Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-21 Thread Al Poulin
On Dec 20, 5:21 pm, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:51:29 AM UTC-5, Dan wrote: Could be the drive.  Just as likely to be the fans running at a higher than normal speed because there's 5 years worth of dust bunnies growin in there. Just had the thing

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-19 Thread Christopher Satterfield
There is a Lion upgrade USB drive, however I believe you will need to install Snow Leopard then upgrade to Lion, since Apple won't make it easy to do a clean install. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-19 Thread Dan
[html stripped] At 10:32 AM -0800 11/30/2011, Bill Spencer wrote: Hi there: The 1.83ghz machine below ObQuip: below is a goto. Emails should never have gotos. Top down. Not top, scroll to bottom to find information, then scroll back up to find your place, then re-read and hope you

Re: trash picked emac 1.25Ghz

2011-12-18 Thread Christopher Satterfield
That is a pretty good system, especially with 1 gig of ram installed. I would see about upgrading it to Leopard since 1 gig is what my eMac has (1 GHz) and it runs nicely. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: trash picked emac 1.25Ghz

2011-12-18 Thread Ashgrove
On Dec 18, 9:07 pm, Joshua Lewis izacyos...@gmail.com wrote: I found a emac 1.25Ghz combo drive model, on the nature strip for free. Those eMacs are hard to kill. They can take up to 2 gigs of RAM and are rock solid workhorses. The optical drive gets stuck sometimes. Try this tip:

Re: trash picked emac 1.25Ghz

2011-12-18 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Have you tried using a paper clip to open the optical drive? Sometimes they just get stuck, and opening them that way will free it up for good. -Jonas -- 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: your daily dose of 'Arrrrrgggghhhh' from the support trenches...

2011-12-18 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/16/11 1:54 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:20 AM -0800 12/16/2011, Clark Martin wrote: I think it's a global cat conspiracy. They are pissed over Computer Aided Tomography being (originally) called CAT. After that they are all anti-computer. http://thecatscan.tumblr.com/ Amazing how much more

Re: trash picked emac 1.25Ghz

2011-12-18 Thread Joshua Lewis
Just push the drive door open. Joshua Lewis -- 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: trash picked emac 1.25Ghz

2011-12-18 Thread Joshua Lewis
I own two emacs. I still own the Emac 700Mhz with 256mb of ram. I haven't used my emac 1.25Ghz with 1gb much. Its Amazing I found a faster emac for free. Joshua Lewis -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs.

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

2011-12-18 Thread Ashgrove
On Dec 16, 2:54 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: 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. The 'ole squirt gun trick only works the first two or three times. Try clapping loudly,

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

2011-12-18 Thread Ashgrove
On Dec 18, 11:23 pm, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: We had a cat that liked water. my wife ran her bath and went to other room. When she came back the cat was swimming in the tub? Both my cats like water, to different degrees. What cats really dislike is immersion. A swimming

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

2011-12-18 Thread Ashgrove
] See, here's all your eggs. Now I take this rickety basket with holes in the bottom and put them all in it. Now I dangle it thirty feet above above a busy freeway Amazingly this time it wasn't a database gone foo...it was the whole thing. And since you cannot re-apply Office updates, you

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2011-12-17 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/12/16 21:36, Dennis Faulkner so eloquently wrote: As somewhat of a novice, what would too hot for Imac's mean - would that mean that you would need to upgrade the fan further, or house this drive in a external housing, or what? The Al plate that the boards are mounted to in the G3

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2011-12-16 Thread J. R. Rosen
That Maxtor will work, but why not go for a 7200rpm and up to a 120gb hdd? OWC has a 160gb hdd @ 7200rpm for $83.00. Here's the link. http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm? Ntk=PrimaryNs=P_Popularity%7c1Ne=5000N=6900Ntt=3.5+Internal+IDE% 2fATA If you iMac has a 5400 in it now, a

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

2011-12-16 Thread Dan
At 11:12 AM -0700 12/16/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... [MS machinations] LOL And here I was all stressed out because my fav keyboard was misbehaving ... having to remove the keycaps and vaccuum out the cat hair. Then my Mac's power just suddenly dropped... Was worried the

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

2011-12-16 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Dan wrote: At 11:12 AM -0700 12/16/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... [MS machinations] LOL And here I was all stressed out because my fav keyboard was misbehaving ... having to remove the keycaps and vaccuum out the cat hair. Then my Mac's

