Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-21 Thread Jane (Portland, OR)
On Sunday, December 21, 2014 6:04:16 AM UTC-8, jmbrinck wrote: Just offering this for what it's worth. Seems like a good thing to try before throwing in the towel. http://en.kioskea.net/faq/338-epson-error-message-end-of-service-life On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Tom Coradeschi

RE: Bluetooth Keyboard

2014-12-20 Thread Brandon Nichols
Most Generic Bluetooth keyboards will not wok work with OSX. I learned that the hard way after I bought one that wouldn't pair with my iMac. Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 05:00:23 -0800 From: p...@grad.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Bluetooth Keyboard I found some bluetooth keyboards on

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-20 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/14/14 9:50 PM, Jane (Portland, OR) wrote: I am running 10.6.8 on a 2012 iMac. My printer is an Epson Photo Stylus RX700. Yesterday I tried to print a page and got stripes, so I attempted to clean the print heads. I got this error message that won't go away: Service required. Parts inside

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-20 Thread janesprando
because they have to tear the whole thing apart.Sent from my iPad-- Original Message --From: Charles LeningtonTo: imaclist@googlegroups.comSent: December 20, 2014 at 8:28 AMSubject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer errorOn 12/14/14 9:50 PM, Jane (Portland, OR) wrote: I am running 10.6.8 on a 2012 iMac

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Coradeschi
to be replaced. The repair shop I called says my printer is hard to service because they have to tear the whole thing apart. Sent from my iPad -- Original Message -- From: Charles Lenington To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: December 20, 2014 at 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Epson

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-17 Thread Jane (Portland, OR)
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:30:48 AM UTC-8, Greg Bennett wrote: Do you have Parallels, Fusion, Crossover or the like? If not, see if you can borrow somebody's Windows laptop, since it sounds like that could be a quick, easy and cheap fix for you. -- [Greg Bennett] -Independent

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-17 Thread Jane (Portland, OR)
On Monday, December 15, 2014 7:38:24 AM UTC-8, Fabian Fang wrote: On Dec 14, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Jane (Portland, OR) wrote: I am running 10.6.8 on a 2012 iMac. My printer is an Epson Photo Stylus RX700. Yesterday I tried to print a page and got stripes, so I attempted to clean the print

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-16 Thread NODEraser
Do you have Parallels, Fusion, Crossover or the like? If not, see if you can borrow somebody's Windows laptop, since it sounds like that could be a quick, easy and cheap fix for you. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Fabian Fang f...@mac.com wrote: On Dec 14, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Jane (Portland, OR)

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-15 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 14, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Jane (Portland, OR) wrote: I am running 10.6.8 on a 2012 iMac. My printer is an Epson Photo Stylus RX700. Yesterday I tried to print a page and got stripes, so I attempted to clean the print heads. I got this error message that won't go away: It is probably not

Re: Booting problem

2014-12-13 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 13, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Fred Thiel wrote: My 27 3.1 Ghz 2011 iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 is acting crazy. Yesterday, it wouldn't boot. After the Apple logo and spinning graphic were through, there was only a gray screen and no hd activity. I spent hours rebooting, zapping the

Re: Cinema Display to Imac

2014-12-09 Thread Tom Venney
Sorry Some how the line “It works with a Early 2008 Macbook” was left out. Also does not work on a Mid-2007 iMac . On Dec 4, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 3, 2014, at 8:25 PM, tvenney tven...@gmail.com mailto:tven...@gmail.com wrote: Have

Re: Cinema Display to Imac

2014-12-04 Thread tvenney
Have I stumped everybody in this group? On Friday, November 28, 2014 8:35:59 PM UTC-5, tvenney wrote: Hi Group, Im having a problem getting a a1081 20” Cinema Display to work (Black screen) on my sons late 2006 iMac. It shows up system report under display,USB and firewire. I have

Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-12-01 Thread Brian Christmas
G’day Al Personally I have always preferred Epson 6 cartridge printers for photo printing with my iMacs. I believe they are the best photo printers bar non. Present printer is Epson Artisan 730. However, genuine Epson ink is expensive (I don’t use third party inks), so I have a small HP

