Re: HD Fan speed.

2011-02-09 Thread Jonathan Smith
Have you installed or are you aware that Apple have temperature sensors plugged into their hdd's? It is much like a jumper and if you have missed it, this will account for why the fans are spinning full wack. Hope this helps Jay On 9 February 2011 16:16, Stuart stuar...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: HD Fan speed.

2011-02-09 Thread Jay Smith
Now I read somewhere and as best as i can remember, a chap swapped out the apple hard drive for a new one in his iMac and the fan simply went full belt constantly. He claimed that he discovered that apple place a jumper on their hdd's to control the fans. He took out the new, replicated the

Re: problem

2011-02-08 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Try to update Flash Player and if that doesn't help try another web browser like Firefox and see if it works there. -- 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

Re: Shutdown Problem

2011-02-06 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi all... On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... A problem with my iMac G5... 1st Gen, 20 inch, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, 500 GB HD, Airport Ext., Bluetooth. I think that's about it. The problem... a while back it started

Re: Game controller

2011-02-05 Thread Mike Linnett
On 2 Feb 2011, at 18:38, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Papa wrote: I'm New to iMac. I'm interested in getting a game controller and the wireless mouse leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to playing a game. What are the pros and cons for a controller for and iMac?

Re: Game controller

2011-02-05 Thread Clark Martin
On Feb 2, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Mike Linnett wrote: On 2 Feb 2011, at 18:38, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Papa wrote: I'm New to iMac. I'm interested in getting a game controller and the wireless mouse leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to playing a game. What

Re: Shutdown Problem

2011-02-04 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Those were notorious for having faulty power supplies. I have had, and have seen dozens just like it. It's most definitely your power supply. You can buy a rebuilt one for about $100 on ebay. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Re: Shutdown Problem

2011-02-04 Thread Clark Martin
On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... A problem with my iMac G5... 1st Gen, 20 inch, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, 500 GB HD, Airport Ext., Bluetooth. I think that's about it. The problem... a while back it started going into sleep when playing videos (with VLC). As time went

Re: Game controller

2011-02-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Papa wrote: I'm New to iMac. I'm interested in getting a game controller and the wireless mouse leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to playing a game. What are the pros and cons for a controller for and iMac? My first choice would be a wireless one,

Re: Game controller

2011-02-02 Thread Jay Smith
This guide will address your preference for wireless... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIu5c9W2DY8feature=youtube_gdata_player Sent from my iPhone -- 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: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Coradeschi
you possibly re-word that so it sounds less of an attack? No, not really. You have some good points to make in htis venue. This isn't one of them and my perspective on that is that you are, at best, providing poor guidance, at worst, leading folks down the road to data loss (been there, done

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-26 Thread Dave
The fault is probably mine. My first post at the top of this heap asked about a blue-and-white PowerMac and I suppose leaving the color description out may have made things clearer. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM, jfrench jfren...@flash.net wrote: On Jan 24, 11:43 pm, Charles Lenington

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-26 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 25, 2:32 pm, Steven macintosh.awes...@gmail.com wrote: I love my Wallstreet, but it isn't my absolute favorite Apple laptop of all time. I prefer the keyboards on some older models, like the 100 and 1400 series, though I do agree that the Wallstreet's is very good. But if I could

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-26 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/26 04:50, Tom Coradeschi so eloquently wrote: Wowee! Good for you, Dannyboy. My backups refreshed last night, too. And the night before. And the night before that. And... Last time I checked this was the iMac list, not PeeWee's Playhouse. If you don't like what Dan has to offer,

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-25 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/20/11 11:26 PM, Dave wrote: Is it possible to upgrade the CPU on a blue-and-white PowerMac with a dual core 450? I was wondering if it's possible just to put in something stronger from a parts machine. -- I can't find a blue and white iMac listed on macTracker. Also aren't the only

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-25 Thread Jay Smith
You may want to read the question again. :) Sent from my iPhone On 1/20/11 11:26 PM, Dave wrote: Is it possible to upgrade the CPU on a blue-and-white PowerMac with a dual core 450? I was wondering if it's possible just to put in something stronger from a parts machine. -- You

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-25 Thread Steven
up to 17 and still look super sleek, just fill the rear port door with all the fixins like USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, Ethernet, DVI, perhaps even hide the PC card back there, put a USB and FireWire port behind the feet, and add a BD-RE drive along the side (thanks to the Snow White

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 3:51 PM + 01/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not sure how similar it is here in UK though. From the article, Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space. Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)? A get info

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 3:47 PM -0500 01/18/2011, Dan wrote: At 9:19 AM -0500 1/18/2011, Al Poulin wrote: This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is the most comprehensive I have seen in a long time. Also, some of the add-on comments are excellent, including the idea of testing the backups.

