Re: Mac Retro Anyone?
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:31 AM, spiceyweasel spiceywea...@yahoo.com mailto:spiceywea...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically pleasing than the newer, metallic offerings from Apple. Further, I am dismayed by the fact Apple has turned it's back on it's plastic past and not allowed we, the retro-digging users, to share the benefits of an Intel processed machine. Is it asking too much of Apple to release mother boards that fit our machines with some of the technical savvy their metal wrapped cousins enjoy? I'm not asking for something that will put my Power Mac G4 on par with a Mac Pro, but it would be nice to compete with a mini AND still have a little room for expansion. Give me a 2GHz Intel with, let's say.8GB of RAM, space for three hard drives, perhaps dual layer super drive support or, better still Blu Ray capability? Am I asking too much, really? I think it would open a whole new stream of revenue for Apple and make a lot of die hard old Mac fans very happy. Heck, I even came up with an ultra mod, way cool logo! Come on Steve Jobs, let's do this! I to am a Dreamer myself, and have wondered aloud here why not'. To be inundated by the realists refutation of any such scheme. The Corporate Church must not be expected to give boons to the devotees. Many on LEM will be happy to bore you with good rational reasons why this will idea of Intel mobos for old Macs will NEVER happen. I will let them work their magic in peace. Perhaps though you would give some attention and money to plop a Mini mobo or whatever you can afford used into one of your beloved Macs and be proud of the accomplishment. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com mailto:fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse All interesting stuff, and I have to say I'm a fan of older macs myself. This dual G4/450 I'm on right now is that fastest mac I've ever owned. Started with an SE/30 that I still have now. If you really want to get the best out of your older macs, I hate to say it but leave Mac OS behind. Right now I have ubuntu 8.04 installed, with FluxBox as a WM.. It's not going to win any speed contests against a modern day mac, though even with 4 virtual desktops it's quite usable and much more responsive that when I had 10.4.11 on here.. Nathan - When you are Sierra-Oscar-Lima. I am, as always Hotel-Tango-Hotel - Dual G4/450 1.5gig ram 7200rpm 80gig system drive 7200rpm 120gig everything else drive --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
Howdy, Good for her. That is a lovely little machine and worth some trouble to get working. I am thrilled with my new(to me) G3 notebook. The next 2 machines I want are the machine your mother-in-law has and a G5 tower. Since you have a new hard drive, try an experiment. Install Tiger on the machine and see if your applications run in Classic mode. Tiger is supposed to support that fairly well and I think you said you had a Tiger disk to try. Good luck, Ralph On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 11:18 -0700, Tom wrote: My mother-in-law, an elderly and stubborn lady (though nice) refuses to give up her old 1 GHz iMac (the half-soccer-ball novelty with the little monitor-on-a-stem sticking out of it) even though it dates from --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
hi, as an option, ide disks have limit capacity jumppers on. you can try to put a jumper on and then try if disk utility can format the drive with install 9 drivers option. afaik, old iMacs had the same thing with disks greater than 128 GB's. On Oct 2, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Tom wrote: Thanks, Yersinia and Taner. Well, I can start the old iMac up with the 10.4 installer disk, and then use its Disk Utility to format the new drive, but no matter how I try it (either Erase or Partition), I am not given any option to install any OS 9 drivers. It just doesn't offer that option. Am I missing it somewhere? Where should I look for it? And by the way, this old iMac does see the new drive as a 500 gig, or rather 460 or something. Tom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
On Oct 2, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Tom wrote: Thanks, Yersinia and Taner. Well, I can start the old iMac up with the 10.4 installer disk, and then use its Disk Utility to format the new drive, but no matter how I try it (either Erase or Partition), I am not given any option to install any OS 9 drivers. It just doesn't offer that option. Am I missing it somewhere? Where should I look for it? In the Partition tab you'll need to use the Options to select Apple Partition Map partition scheme (the new HD is PC FAT32 format - called MS DOS in Disk Utility - this is why you don't get the OS 9 driver option). Then you'll need to select 1 partition (or two if you're going to install OS X OS 9 on separate partitions). Then you'll need to select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and check the small box Install OS 9 drivers. Quit Disk Utility and install OS X. Then install OS 9, and you're done. If you're using separate partitions, make the OS 9 partition small, only a couple GB at most, you can even get by with 1 GB or even 500 MB if necessary. You can install both OS X OS 9 onto a single partition, probably the best option for normal usage. And by the way, this old iMac does see the new drive as a 500 gig, or rather 460 or something. It should, there's no 128 GB limit, it should see the full size, which is ~460 GB or so. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Mac Retro Anyone?