RE: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Brandon Nichols
Avoid LEXMARK at all cost! Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:44:39 -0800 From: alfred.pou...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer Hello, Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than the others? We need to replace an old

Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Tom Coradeschi
On 30 Nov 2014, at 10:39 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than the others? We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, and HP and I know things have changed. Now, I

Re: Mac and iOS-Friendly Printer

2014-11-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 30, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Is there a brand that is particularly more Mac-friendly and iOS-friendly than the others? We need to replace an old printer. In past years, we have used Canon, Epson, and HP and I know things have changed.

Re: Fan noise

2014-11-22 Thread Dan C
On Nov 20, 2014, at 09:23 AM, Richard Meyeroff wrote: I have an iMac model 9,1 which is producing what I believe is fan noise. How can I check to see if I am correct and if so how to correct it? Fan speed vs Power Manager vs dying bearings vs dust... Fan speed is controlled by the Power

Re: Is Safari Security Alert Legit?

2014-11-22 Thread Mac Carter
I’m probably stepping into an on-going conversation, but it sounds like you have some “adware” on your computer. This happened to me recently. I clicked on a link by mistake and before I could count to 3, I had popup ads on my screen. I recommend you consider installing and running AdMedic:

Re: Is Safari Security Alert Legit?

2014-11-21 Thread N. Shani
Scam. See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6518076 On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Is the phone number below legit? And should I call it for service? While browsing in Safari, an unwelcome ad from MacKeeper popped up, and I want nothing

Re: Is Safari Security Alert Legit?

2014-11-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 21, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Is the phone number below legit? And should I call it for service? While browsing in Safari, an unwelcome ad from MacKeeper popped up, and I want nothing to do with it. I thought had I clicked on a button to

Re: Is Safari Security Alert Legit?

2014-11-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 21, 2014, at 3:58 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Old dodge that predates the OS7 days That would be impressive considering that ‘pre OS7’ days also predates ‘world wide web’ days; OS 7 and WWW both share the same birth year:1991:-) Also Jeez I’m old…I REMEMBER the

Re: a1076 Boot Up Error

2014-11-16 Thread 'John Carmonne' via iMac Group
On Nov 15, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Francisco Valdez wrote: Hey every. I bought an iMac a1076 a few months aop for my girlfriend and one day it didn't want to turn on anymore. Whenever I try to turn on the imac it just tells me to turn off the computer and let it restart. I think it might be a

RE: Switching hard drive from one g3 imac to another

2014-11-16 Thread Brandon Nichols
The Hard drive is not the issue. If it was, the iMac would still power on. It just wouldn't boot past a blinking file folder with a question mark. Best of luck!! Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:10:05 -0800 From: kp8...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Switching hard drive from one g3

RE: a1076 Boot Up Error

2014-11-16 Thread Brandon Nichols
Not the Hard drive. If it were, it would only boot to a flashing file folder with a ? in it. Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:12:52 -0800 From: francisco61...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: a1076 Boot Up Error Hey every. I bought an iMac a1076 a few months aop for my girlfriend

Re: Switching hard drive from one g3 imac to another

2014-11-16 Thread Julia Brinckloe
Have you replaced the CMOS battery? Reasonably easy to remove from the motherboard and replace. Only a few bucks and I've revived many a dying iMac with nothing more. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Brandon Nichols brandonnicho...@hotmail.com wrote: The Hard drive is not the issue. If it

Re: a1076 Boot Up Error

2014-11-16 Thread Alex Sciortino
Not necessarily. A HDD doesn¹t always completely fail and render itself undetectable. From: Brandon Nichols brandonnicho...@hotmail.com Reply-To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:38:14 -0500 To: imaclist@googlegroups.com imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: a1076 Boot Up

RE: Switching hard drive from one g3 imac to another

2014-11-16 Thread Mark J. Doddy
I'd put the drive in a external hardrive case plug it into another computer and pull everything important off the drive. Then I'd start experimenting. Mark On Nov 16, 2014 11:36 AM, Brandon Nichols brandonnicho...@hotmail.com wrote: The Hard drive is not the issue. If it was, the iMac would

