Re: Safeguarding Volumes

2021-08-19 Thread 'Bruce Johnson' via iMac Group
h disk image in subsequent clones, or would I “Restore” each volume to permit updating the clones? I would not use disk images. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this m

Re: iMac G5

2021-05-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
SGTT11Pzf0sMd435hZorzt2R8_iYW3PntnDcgnqw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of th

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 16, 2021, at 8:22 PM, Paul Londoner mailto:paul.londo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bruce Johnson, I thought I should tell you how things have moved on for me. I never said I could afford anything like $649, or even $400! I'd never even heard of Fleabay before, but I joined and fou

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-04-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 1, 2021, at 7:49 AM, Paul Londoner mailto:paul.londo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bruce Johnson, I've done some more research on the Apple Appstore using the facility of clicking on the link "runs on this MacBook Air" to check compatibiliy on older versions of macOS and her

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
tps://www.apple.com/shop/help/downloadable_software -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple i

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-03-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
can say is groups that I am a member of or have read using Google Chrome. I can't bring up an index listing lots of groups. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this mess

Re: External backup drive recommendations

2021-01-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
t https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CANYKXbnmVNsPB1Db0Attd7L%2Bu%2BKaeCHQ9C0fBR56YeQQsa0_cQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CANYKXbnmVNsPB1Db0Attd7L%2Bu%2BKaeCHQ9C0fBR56YeQQsa0_cQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Bruce Johnson University of Ar

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
s drive from there before you can include the iTunes in the backup. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
in! me The directions are here: https://www.macworld.com/article/3153995/how-to-make-sure-time-machine-backs-up-external-drives.html Time Machine automatically puts external HD’s on the exclusion list, so you have to remove the iTunes drive from there before you can include the iTunes in the backup. --

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
e and then point the internal HD and the iTunes folder on the (now) external iTunes volume to Time Machine. Time machine isn’t picky about the drive formatting it’s backing up, just the formatting of it’s drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
e (imo) at a minimum 2X your backed up data as free space, 3X is closer to optimal. So I’d look at how much you have to back up to start, and size it from there. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -

Re: Video editing question

2020-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
ep end make sure iMovie doesn’t do what you need; I’ts worth a try anyway, and for someone new to the process offers a gentler learning curve... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You re

Re: Backing up options for the new OS

2020-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
hether or not I can back up everything using Time Machine given the way it’s all configured now? And is Time Machine the best tool for backing up, or should I continue using CCC even though it may not be compatible with the new OS right away? All thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance, as always! --

Re: Keychain loosing passwords

2020-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
it’s something in the way the sites are written. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMac

Re: Mail vs. Gmail...?

2020-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
0googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Ap

Re: Mail vs. Gmail...?

2020-08-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
;. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/a5acdfd7-7f67-4283-894b-4196723b773fo%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/a5acdfd7-7f67-4283-894b-4196723b773fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Bruce Johns

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
r labs… -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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://lowendm

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
gic board in a 2014 to host a socket for the PCIe SSD’s such as used in Macbook Air’s , the socket itself is missing :-( so on a 2014 you’re limited to a single drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, mere

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
I’ve seen no indication that Apple’s abandoning Time Machine any time soon (although there have been under-the-hood changes with Catalina ) but external drive backups like you’re describing are straight forward Finder disk copies, so that’s not going away either. -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: CD/Disk Drive needed

2018-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
scribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not

Re: symantec

2018-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
t hand. All the best, On Jun 29, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Jun 29, 2018, at 6:40 AM, R. A. Cantrell mailto:rac...@gmail.com>> wrote: Listers, I have not owned a desktop Mac for some time. I recently acquired an iMac

Re: symantec

2018-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
cation, or in OS X in the /Library/Application Support folder for Symantec -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: What is the lock port on my imac computer?

2018-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
It’s the spot you can attach some sort of security lock: https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204392 (see all the way at the bottom) Like this : https://www.compulocks.com/imac-security-cable-lock-cl37-four-dial-combo-lock.html -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: I need help with my 2002 imac G4 17" all in one desktop

2018-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
ent application. Your particular hot spot should have come with directions of some sort. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Grou

Re: Why did I receive the post about a Saudi Billionaire and the US Senate?