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

2011-12-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 16, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Dan wrote: At 11:12 AM -0700 12/16/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... [MS machinations] LOL And here I was all stressed out because my fav keyboard was misbehaving ... having to remove the

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

2011-12-16 Thread Jason Brown
No they're pissed that doctors almost ALWAYS order Lab Tests before they order Cat Scans... If you are in the hospital for something or for just tests, why on earth would you want them to scan your cat? :P -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2011-12-16 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
If you are looking for a 120GB+ solution. look no further: www.speedtools.com/ATA6 Install this driver for $25 on any PowerPC Mac running Mac OS X 10.4 or later, then install anything in terms of capacity. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, J. R. Rosen jrose...@sbcglobal.netwrote: That

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

2011-12-16 Thread Dan
At 11:20 AM -0800 12/16/2011, Clark Martin wrote: I think it's a global cat conspiracy. They are pissed over Computer Aided Tomography being (originally) called CAT. After that they are all anti-computer. http://thecatscan.tumblr.com/ Amazing how much more responsive my keyboard is now,

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2011-12-16 Thread r_poetic
Thank you all. Re the speed of drive, I have read in Macworld's article about upgrading these g3's that: 1. A 5,400-rpm ATA or Ultra ATA hard drive (faster drives may be too hot for iMacs). I am sitting on the fence about upgrading from current 10.3 to 10.4. Probably I will do

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-14 Thread Joshua Lewis
I just found a Emac 1.25Ghz combo drive 2004 model. off the nature strip trash picked. It worked well the only Problem is the combo drive doesn't open properly. I wiped the computer reinstalled mac os x 10.4 tiger. 1gb of ram 40gb hard drive combo drive ati radeon 9200 The Problem is Mac os

Re: System file not repaired???

2011-12-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Dan wrote: this iMac was rock solid until recently I installed Sophos anti virus. From this moment I notice a lot of hard drive action in the background due to Sophos av (I know this from looking at Sophos Icon in the menu bar). Anyone has more info to shed

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: I just got this: http://tinyurl.com/7cbw6by and I assume it will do the trick too...? Or does it have to be Linksys? It should work. You may need to give a fixed IP address to your LaserWriter, look in the LW manual for 'Unix Setup'; so

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???

2011-12-14 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 14, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: That said, I still don't run AV on any of my personal macs, haven't since the demise of the late, great Disinfectant. Which, not coincidentally, about the last time an actual Mac virus was widespread in the wild.

Re: System file not repaired???

2011-12-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: On Dec 14, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: That said, I still don't run AV on any of my personal macs, haven't since the demise of the late, great Disinfectant. Which, not coincidentally, about the last time an actual Mac virus was

Re: System file not repaired???

2011-12-13 Thread Dan
At 2:56 PM -0500 12/12/2011, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: iMac Intel Core i3 3,06GHz OS 10.6.8 While repairing permission? files with Disk Utility (Tool?) I got the following message ATTENTION : le fichier SUID « System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-13 Thread Bill Spencer
Turns out Verizon's network cannot be extended according to he popup. So that takes care of that. C'est la guerre. But I have just realized I don't even need the wireless piece, I can just run the cable up through the floor and into VZ's router. Sheesh. Duh, Spencer. -- You received this

Re: Core Duo fan speeds?

2011-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:05 AM, william wrote: My imac core duo 2ghz 20-inch has some sort of video and/or overheating problem wherein as the machine heats up i get random lines, artifacts, and finally the system shuts down or reboots itself. Sitting just in front of a window ac unit over

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: Is it possible that I have to do more than one hard reset in a row before I can make changes? Or what else might be going on? The thing is only a couple of months old, so I hope it's not defective, but if so could I use the (also

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-12 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: This has gotten very frustrating. I spent most of the weekend either trying to figure out terminology (bridge mode vs. client mode vs. STAProxy) or arguing with the Airport Express, with multiple soft (while already plugged

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:20 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the Airport Express as a network extender and run an ethernet cable to my trusty old Apple Personal LaserWriter 12/640PS? I know you can