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-15 Thread Thomas Fritsch
if you say want more a cloud Storage? try dropbox or copy.com On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Gerald Uhlan gerryu21...@gmail.com wrote: I use Mediafire.com - free On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if anyone has a recommendation for

Re: a1076 Boot Up Error

2014-11-15 Thread Alex Sciortino
Hm. Do you have recovery disks or any kind of installation media? If so, you can check the SMART status of the drive, and if it is OK, you can attempt to reinstall OS X. If SMART reports drive errors, replace the HDD. If a reinstall does not work, I would guess the HDD or possibly the RAM.

Re: External DVD Writer

2014-11-09 Thread Clark Martin
Are you sure it is powered by USB. A DVD writer can pull a fair bit of power, more than USB can supply. Does the computer see it in System Profiler? KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Oct 31, 2014, at 9:11 AM, robert Dee bdmc...@msn.com wrote: I just

Re: External DVD Writer

2014-11-09 Thread Mark Syder
I use a blu-ray writer that's USB powered, so it's certainly possible that the OP's DVD writer is. On 9 November 2014 16:26, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Are you sure it is powered by USB. A DVD writer can pull a fair bit of power, more than USB can supply. Does the computer see it

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-06 Thread skyvalley4jesus
Give dropbox.com a spin. On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 1:10:57 PM UTC-8, Bill Spencer wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a more-or-less free file-sharing service that I can (very occasionally) use for sending around files that are too big to send via email?

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-06 Thread Dan
At 1:10 PM -0800 11/05/2014, Bill Spencer wrote: recommendation for a more-or-less free file-sharing service that I can (very occasionally) use for sending around files that are too big to send via email? Dropbox is my fav. Apple's new Mail Drop service should work well too. Stay away from

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-06 Thread W.Adrian D'Alessio
I suppose Google Drive is too something or other. But it works for me. With free promos I have 25 GB space. It works anywhere my cell or tablet work as well. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-05 Thread Gerald Uhlan
I use Mediafire.com - free On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a more-or-less free file-sharing service that I can (very occasionally) use for sending around files that are too big to send via email?

Re: External DVD Writer

2014-10-31 Thread Clark Martin
First step, Launch System Profiler (Apple Menu - About this Mac - More Info...), select USB and see if the drive is appearing. When you say it doesn't read it what does that mean? It doesn't appear in Disk Utility, you insert a disk and it doesn't mount on the desktop,... Clark Martin KK6ISP

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-10-30 Thread 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group
and finally they switched out the modem. Phone is working again! Jane Sent from my iPad -- Original Message -- From: 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: September 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac Jane, glad you got

Re: need a imac m5521 ide ribbon cable for hdd hookup to logic been trying everywhere

2014-10-29 Thread Michael Shaw
Can you supply a picture ?? On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:53 PM, sha muro sham...@gmail.com wrote: if i have to buy a whole another broke machine for parts i will please help -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

Re: need a imac m5521 ide ribbon cable for hdd hookup to logic been trying everywhere

2014-10-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
That should be just a standard IDE cable. It's really short, but with some judicious folding a regular one should do. On Sep 29, 2014, at 10:53 AM, sha muro sham...@gmail.com wrote: if i have to buy a whole another broke machine for parts i will please help -- -- You received this

Re: Login issue...

2014-09-25 Thread Jim Scott
On Sep 25, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: An odd one, I haven't run into before. A 2008 27 iMac was updated to 10.9.5 yesterday, and when it came back up, no user could log in. It accepts the username and password, the little spinny gear starts

Re: Login issue...

