Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-25 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, All of the other ideas presented are very solid, however the first thing that I would do is get a copy of Onyx and run the tab which shows a Hammer called Automation. Start with the default settings and if that doesn't speed up your iMac then select all of the items in Automation.

Re: Digest for imac...@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

2013-10-31 Thread gifutiger
, October 30, 2013 5:55:12 AM UTC-7, gifutiger wrote: Bill, It looks like quite a few things have changed in Mavericks. Selecting “Open in Tab” doesn’t work correct as of now. However if you right click on a link you will get a bunch of choices. For these choices see http://www.tekrevue.com

Re: IdNotificationMonitor WON'T STOP telling me it quit...every 7 sec

2013-10-11 Thread gifutiger
Tiik, You'll possibly find the answer to your question at: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-error-applications-quits-unexpectedly and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3775905?start=0tstart=0 Cheers, Harry On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:13:54 PM UTC-7, TiikTech wrote: Hi group,

Weird mouse problem

2013-08-11 Thread gifutiger
Same problem (Mac mini 2013) well sort of my problem was more like it took the OS a very long time to respond. If I held the left mouse button down and waited for 3 or 4 seconds before doing anything I would get results. And if I wanted to drag something I had to drag real slowly otherwise I

Re: G4 Flat Panel DVD drive

2012-11-01 Thread gifutiger
Bob, Do you have or have you ever installed Application Enhancer If so look up how to get rid of this pesky application. It caused problems all over the place. Harry San Jose, Ca (`-''-/).___ ..- -''`.. _ ( 6_ 6 )`-.( ``-._.-`) (_Y_.)'._ ) `._ `.'``-..-' `

Re: Mail Inbox Balloons with Multiple Copies

2012-10-27 Thread gifutiger
Al, What happens is that everything is put back just like it was and all of the items in a corrupted database are rebuilt. You can run this procedure over and over and at the end everything will be just like it was when you started. All Mail Box's will be the same and you won't have any folders

Re: Mail Inbox Balloons with Multiple Copies

2012-10-26 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Al, The best way to clean up the Apple Mail mailbox is to: Open ~Library/Mail then locate the file Envelope Index and drag it to your desktop. Then Open Mail, but when you open mail it will tell you that this is the first time that you have open Mail How ever that's Okay, click on

G4 Flat Panel DVD drive

2012-10-25 Thread gifutiger
There is a small program that makes Apple non-approved CD/DVD player compatible. Search dogpile.com for make DVD Mac compatible Cheers Harry --- -- 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: G4 Flat Panel DVD drive

2012-10-25 Thread gifutiger
I'm sorry that you couldn't fine the program, but then I couldn't find it either. It was more than 10 years ago that I use the application and I just don't remember the name of the program. I'll look through my old programs to see if I've still got it in the archives. Cheers Harry --- --

Re: G4 Flat Panel DVD drive

2012-10-25 Thread gifutiger
That's it Patchburn IIRC you have to install Patchburn every time you boot, but that's not a hard thing, just pot it into you start-up item list. Cheers Harr -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: iMac 20 Intel Performance Problems

2012-09-10 Thread gifutiger
Danny, You should obtain a copy of Onyx and run the the option that looks like a Hammer. This application cleans up almost all problems that are OS related. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca (`-''-/).___ ..- -''`.. _ ( 6_ 6 )`-.( ``-._.-`) (_Y_.)'._ ) `._ `.'``-..-' `

Re: MacBook pro external hard drive

2012-07-21 Thread gifutiger
If you are trying to power the Toshiba HD from the USB port you will need to obtain an external USB hub that can power the disk. The MBP doesn't have enough power to run that disk. Cheers Harry (`-''-/).___ ..- -''`.. _ ( 6_ 6 )`-.( ``-._.-`) (_Y_.)'._ ) `._

Can't Load page on Shutterfly

2012-07-09 Thread gifutiger
My recommendation. Would be to first boot into Safe Mode which will load only the OS and ?Apple applications. After booting, startSafari and see if you can log into ShutterFly! If the login works, then you have a 3rd party app. That is causing the problem. To boot into Safe Mode hold dowd the

Re: can'tload page on Shutterfly

2012-07-07 Thread gifutiger
Jane, The link that you posted is the login page. Try using Safari and your get through. Cheers Harry (`-''-/).___ ..- -''`.. _ ( 6_ 6 )`-.( ``-._.-`) (_Y_.)'._ ) `._ `.'``-..-' ` `_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' ,-'' ,' (((.-' fl On Saturday, June 30, 2012