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Dan
a backup strategy. Your assumption is that we don't? Wow. Could you possibly re-word that so it sounds less of an attack? and I Hope that my buddy didn't decide to use the disk to make offline copies of all his child porn so his wife won't find it...). If that's a worry then I'd venture that you

Re: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Christopher Collins
If you do a full install from dvd, it lists as about 11GB from memory. If you do a minimal install, it is possible to get it to a smidgen over 8GB. cjc On 24/01/2011, at 10:30 PM, Tom Coradeschi wrote: At 3:51 PM + 01/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-24 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Mystic Prowler coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I do agree that the Wallstreet Powerbook's Keyboard is the best looking. Imagine it with a bronze backlight? Why did you have to do THAT to me, you horrible person, you? Now I am daydreaming. I love the G3 PB form factor, especially

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Jonas Ulrich
No. The fastest processor you can put in a blue and white is a 1GHZ sonnet processor. I think you could find one of those on ebay. -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: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Jonas Ulrich
In other words, unless for some reason you are tied into to using only the Blue and White, it might just be cheaper to find a new Powermac all together. -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

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 21, 1:41 pm, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't say they are THAT rare.http://cgi.ebay.com/SONNET-ENCORE-ST-G4-1Ghz-1000MHZ-mac-CPU-/2206934… Uh, I do hate to burst your bubble, Jonas, but that's a CPU upgrade for a G4 PowerMac, not a G3. Check the description and

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Jack Suggs
I won/purchased a G4 733mhz 'Graphite' Mac on eBay last month for $26 plus shipping, it was loaded with 768 megs of memory, no hard drive. Get yourself a G4 and put that blue and white G3 on display. jack -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Mystic Prowler
G4 computers are older than intel Macs, but using a G3 is absolutely unbearable. A G4 processor at least has Velocity Engine, which is very useful and makes the processor more responsive. A G3, is like a dumbed version of a G4. Even in today's world, A G4 is useful, a G3 is history. A G5 is really

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/23 15:41, Mystic Prowler so eloquently wrote: A G4 processor at least has Velocity Engine, which is very useful and makes the processor more responsive. A G3, is like a dumbed version of a G4. IIRC Velocity Engine, also known as AltiVec, is the only difference between a G3 G4 and

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 23, 5:41 pm, Mystic Prowler coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: G4 computers are older than intel Macs, but using a G3 is absolutely unbearable. A G4 processor at least has Velocity Engine, which is very useful and makes the processor more responsive. A G3, is like a dumbed version of a G4.

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-21 Thread Jonathan Smith
Just to add, Sonnet also offered the EG4-1000-1M-U 1GHz as well as the EG4-500-1M 500 MHz for the blue and white G3. However, they have both been discontinued. I wouldn't say they were cheap or easy to find, unfortunately. I found only one Sonnet on ebay, a 466 and it's £150. There are some

Re: Sleepless G4 iMac

2011-01-20 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Well there has to be some update from apple causing it. I just re-installed and is sleeps perfectly. No updates yet... How do you trash the sleep file? -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

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-20 Thread Ashgrove
Hi Dave, The short answer is no. The longer one: BW Smurf machines have a completely different logic board than a 450 dual Gigabit machine, with a ZIF socket for the CPU. There are upgrades for your machine, though. You can easily find a G4 500Mhz Sonnet CPU very cheap, and OWC has a G3 1Ghz

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-20 Thread Jason Brown
Sorry all. Meant to include this review too. http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/processors/15516/xlr8-mach-velocity-g4-mpe On 1/21/2011 12:12 AM, Jason Brown wrote: There was a very very rare dual processor upgrade for the Yikes! G4. A firmware patch on the BW and you could run one. Presuming you