2018-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
xstrin...@gmail.com>> wrote: I visited the iMac list page ( which Google calls a group ) I do not see anything on there about a Saudi . -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received

Re: Migration Worked but not Keychain Local Items

2018-04-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to im

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

2017-12-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
flesh, so to speak was one a friend got from an accountant she knew. The top rows and left hand column with the row numbers from VisiCalc were permanently burned into the monitor. Basically the thing spent 8-10 hours a day 5-6 days a week doing spreadsheets. -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: Now this is Apple like the good old days!

2017-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu<mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: Those lazy, crazy IIF

Now this is Apple like the good old days!

2017-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
/10kMac.png?dl=0 -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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

Re: using tv as monitor disables computer display

2017-11-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: need schooling

2017-11-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
ee my photos only what should be in FINDER? this is my iMac 9,1 eddie On Thursday, November 9, 2017 2:12 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu<mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com<mailto:a

Re: need schooling

2017-11-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
at Mac model, OS version and apps you're talking about, or wht you’re trying to do. Welcome to the Mac :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you

Re: Extracting audio-only from DVD audio

2017-10-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
nsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Informa

Re: Merging jpegs...?

2017-09-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
es it a pice of cake; $40 is dirt cheap for the functionality and Thorsten has been a Mac supporter basically forever. I’m quite happy to give him my hard earned money. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions

Re: Malware on my iMac

2017-08-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
sts have kinda merged together in my memory... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs an

Re: Malware on my iMac

2017-08-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
es.com/topic/177821-anti-malware-for-mac-os-x-1075/ -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple

Re: Driver locations?

2017-08-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
sociated with the Tyco drivers move them to the trash and restart. If you can find an ‘Uninstaller’ for the device drivers in the installation package, this is the best because that way you can be reasonably sure all the bits-n-pieces are removed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Ar

Re: Apps and windows behaviour in OSX 10.9 Mavericks

2017-08-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On Aug 5, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > >> On Aug 4, 2017, at 11:16 PM, GMail Valter Psicof <valter.psi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, I just upgraded my iMac 24" Early 2009 to OSX 1

Re: Apps and windows behaviour in OSX 10.9 Mavericks

2017-08-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
ng this gave nothing) Perhaps an applescript tied to shutdown that closes all apps but Finder? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member o

Re: early 2009 iMac dead after using patcher tool to install Sierra

2017-07-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
is is more troubling, because even if the internal disk is fubar this should still work. All I can suggest is try resetting the PRAM (boot while holding down command-option-P-R for a couple boot chime cycles) and seeing if that works to allow booting from an external volume. -- Bruce

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
g into some pretty arcane hardware driver stuff. One (kinda remote) possibility is look into using Automator to make a script to raise the brightness on login? The app you have may be controllable via Applescript. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Techn

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
were Sierra compatible, why would they NOT be?!? Russell Courtenay July is national what month? tinyurl.com/julybeans<http://tinyurl.com/julybeans> Sent from my iPhone -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinio

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
n so that I can follow it and implement it. Or >perhaps someone can point me to a place that clearly explains how to fix this. If you could provide a link to this solution rather than just implying it exists, those of us who are technically proficient may be able to help :-) -- Bruce Johnson Uni

Re: FaceTime/iSight question(s)

2017-04-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
once I get the above resolved...? > My wife and I have had issues like that in the past, solved by having the other party call back. We’ve had it happen in both directions. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not ha

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

2017-04-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
en you can > install a new version of your OS from the web and all will be well if your > had isn't damaged. > I don’t believe that was available until OS 10.7; this is a G4 iMac; the latest OS it can run is 10.5. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Techno

Re: imac 17 inch flat panel spin and freeze spinning will not start please help

2017-04-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On Apr 8, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > If that doesn’t work, press the Command-V keys immediately to see the verbose > boot screen “press the command-V key immediately while starting up”…I meant. Sorry for the confusio

Re: imac 17 inch flat panel spin and freeze spinning will not start please help

2017-04-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
ss the Command-V keys immediately to see the verbose boot screen. A lot of text will flow on the screen, but what we’re interested is the line where it stops. That could give an indication of the issue. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-04-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
monitor? *blink* Touchscreen *blink blink* for a Mac I thought there was no support for that in macOS.!? How exactly does that work? The interface emulates a mouse, or graphics pad. Same principle as Wacom’s droolworthy Cintiq screen/pads. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona Co