Re: iMac G5 issue with DVD Drive

2012-06-04 Thread gifutiger
1st thing to do is try another connector cable, then try another drive. On Sunday, June 3, 2012 12:34:45 PM UTC-7, Drew Alleman wrote: I have a second hand 20 inch G5 iMac that I am working on. When ever I install the DVD drive into the machine it refuses to boot. Does this mean a bad

Re: IMac 20 Late 2008 (USB Ports has Power but not works)

2011-11-18 Thread gifutiger
. When found the startup up disk/folded is displayed on the screen. Therefore the my suggestions are may be valid. The only way to verify is to try. Cheers Harry Freeman San Jose, Ca On Nov 17, 7:26 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 17, 2011, at 4:32 AM, gifutiger

Re: IMac 20 Late 2008 (USB Ports has Power but not works)

2011-11-17 Thread gifutiger
Situation: You have a CD in your CD-ROM drive and want to eject the disc. There is no button on your CD-ROM drive to use to eject the disc. The computer is not starting up all the way, or the computer is trying to boot from the CD. Solution: There are different ways to eject a CD or DVD from a

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

2011-11-06 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, You need to get a copy of xpostfactor see below, it fools the installer into thinking that your processor meets the 833Mhz requirement for installation. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7594/xpostfacto Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Nov 3, 7:19 am,

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Bruce, The startup chime is meant to indicate that the boot prom has run a quick and dirty memory test on the installed memory and the test has passed. If there isn't a chime the memory didn't pass the test. Therefor you should obtain a copy of Memtest. Download Memtest The testing

Re: iMac G3 Rev D

2011-08-19 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, Your loading problem could be that Apple doesn't want OSX loaded onto platforms that hav a processor slower than 876Mhz. When loading the disk a check is done to make sure tha the processor meets or exceeds the min. speed requirements. If your processor doesn't meet these

Re: iMac G3 Rev D

2011-08-19 Thread gifutiger
Greetings. That's very interesting, since I have a G3 Desktop, also known as the Gossamer and the only way that I could get my Retail Mac OS X Panther Version 10.3 (3 Disk C/D) 2Z691-4585-A to load was to first install XPostFacto then everything went well. Below is information retrieved from

Re: issues with Core Duo imac

2011-04-09 Thread gifutiger
. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca On Apr 8, 8:29 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:21 AM, gifutiger wrote: I use Century Duster, Air-in-a-can. In the electronic industry (manufacturing and repair) we always used

Re: issues with Core Duo imac

2011-04-08 Thread gifutiger
I use Century Duster, Air-in-a-can. In the electronic industry (manufacturing and repair) we always used compressed air, or some kind of caned air. You will find the Office Depot Brand 10.0 Oz for $6.99 @ http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/911220/Office-Depot-Brand-Cleaning-Duster-10/ Or pick

Re: issues with safari 5.0.3

2010-12-17 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Nici One thing that you might also want to do is open the Activity Monitor, it is located in the ~application/utilities folder. Once opened, select Active Processes from the drop-down menu selection. Then click on the CP at the top of the processes display. Click so that the process

Re: i am locked out

2010-10-07 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Walter, I think your problem is ownership! Select each drive and then using the drop-down menu get info for all of your drives. When that information appears on the desktop, near the bottom is Sharing Permissions Make sure that the pointer is pointing down, exposing the contained

Re: i am locked out

2010-10-07 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Tina, WOW removing all 'ACL's may not be the best thing to do, i.e. Technically seen, an ACL is a list of individual rights which can be attached to a file system object. The ACL can either be empty -in this case, only the

Re: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions

2010-09-11 Thread gifutiger
if there is a power failure, or any reason for the platform to reboot, it will not boot into a USB drive, it will only boot into an internal disk, a SCSI (internal or external,) or firewire drive. Cheers, Harry San Jose, Ca. On Sep 11, 2:12 am, gifutiger gifuti...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings

Re: Putting TV Shows on Hard Drive/DVD

2010-06-16 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Get the latest copy of Firefox and then get one of the plug-ins that will capture Flash There are a number of working plug-ins that work, however Adobe keeps changing their code to prevent capture, then the plug-ins need updating, Cheers Harry

Re: So how much memory does it take?

2010-03-20 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Bill, Get yourself a copy of MacTracker at the following location and you can lookup the information. http://mactracker.dreamhosters.com/ Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca On Mar 19, 6:48 pm, William Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I'm getting conflicting information about how

Apple paying refund on broken 27-inch iMacs

2010-02-05 Thread gifutiger
Everyone that has one of the 27 inch iMacs should be interested in this information. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-390632.html?tag=nl.e539 Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs.

Re: .....Upgrading G3 memory

2009-11-09 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) You should obtain the Free application mactracker which will show how much memory your iMac can handle. When I checked on a couple of the early iMacs' it showed that you can put in a 1Gb memory sim but the system will only recognize 512Mb Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca