Re: Printer recommendations?

I'll keep that in mind. We are looking for an AirPrint compatible wifi printer for our iPhones but would like to use it with whatever Macs we are running too Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: > >> On 9/28/16

Re: Printer recommendations?

On 9/28/16 9:28 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: Our Brother wireless all-in-one is giving us a message that its drum needs to be replaced. The cost of doing so appears to be about the same as that of buying a new printer. So I’m wondering what anyone A little late in replying If you

Re: iMac 24" Early 2009 - Power consumption info

Il giorno 17/10/16 06.38, "Bruce Johnson" ha scritto: > BootCamp is not emulated: it¹s running windows natively on the Mac hardware; > however the drivers for the Mac may well not be optimized for power > consumption. That might be it, but I think it's mostly Windows that's more "loaded" with

Re: Can't import a CD to iTunes

Well, I got it to work by (I guess) tricking the system somehow. I told iTunes to import it, at the same time as telling Audacity to open one of the tracks on the disc. So there we are. Bill On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 3:10:10 PM UTC-4, Bill Spencer wrote: > > Yes, I can play it in the car,

Re: iMac 24" Early 2009 - Power consumption info

> On Oct 15, 2016, at 5:28 PM, N. Shani wrote: > > One explanation as to why Windows will show a much higher power consumption > may be related to the fact that it is emulated? BootCamp is not emulated: it’s running windows natively on the Mac hardware; however the

Re: iMac 24" Early 2009 - Power consumption info

G5 was called one time by Bruce a space heater. I can attest that when my old G5 was stressed, the fans sounded like a Jumbo taking off. By comparison, Intel CPUs are way better with their power. One explanation as to why Windows will show a much higher power consumption may be related to the

Re: Can't import a CD to iTunes

Yes, I can play it in the car, but I haven't tried it in another machine yet... On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 2:30:16 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: > > > > On Oct 14, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Bill Spencer > wrote: > > > > Hi there: Every once in a while my little

Re: Can't import a CD to iTunes

> On Oct 14, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: > > Hi there: Every once in a while my little Samsung CD drive won't be able to > read a disc for import into iTunes. When it does happen (not very often), if > I unplug its USB connector from the Mini and then reinsert it,

Re: Feeling very stupid about printer setup...

>From a fellow Marylander: I recently went through this with a Brother HL-2270DW and MY "new" Verizon FiOS router [Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I] as well. What worked for me was: 1) Download the Networking Manual from Brother for detailed instructions; 2) Do a complete reset of the printer to

Re: Feeling very stupid about printer setup...

Once I got home and could see for myself what was going on I could resolve it in a snap. Thanks to all! Bill On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 4:11:21 PM UTC-4, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > What's weird though is we have an older Epson wifi printer (older than > AirPrint) so we have been manually

Re: Feeling very stupid about printer setup...

What's weird though is we have an older Epson wifi printer (older than AirPrint) so we have been manually setting it up in the PrinterPro app on the iPhones each time we use it (every time we reset the router - which is A LOT- it reassigns up addresses, so we have to set it up manually again),

Re: Feeling very stupid about printer setup...

> On Oct 4, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: > A quick word of advice on how to get the printer onto the new network will be > much appreciated. Apologies, and thanks! > Put the printer on the network. Wait a few mins for its name to broadcast. On your Mac, print a

Re: Printer recommendations?

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:44 AM, N. Shani wrote: > In that case, and I've been there, try to clean the drum with isopropyl > alcohol (rubbing alcohol). Take a few Q-tips, dip in the alcohol, and see if > the caked toner is removable. A long shot but IMHO worth the effort. >

Re: Printer recommendations?

I used my brother HL-645 from 1993 till the mid 2000s, replaced the drum once, finally replaced the printer because parallel ports were OUT! I would buy a brother again, am thinking about going color laser. Anyone have any model recommendations? Old and cheap preferred, of course! Russell

Re: Printer recommendations?

I’m going to agree with Bruce on this one. We’ve had a Brother HL-2270DW for a few years now, and it’s never let us down. It was a little finicky getting the wireless set up, but once setup it’s an absolute snap to add to a Mac. And the driver support is still there in El Capitan. > On Sep

Re: Printer recommendations?

