Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread Brian Christmas
On 01/02/2012, at 5:54 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas G'day Kelly As I see it, you need three things. 1. a backup

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread Brian Christmas
On 01/02/2012, at 5:54 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas Kelly, this might help you understand about the memory

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-02-01 Thread kelly logsdon
. From: Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:28 AM Subject: Re: upgrade from tiger to??? I would be willing to bet that the problem is viewing video on the web. Thats because Tiger is too old

Re: Needed - Head phone jack for iMac G3 slot loader

2012-02-01 Thread D. Fabel
I'm there and here, fingers crossed, waiting... Doug On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:40 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2012/01/31 09:20, D. Fabel so eloquently wrote: Try the LEM Swap list. Tina -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

Re: Another Tiger/upgrade question -- on dual core something'

2012-02-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 1, 2012, at 9:31 AM, MJH Raichyk wrote: CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 450 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 896 MB This is what my profiler says and I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 so how do I plan my moves, like the iMac as well,

Re: Another Tiger/upgrade question -- on dual core something'

2012-02-01 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:31 AM, MJH Raichyk wrote: CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:450 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 896 MB This is what my profiler says and I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 so how do I plan my moves, like the iMac as

Re: Another Tiger/upgrade question -- on dual core something'

2012-02-01 Thread Tina K.
On 2012/02/01 12:42, Christopher Satterfield so eloquently wrote: The G4 won't run too well with flash, but using TenFourFox and the Youtube HTML5 player it might not be so bad. I use a G5 2.0 DP with TenFourFox and Youtube HTML5 and it runs fairly well. Good point. I don't have Flash

Re: My imac model, and location as requested

2012-01-31 Thread D. Fabel
Kelly, You're getting some good info from the list here, but if you're finding you really need some on site help, let me know. I live up in Portland. It would be an easy drive down to assist and an excuse to visit a friend down by Marcola (NE or Eugene). Doug On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:54

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would be willing to bet that the problem is viewing video on the web. Thats because Tiger is too old now, and doesn't support the latest Flash Player. You could safely update to Leopard without upgrading the ram, but you would soon need to upgrade that as well, because Leopard is on it's way

Re: upgrade from tiger to???

2012-01-31 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You're right John, what I meant was that Leopard is becoming less and less useful to an average user. And yes, I completely forgot about Snow Leopard, that would also work. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: iMac Question

2012-01-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 31, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Bill Brown wrote: Greetings Group. Have a question or two for you gurus: Basics: iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM. Question: I read somewhere on one of these groups that the Macs perform some type of automatic system routine early in the

Re: Needed - Head phone jack for iMac G3 slot loader

2012-01-31 Thread Tina K.
On 2012/01/31 09:20, D. Fabel so eloquently wrote: I'm in need of the little headphone jack board installed inside the iMac G3 (slot loader). It is the board on the front of the iMac into which the headphones plug. It is connected to the computer via an 8 pin connector. Looks exactly like the

Re: iMac G5 Black Screen...

2012-01-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 27, 2012, at 5:34 AM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: Hi All, I have an iMac G5 (17, light sensor, Tiger) that stay with a black screen after startup. On Apple support for the iMac G5, there is a procedure for the above problem (question yes no, question yes no... ) that help put the

Re: G3 Blueberry --- was: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-25 Thread Jesse Carroll
For Tray Loading iMacs, it might be better to go to Ubuntu 9.04 for powerpc. All CRT iMacs have slow USB 1.1 ports, so some ideas here won't work as they need USB2.0 I have an Early 2001 G3/600 SE Graphite running OS 10.4.11 1GB Ram 80GB 7200 rpm HDD. It has run Ubuntu 9.04 fine, as has my

Re: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-24 Thread Paul Brown
I've just bought a similar iMac, which is G3 Blueberry 350Mhz slot loading. I found out it would need an adaptor to install an Airport card and that nearly all sellers of these on eBay were in Hong Kong or elsewhere in China, so it would take some time to arrive. There's also the option of a USB

Re: Dead keyboard???