On 10/2/09 12:36 AM, Nathan Templeton wrote: I hate to say it but leave Mac OS behind. Right now I have ubuntu 8.04 installed, with FluxBox as a WM.. It's not going to win any speed contests against a modern day mac, though even with 4 virtual desktops it's quite usable and much more responsive that when I had 10.4.11 on here.. You don't have to say it. I left Leo behind myself. And I doubt, except for fun...to see how things are when I have plenty time, mind you since it came out, I still have not found that time yet. Anyway, I think Tiger was the last best thing and everything after has been fluff. I know plenty will disagree and that's fine. Please write me off list and say how you which flavor of Linux you have. I have a spare Sawtooth here I could put to use in that regard. And as regards putting an Intel board in a Sawtooth, for instance, if you have it, do it, send pictures and I'm sure you'd have followers. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Camera Driver help
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Ted Treen wrote: From: Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 2 October, 2009 3:41:51 PM Subject: Camera Driver help Just got a new digital camera (Fuji FinePix A220) and it is really messing with my work flow and I'm hoping for some help. Running 10.4.11 on a DA. Both of my older cameras (the Nikon I just replaced and a floppy disk/ memory stick based Sony Mavica) would show up on my desktop as soon as I plugged them into a usb port. I would then browse the memory card just like a HD and drag off the photos I needed. Hi Len, Use a USB card reader - it saves hammering your camera's battery as well. HTH Ted I have an old Lacie that does not see the card at all. The card in the camera is a SDHC 8GB card. My old 2GB standard card from the Nikon shows up using the reader I have, but I can not see all the files on it. Maybe a more modern reader will help. I will keep an eye out. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
On Oct 2, 5:31 am, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: Thanks, Yersinia, but that option, to install the OS 9 drivers, is not offered by the Disk Utility that is on the Tiger Installer. So I dug around in my old disc collection and found a 10.1 installer disk, but discovered on starting up with it that it has no Utilities menu on it at all. It cannot erase and format a drive, it can only install 10.1. However, I accidentally let it install 10.1 on this iMac's hard drive (once it got started, there was no way to stop it, and I was afraid to just shut the Mac off, so I let it do the install and figured I'd erase the disk later), and when I opened the Disk Utility on the installed 10.1 System, it DID offer to erase the disk and install the OS-9 drivers. However, the erase and format options were all grayed out, because Disk Utility cannot erase and format the disk that it's running from, the startup disk. So the situation we have here is this: the Tiger installer disk doesn't offer the option of OS-9 drivers. The 10.1 installer disk has no Disk Utilities on it, but after you install 10.1, its Disk Utilities DOES offer the 9 drivers, but you can't do it because it's the startup disk and it can't operate on itself. Now, I do have some external hard drives, and my first thought was to install 10.1 on one of them and then start up the iMac with it and format the Mac's internal drive that way, but all my external drives already have 10.4 on them, and you can't install an earlier version of OS-X over a later version. So, I'm stymied for a way to get the OS 9 drivers. Any ideas? Tom Tom, If you only want classic support within OS X then you don't need the OS 9 drivers, you only need them if you want to BOOT into OS 9, Classic will work fine without them. Also you don't need to partition your HDD, 9 X will both live happily side by side on the one partition either as classic or dual- boot. Also see Chris Tilfords post about partition maps, This threw me once, I could not understand why my Apple partitioned drive would not boot, then almost by accident I found that the partition table was fat32 with an Apple partition on-top of it!! Good luck, they are nice machines, Although I have an Intel iMac I still use my 800MHZ G4 iLamp running 10.5 (Used the open firmware hack to install) . Ben. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Camera Driver help
On Oct 2, 2009, at 8:00 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: I have an old Lacie that does not see the card at all. The card in the camera is a SDHC 8GB card. My old 2GB standard card from the Nikon shows up using the reader I have, but I can not see all the files on it. Maybe a more modern reader will help. I will keep an eye out. I just had the very same problem (my old card reader wouldn't read the new 4gb SDHC card I got), picked up a new reader from Computer Geeks for $13 including shipping. http://tinyurl.com/yfn6x6d Had I looked at the Big Lots where I got the card, I may have been able to find a reader for less; thought they're spotty on supply, obviously. Local dept stores and electronics places all wanted $20-$30 or so. -- 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 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: PPC Genealogy Software
I use Personal Ancestry Writer II; it's a great program and is updated frequently. Best of all, it's free! http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/AboutPAWriter.html Michael McMurtrey Carrollton, Texas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Camera Driver help