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-04-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
oo well. Now every website I go to for a couple weeks is going to have ads offering to sell me 19” touchscreen monitors 8-) > This should do the trick perfectly. Thanks! Bill -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opi

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
em to be geared towards commercial/industrial use, whereas the cheaper ones are geared towards home use; not as rugged. But if your use case is not severe one of those 21” $199 ones would work, I’ll bet. On Mar 31, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Bruce Johnson <joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: Newegg

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
” $199 ones would work, I’ll bet. On Mar 31, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu<mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: Newegg has a bunch of them: <https://www.newegg.com/Touch-Screen-Monitors/SubCategory/ID-514> Most are 16:9 aspect ratio, thou

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
d to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruc

Re: USB Digital Video Converter

2017-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
ough info to hunt down the drivers, or at least the OEM. if mac drivers exist… But, as Michael Shaw says any non-slot loading optical drive will also work with those 3” cd’s. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have

Re: Forgot Keychain password

2017-03-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
I do this with new laptops where I work: I set up the mac with our standard IT support local account, install all the required apps, printers, VPN, etc, then delete that file and hand it to the end user. They can set up the account name they want and password, so we never have to write those d

Re: Replacement For Bias Peak?

2017-02-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
nks. Rogue Amoeba’s Fission is one <https://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/> . No experience using it, though other RA apps I’ve used in the past are great ‘it just works’ programs... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not

Re: iTunes won't burn a playlist in order

2017-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
w do I get it to burn in the right order? > As always, my thanks in advance! Here’s a possible solution <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2532221?start=0=0> (I vaguely remembered doing this to fix one of mine, back in the day when I still burned CD’s…) -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: Mysterious Question Mark (?) Appears Sometimes

2017-02-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
oups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
sc just on principle. > > Thanks! > > Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or > dirty optical drive in the Mac. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group >

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
isc just on principle. Thanks! Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or dirty optical drive in the Mac. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
playback. Does it play in iTunes? Maybe try importing it first via Audacity thence into iTunes? Make a disk image of it and see if THAT imports? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received

Re: Error 36 while copying a file

2017-01-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a memb

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
dder left no real chance of recovering decades-old NMR studies or Xerox Star docs (we had two of them in the College when I got here in ’91. Amazing machines. ) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
quot;Destroy all data!” I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu<mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Jan 4, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Zeke Ulrey <sansuig900...@gmail.com<mailto:sansuig900...@gmail.com>> wrote: I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA. Anyo

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
r the CRT. Should fit without too much modification (although you will likely need to disassemble it) and connect to the internal VGA port. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

2016-12-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College o

Re: Running Snow Leopard Server

2016-12-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Bruce, > > And could I install the client SL to run my legacy FMP instead of using the > SL server? > > Thanks > Al Poulin > >> On Dec 2, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>

Re: Running Snow Leopard Server

2016-12-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
nor can you install SL Server on it, directly. You will be able to install SL Server in VB, Parallels or VMWare Fusion VM's -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this me

Re: Macs and viruses

2016-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
s it took us to restore from tape. It was educational for them; and prompted a few questions like: "What would happen if this happened to my home computer?” “You would have to pay the ransom, or just restore your latest backup. You DO have a latest backup don’t you?” “Oooohh” :-)

Re: Macs and viruses

2016-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
n any anti-malware solution, and it sounds like your wife is well versed in the ‘delete key’ method of dealing with them :-) Backing up your stuff is important, because drive failure, computer failure, damage or theft is much more likely than a malware infection. -- Bruce Johnson University of

Re: How to keep the thing from going to sleep

2016-11-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
subscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Gro

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-10-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
ted playing DRM games with their cartridges, locking out refilled carts. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: iMac 24" Early 2009 - Power consumption info

2016-10-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
hardware; however the drivers for the Mac may well not be optimized for power consumption. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group,

Re: Can't import a CD to iTunes

2016-10-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
le CD player that had a USB port to allow you to use it as a CD-ROM drive and it worked. Do the CD’s play in a normal CD player? Maybe it’s a damaged disk. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merel