Honestly, from my experience with brother laser printers, it might be worth coughing up for a new drum. The ones we’ve had here have been amazingly reliable. On Sep 28, 2016, at 7:28 PM, William Spencer > wrote: Hi there: Our Brother wireless

Re: Printer recommendations?

In that case, and I've been there, try to clean the drum with isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol). Take a few Q-tips, dip in the alcohol, and see if the caked toner is removable. A long shot but IMHO worth the effort. On 29 September 2016 at 08:36, Bill Spencer wrote: >

Re: Printer recommendations?

Search on how to reset the drum counter and see if the print quality suffers. > On Sep 28, 2016, at 10:28 PM, William Spencer wrote: > > Hi there: Our Brother wireless all-in-one is giving us a message that its > drum needs to be replaced. The cost of doing so appears to be

Re: Printer recommendations?

Il giorno 29/09/16 04.28, "William Spencer" ha scritto: > So I¹m wondering what anyone might recommend for > a basic laser all-in-one with wireless connectivity. Brother and Canon seem to > come up frequently but I¹m glad to get other opinions. The top price would be > $150, less is always

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Great responses. And since this group is retro-friendly, I shamelessly confess to having kept all my computers and collected many more. I have iMac G3's in every color including Flower Power and Dalmation, a couple of Clamshells and over a dozen iBooks. Including my Powermacs and a few IBM's on

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

The 'flood' was nature, (14 inch rain) but my two-1000 gal. Subpump could not keep up. Was 4 feet deep out side of my home at 11:30 pm cst when fireman carryed me out, had one to 2 feet thru 'ground' floor. 50 mile circle radius flood. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Sep 26, 2016

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

On Sep 26, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Julia Brinckloe > wrote: Wow, big thanks for the extensive response. And appreciate reminder of the security issue--which Mac users didn't have prior to the whole intel partnership. At least it seemed Mac code was

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Do not upgrade to Sierra if you use (and want to continue to use) QuickBooks 2013. Sent from my iPad -- 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: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

> On Sep 26, 2016, at 11:37 AM, 'douglasjar' via iMac Group > wrote: > > Open for suggestions, > Major flood last wensday > My apple 2,apple 2 plus,GS,mac 1 [4 of],Mac 1 plus,pizza box,Mac silver [many > of each model under 3 feet water] > PDP-8 with 350÷ disk and

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

8800 Sent from my Boost Mobile Phone. Original message From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> Date: 9/26/16 12:59 (GMT-06:00) To: "<imaclist@googlegroups.com>" <imaclist@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

On Sep 26, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Julia Brinckloe > wrote: I have a query regarding Mac system upgrades. I am currently running Mavericks (OSX 10.9.5) on my Mac Mini, 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM. I've been reluctant to upgrade to Yosemite or El

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

> On Sep 26, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Julia Brinckloe wrote: > > I have a query regarding Mac system upgrades. > > I am currently running Mavericks (OSX 10.9.5) on my Mac Mini, 2.3 GHz Intel > Core i5, 16 GB RAM. > > I've been reluctant to upgrade to Yosemite or El Capitan

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Great advice. I'll research compatibility issues on Yosemite. Thanks much. On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Brandon Nichols < brandonnicho...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yosemite is fantastic. Everything is redesigned with a fresh lay-out. I > opted not to upgrade to El Capitain on my 2008 iMac,

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

Yosemite is fantastic. Everything is redesigned with a fresh lay-out. I opted not to upgrade to El Capitain on my 2008 iMac, which is still running Yosemite. However, I do have El Capitan on my 2013 MacBook Air. I can't really tell that much of a difference between the two. I would update to

Re: Mac for Windows PC dummies

You Core Duo machine is limited to OS-10.7 Lion THAT is because in is 32 bit wide 10.8 Mountain Lion is 64 bit wide. I have a Mid-2007 White MacBook with the same limitations. Apple HAS updated iTunes recently for your machine. You need to max out your RAM at 2GB. 2 1GB 667 DIMMs. I also

Re: Mac for Windows PC dummies

Il giorno 12/09/16 16.09, "J Janks" ha scritto: > so Mac has stopped supporting Tiger?? Oh, way worse than that. :-) Apple is currently supporting just the last three OSX versions; at the moment, it's 10.11, 10.10. 10.9 - anything before that (including Tiger, 10.4), is "on its own". That doesn't