2014-09-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
dropped to nothing. I rebooted, was able to log in as the original local admin user (woohoo! Progress!) Re-bound it to AD and boom CPU shot right back up. I unbound it again and am currently backing up the drive with CCC (conversation with professor yesterday Time Machine? What's Time Machine

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-09-19 Thread 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group
: September 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM Subject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac I had to restore my Airport Express to factory settings and then run the updates for it before it would work with my Prolog service and modem. Everything looked fine and my MacBook could connect to my network but my

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-09-19 Thread janesprando
: 'Mike Baker' via iMac GroupTo: imaclist@googlegroups.comSent: September 19, 2014 at 10:00 AMSubject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMacJane, glad you got the landline phone working. I don't have a landline with my SECTV cable TV and Internet service.On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 12:45

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-09-08 Thread 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group
I had to restore my Airport Express to factory settings and then run the updates for it before it would work with my Prolog service and modem.  Everything looked fine and my MacBook could connect to my network but my iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Sony BluRay player with wireless could not. Once I

Re: Lost Password Recovery

2014-09-08 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
What is the version of Mac OS/OS X is it running? If it starts up with an Apple logo and a spinning wheel, it is running 10.2 and above. Any version of OS X can have it's admin account circumvented by accessing open firmware and resetting the machine to think it was just installed with OS X. OS

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-09-08 Thread janesprando
Baker' via iMac GroupTo: imaclist@googlegroups.comSent: September 8, 2014 at 6:52 PMSubject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMacI had to restore my Airport Express to factory settings and then run the updates for it before it would work with my Prolog service and modem. Everything looked fine

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-08-26 Thread Jane (Portland, OR)
-match the orientation of power bricks and the outlets on power strips :-) 7) Figure out how to re-arrange all your power-bricks to make them all fit.* 8) Attach the incoming cable to the new cable modem. 9) Attach the ethernet cable from the Airport. 10) Plug in the power to the Airport, wait

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-08-26 Thread janesprando
It's fixed! I called Comcast's Phone Activation Line (800-447-9085) tonight. I told the tech about connecting 1 phone and it would work. She had a few ideas. The first was re-activation. That didn't help. Then she saw that the modem had 2 phone line ports. I tried the second port and it worked

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-08-22 Thread Julia Brinckloe
Mac envy. On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Stats: Intel Core i3 3.06 GHz 10.6.x Snow Leopard Airport Extreme 802.11n Comcast modem with telephony Comcast has decided

Re: Photo-merge tool?

2014-08-21 Thread W.Adrian D'Alessio
Look on CNET downloads for a shareware utility for this ? Or get GIMP. There may be an included filter for this or a free plug in. Saying you want a program to do only one operation is generally 'famous last words But whatever. Are you sure you should not just get a mobile app to do the same

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-08-21 Thread Julia Brinckloe
I recently got the Comcast upgraded modem and have a number of Macs including my Mac Mini running OSX 10.9.4. All use Airport for connectivity. My wireless Rosewill modem is connected to the new Comcast-provided modem in the same way my old one was. Cable into modem, ethernet into wireless, and so

Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac

2014-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Stats: Intel Core i3 3.06 GHz 10.6.x Snow Leopard Airport Extreme 802.11n Comcast modem with telephony Comcast has decided that I need a new modem and is sending one to me. I am supposed to install it myself. Currently my

Re: Photo-merge tool?

2014-08-14 Thread N. Shani
I believe that Panorama Maker (4?) is free. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:26 PM, William Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I have an ancient version of Photoshop Elements that has a feature that merges multiple images into one panoramic result, but since that's the only thing I'd use it

Re: Photo-merge tool?

2014-08-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:26 PM, William Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I have an ancient version of Photoshop Elements that has a feature that merges multiple images into one panoramic result, but since that's the only thing I'd use it for I would rather not buy the whole package

Re: RDC (etc.) question

2014-07-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 22, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: Could someone please lay out options for remotely accessing another computer over the internet? I know that RDC does so over a network but I can't tell whether the term network extends to the full Internet. It dos,

Re: RDC (etc.) question

2014-07-22 Thread NODEraser
It can, but after all the firewall and server configurations, plus security concerns you are probably better off with a different software solution. I am currently using TeamViewer on both my Windows and Mac machines. It is free for personal use, and works so long as the computer you want to