Len Gerstel wrote: Just got a new digital camera (Fuji FinePix A220) and it is really messing with my work flow and I'm hoping for some help. Running 10.4.11 on a DA. Both of my older cameras (the Nikon I just replaced and a floppy disk/ memory stick based Sony Mavica) would show up on my desktop as soon as I plugged them into a usb port. I would then browse the memory card just like a HD and drag off the photos I needed. The Fuji does not. You need to import using iPhoto, Image Capture or Graphic Converter, then save. Since I have so many different folders that I need to save photos to, it is easiest for me to browse the memory card directly in the Finder, drag the photos to where they need to go, then work on them from there. When I connect the camera I see the following: USB PTP: Version: 1.00 Bus Power (mA):100 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Product ID:0x01fe Serial Number: 592D3031090824C5559UB21118 Vendor ID: 0x04cb PTP stands for Picture Transfer Protocol. Wikipedia says it is supported by Apple, but I am guessing at the iPhoto level, not OS. Correct Use a flash card reader. For cameras that only support PTP this is the only way to access the pictures as on a disk. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Camera Driver help
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: Maybe a more modern reader will help. I will keep an eye out. Instead, you'll save a LOT of time if you keep an eye out for a USB 2.0 PCI card instead of using that 12 Mbps USB 1.1 internal USB port. The lack of USB 2.0 could possibly be the ENTIRE problem you're having with getting the camera card recognized by the OS? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Camera Driver help
On Oct 2, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: Maybe a more modern reader will help. I will keep an eye out. Instead, you'll save a LOT of time if you keep an eye out for a USB 2.0 PCI card instead of using that 12 Mbps USB 1.1 internal USB port. The lack of USB 2.0 could possibly be the ENTIRE problem you're having with getting the camera card recognized by the OS? I have a 2.0 card that did not work. I just plugged into my keyboard to get the system profiler info off of it. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. .sit files are commonly opened with Stuffit Expander. Should be a free download for that . -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
I am wondering if you don't mean bit torrent?? I know vuze makes a client that is fairly stable under ox X 10.4. If you do mean the old .sit files go to version tracker and look up stuffit expander. I believe they have a free utility for unstuffing those files. Good Luck!! On Oct 1, 8:39 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote: I am wondering if you don't mean bit torrent?? I know vuze makes a client that is fairly stable under ox X 10.4. If you do mean the old .sit files go to version tracker and look up stuffit expander. I believe they have a free utility for unstuffing those files. Good Luck!! On Oct 1, 8:39 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ A bit torrent can be used to download any file format. He asked to open a .sit file. I assume if he knows it is a .sit file then he has already done the bit torrent download. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
SUCCESS! Thanks very much Ralph, Taner, Kris, and Ben. It's very good of you all to take the time to help me out here. Ralph, you're right, the more I fool around with this little Mac the more fond I'm getting of the thing. I like the way the monitor swivels around so smoothly into any position or angle and stays put. It's too small a screen for me, though, since I've become accustomed to the 24-inch LCD attached to my G5. You get spoiled. Taner, thanks for the info, but I didn't have to mess with any jumpers on the drive because, thanks to Kris' advice, I was able to find the OS-9 drivers and format the drive with them. Kris, you were right about how to find the OS-9 drivers within the Partitions tab in Disk Utility, but it was not on the 10.4 installer disk; I had to go back to the 10.2 installer to find it, but there it was. So I formatted the drive with it (1 Partition) using the 10.2 installer disk, and then I installed OS-X with the 10.4 installer disk. After 10.4 was up and running, I just put in a disk I have here called 9.2.2 Installer, and it put 9.2.2 on the drive too, no problem. Then I launched Classic, chose the OS-9 folder when it asked for it, and now Classic runs fine! The lady should now be able to run all her old OS-9 programs in Classic, just like before. Ben, you're probably right about the 9 drivers not really being necessary, but they're on there now anyway, just in case they're ever needed. I haven't yet tried to reboot the Mac into pure OS-9, but maybe it's possible now, if it were ever required for some reason. NOW, I've got one last question for anybody who might have an answer: We are in the process of putting all the lady's data back on the drive, from a backup that was made onto an external drive when the old internal drive began to go flakey. She had been running 10.4 before the hard drive failure, and all the OS-X folders that were in the system she was using are there on the backup drive. Is it possible for us to restore all her e-mail addresses, Safari bookmarks, and other such stuff by merely replacing folders on her new system with folders dragged over from the old backed-up system? I mean, for example, can I trash her new Users folder and then drag the old Users from the backup over to the new System, and will the new system then recognize and use that old folder with all its information? Ditto with Applications, Library, etc? Or will I maybe corrupt the new system by trying to splice in pieces of the old one? Is it better (and safer) for her to just reconstruct her old information by putting it in manually? Tom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: PPC Geneaology software - what's best?