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bill Spencer
What if it's Verizon's FiOS wireless router (which just got installed yesterday, despite VZ's apparent determination to drive us off as potential customers)? Or could I then insert my own wireless router in between VZ and AEx, in true Rube Goldberg fashion? Like this: ===[WAN]===[VZ router]

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: What if it's Verizon's FiOS wireless router (which just got installed yesterday, despite VZ's apparent determination to drive us off as potential customers)? Or could I then insert my own wireless router in between VZ and AEx, in true Rube

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: Unfortunately the VZ router and the LW 12/640 are on different floors and that can't change for various reasons. So I'll reset the AEx to default--since I currently can't see it in Airport Utility, because (I assume) it's configured to join

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-07 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the Airport Express as a network extender and run an ethernet cable to my trusty old Apple Personal LaserWriter 12/640PS? I know you can print using the USB port on the AE but I can’t tell if

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-06 Thread Joshua Lewis
I use adobe flash player 9 on my emac. adobe flash player 10.1 is slow. adobe flash 9 still play's youtube ok. I use Youview it run beautifully on a emac with 256mb of ram. Im still looking for ram upgrades for the emac 700. Im looking for a Mac comparable external dvd burner usb or firewire

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-04 Thread Eric Volker
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Sorry for my late response. I'll try to answer as best I can, based on my experience upgrading my 2007 iMac. Is this replacement something I can do myself or would it be better to pay someone to do so? The ifixit site has a

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-04 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I would upgrade the ram to the full 1 GB it supports, it'll be a LOT faster. If you want to watch DVDs I would recommend finding a USB or a Firewire drive since it is easier than replacing the internal. OS 10.4 is the lastest it supports so no upgrading that, unless you want a dreadfully slow

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-04 Thread platnicat mewr
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Christopher Satterfield christopher1...@gmail.com wrote: OS 10.4 is the lastest it supports so no upgrading that, unless you want a dreadfully slow Leopard install that isn't technically supported. Leopard itself isn't technically supported... ;3 You can run

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-04 Thread Gary Fortman
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Sorry for my late response. I'll try to answer as best I can, based on my experience upgrading my 2007 iMac. Is this replacement

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Or if you want to run a very current OS, run Ubuntu 11.10. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM, platnicat mewr platni...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Christopher Satterfield christopher1...@gmail.com wrote: OS 10.4 is the lastest it supports so no upgrading that, unless you

Re: Upgrading the emac is it worth it

2011-12-04 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/12/04 20:00, Mark Sokolovsky so eloquently wrote: Or if you want to run a very current OS, run Ubuntu 11.10. Current? Yes. Officially supported? Not for years now. Depending on how you look at it, PPC linux's Flash Player is far better than OS X's or far worse - because it doesn't

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-02 Thread Amanda Ward
the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS. Tried to update from a file downloaded on another computer. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS. Ran Drive Genius 3 verify. Disk appears to be okay. DG 3 scan

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-02 Thread J. R. Rosen
and reinstalled just the OS (10.6). Tried to update to 10.6.8. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS. Tried to update from a file downloaded on another computer. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
(10.6). Tried to update to 10.6.8. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS. Tried to update from a file downloaded on another computer. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-02 Thread Jim Scott
no errors. Then I nuked and reinstalled just the OS (10.6). Tried to update to 10.6.8. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just the OS. Tried to update from a file downloaded on another computer. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-02 Thread Amanda Ward
post: Ran disk utilities. Found 1 permission error in an iTunes directory. Repaired that. Verify disk reported no errors. Then I nuked and reinstalled just the OS (10.6). Tried to update to 10.6.8. Cannot expand the file. The file may have been corrupted Re-nuked and reinstalled just

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-01 Thread Al Poulin
On Nov 30, 1:32 pm, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: The 1.83ghz machine below is five years old (the first of the late-2006 core 2 duo machines) and I'm beginning to notice a minor whine sound when it's running. I assume this is the (original 160gb) HD demonstrating some wear,

Re: emac 700Mhz gaming

2011-11-27 Thread Christopher Satterfield
This will run OS 10.4 at the newest. I would really recommend finding at least an eMac 1 GHz or faster so you can run Leopard at a usable speed. -- 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: Hardrives

2011-11-26 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Ben Kernan wrote: I have to replace the drive in my external drive which will be used for backup purposes. I currently have an 80 gig laCie which dates back to the emac g4 era... It is totally inadequate for use today! What is a little confusing to me is the