2012-01-24 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 24, 2012, at 2:30 AM, Paul Brown wrote: Unless Apple keyboards are of a totally different construction from PC keyboards then it's dead. This because any liquids except water contain sugar. You can never remove the dried gunk from the keyboard innards. Get a replacement from Apple

Re: G3 Blueberry --- was: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-24 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I have a G3/400 iMac, slot loading also, and it feels quite slow to me running OS 10.2, I just got Tiger disks so I'll run an upgrade sometime soon, whenever I feel like digging it out of the garage. Mine has a gig of ram, but then again I also never got to reinstall the OS when I got it so the

Re: Dead keyboard???

2012-01-24 Thread Paul Brown
I regularly record music in a studio which runs Logic Pro V9 on a Mac Pro with Intel Xeon CPU and a keyboard which looks identical to the description posted on this thread. I told the Recording Engineer about this thread and he quickly found the page on www.apple.com where you can buy a

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-01-23 Thread Harry A. Freeman
• MacKeeper info [4 Updates] Alex Sciortino zeosr...@gmail.com Jan 21 04:17PM -0700 Beverly Woods macli...@beverlywoods.net Jan 22 08:11PM -0500 On 1/21/12 6:07 PM, Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included. I'm running

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Kim
I still recommend MacKeeper until I hear what problems Beverly has encountered. It will, if you ask it to, give you a list of apps that need updating and provides and provides one click access to download the updates. It will also list applications from which you can then choose to uninstall. it

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 12:43 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Kim wrote: Kim... 1) please keep in mind that these LEM lists *require* that you post in PLAIN text. Your use of all but unreadable HTML blue whatevertheheck font that be is unacceptable. 2) While we don't enforce bottom posting on these LEM lists, it is

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Kim
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 12:43 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Kim wrote: Kim... 1) please keep in mind that these LEM lists *require* that you post in PLAIN text. Your use of all but unreadable HTML blue whatevertheheck font that be is unacceptable. 2)

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 23, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Kim wrote: Gotta love bureaucrats with nothing to offer! Dan just gave you a very concise explanation as to why this software a) doesn't work well and b) isn't likely to. There are, as a rule, only five places to look for program remnants on a Mac: (Adobe and

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-01-23 Thread Amato Michael J.
AppZapper's info and strong point is that it removes all material associated with an app. I too have used it for years. On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Harry A. Freeman wrote: However if you install MacKeeper and use AppZapper to remove MacKeeper there will be a lot of pieces of MacKeeper

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Amato Michael J.
How about using a search find and spotlight I've used both successfully. On Jan 23, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: There are, as a rule, only five places to look for program remnants on a Mac: -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Beverly Woods
As Kim requested, here are some of the problems I have with MacKeeper: Until recently, MacKeeper installed WINE. I was asked to fix a Mac that was running at a crawl, with frequent SBBOD, etc. Problem turned out to be that WINE had taken over most of the CPU. This appears to have been a

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 5:35 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Amato Michael J. wrote (in the subject broken thread fork): AppZapper's info and strong point is that it removes all material associated with an app. Insert here all the stuff I said about MacKeeper in the other thread fork. AppZapper ONLY works on the apps it

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jan 23, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Dan wrote: Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: What I want to do is have a reliable and stable updater for 3rd party software that Apple Software does not update. No such reliable beast. (see below). I want software that will fully uninstall software I no longer use.

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:19 PM -0500 1/23/2012, Amato Michael J. wrote: How about using a search find and spotlight I've used both successfully. Just make sure you search for the app name, publisher's name (keep it simple), the company domain name (pref files (should)

Re: Mackeeper Info Thread

2012-01-23 Thread skyvalley4jesus
As for me and my iMac... AppCleaner has been great for removing software: http://www.freemacsoft.net/ AppFresh has been great for updating software: http://metaquark.de/appfresh Best Regards, Patrick B -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Copyright 101 (was Re: Mackeeper Info Thread)

2012-01-23 Thread Dan
At 7:47 PM -0800 1/23/2012, Joshua Juran wrote: (ObQuibble: To support said uninstalls, the developer must hack into those apps to see what's what. Unless they have permission from the app's author, that's illegal!). What do you mean by hack into, and how is it illegal? Most licenses

Re: MacKeeper info

2012-01-22 Thread Alex Sciortino
I would not recommend Mac keeper I use onyx but I don't know if it has the uninstaller -- 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: MacKeeper info

2012-01-22 Thread Beverly Woods
On 1/21/12 6:07 PM, Cap'n Bob McBurney wrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included. I'm running OS X 10.6 on a Mac Mini 1.86, core 2 duo, and 2 GB Ram. Are there any suggestions to software that would be good and stable. I have thought about Mac