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

2011-01-19 Thread Jay Smith
It makes sense. I always burn OS discs as slowly as possible. Baring in mind the age of the macs drives, they are of a time where it was common for many optical drives to have trouble reading burnt discs. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 19, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: I have become less paranoid about doing back ups such as the old advice of mailing a back up copy to a friend or burying a copy in the backwoods. ;-) If something goes wrong these days ido an archival install, apply a combo update from

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Dan
At 10:32 AM -0700 1/19/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: The best, most meticulously tested and verified backups in the world do you no good if they burn up in the same house fire as your computer. :-) Software is replaceable; data is not. yea. A complete backup (a la CCC or SD) stored off-site

Re iSnip

2011-01-19 Thread Jean-Claude Touzin
- *Bruce Johnson **john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu*john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu ** Dec 27 11:50AM -0700 ^ - - This is mostly a semantic change, they use the word 'event' rather than 'roll'. When you import old iPhoto libraries, it turns each roll into an 'event'. It will split

Re: Sleepless G4 iMac

2011-01-19 Thread Mystic Prowler
jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: How? I am re-installing Leopard right now, and am going to avoid the security updates. I've heard these cause this. -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

Re: Sleepless G4 iMac

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 18, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: How? I am re-installing Leopard right now, and am going to avoid the security updates. I've heard these cause this. They don't. Don't avoid those. Those are important. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
Sorry i missed the opening of this thread but what is the url for that article. On 11-01-18 8:51 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not sure how similar it is here in UK though. From the article, Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Jay Smith
Thar ye go.. http://www.macworld.com/article/156601/2011/01/what_how_backup.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories Sent from my iPhone -- 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: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-18 Thread bittin
i coul'd boot mine with a burnt OS 9.2.2 disk :p -- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: Anyone else with an eMac 800mhz? Need advice on a current upgrading...

2011-01-18 Thread Christopher Satterfield
In order to upgrade the USB from 1.1 to 2.0 you would need to completely disassemble the system, desolder the USB controller chip from the motherboard, solder a new one on and if it even turns on after that it still probably won't work because Mac OS doesn't have the drivers. I hate to tell this

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
At 9:19 AM -0500 1/18/2011, Al Poulin wrote: This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is the most comprehensive I have seen in a long time. Also, some of the add-on comments are excellent, including the idea of testing the backups.

Re: Anyone else with an eMac 800mhz? Need advice on a current upgrading...

2011-01-18 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/16 17:46, Christopher Satterfield so eloquently wrote: In order to upgrade the USB from 1.1 to 2.0 you would need to completely disassemble the system, desolder the USB controller chip from the motherboard, solder a new one on and if it even turns on after that it still probably won't

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
At 3:51 PM + 1/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space. Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)? Probably under ten gigs, but it depends on what'all you've installed. You can find out how much is on YOUR

Re: Sleepless G4 iMac

2011-01-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 11-01-17 6:48 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Nothing works. trash sleeping preferences ? -- 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: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
can i set the TimeMachine to do a back just once a month ? -- 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: Help with second hand iMac G3 with no operating system or disks

2011-01-18 Thread Jay Smith
Mine is running 10.4 using burnt discs. -r I belive Sent from my iPhone On 17 Jan 2011, at 08:12, bit...@ovi.com wrote: i coul'd boot mine with a burnt OS 9.2.2 disk :p -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and

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

2011-01-18 Thread Mystic Prowler
I am not sure why, but certain computers won't accept burnt discs, for these reasons: The recorded speed was too high for the CD/DVD to be read on this current drive The Mac simply doesn't accept burnt discs Or, there might be a special coding inside the Mac installer discs that tell the system

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Glenn Peterson
Walter, Not in Time Machine itself. There is a program called Time Machine Editor that will allow you to change backup times. Or just turn the automatic backup option off and manually do it when you desire. That is what I do. Glenn On 1/18/11 1:45 PM, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote:

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

2011-01-14 Thread Jay Smith
I think that's a great idea. There are other distro's out there and this article lists the best... http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/43224.aspx With regards to the original question, apple don't sell them, eBay has many for sale. Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jan 2011, at 03:57,

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

2011-01-14 Thread Jack Suggs
You can post a Want To Buy on the LEM swap list, or check the eBay... Here's an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/iMac-OS-9-OS-X-10-1-2-Install-plus-Software-Restore-/230571342486?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item35af1f7a96 -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