Re: Hardrives

2011-11-25 Thread Dan
At 5:34 AM -0800 11/25/2011, Ben Kernan wrote: I have to replace the drive in my external drive which will be used for backup purposes. I currently have an 80 gig laCie which dates back to the emac g4 era... It is totally inadequate for use today! What is a little confusing to me is the

Re: New to group, love this forum

2011-11-25 Thread Dan
At 1:40 PM -0800 11/22/2011, RubyRocks wrote: Has anyone else here seen a performance jump after upgrading from a 5400 to a 7200 prm hard drive? Going to a 7200rpm drive should definately be noticeable! It's not just the access speed - those newer drives have bigger onboard caches! And

Re: New to group, love this forum

2011-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:40 PM, RubyRocks wrote: Now, I have ordered a faster hard drive, to see if I can eke out a little more speed. For $24, I ordered a Seagate Barracuda 80gb 7200rpm ATA hard drive to replace the existing 5400 rpm unit. If it doesn't speed things up, I can return it.

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-25 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/23/11 12:34 PM, D. Fabel wrote: Some good food for thought. Thank you all! I think I've found a possible internal DVD replacement drive. May give that a try if I can't find the appropriate Handbrake settings. Looking at Handbrake, it looks like I can either use an H.264 video codec

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-24 Thread Bill Spencer
I hate to have to ask, bout what's a wall wart? --Bill -- 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: Failing router?

2011-11-24 Thread Jason Brown
A wall wort is a funny term for the power adapter/transformer that plugs into a wall. Looks like a wort on the wall. :) Sent from my iPad On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: I hate to have to ask, bout what's a wall wart? --Bill -- You received this message

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-24 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 24, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Jason Brown wrote: A wall wort is a funny term for the power adapter/transformer that plugs into a wall. Looks like a wort on the wall. :) Sent from my iPad On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: I hate to have to ask, bout

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:12 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/11/23 23:40, Clark Martin so eloquently wrote: Speed problems can be your broad band connection, the router or traffic on the connection. Don't forget interference from other devices in the same band, microwaves, other networks on the

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Jack Suggs
I have an Iomega USB external drive that works well with my graphite iMac G3 600mhz. It burns CDs and plays DVDs without any problems. (I use this iMac as a music server). -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 23, 2011, at 8:23 AM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: Looking for a little help here. I've got an Indigo iMac, 500MHz, with 512MB ram that has a CD drive only. I'm trying to get movies onto it but running into problems. First off, DVD Player will not open as it knows

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
At 10:07 AM -0800 11/23/2011, Clark Martin wrote: G3 Macs that shipped with DVD drives also had video hardware that decoded the video data. decoded the MPEG-2 video data. A G3 just isn't up to full screen video playback. My Smurf does just fine full screen. Just need to be careful of the

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread D. Fabel
Some good food for thought. Thank you all! I think I've found a possible internal DVD replacement drive. May give that a try if I can't find the appropriate Handbrake settings. Looking at Handbrake, it looks like I can either use an H.264 video codec or MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) codec. Any idea

Re: Playing DVD movies on G3 Indigo iMac

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
At 10:34 AM -0800 11/23/2011, D. Fabel wrote: Looking at Handbrake, it looks like I can either use an H.264 video codec or MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) codec. Any idea which of these I should be using? I don't see a way to use an MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 codec. DivX, Xvid, and H.264 *are* MPEG-4 variants. Very

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-23 Thread Christopher Satterfield
The 1st thing I would do is reset it by unplugging it for 30 seconds, see if it's still there. I've got a Linksys that has the same sound if you stick your ear right upto it but I've never had any problems. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a

Re: Failing router?