Re: Mac for Windows PC dummies

Macs can also run PC software, so you get a twofer! Mike Amato On September 13, 2016 at 11:27:23 AM, 'John Hobbs' via iMac Group (imaclist@googlegroups.com(mailto:imaclist@googlegroups.com)) wrote: > > > On 12 Sep 2016, at 15:09, J Janks wrote: > > I'm not the Mac user the hubby is but he

Re: Mac for Windows PC dummies

On 12 Sep 2016, at 15:09, J Janks wrote: I'm not the Mac user the hubby is but he is NOT tech friendly in the least. He has a desktop iMac 5.2 (I did find that is produced week 34 of 2006) that is running OS X Tiger. I found the update log but can't find it again so based on memory last

Re: Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

Install 4GB RAM in 2 2GB DIMMs A port on the bottom edge EASILY gives access to the RAM. I just did a 2008 iMac 20" RAM upgrade for a friend.. My late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. C2D 3MB L2 works fine with 10.9 Mavericks so far... You COULD go to 8GB for 10.11 El Kapitan, suppose.. I've seen no

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

CCC clones are bootable IF the original is bootable CCC will tell you it will be bootable No need to check anything It CANNOT make the unbootable, bootable. Don't give false hope.. THIS since at least "Classic" OS-9, c. 2000 Thru OS-X 10.9 Mavericks On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:43 AM,

Re: OS X backup script

Dunno but the rsync project page is here: A WEB site is available at http://rsync.samba.org/. The site includes an FAQ-O-Matic which may cover questions unanswered by this manual page. This is from the man page in 10.11. > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Russell Courtenay

Re: OS X backup script

Been 'working' so haven't had a chance to check, but I seem to remember reading that rsync was completely revised in OS X 10.11? Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:50 AM, cb wrote: > > If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect

Re: OS X backup script

If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect the output to file to use as a log of what it is doing. Throw in a few echo lines to output your own comments so you can mark off different sections and you may get enough of a progress to satisfy your needs. Also if you use rsync

Re: OS X backup script

Just tried to run SuperDuper and it gives me a warning ‘This feature only available in the $27.95 registered version”. Nice. I guess I will be writing a script… Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Aug 6, 2016, at 9:25 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > I want

Re: Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

Wow cool! Great stuff! I guess I really like the old days of computing where efficiency and every Hz mattered, I frankly don’t understand why the 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 gigs of RAM in my iMac is so slow sometimes on a modern OS when as I recall on my BLAZING 50 MHz Amiga I had NO such

Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

On Aug 6, 2016, at 11:25 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > I still would like to work on an ‘open source’ version of the OS X interface > to work over Darwin, I dunno, I would encourage you to support more than just Darwin. The vast majority of Darwin installations are

Re: OS X backup script

I want to write my own script, if just to prove I am still a ‘programmer’ but expedience will take over for the moment, I downloaded SuperDuper and the free version looks like it will do what I need. I will try it tonight on ‘Smart Update’ so it will just copy over the updated files… Thanks

Re: OS X backup script

The main thing is getting all the 'switches' right then getting it to show some kind of progress output, I guess... I'll check into that... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, cb wrote: > > If you know how to do what you want in batch with

Re: OS X backup script

On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable > (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup so > after a certain amount of time it stops working. That’s lousy. >

Re: OS X backup script

Sorry, I should have said this in my other reply, but if you are really just after an easy to use backup system that is free, assuming you are not on a really old version of OS X, just use TimeMachine. Its pretty much set it and forget it. It won't be bootable, however OS X's installation

Re: OS X backup script

If you know how to do what you want in batch with xcopy you can probably work your way thru the same thing in OS X's terminal and write a Bash shell script to do the same thing. Use "cp" instead of xcopy, but the concept is really the same. Once you can get a shell script working you can

Re: Screen Scrambles on Wake

> On Aug 5, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > > Scott, Valter, > > > > Thanks for reminding me. I have used Target Disk Mode via Firewire. I have a > “Late 2013” MacBook Pro, 13” Retina, with Thunderbolt. I understand I can > connect to the old iMac via a

Re: Screen Scrambles on Wake

Scott, Valter, Thanks for reminding me. I have used Target Disk Mode via Firewire. I have a “Late 2013” MacBook Pro, 13” Retina, with Thunderbolt. I understand I can connect to the old iMac via a Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter. Perhaps I’d have to put a FireWire extension cable in line.