Re: RDC (etc.) question

2014-07-22 Thread Rafau Ku
Hi I have been using this app in the past : Chicken of the vnc. It's free and available here http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/ Cheers Rafal On 22 lip 2014, at 23:30, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: Could someone please lay out options for remotely accessing another

Re: Apple iMac G4 700mHz M6498

2014-06-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:11 PM, pmgraph1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am new to the group. I was given an Apple iMac G4 15 700 Mhz #2. Mac OS X, but not sure of version. I don't know the log in so I can't access anything. Need to know how to change admin log in and password without system

Re: Apple iMac G4 700mHz M6498

2014-06-03 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:11 PM, pmgraph1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am new to the group. I was given an Apple iMac G4 15 700 Mhz #2. Mac OS X, but not sure of version. I don't know the log in so I can't access

Re: Apple iMac G4 700mHz M6498

2014-06-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote: What this does is reset the Mac to think that there are no accounts, and when it reboots, you will be prompted to create a new administrative account to log in, as if it were brand new. -- Bruce Johnson If anyone

Re: iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread Jim Scott
On May 6, 2014, at 9:19 AM, lrbarrios lrbarr...@datastarusa.com wrote: I have an iMac G5 that has a couple strange problems. The problem has been happening ever since I got it from my company about 3 years ago. While it was at the office, I know it had been taken into the shop a number of

Re: iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread lrbarrios
Wow! Thanks for all the info Jim. Well, at least now I know what the problem is. I've been dealing with this problem since I've had the machine, but never said anything about it. I thought it would be difficult to describe and for someone else to help me diagnose the issue. Turns out my

Re: 24 Intel iMac video failures

2014-05-06 Thread Jim Scott
On May 6, 2014, at 5:42 PM, GMail Valter Psicof valter.psi...@gmail.com wrote: Il giorno 06/05/14 20.27, Jim Scott ha scritto: be quite leery of any 24 Intel iMac (BGA failures of video chips on daughterboards). Jim, are you talking about ANY 24 Intel Macs, or just the earlier versions?

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-12-24 Thread N. Shani
I'd like to share with the group the final status of the 'slow iMac saga', kind of year-end closure. First and foremost, Merry Christmas (to those who celebrate and/or enjoy) and a Happy New Year. Many, many, many thanks to all (Jim, Bruce, Valter, Fabian, Clark, Harry, Dan - very knowledgeable

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-26 Thread Dan
At 4:17 PM -0800 11/25/2013, Clark Martin wrote: On Nov 25, 2013, at 3:54 PM, N. Shani wrote: - What *in particular* is slow? Everything. Trying to launch any application is a long wait. Didn't use to be so. Opening another tab in Safari, saving a document, opening a document, you name it

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 26, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: or general *system* maintenance use OnyX, perhaps once a month or so, at most, to run the three system maintenance scripts (daily, weekly, monthly). And if your system is running slowly, use it to clear the kernel, system, and

Re: Help please: slow iMac

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

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-25 Thread Dan
At 7:38 AM -0500 11/24/2013, N. Shani wrote: - late 2006 17 [iMac] - OS is 10.6.8, with current updates - stock HD 160 GB, ~1/2 full - 2.5 GB RAM (stock was 2x 512 MB, so one 512 MB stick was exchanged with 2 GB stick) what is causing the above to slow down. - monitoring active CPU

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-24 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 24, 2013, at 4:38 AM, N. Shani nshani...@gmail.com wrote: Need your collective wisdom to identify what is causing the above to slow down. The particulars are: - late 2006 17 model 5,1 - OS is 10.6.8, with current updates - stock HD 160 GB, ~1/2 full - 2.5 GB RAM (stock was 2x

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-24 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 24/11/13 13.38, N. Shani ha scritto: Need your collective wisdom to identify what is causing the above to slow down. The particulars are: - late 2006 17 model 5,1 - OS is 10.6.8, with current updates Apart from Jim's excellent troubleshoot guide, the only things that comes off

Re: Help please: slow iMac

2013-11-24 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 24, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Jim Scott wrote: Next, I run Drive Genius 3, the utility used by Geniuses in Apple stores. I boot from the DG3 disk and run the hard drive scan test, making sure to ask it to reallocate any bad sectors found. Then I run the Disk Integrity tests for both read