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

2011-01-14 Thread skyvalley4jesus
Hi Dan, You could also try contacting Apple direct. I contacted Apple when the original OS disc for my G4 iMac broke. They charged like $25 to replace the system disk. Best of luck. On Jan 13, 3:58 pm, Dan danshelle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I brought an original imac (Model M5521) as a

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

2011-01-13 Thread Mystic Prowler
Do what I did, get the disk out, install tiger one computer, take it out, plug it back in the iMac and boot. If not, I do have some install disks for the original iMac, but I don't think you'll want to work with an OS older than 10.2. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Dan danshelle...@gmail.com

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

2011-01-13 Thread Dave
Foolish answer: there is a live Linux called Doudou Linux especially for small children. It runs only off the CD and runs on less abled machines, likely on yours. You could query the name on Distrowatch.com, and download and install the ISO on a CD. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Mystic

Re: Ubuntu on Rev D iMac

2011-01-07 Thread Christopher Satterfield
You might want to try Xubuntu for PowerPC. It is lighter than Ubuntu is and it is based off the sane system. (The only difference us using the Xfce interface rather than the Gnome interface). -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

Re: Ubuntu on Rev D iMac

2011-01-07 Thread Conal Jardine
I dual boot my G3's with OS X Debian ('Mint PPC' version - see http://www.mintppc.org/about ). I can't see the page you have linked to but Clark Martins advice is good. I have never been able to use the Ubuntu Live CD's on my original '98 bondi blue G3 but it does work on my '99 'DV' vesion. Is

Re: Anyone else with an eMac 800mhz? Need advice on a current upgrading...

2011-01-07 Thread Jonathan Smith
Hi Yes, officially 10.4 tiger is your limit, but it is possible to run 10.5 on the 800mhz. I don't have one, so I can only guess that you will find it to be sluggish. The additional 512mb of ram will certainly help or indeed make it possible, if you decide to run leopard. Regarding usb. Usb is

Re: Ubuntu on Rev D iMac

2011-01-04 Thread Clark Martin
On Jan 4, 2011, at 5:35 PM, logicfire wrote: Hello and good evening, I have a purple iMac, 333MHz with 384MB RAM, and I have been trying to attempt Simon Royal's triple boot experience. (http:// www.lowendmac.com/ed/royal/10sr/triple-boot-ppc-mac.html) Note that the 333MHz iMac is one of

Re: iSnip like app for 10.6?

2010-12-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 27, 2010, at 6:26 AM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: Ho! another one: Is there a way to classify my photos by Roll in iPhoto? iPhoto keep splitting my pict by Events... This is mostly a semantic change, they use the word 'event' rather than 'roll'. When you import old iPhoto libraries, it

Re: Suucessfully upgraded emac to Leopard, but mail will not work?

2010-12-26 Thread vinman
server, and re-add it (in the same place you check the settings.) If it still doesn't work, download and install Thunderbird and see if that works, if it does, re-apply the latest *Combo* update for your OS. This may fix what's broken with Mail. You can delete thunderbird if you want, after

Re: Running Linux on mac G3

2010-12-26 Thread Mystic Prowler
I have tried this before on an iMac G3 graphite with Ubuntu 10.04, and after the system files loaded, the screen didn't show up, so I reverted to Tiger. On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Brian Boothe br...@midtechpc.com wrote: What requirements do i need on a Powermac G3 to run linux , a few

Re: disc wont load

2010-12-23 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-12-22 5:07 PM, thomas casper wrote: I hold down the C key to open a disc from tech tool and it wont open It keeps on opening my hard drive. What version of TTPro are you using and what is the OS on that disc ? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

Re: Ideas for upgrading?

2010-12-22 Thread Al Poulin
On Dec 21, 4:50 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 10:39 AM -0800 12/21/2010, Bill Spencer wrote: an unexpected Christmas present of $100, and before it burns too big a hole in my pocket I'd like to solicit suggestions An external HD for backups pay for some shareware. Or take your

Re: selling imac late 2006

2010-12-22 Thread Bruce
Hello Jesslyn, Craigslist. Lots of Macs are bought and sold on Craigslist every day. And you won't have to ship it. Believe me, you do not want to have to pack and ship a computer, especially an iMac, if you don't have to. Happy holidays, Bruce Sugarberg Akron, Ohio === Jesslyn

Re: selling imac late 2006

2010-12-22 Thread Randy Lawrence
try craiglist, that how I brought mine. or ebay. I prefer craiglist its free On Dec 21, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Jesslyn wrote: hi, i'm thinking to change my imac to the new one therefore i need to sell the old one which is the imac late 2006, 17, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz of DDR2 SDRAM.