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-09-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
ving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do no

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
es are still part of the built-in desktop pics in Sierra… Thanks again. You know your stuff. <='o } Thanks! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because y

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
dry and fired them up to see if it worked! If you move fast and avoid corrosions you should be ok. SwampThing lasted as my primary desktop for several more years, although I did eventually update the CPU, RAM, and Video card. I only replaced it when I went to an Intel mac. -- Bruce Johnson

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
at anchors Apple stuck in there. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 a

Re: OS X backup script

2016-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
tps://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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 a

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

2016-06-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
ill also reformat the drive), and then redoing the clone is a very good idea. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

2016-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
on the Partition tab. Select 1 partition and select GUID as partition type. Also, updating the RAM in that iMac is easy and IIRC they’ll take up to 8 or 16gb. 2GB is marginal even for Snow Leopard. with 4 or 8 gb that iMac will run a LOT better. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of P

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
will essentially allow people to take over stolen iPhones as well. It’s a hard call. Of course from Apple’s POV it’s not hard at all; they’ll cheerfully sell you a new one! ;-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
before I could use it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
ss to those files is easy, once you have your own admin account. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: Help

2016-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
you don’t have the problems, then the issue is something with your regular user account. Re-installing OSX doesn’t fix this; but diagnosing the issue will taske some detective work. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do no

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

2016-05-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
e HDD, just be real wary of the LCD vertical synch cable, it’s quite delicate and easy to break…make sure you get a good grip on the connector. In my case my forceps slipped off, grabbed the wires and quite efficiently ripped them out of the connector. This is complicated by the fact that you can

Re: FW adapter choices?

2016-04-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
and such. Monoprice also has the FW800 to FW 800 cable as well for about the same price. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac G

Re: Replace HDD iMac 2007

2016-03-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
olume? It could simply be unpartitioned, and so you have to do that, but you only get that option if you select the disk, not the volume. It could also be a DOA disk…your iMac should have no problems with a SATA III drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information T

Re: HP printer driver update problem

2016-03-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
gt; Either that or he found a particularly mean (and smart!) stray dog that doesn’t like PC’s :-P -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a me

Re: HP printer driver update problem

2016-02-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
that farm upstate where it can play with all the other old printers :-/ or just use it with your old computer. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message becaus

Re: Extending the life of an old iMac - Overheating, Windows, etc.

2016-01-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
version of Windows 7? > I would avoid messing with Bootcamp; a VM solution like VirtualBox or Parallels is as good IMO and doesn’t require rebooting -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely custo

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
tested the ram but im Still thinking thier faulty and i dont have any pcs to > run a ramtest on. > > unless hdd + ram's bad i'm curious just how far i knackered my old iMac ;-; -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not

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

2015-05-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
/cccloner.dmg (Mac OS 10.2.x - 10.3.9, 10.4.2+) This version will definitely work with your OS X version. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-05-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 23, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Guys Thanks First the bad news - CCC : (the authors tell me) is not compat with 10.3.9 :-( The current version isn't but there is a version that is, I used CCC a bunch with 10.3 and 10.4. The Wayback Machine

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-05-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
as the source and the iMac drive as the target. This will clone the Pismo drive to the iMac. Since OS X is a monolithic system the iMac should work. Alternatively you can use a program like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to do it, but Disk utility is free :-). -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: IMac G5 (white) USB boot

2015-05-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
to force-boot on a USB key? Hold down the option key while booting you should get the option to select a plugged-in bootable USB volume. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You

Re: Intego?

2015-05-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- 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

Re: FireWire conversion?

2015-05-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
~$5-6, as I recall. (Actually go to Monoprice for all your cabling and home theatre/networking needs…they’ve got amazing prices. Monoprice.com ) -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are. B. Banzai, PhD -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 1 topic

2015-05-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
-pen plotter for an output device. I got my Apple ][+ shortly thereafter, my first Mac in ’88.) That said I DID have the UCSD p-system for my Apple ][+…still do around the house somewhere, if the disks haven’t disintegrated into dust. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-05-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
ROFL! truly making it a lampshade iMac. That’s clever. On May 4, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Ravine, Devon drav...@nwfdailynews.com wrote: Repurposed as a lamp -- -- 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

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