2011-11-23 Thread Dan
At 12:23 PM -0800 11/23/2011, Bill Spencer wrote: Hi there: My son came home from college last night, and almost immediately told me that the router (basic Netgear wireless) is giving off a high-pitched whine or squeal or whistle or something, which he had not heard before. Neither my wife nor

Re: iMac USB 2 1.25 GHz G4

2011-11-20 Thread Kim
Kim Hanson 203 746 8492 (home) 203 744 9887 (google voice rings all my phones) On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 20, 2011, at 5:28 PM, Kim wrote: I had thought that but old G4 Power Mac mirrored doors did not have this problem (it

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-11-19 Thread Jim Scott
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 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…

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

2011-11-18 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Everyone, As stated in MarckOliver first posting As stated on the subject I have a Late 2008 20 iMac that suddenly (I turned it off one day and on in the next day) all USB ports, including Bluetooth that I think is on the USB bus,

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

2011-11-18 Thread MarckOliver
Well, I will follow an iFixit guide on disassemble the iMac. I am new to Mac but work a for years with computer, server and laptops in general, so I believe it will not a very difficult task to dismantle it and remove the CD from the drive. Thank you. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Bruce

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

2011-11-18 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 17, 2011, at 7:26 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 17, 2011, at 4:32 AM, gifutiger wrote: Hold the mouse button down at startup (Mac OS 8 - Mac OS X) Restart or startup your computer. Hold down the mouse button immediately. Continue to hold the mouse button down until the CD ejects.

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

2011-11-17 Thread gifutiger
. Dennis Well I don't see a late 2008 20 iMac listed but I do see early ones. So It sounds like logic board trouble to me. But it's a lot cheaper to re-plug than replace if that's all thats wrong with it. Have you tried the ASD   3S132 for  2008 or ASD 3S132 for 2009? One of these will test

Re: kubuntu 5.04 on Bondi 233 G3

2011-11-16 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/14 16:26, deftone_75 so eloquently wrote: Hello all. I was recently given an original bondi 233 imac. I upgraded ram to 256mb. I have installed Kubuntu 5.04. I have the discs to install os 9.2.2. Has anyone tried, or know of the best solution for viewing the internet (thru ethernet).

Re: kubuntu 5.04 on Bondi 233 G3

2011-11-16 Thread Dennis Faulkner
I am not that computer savvy - but I was the proud owner of a Apple IMac 233 rev B, but I had added 128K extra RAM - about the most I was aware that I could add at the time. My 233 would play games that it was not supposed to play such as Bushfire - I remember playing Temple Tantrum, Jazz

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

2011-11-16 Thread MarckOliver Gmail
the USB stuff back in again. I have been doing this for several years now - I was told to fix the USB problem would be expensive. Dennis Well I don't see a late 2008 20 iMac listed but I do see early ones. So It sounds like logic board trouble to me. But it's a lot cheaper to re-plug

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

2011-11-16 Thread Dennis Faulkner
problem would be expensive. Dennis Well I don't see a late 2008 20 iMac listed but I do see early ones. So It sounds like logic board trouble to me. But it's a lot cheaper to re-plug than replace if that's all thats wrong with it. Have you tried the ASD 3S132 for 2008 or ASD 3S132 for 2009

Re: Lame iMac

2011-11-15 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 13, 2011, at 11:00 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 11/11/11 6:01 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: I have an iMac 20 2.0 Core duo that will not run any Java programs. No matter what

Re: Lame iMac

2011-11-15 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 13, 2011, at 8:06 PM, platnicat mewr wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 13, 2011, at 11:00 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 11/11/11 6:01 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote:

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

2011-11-15 Thread Dennis Faulkner
I have an Intel Imac, my USB ports seemed to short out long ago, I was told by using an old AFGA scanner 1212 which used the first USB version. What I have had to do for some time is every time I restart the computer, unplug all USB from the back of the computer, restart the computer, then

Re: Lame iMac

2011-11-15 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 14, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Dan wrote: At 10:00 AM -0800 11/13/2011, JohnCarmonne wrote: narrowed down to the Weather Applet in Dashboard Does it access weather.com? If so, it's that site's problemo. They've killed some of their API - it just returns invalid license key and 404

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

2011-11-15 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
logic board trouble to me. But it's a lot cheaper to re-plug than replace if that's all thats wrong with it. Have you tried the ASD 3S132 for 2008 or ASD 3S132 for 2009? One of these will test the hardware way better than the AHT on you install disk. the ASD is not the end all do all test

Re: Lightscribe on my iMac?

2011-11-15 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 14, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: where to find the lightscribe software for Lion? I have the lightscribe burner as well as the media. Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com I use the LightScribe web site. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 From iMac

Re: Lightscribe on my iMac?