Re: Ideas for upgrading?

2010-12-21 Thread Dan
At 10:39 AM -0800 12/21/2010, Bill Spencer wrote: an unexpected Christmas present of $100, and before it burns too big a hole in my pocket I'd like to solicit suggestions An external HD for backups pay for some shareware. Or take your sweetie out for a nice dinner. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic

Re: selling imac late 2006

2010-12-21 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Jesslyn jesslyn.dev...@gmail.com wrote: hi, i'm thinking to change my imac to the new one therefore i need to sell the old one which is the imac late 2006, 17, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz of DDR2 SDRAM. can anyone tell me where to sell this used imac

Re: selling imac late 2006

2010-12-21 Thread Dan
At 5:01 PM -0800 12/21/2010, Jesslyn wrote: sell the old one which is the imac late 2006, 17, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz of DDR2 SDRAM. can anyone tell me where to sell this used imac with a good bargain?? These days the best three venues are: LEM Swap Craigslist eBay - Dan. -- -

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread misterbleepy
You could look at Powerline netwoking, which uses your house wiring to carry the network connection from the router to the computer; or look for a wireless to ethernet bridge, though these seem to be rare or expensive... On 18 Dec 2010, at 03:59, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I had

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread steve
depending on the model, you would need either an Airport or Airport Extreme card. Installing it would not be very hard, just a matter of loosening the 4 screws on the bottom plate and removing it, the airport slot is just underneath that panel. I've tried third-party USB wireless connectors with

Re: Combo 10.6.4

2010-12-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-12-17 11:35 AM, Jason Brown wrote: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048?viewlocale=en_US Thank you kindly, Sir. -- 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

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Well, I would just tell them to use a wire because it would be much easier than trying to find a card then the installation. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I had someone give me on older flat panel imac 15 inch computer today. I want to give it to someone

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
On 18 Dec 2010, at 03:59, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I want to give it to someone else but it does not have any wireless and I feel most people will want wireless. - will they? If someone was giving me one of these gorgeous iconic bits of design, I think I would be quite happy

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Laura
Yes, I meant inexpensively ! I will look for the wirless dongle and the card. thanks everyone. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette

Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/17 20:59, Laura so eloquently wrote: I had someone give me on older flat panel imac 15 inch computer today. I want to give it to someone else but it does not have any wireless and I feel most people will want wireless. What is an expensive way to get this puppy online. 802.11 B or G

Re: from osx.3.9 to leopard ,snow leopard even ?

2010-12-17 Thread vinman
Dan, Many thanks happy christmas from snowy devon uk On Dec 8, 9:52 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 2:13 PM -0800 12/7/2010, vinman wrote: I am upgrading an emac 1.25ghz from to 1mb ram, You mean 1 GB ram, not mb. and want ultimately to run snow leopard if poss and at least

Re: issues with safari 5.0.3

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

Re: Combo 10.6.4

2010-12-17 Thread Jason Brown
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048?viewlocale=en_US On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: Where did Apple hide that combo ? I require that Combo 10.6.4 because the current combo is giving me some probs but not worth elaborating here. -- You received this message because

Re: Looking at Activity monitor on a quad-core...

2010-12-16 Thread Al Poulin
Hello Bruce: Cannot see the page from your link. On Dec 15, 4:05 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Somewhat geeky question here... I've got menu meters on my new quad iMac and in an enormously refreshing change from my old iMac, I'm used to seeing the CPU bars in the

Re: Looking at Activity monitor on a quad-core...

