I got as far as cd /Users then the next thing was command not found. Mark M
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:28:38 PM UTC-4, smac0031 wrote: > > My G5 recently died. I bought and ancient intel. > > I tried using the Migration Assistant to migrate from the G5. I kept > getting and error that the G5, > running 10.5.8 I think, the most advanced system X needed to be upgraded. > Obviously not being > possible I took the G5 drives and put them in the Intel and I was able to > migrate that way. > > I still have problems with permissions. For instance the Intel won't let > me into my music folder > telling me I don't have permission. I'm fairly sure I'm using the system > administrator account so > I don't get it. There are other users in the user section of the system > preferences but they are > dimmed. > > Another problem is with my ancient Brother HL-1440 printer. It's extinct > but it still works fine except > not with this newer computer. I downloaded something called a CUPS driver > and the directions. > I enter the first command in Terminal and then it goes nowhere. There are > supposed to be > printer choices depending on the drivers installed. There are none. > According to the documentation > this drive is supposed to work with this computer and this OS and this > printer. There error I get > is there is no printer connected. > > I also have and Epson V300 scanner which is a nice scanner. It has control > buttons one of which is > the power on/off and another which automatically scans PDFs. That was > really handy. Naturally this > doesn't work now. I got the latest driver for it and the I have to use the > software in a work around > and the first page is always more or less square and every other page > afterward is crooked no > matter what I do. My late Father did a genealogical study of our family > and I'm trying to scan the > damn thing. There are over 150 pages and this is not working. > > Also this thing is running El Capitan. This is one of the early PowerMac > how advanced system > software should I upgrade it to. This is a legacy computer and I am used > to running legacy > software and I don't want to get things out of whack. My favorite computer > was Digital Audio G4 > which died earlier this year there was limited software for that thing, > but keeping it > contemporaneous seems to work. > > Thankyou Mark M > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