Re: MacKeeper info

2012-01-22 Thread Kim
Did the software, MacKeeper, cause problems or did the users cause problems? If you are aware of problems I should be looking out for I would love to know what the are. MacKeeper has been very dependable for me in uninstalling software, which is what I believe he was asking about. Kim On Sun,

Re: MacKeeper info

2012-01-22 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 21, 6:07 pm, Cap'n Bob McBurney rcapn...@comcast.net wrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included.  I'm running OS X 10.6 on a Mac Mini 1.86, core 2 duo, and 2 GB Ram.   Are there any suggestions to software that would be good and stable.   I

Re: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-21 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Jim Scott wrote: IIRC, 2.5.7 and/or 2.5.8. Jim Scott Sent from my iPad On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: I've used the AHT on an identical machine before, and the mouse worked. Which version of ASD works on these

Re: Dead keyboard???

2012-01-21 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: one of my cats puked on the thin aluminum keyboard that came with my 24 Imac... now a lot of the keys are dead. Is the keyboard history??? Ben Kernan: 24I-Mac 2/2.8/700, graphite g-4 1gig/400/52, iPad 2/64/ wifi, iPhone 3g - Dedicated Mac

Re: MacKeeper info

2012-01-21 Thread Kim
MacKeeper runs very well for me and has lots of additional features. Kim On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Cap'n Bob McBurney rcapn...@comcast.netwrote: I want to buy software to use as update and one that has an unistaller included. I'm running OS X 10.6 on a Mac Mini 1.86, core 2 duo, and

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-20 Thread MarckOliver Gmail
The only thing, i think you have to keep in mind (as I have one white CoreDuo iMac 17 and tested a little), is that the processor have to be a Meron Core 2 Duo or it will not turn on at all. I have tried a Penrin C2D and it did not worked! Marcelo Andrade +55 81 81521304 [Vivo] PSN ID:

Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux

2012-01-20 Thread Max LeBlanc
Hi Fred, I just finished installing Linux on my iMac g5; because of the 64 bits issue, you will feel kind of limited. I did try to install pretty much all Linux distros that were ppc64 compatible. I can't say that I'm knowledgeable, though; just like you, I am just starting to play with Linux on

Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux

2012-01-20 Thread Max LeBlanc
Sorry Fred, I read g5 and it's i5, disregard my previous post. I am currently working on turning a PowerBook Intel dual core to dual boot with MacOS, and the first challenges are with firmware loaders. To date, I haven't been able to boot any Linux on it (tried Mint,Ubuntu and fedora 16). Keep

Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux

2012-01-20 Thread Max LeBlanc
You need at least to do 2 things: 1) partition your drive for Linux + swap 2) install refit for the dual boot options. That is where I am with this project. Cheers! -Quattro5. On Jan 15, 2012 5:28 PM, Max LeBlanc quattro55...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry Fred, I read g5 and it's i5, disregard my

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Emery
On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Dan wrote: Parental Controls can only be activated on a normal user account. If you don't provide the admin id and password, and the user is too stoopid to boot into single-user mode, or from an external, or then they won't be updating anything.

Re: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-20 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I just got a G4 iMac. It's a 15 800MHZ model. I wanted to run Apple Hardware Test on it to be sure it was solid before I start working on it. It currently has 10.3.9 on it and the mouse works fine, but as soon as I boot into the hardware

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-20 Thread Brian Christmas
G'day Bill There always has to be a full administrator user present on System X What I did with my daughters iMac (10.7.2) was to password block the admin user, and create a non-password user for the two grandkids. If a software update is required, it's a simple matter logging into the admin

Re: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-20 Thread ALLNIGHTVI
Check your mice. I've had a similar problem and believe it or not, it was just that the mouse was incompatible. Try the same type that came with the machine, in fact try several. Just a hunch. You may hae to try several to be on the safe side. Trust me on this one. Peace,

Re: iMac late 2006 bootcamp issues

2012-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:10 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote: I have win 7 running on a late 2006 20in iMac. The sound will not work. Thanks in advance Re-install the Boot Camp sound drivers? If that doesn't work it's a Windows issue and beyond the scope of the list. (and yet another reason I vastly

Re: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-20 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I just got a G4 iMac. It's a 15 800MHZ model. I wanted to run Apple Hardware Test on it to be sure it was solid before I start working on it. It currently has 10.3.9 on it and the mouse works fine, but as soon as I boot into the hardware

Re: Connecting iMac to new TV?