Re: Screen Scrambles on Wake

Al, Yes, my mistake. It’s an Early (note “Late”) 2009 A1225 iMac. That makes no difference in my comments. Thanks for the “illegal” photo. Yep, that’s a video card issue. As you’re not eager to go inside your iMac, I suggest you ask the local Mac shop how much they would charge to diagnose

Re: Screen Scrambles on Wake

> On Aug 4, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > > Greetings, > > Am I looking at a hardware problem or misbehaving software? > > My workhorse is the last 24 inch iMac that Apple produced. Running 10.9.5 > Mavericks. > Early 2009 “Display Port” > 2.66GHz Intel Core

Re: Screen Scrambles on Wake

Il giorno 05/08/16 02.19, "Al Poulin" ha scritto: > My workhorse is the last 24 inch iMac that Apple produced. Running 10.9.5 > Mavericks. I have a similar iMac to yours, mine is just a 2,93 GHz. I usually run OSX 10.6, but I have and use 10.9 also. Never experienced issues like yours. > When

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 12:30 AM, GMail Valter Psicof > wrote: > > Which software did you use for cloning? > I seem to remember there's something that needs to be copied (or fixed) for > a cloned OSX to be bootable; hence not all clones are born equal. > Using Carbon

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

My late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. works FINE with original 4GB RAM and 10.9 Mavericks. As it did (and DOES) with 10.6 Snow Leopard..From LaCie d2 Quadra with FireWire 800 320GB WD 7200 rpm HDD x2...one IDE and one SATA.. The slow internal 5400 rpm 320GB 2.5" drive is partitioned to be the Time

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

I like the older Carbon Copy Cloner, from OWC... It's cloned everything from Classic OS-9.2.2 to OS-10.9, here. 1999 PowerBook G3/400 to the Mac Mini... The newer CCC you pay for has more bells and whistles Not my cuppa On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 7:34 AM, 375GTB .

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

Il giorno 24/06/16 08.59, "Russell Courtenay" ha scritto: > The external drive is a clone of the internal drive, I don't think I formatted > it, don't remember... One partition. Well, it sounds unlikely, but if it's factory formatted, maybe there's some quirk that gets in the way; a GUID hard

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

The external drive is a clone of the internal drive, I don't think I formatted it, don't remember... One partition. Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 24, 2016, at 12:44 AM, GMail Valter Psicof > wrote: > > Il giorno 24/06/16 07.09, "Russell Courtenay"

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

Il giorno 24/06/16 07.09, "Russell Courtenay" ha scritto: > Thanks for the response. Well, I checked and it is indeed GUID partition map. > So any other ideas anybody? I'd say you could try to reformat the drive anyway. Maybe there's some quirk (unless you already formatted it yourself in the

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

Thanks for the response. Well, I checked and it is indeed GUID partition map. So any other ideas anybody? Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Jun 23, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Russell Courtenay

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Russell Courtenay > wrote: > > Backed up and tried the restart to boot from the NewerTech drive and > got the circle X symbol and it booted from the internal drive. Ran Disk > Utility on the external drive, it made some minor fixes,

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

Yes, Apple would be glad to sell you another but I'm sure a large proportion of the locked iPhones are NOT stolen and Apple making them completely inoperable is quite wasteful and closes the market to people who could repair them and put them to use when they might not be able to buy a new one.

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS of > locked iPhones out there... > > Russell Courtenay > The problem is that anything that “could be done” will essentially allow

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS of locked iPhones out there... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 3:46 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Russell Courtenay

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

> On Jun 16, 2016, at 1:58 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > Now to figure out what to with locked iDevices… Cutting boards, doorstops? iDevices *have* to be unlocked by their previous owners to be usable, both removed from ‘find my iPhone’ under the original apple id,

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

Great info! Always coming across second hand Macs locked. Now to figure out what to with locked iDevices... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Jun 15, 2016, at 8:47 AM, lagunacool

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

> On Jun 15, 2016, at 8:47 AM, lagunacool wrote: > > Hell Group- >A friend gave me, what I think is a 20 in. iMac 6. It belonged to her > ex-boyfriend whom she does not talk to anymore. The administrative password > is in his name, so I can not authorize any updates

