ideas and does apple sell the original install disks? Cheers Dan -- 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

Re: Ideas for upgrading?

2010-12-21 Thread Dan
At 10:39 AM -0800 12/21/2010, Bill Spencer wrote: an unexpected Christmas present of $100, and before it burns too big a hole in my pocket I'd like to solicit suggestions An external HD for backups pay for some shareware. Or take your sweetie out for a nice dinner. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: selling imac late 2006

2010-12-21 Thread Dan
At 5:01 PM -0800 12/21/2010, Jesslyn wrote: sell the old one which is the imac late 2006, 17, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz of DDR2 SDRAM. can anyone tell me where to sell this used imac with a good bargain?? These days the best three venues are: LEM Swap Craigslist eBay - Dan

Re: issues with safari 5.0.3

2010-12-16 Thread Dan
then quit Safari and relaunch. If that doesn't fix it, do the same but check the boxes to clear cookies and website icons. Those are the biggest suspects. If that doesn't fix it, let us know. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: from osx.3.9 to leopard ,snow leopard even ?

2010-12-08 Thread Dan
. Has anyone tried it ? Leopard will run great on your eMac! Can the Leopard version supplied with a mac mini do the trick ? Legally, no. Technically, I think so, if it is a Leopard kit from a PPC Mini. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received

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