2012-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 18, 2012, at 6:20 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: I got this note from a friend today, and am hoping someone here may know more about it than I, since I know absolutely nothing about it. We recently got a 40'' Samsung Smart TV, which is amazing, and I am trying to connect it

Re: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-19 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I don't believe the mouse works under AHT, I know it won't work under ASD. -- 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: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-19 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I've used the AHT on an identical machine before, and the mouse worked. Which version of ASD works on these machines? Thanks! -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: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-19 Thread Christopher Satterfield
That I'm clueless on as ASD is typically only available to Apple certified techs, not the general public. -- 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: No Mouse with AHT

2012-01-19 Thread Jim Scott
IIRC, 2.5.7 and/or 2.5.8. Jim Scott Sent from my iPad On Jan 19, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: I've used the AHT on an identical machine before, and the mouse worked. Which version of ASD works on these machines? Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-16 Thread Dan
At 5:16 PM -0500 1/16/2012, William Spencer wrote: Is there a way to create different administrators with different levels of access? I have a feeling not but would like to know for sure. In general, there be only normal and super(root). The latter can do anything, of course. But if

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Spencer
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 with access control lists... The hope is to

Re: Administrator question

2012-01-16 Thread Jim Emery
Parental controls can only be applied to a standard account. Using a standard account will not allow you to run software update without an administrative username and password. Jim On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: On Monday, January 16, 2012 6:26:00 PM

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 with

Re: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-15 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jan 14, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Peter Haller wrote: Oh and it run OS 8.6 although I could upgrade it to one of the OS X, but I dont know if it would help. Thanks, please reply. Definitely get it up to 10.2 at least, this will eliminate a host

Re: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 15, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: On Jan 14, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Peter Haller wrote: Oh and it run OS 8.6 although I could upgrade it to one of the OS X, but I dont know if it would help. Thanks, please reply. Definitely

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

2012-01-14 Thread Bill Brown
On Jan 14, 2012, at 1:30 AM, imaclist@googlegroups.com wrote: Dock/Icon Problem Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com Jan 13 01:21PM -0700 Greetings everyone. Bit of a problem here. First, the basic info: 2.4 GHz Intel iMac Core 2 Duo 2 GB RAM The Problem: In my Dock, I had a folder

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:03 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16 Core 2 Duo. Has any one done this? John Carmonne

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread Jim Scott
On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:23 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:03 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I read on Everymac that the processors in the white iMacs are swappable. I have a iMac 20 2.0 Core Duo and would like to put in a 2.16

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-14 Thread Christopher Satterfield
The 2.16 would be a T7600, the fastest 667 MHz Core 2 Duo Mobile made. I don't believe they made any 800 MHz FSB Core Duo processors so I would try and find a T7600 for the max speed. If you aren't worried about speed a T5800 or a T7200 would also work, neither are that much slower than the other

Re: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-14 Thread Dennis Faulkner
I used to use mine with dial-up using earthlink, and then with Cox cable - mine played a lot of games it wasn't supposed too - I was told the extra RAM made up for a lot - Dennis San Diego On Jan 10, 2012, at 07:41 PM, Peter Haller peter.j.h.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I have an

Re: Help! What to do with iMac Bondi G3 Tray Loading 233mhx cpu 256 mb ram

2012-01-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Peter Haller wrote: Oh and it run OS 8.6 although I could upgrade it to one of the OS X, but I dont know if it would help. Thanks, please reply. Definitely get it up to 10.2 at least, this will eliminate a host of weird issues that could cause this in 8.6 --

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I believe the CPUs in the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo iMacs are Laptop processors, at least the 2007 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac I worked on had the CPU identified by CPU-Z in Bootcamp with XP as a Mobile Core 2 Duo. As for upgrading, I'm sure it's possible. It was possible in the Mac Mini's so I don't

Re: Upgrade processor?