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

A reminder to all list members that LEM lists do not accept messages containing attachments. I have therefore removed Colin's post that had the photo in it. Please also make sure that you post a reply with a relevant subject line to your thread, rather than "Re: Digest..." wheneve

Re: Digest for imac...@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

Corwin? Ya you need atleast i think 128mb or 256MB in there to start it up. i use 133's in my Snow White G3 w/ No problem at all. On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 8:15:36 AM UTC-4, Colin Yarwood wrote: > > OK! I have now got my LC475 working and as of this weekend the Apple ][! > > Now I have 2 G3

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

On 6/2/16 9:16 PM, Eric Volker wrote: I just wanted to make a final report on this experiment, in case anyone else wants to try it. I bought a refurbished 500GB G-Technology G-Drive (with Firewire 800 and USB 3.0) on eBay for $40. I then replaced the 500GB mechanical drive with my 256GB SSD.

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I just wanted to make a final report on this experiment, in case anyone else wants to try it. I bought a refurbished 500GB G-Technology G-Drive (with Firewire 800 and USB 3.0) on eBay for $40. I then replaced the 500GB mechanical drive with my 256GB SSD. I’ll probably put the HDD in my PC

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

J.C.- I found confirmation online that these Iomega Mac Companion drives will not boot over Firewire, just USB. It boots great off USB, so it’s not a problem with the system folder being blessed. Isn’t that from the MacOS 8/9 days? I haven’t blessed a folder in an eternity… I think I’m going

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Eric, I have a March 2008 24" iMac. If you have not added more RAM to your standard 2007 iMac, you should. These days, 4 GB of RAM is the minimum you need. I believe that Apple says that you can safely put 4 GB (2 X 2GB) into your iMac. Mac Sales (www.macsales.com) claimed that you can put in 6

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

IF it shows up on the desktop. But won't boot into Then the System Folder needs to be "Blessed" Look up how one does that Been years Your iOmega enclosure is FINE, trust me. They were bought out, did not go bust... iOmega was BAD, about 1990... After great success with the old

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Yes, I see those negative reviews now. I used to have an Iomega MiniMax sometime in the distant past, and it booted fine off Firewire, so I assumed it’s successor would do the same. I’m still doing some research into possible solutions, but so far haven’t come up with anything other than

Re: Help

. I'll try the other stuff when I get home and let you know what happens -Original Message- From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> To: imaclist <imaclist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tue, May 17, 2016 11:44 am Subject: Re: Help On May 17, 2016, at 6:35 AM, da

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I have seen this non-booting behavior with USB3 drives connected through a Thunderbolt connection to a Mac that does not support USB3 natively. They can be mounted through TB, but only after the machine has booted, making it impossible to boot off those drives. I suspect that (making the huge

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Well I got the enclosure, but things didn’t go as planned. I got a deal on an enclosure that had once been an Iomega Mac Companion. I installed the SSD, hooked the enclosure up to my Firewire 800 port and it showed up on the desktop. I installed El Capitan and rebooted, but when the Mac

Re: Help

Also, try creating a new user and see if the problem exists under that user Clark Martin KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. > On May 17, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On May 17, 2016, at 6:35 AM, davidw1235

Re: Help

the above have not fixed it, reboot to your computer, go into System Preferences and create a new Administrative user account. Log off and back in as the new user and see if you still have the problems. If you do, this is something related to the system and re-installing OS X should fix it. If

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

> On May 7, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > I have done (am doing) this with a 2011 iMac. I have a Crucial 480GB SSD in > an ancient OWC FW800 drive case. > > Using the BlackMagic Speed Test on the two drives shows the internal disk is > 50% faster that the

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Just that between the OS the machine shipped with and the final one which it will run before the publisher abandons support is a version with nice added features but which does not slow down the machine perceptibly. T The ability or lack of ability to turn off functions if you need more CPU

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

W.Adrian D'Alessio, There may be some truth in what you write. Do you have any specific suggestions? On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 7:35 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > Bloatware is the number one way that computer OS publishers drive Hardware > system sales. > > So obvious and

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

W.Adrian D'Alessio, I don't remember asking a question. What question did I ask? TIA. On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 7:32 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > You say " it works well enough with whatever the latest and greatest OS X > is available." yet ignore that the hardware is

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Bloatware is the number one way that computer OS publishers drive Hardware system sales. So obvious and especially since they have been doing it for 30 years. A balanced system will always be the best user system. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