On Oct 1, 10:08 am, Michael Emery mem...@texas.net wrote: On Sep 30, 1:31 pm, Dan Usmar usma...@gmail.com wrote: I've heard good things about Reunion... Here's another such report, Dan. I've been using Reunion since version 2 when it was based on HyperCard, and now I'm using the latest version 9. To borrow Volvo's catch phrase, Reunion for life! My wife and I use Reunion very happily. Aside from the excellence, power, and features of the software package, the folks who participate in the ReunionTalk forum are an excellent help in all things genealogy. The forum is very friendly and helpful with newbie questions. You cannot go wrong with Reunion. Run a Google search on mac genealogy software reviews, and read some of the web content. Beyond that, Dick Eastman has an interesting review on MacFamilyTree version 5.6 at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/macfamilytree-version-56.html#more The price is attractive, but I cannot assess its video graphics requirement, which seem quite advanced, against what is in your iBook. Check the Profiles at lowendmac.com for your specific iBook. Eastman has also written very favorable reports on Reunion through the years. His latest annual review of Mac genealogy software is: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/06/genealogy-programs-for-the-macintosh.html#more Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 1, 8:39 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ A bit torrent can be used to download any file format. He asked to open a .sit file. I assume if he knows it is a .sit file then he has already done the bit torrent download. Reread what he said Wallace. He said sit.torrent. .torrent was the file extension and sit was the file name. He didn't ask how to open a .sit file. - Mike --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
On Oct 2, 7:19 pm, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: NOW, I've got one last question for anybody who might have an answer: We are in the process of putting all the lady's data back on the drive, from a backup that was made onto an external drive when the old internal drive began to go flakey. She had been running 10.4 before the hard drive failure, and all the OS-X folders that were in the system she was using are there on the backup drive. Is it possible for us to restore all her e-mail addresses, Safari bookmarks, and other such stuff by merely replacing folders on her new system with folders dragged over from the old backed-up system? I mean, for example, can I trash her new Users folder and then drag the old Users from the backup over to the new System, and will the new system then recognize and use that old folder with all its information? Ditto with Applications, Library, etc? Or will I maybe corrupt the new system by trying to splice in pieces of the old one? Is it better (and safer) for her to just reconstruct her old information by putting it in manually? Depending on your method of backing up to the external drive, you may be able to operate with the user files that are on it to check things out and gain confidence in the next step. In any case, I would then put the new Users folder in a safe place, maybe in the Trash but not to empty it. Copy the old Users to the new internal drive, and the OS should be happy with everything. Look in the old Users Library Folder. There you should find the Mail folder with all e-mail boxes and addresses, and the Safari .plists with bookmarks. If you have problems with the mail, then remove the Mail folder that you copied over from the Users Library, go back to the Mail folder on the external drive, copy that to the Desktop, and then have Mail import from that copy. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
Hi Wallace, Thanks for your response, I got what I wanted. This is a neat list. Regards Wm. --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com Subject: Re: opening a sit.torrent download To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 7:15 PM On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote: I am wondering if you don't mean bit torrent?? I know vuze makes a client that is fairly stable under ox X 10.4. If you do mean the old .sit files go to version tracker and look up stuffit expander. I believe they have a free utility for unstuffing those files. Good Luck!! On Oct 1, 8:39 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: opening a sit.torrent download
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM, McGrude mcgr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 1, 8:39 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Does anyone on this list know how to open a sit.torrent download? I am using an iMac power PC G4 with OSX 10.4.11. Thanks Wm. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ A bit torrent can be used to download any file format. He asked to open a .sit file. I assume if he knows it is a .sit file then he has already done the bit torrent download. Reread what he said Wallace. He said sit.torrent. .torrent was the file extension and sit was the file name. He didn't ask how to open a .sit file. Seems he meant .sit from his last post. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