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Scott
a copy of the installer to the desktop. (NOTE: If you upgrade your 10.6.8 Mac to Lion before doing steps 2. and 3., the Install Mac OS X Lion folder will disappear from Applications and you’ll have to re-download the Lion installer from the App Store. Pulling a copy of InstallESD.dmg

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2012-01-05 Thread r_poetic
Success! Worth it, in my view. Both storage space and speed for some actions clearly increased over old harddrive, and also faster than r/w to firewire drives. New 7200 drive was partitioned into a 128G part and a remainder (mostly unaccessed!) part, and I cloned the system into the former. The

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Al Poulin wrote: I'd like to use RealPlayer files. Are there cautions about using RealPlayer for Mac? Is there any alternative software for .ram files? Nope, proprietary codec, proprietary player, you have to install RealPlayer. No major problems iirc, but I

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Patrick Berg
Hi Al, Real Player has been known to be a memory hog. Not to mention the ads and other junk it wants to install... Have you tried VideoLan (VLC) Player? It supports most audio / video formats: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Best of luck to you. - Patrick Berg - RealPlayer for

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Al Poulin
On Jan 4, 10:38 am, Patrick Berg skyvalley4je...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Al, Have you tried VideoLan (VLC) Player?  It supports most audio / video formats: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Thank you Patrick. I've sent a file for testing to my son who has VLC. Like Bruce, he hasn't used RealPlayer

Re: RealPlayer for Mac, Problems?

2012-01-04 Thread Tina K.
On 2012/01/03 19:11, Al Poulin so eloquently wrote: I'd like to use RealPlayer files. Are there cautions about using RealPlayer for Mac? Is there any alternative software for .ram files? I think RealPlayer isn't as bad as it once was, but it still annoyingly prompts you to quit your web

Re: Burning video

2011-12-28 Thread Dan
At 11:44 AM -0800 12/28/2011, Dale Goodvin wrote: I am using OSX 10.5.8 and cannot figure out how to burn a video file that I've downloaded onto my my hard drive onto a dvd. The file is in the following format: name of file.flv and plays via Adobe Media Player. If I just burn the file

Re: Burning video

2011-12-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 28, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Dale Goodvin wrote: I am using OSX 10.5.8 and cannot figure out how to burn a video file that I've downloaded onto my my hard drive onto a dvd. The file is in the following format: name of file.flv and plays via Adobe Media Player. If I just burn the file

Re: Burning video

2011-12-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/12/28 16:13, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: still need iDVD or the very hard-to-find Sizzle to author the DVD. The MacUpdate link for Sizzle is dead but I found it at Softpedia: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Video/Sizzle-b.shtml HTH, Tina -- Acceleron: HP Presario 2.8GHz

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-27 Thread Bill Spencer
On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:34:16 AM UTC-5, flags wrote: On 12/26/11 8:03 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:18:33 PM UTC-5, Bill Spencer wrote: snip The fellow told me that Airport Express cannot print using the Ethernet port at all, only via USB.

Re: Old G3 iMac: 256mb ram, 8gb hd, 233mhz processor. What to do with it.

2011-12-26 Thread Ashgrove
On Dec 26, 12:50 pm, Peter Haller peter.j.h.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone,  I have an old bonie blue iMac G3. I upgraded it to 256mb of ram. However, now I dont know what do with it I was going to use it as a word processor and light internet computer. However it didn't recognize the

Re: Wanting to experiment with Linux

2011-12-26 Thread Ashgrove
On Dec 26, 12:44 am, Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel fth...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a  Linux newbie for a simple

Re: Corrupted Files?

2011-12-26 Thread Amanda Ward
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 the OS. Tried to update from a file downloaded on another computer. Cannot expand the file

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-26 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/26/11 8:03 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:18:33 PM UTC-5, Bill Spencer wrote: snip The fellow told me that Airport Express cannot print using the Ethernet port at all, only via USB. But I've had another inspiration...isn't there a USB-to-Ethernet

Re: air print

2011-12-25 Thread Peter Haller
I use something called the AirPrint Activator. You download it from the mac app store. I works with all iOS devices. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Dennis Swaney ro...@aol.com wrote: I mainly use Printopia's Send to Mac option to quickly get photos, etc. to my iMac. -- Sincerely,

Re: iMac G5 makes my xmas sad (help)

2011-12-25 Thread Christopher Satterfield
It sounds like a power supply issue or a processor issue. I had a Power Mac G5 that would cause the take off mode when doing anything intensive, then it would lock up, and it turned out I had a bad processor. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: iMac G5 makes my xmas sad (help)