2011-11-15 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 14, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: where to find the lightscribe software for Lion? I have the lightscribe burner as well as the media. Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com LaCie says you have to boot Lion in 32 bit mode, John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA

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

2011-11-15 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
(running Tiger and Leopard from separate internal discs), and after raising it on the G List here, was advised to try re-installing the combined updates .http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list/browse_thread/thread/ 814e78b77e681ab4 and this did in fact fix it, despite my initial scepticism, (although

Re: Time machine preferences

2011-11-15 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 15, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: I can't seem to figure out how to change Time Machine's preferences... I really don't want it doing a backup of my drive every hour, once a week would be fine. BTW I am backing up to an 80 gig drive... Yea, I know I should get something

Re: Time machine preferences

2011-11-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 15, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: I can't seem to figure out how to change Time Machine's preferences... I really don't want it doing a backup of my drive every hour, once a week would be fine. BTW I am backing up to an 80 gig drive... Yea, I know I should get something

Re: Time machine preferences

2011-11-15 Thread Gerald Uhlan
On Nov 15, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: I can't seem to figure out how to change Time Machine's preferences... I really don't want it doing a backup of my drive every hour, once a week would be fine. BTW I am backing up to an 80 gig drive... Yea, I know I should get something bigger,

Re: Lame iMac

2011-11-13 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 11/11/11 6:01 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: I have an iMac 20 2.0 Core duo that will not run any Java programs. No matter what system I boot from I've tried external backups they work perfectly on my other machines I ran ASD 108 and it

Re: Lame iMac

2011-11-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/11/11 6:01 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: I have an iMac 20 2.0 Core duo that will not run any Java programs. No matter what system I boot from I've tried external backups they work perfectly on my other machines I ran ASD 108 and it passed. AirPort and Ethernet do the same thing. The weather

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-11 Thread MACMAN
Its not worth spending over 200 dollars upgrading the emac 700Mhz CD Rom Model. Its Probably worth getting a Power mac Dual G4 or G5 single or G5 dual or quad as a Replacement. Upgrading to power mac G4 dual or any G5 is going to work out cheaper and faster. The G5's have faster videos cards

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 9, 2011, at 11:41 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Have you tried turning on receipt required in your email program? ie: (firefox) Prefs/advaned/return receipts/ check: when sending messages always request a return receipt That only works if the recipient's mail system supports it.

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread MACMAN
Jack what does emac 700Mhz feels like with 1gb of ram running 10.4. My emac 700 with 256mb of ram runs much slower. I use mac os x 10.4.11 tiger. This emac struggles with several editing apps like imovie 06 and garageband 06. Joshua Lewis -- You received this message because you are a

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread MACMAN
The emac i use doesn't have built in modem. This emac 700 cdrom was sold to education market only. -- 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: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Ashgrove
On Nov 8, 2:10 pm, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: For some people, rural areas mostly, dialup is the only hardwired connection available to them. There is satellite but you have to have visibility of the satellite, it's expensive, and can be unreliable for a number of reasons. You might

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 9, 2011, at 11:41 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Have you tried turning on receipt required in your email program? ie: (firefox) Prefs/advaned/return receipts/ check: when sending messages always request a return receipt That only

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
All my my G4 machines are running leopard regardless of their speed. I just throw in the max ram, and it works fine for most basic things. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jack Suggs jhs...@gmail.com wrote: I gave my grandson an eMac 700mhz with 1 gb RAM running 10.4.11 when he was 10, now

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Christopher Satterfield
1 gig of ram on an 800 MHz G4 was usable but not the greatest. However, it will be a huge improvement over 256 megs, you will not regret upgraded. However, I was spoiled by a Dual 2 GHz G5 with 6 gigs of ram at the same time, which a single G5 is better than any G4. I installed Leopard on an 800

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 9, 2011, at 4:55 PM, MACMAN wrote: Jack what does emac 700Mhz feels like with 1gb of ram running 10.4. My emac 700 with 256mb of ram runs much slower. I use mac os x 10.4.11 tiger. This emac struggles with several editing apps like imovie 06 and garageband 06. You will see a

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Jack Suggs
When I bought the eMac it had 256mb, and wouldn't run GarageBand very well, which is what my grandson wanted. After upping the RAM to 1gb, it runs pretty smooth. I can't answer about iMovie, we haven't tried it. (FYI, I have some apps that were released during System 7 that work in Classic mode

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