Re: Blueberry Blues

2013-11-23 Thread Julia Brinckloe
It's happened to me in the past and is really easy to fix. If you boot from the install CD, look up at the menu bar for utilities (or something like that--it's been awhile) and pull down. You'll see the opportunity to change the password there. No need to put in the original one, Then just exit of

Re: OSX10.6 cd

2013-11-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 22, 2013, at 3:25 PM, ben kernan bkpro...@yahoo.com wrote: Some time ago I read here that this OS was still available at AppleStore brick mortar locations. Today, when is visited my local one, with cash in hand, I was told that they not only did not have such, but had never carried

Re: OSX10.6 cd

2013-11-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:25 PM, ben kernan wrote: Some time ago I read here that this OS was still available at AppleStore brick mortar locations. Today, when is visited my local one, with cash in hand, I was told that they not only did not have such, but had never carried it. I was told

Re: HD lifespan statistics

2013-11-14 Thread Dan
At 10:02 AM -0800 11/14/2013, Bill Spencer wrote: In case anyone had any doubts... http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/how-long-can-you-reasonably-expect-your-hard-drive-to-last which links to http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/11/12/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/ Interesting reads, but they don't

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-11-05 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 1, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:11 AM, John AOL wrote: On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: I actually have another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could not unlock the software and still cannot

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-11-05 Thread Fabian Fang
On Nov 1, 2013, at 4:52 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I keep all my installers on a USB stick The only machines I have that won't boot USB is the Mini and G5 PowerMac I have a 64G that has DiskWarrior, all the Intel ASD's plus all system installers. 10.5.10.6,10.7 and 10.8. And I have a 32

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-11-05 Thread John AOL
On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Nov 1, 2013, at 4:52 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I keep all my installers on a USB stick The only machines I have that won't boot USB is the Mini and G5 PowerMac I have a 64G that has DiskWarrior, all the Intel ASD's plus all system

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-11-01 Thread John AOL
On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: I actually have another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could not unlock the software and still cannot restart from a backup. Some 2000 iMac models have FireWire (400) ports, in which case you can reboot

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-11-01 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:11 AM, John AOL wrote: On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:23 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: I actually have another old iMac and I connected the two and put one on the other but could not unlock the software and still cannot restart from a backup. Some 2000 iMac models have

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

2013-10-31 Thread gifutiger
Mac mini 2013, came with Mt. Lion, upgraded to Mavericks Oct. 20, 2013 Safari paramaters set to open links in new Tab. Doesn't work Loaded platform from disk that still has Mt. Lion 10.8.5 using parameters Open Link in New Tab works just fine. Cheers Harry in San Jose, Ca On Wednesday,

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-10-31 Thread Christopher Collins
MacPracticve or ExACT/Oasis or Dental4Windows under VirtualBox. cjc On 31 Oct 2013, at 11:04 pm, Shields E-mail the5shie...@verizon.net wrote: Thanks for having this group you have enabled me to keep my office running. I am currently running a dental office on an iMac purchased in 2000 (yes

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-10-31 Thread Fabian Fang
On Oct 31, 2013, at 5:04 AM, Shields E-mail wrote: I am currently running a dental office on an iMac purchased in 2000 It would be easier for group members to try to assist you, if you identified the specific model of your iMac. Currently I back up to a flash drive but there is only one

Re: Office may need upgrade

2013-10-31 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 31/10/13 13.04, Shields E-mail ha scritto: The power button on the iMac is getting glitchy making me nervous that it will die before I have a plan. If you decide to get another (used) Mac, keep in mind any G3 and most G4 models will support OS9 (any PowerMac G4 except the G4 MDD FW

Re: New Safari Problems

2013-10-30 Thread Al Poulin
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 1:48:34 PM UTC-4, Thunder 1 wrote: Greetings everyone. Hope everyone is having a good week. Got a few minor problems with Mavericks/Safari 7.0 which started upon my updating to Mavericks from OS X 10.6.8. For info, basic machine stats: 2007 2.4 GHz Intel Core