2011-12-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 25, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: It sounds like a power supply issue or a processor issue. I had a Power Mac G5 that would cause the take off mode when doing anything intensive, then it would lock up, and it turned out I had a bad processor. The key is that it's

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 2 Topics

2011-12-24 Thread ben kernan
A Thanks, tapping the screen was all it took... Found the repeat button set to replay the same song over over... :-( my bad. Thanks for all the printing advice too. Getting a printer today. Sent from my iPad On Dec 24, 2011, at 3:32 AM, imaclist@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic

Re: (OT?) itunes problem?

2011-12-23 Thread Louis Labrie
When you are listening to music you should have two buttons one for repeat and one for shuffle also the time lapse is there on the top part of the artwork.Iif this isn't there just tap the screen and it should pop up. At least this is how it works for me but I'm on a iPhone 3GS iOS 5.0.1, but

Re: air print

2011-12-23 Thread Lynn Wegley
I too prefer Printopia, although it is a $10 application. I print to a 5 year old Brother and a year old Epson Stylus. However I also admit that I don't print much from my iPhone. (Don't have an iPad.) It also prints to PDF and to Dropbox. Lynn See the InfoManager blog at

Re: air print

2011-12-23 Thread Dennis Swaney
I mainly use Printopia's Send to Mac option to quickly get photos, etc. to my iMac. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Sent via my GMail webmail On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 18:15, Lynn Wegley lyn...@gmail.com wrote: I too prefer Printopia, although it is a $10 application. I print to a 5 year old

Re: upgrade HD for g3

2011-12-22 Thread Mike Linnett
On Saturday, 17 December 2011 at 16:36, Tina K. wrote: 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

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

2011-12-22 Thread Nestamicky
On 16/12/11 11:12 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... 1) Found at MS's support website. This was accessed with Safari, unmodified. [Read it in your best Darth Vader impression]: I find your lack of competence...disturbinghttp://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/competence_not.png

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

2011-12-22 Thread Nestamicky
On 16/12/11 12:54 PM, Dan 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. - Dan. If she can move a wireless keyboard, that may do it because as she rubs, it moves, and the she'd

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

2011-12-22 Thread Nestamicky
On 16/12/11 1:15 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: Better than the BSODs related to just turning on Windows...or the random I'm going to install updates even though you disabled me!. This happened recently at work, we're sitting there watching a screen cast and it turns itself off and

Re: air print

2011-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: Any one out there had any experience with any of the printers Apple recommends on their website for using this tech??? I have looked at them, none is rated more than 3 out of 5 stars... reviews are full of people who have had these printers

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

2011-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 19, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Nestamicky wrote: On 16/12/11 11:12 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: A triple today... 1) Found at MS's support website. This was accessed with Safari, unmodified. [Read it in your best Darth Vader impression]: I find your lack of

Re: air print

2011-12-22 Thread Dennis Swaney
Printopia http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/ On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 07:26, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: Any one out there had any experience with any of the printers Apple recommends on their website for using this

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

2011-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:37 AM -0700 12/22/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: [after taking a snapshot] I use the annotation tools in Preview (which are 10.6+ only, I think, sadly) or Graphic Converter to do the annotations on the png. I do this all the time for support

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

2011-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Dan wrote: Oh no... Things that move are even MORE interesting. And if they dare make any sort of crinkling noise -- it's HERS forever. Celephane envelopes, plastic wrappers on double-bottles from BJs, etc. Our old orange tabby Buckethead would play fetch

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-22 Thread Bill Spencer
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 good sense to me. So to be certain I'm following

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

2011-12-22 Thread Dan
At 11:12 AM -0700 12/22/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: Our old orange tabby Buckethead would play fetch with a balled-up cellophane wrapper from a cigarette pack. [url] Pretty cat! Vicky plays fetch with balled-up crinkly things too! I've never seen a cat do that before! Frieda just watches;

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

2011-12-22 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/12/22 08:37, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: Quicktime X in 10.6+ also allows you to take screen movies, which is awesome. Fantastic tip, thanks for sharing. Tina -- Acceleron: HP Presario 2.8GHz Celeron D 2GB RAM Discrete graphics XP Pro Luxo Jr: iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB

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