You say " it works well enough with whatever the latest and greatest OS X is available." yet ignore that the hardware is obviously choking on it. " I have to admit that recently I've noticed that it isn't quite as responsive as it once was " You already answered your own question. Whether you

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Eric, I have a iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) with 4GB of RAM that my wife doesn't like me to mess with since it works for her. So I can "play" a few years ago I purchased an enclosure from Other World Computing (https://www.macsales.com) with a multitude of ports including USB 2.0 & FW800 and a SSD to

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

An interesting fact about broken iMacs: the 27" iMacs of around 2011 vintage have a nasty habit of bad connections to the graphics chip. If you don't mind the challenge of a full iMac tear down, you can find a 27" with bad graphics for under $300 and fix it with a $75 "reball" job (and of

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Great to hear. I guess my old iMac does have some upgrades possible! Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > I have done (am doing) this with a 2011 iMac. I have a Crucial 480GB SSD in > an ancient OWC FW800 drive

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I have done (am doing) this with a 2011 iMac. I have a Crucial 480GB SSD in an ancient OWC FW800 drive case. Using the BlackMagic Speed Test on the two drives shows the internal disk is 50% faster that the external SSD, but that does not show up in real-world responsiveness. No contest, really.

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Cool tool Bruce ! uh, I should rephrase that !  Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Since Macs have always seemed attractive to graphics and video not having a way to upgrade GPU is very much a disadvantage. And no USB upgrades either is seriously short sighted. Yeah, I know 2007. Good tip on the diagrams. Apple did not do service techs any big favors with such a design either.

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

> On May 6, 2016, at 5:40 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > I was not familiar with your model. I thought maybe it had a PCI slot behind > a trap door. No iMacs have ever had PCI slots. > If you have had it for a while I am rather surprised you do not have the >

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Good points, all. Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Eric B. Volker wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2016, at 4:01 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio >> wrote: >> >> Maybe so, but ya gotta stay Flossy. >> >> I am not familiar with

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I was not familiar with your model. I thought maybe it had a PCI slot behind a trap door. If you have had it for a while I am rather surprised you do not have the disassembly down to a fast routine. My experience has been that if I was going to keep an old machine going I had to learn to work on

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

> On May 6, 2016, at 4:01 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > Maybe so, but ya gotta stay Flossy. > > I am not familiar with your model. But is a USB 3.0 connection just as viable > a swap? Seems USB 2 is plenty fast and comparable to FW800. > USB 3.0 enclosures might

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Maybe so, but ya gotta stay Flossy. I am not familiar with your model. But is a USB 3.0 connection just as viable a swap? Seems USB 2 is plenty fast and comparable to FW800. USB 3.0 enclosures might be less money. Especially on tigerdirect. Sometimes you might not be familiar with the name but

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Adrian, if I start listening to Fergie, does that mean Apple will hire me as an executive? But seriously, I would still need a Firewire 800 enclosure. If I go to a trusted source, like OWC, they cost $60 - $70 new. I’ve seen cheap ones on eBay for ~$30. Would it be safe to use a no-name brand

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I have a 2008 20" iMac 2.66 Core2Duo with 2 GB of ram, a 3TB hard drive and 10.11.4 and sometimes it is dog slow. I can get 6 GB of ram used for about $70 on eBay and am thinking that might help. The modern Internet uses a phenomenal amount of resources just to view it. Firefox wants 1+ gig of

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

I fully agree on this. Latest and Greatest on a mismatched machine is " bloatest and slowest". Too much going on which you may not be able to turn off. Some code hacker might offer a disentangled version but then the Apple police would come and get you both. They don't want the FBI or you to mess

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

Il giorno 06/05/16 09.40, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto: > I do have 4GB. Swapping one of my 2GB SODIMMS for a 4GB to hit 6GB would cost > $80 - $100. That¹s too much to spend for an extra 2GB I have 4 GB too. I think that's adequate for most uses (I even run all Adobe CS3 apps together, and still

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

> On May 5, 2016, at 10:28 PM, GMail Valter Psicof > wrote: > > Il giorno 05/05/16 23.07, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto: > >> I still get the beachball fairly often. > This sounds obvious but, how much Ram do you have? > If it's 2 GB or less, I strongly suggest to

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