Re: Time Machine

2013-10-30 Thread Al Poulin
On Monday, October 28, 2013 6:57:59 PM UTC-4, car...@netins.net wrote: I tried to use Time Machine and my backup drive to restore a previous version of my In Box. Th version appeared, and I clicked Restore. The only thing that happened was that I could't click on anything. I had to do

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

2013-10-30 Thread Harry Freeman
Bill, It looks like quite a few things have changed in Mavericks. Selecting “Open in Tab” doesn’t work correct as of now. However if you right click on a link you will get a bunch of choices. For these choices see http://www.tekrevue.com/2013/06/13/the-most-frustrating-change-in-os-x-mavericks/

Re: New Safari Problems

2013-10-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 29, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: The problems: 1. How can I clear ONLY the Safari cache without having to reset Safari in-total? By resetting Safari I lose some of my previous settings, which I want to retain. Select Reset from the Safari menu;

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

2013-10-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 30, 2013, at 5:55 AM, Harry Freeman gifuti...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like quite a few things have changed in Mavericks. Selecting “Open in Tab” doesn’t work correct as of now. Yes it does, but if you want that tab to be automatically set to be the active windows, check the

Re: Smart boxes problem in Apple Mail

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:57 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I have some Smart Mail boxes set up in Apple Mail, My problem is that it shows 3 boxes the, In Box plus Important and All Mail. I want only the In Box to display. It's very hard to read with the other two showing, I

Re: Smart boxes problem in Apple Mail

2013-10-28 Thread Dennis Swaney
Did you install Mac OS 10.9? There is a major bug in it's version of Apple Mail; it main affects GMail users but is also causing problems with other IMAP mail servers. http://tidbits.com/article/14219 Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:57 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com

Re: Smart boxes problem in Apple Mail

2013-10-28 Thread John Carmonne
On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:57 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I have some Smart Mail boxes set up in Apple Mail, My problem is that it shows 3 boxes the, In Box plus Important and All Mail. I want only the In Box to display. It's

Re: Smart boxes problem in Apple Mail

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:50 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:57 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I have some Smart Mail boxes set up in Apple Mail, My problem is that it shows 3 boxes the, In Box

Re: Smart boxes problem in Apple Mail

2013-10-28 Thread John Carmonne
On Oct 28, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:50 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:57 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I have some Smart Mail boxes set up in Apple

Re: Looking for OS X 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6 for G4

2013-10-20 Thread irrational John
I can't help much with specifics on where to find older versions of OS X, but I can tell you that the furthest you will be able to take a G4 system is Leopard, OS X 10.5. OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, and later will only run on a Mac with a Intel CPU. -iJohn -- -- You received this message because

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

2013-10-20 Thread TiikTech
Thanks for the suggestions. I went into the preferences and tossed out the monitor file. problem solved. Initially I was reluctant to do it but then I thought...well, why notit's really what we do...toss out the pref's of the app's we no longer use. On Friday, October 11, 2013 8:15:37 PM

Re: Looking for OS X 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6 for G4

2013-10-20 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 20/10/13 20.00, Paul Brown ha scritto: At the moment I've got a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver which I can't use. I got it from freecycle.org with OS X 10.3.9 installed. This version prevents me from doing various things, but it's also become corrupted. I think the error message is The

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

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

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

2013-10-10 Thread Skylion Lionsfire
Hey sis - So what else you been up to besides keeping Jobs old silicon warm? On Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:11:01 AM UTC-8, Haila Vickland wrote: You can try ebay.com. Older software is often sold by ebay. Also try: www.lowendmac.com. It would also be helpful to post your question on the mac

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

2013-10-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 1, 2013, at 12:13 PM, TiikTech poet...@gmail.com wrote: Hi group, Using iMac Intel Core 2 Duo with OSX 10.5.8, in a public school lab, suddenly every 7 seconds for 3 weeks now, I get this message The application IdNotificationMonitor quit unexpectedly. ...blah blah balh...Ignore -

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