2010-12-16 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/16 13:19, Dan so eloquently wrote: splotchlight How apropos. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR OS 10.4.11 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB OS 10.5.8 23 Al CD PowerBook G4 15 HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM

Re: issues with safari 5.0.3

2010-12-16 Thread Dan
hum. 1) Please use plain text, not html based emails on these LEM groups. 2) DO NOT include attachments. At 1:17 PM -0800 12/16/2010, Nici Nowlin wrote: [html and attachments stripped] imac os x 183 ghz intel core 2 duo version 10.6.5 safari version 5.0.3 safari now run so slow i have to cut

Re: iMac Very Warm But Not Running

2010-12-16 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 16, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Al Poulin wrote: On Dec 16, 7:04 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: It sounds like a power supply failure (or other power related circuitry.) So the power supply remains energized by AC power after shutdown as long as the iMac is plugged in? True?

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-14 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 13, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Steven wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not

Re: How to send multiple identical emails easy

2010-12-14 Thread OzSanta
On 14/12/2010, at 3:32 PM, Tommy wrote: I am a member of an advocacy group and I get much better results when the messages I send are individually addressed than when they get group sent. It appears impersonal and easily ignored. What I would like to do is send the identical message but

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-13 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 8, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Beverly Woods wrote: Sorry. Meant to send that offlist. That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-13 Thread Steven
On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not standards-compliant. That's fine for something

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not standards-compliant. I'm on a couple lists where

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-13 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
On 13/12/10 09:19PST, Steven wrote: On Dec 13, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not

Re: from osx.3.9 to leopard ,snow leopard even ?

2010-12-08 Thread Dan
At 2:13 PM -0800 12/7/2010, vinman wrote: I am upgrading an emac 1.25ghz from to 1mb ram, You mean 1 GB ram, not mb. and want ultimately to run snow leopard if poss and at least leopard, can this be done? Leopard - yes. Snow Leopard - no. SL requires an x86 processor. eMac is PowerPC

Re: from osx.3.9 to leopard ,snow leopard even ?

2010-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 7, 2010, at 3:13 PM, vinman wrote: I am upgrading an emac 1.25ghz from to 1mb ram, and want ultimately to run snow leopard if poss and at least leopard, can this be done? Has anyone tried it ? R Leopard yes it will run it just fine (with at least 1GB ram) , Snow Leopard not at all,

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-08 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
Not to be a wise donkey or anything but have you looked at this post below your message. or did you leave it in as an example for others ? I don't get it. But then I am often slow on the uptake. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-08 Thread Beverly Woods
On 12/8/10 10:35 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Not to be a wise donkey or anything but have you looked at this post below your message. or did you leave it in as an example for others ? I don't get it. But then I am often slow on the uptake. Sorry. Meant to send that offlist. But you get

Re: LEM nanny note: trim posts please

2010-12-08 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Beverly Woods macli...@beverlywoods.netwrote: On 12/8/10 10:35 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Not to be a wise donkey or anything but have you looked at this post below your message. or did you leave it in as an example for others ? I don't get it. But

Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

2010-12-04 Thread OzSanta
On 02/12/2010, at 7:27 PM, John Hobbs wrote: On 29 Nov 2010, at 04:26, Santa wrote: I've turned the System Preferences/Sound/ Input level up, but even shouting will not drive the blue bars past half way. Is Internal mic. or Line In selected in that panel? Internal mic Out of

Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

2010-12-04 Thread OzSanta
On 04/12/2010, at 1:54 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: On 10-12-02 12:58 AM, OzSanta wrote: unless I can figure out why the input is so low. Your problem is certainly perplexing to me. As we sound engineers sometimes say: be sure you're high and then tone it down: Albeit you are not doing

Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

2010-12-04 Thread OzSanta
On 04/12/2010, at 9:26 AM, Andrew Liu Anderson wrote: Santa wrote: even shouting will not drive the blue bars past half way. Hey Santa! I do audio recording for a small town radio station on both eMac and iBook (both G4's), usually using QuickTime. I rarely see the blue bars go up

Re: New i7 iMac microphone input low

2010-12-04 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
Without catching up on the details here I want to point out that some Mac audio inputs are line level and need to be connected to powered mics. We ran into that at the university when they got new mics. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Can't print a PDF...

2010-12-04 Thread Terry McCune
On 12/4/10 8:53 AM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: For some reason I cannot print a PDF (on the second machine listed below) from Acrobat Reader to the Laserwriter on the minimal network. The print dialogue shows the file spooling to the printer, the green light on the printer starts

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