Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4
Hi, I appreciate the feedback here so far on the M-Audio Revolution sound cards. I get the overall impression that either one should work fine with Tiger in a single-processor G4 desktop. Working fine is something else ... Mine works if I switch to and fro in the control panel and sometimes I have to restart my MDD. Tiger is worse than Panther, the latest drivers for Tiger are not good at all, IMHO you can better use the Panther drivers in Tiger too. Mainly I only use the digital out now and sometimes one analog setting to feed a sort of surround signal to my Stax earspeakers when watching a film late at night. You should read all older posts about this. The card seems OK but the Mac support really sucks. Good luck, Jörg. On 12 mrt, 06:00, Sean Carroll slcarr...@me.com wrote: Sean Power Mac G4 AGP Sawtooth 1.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 1 each SATA (750 GB) PATA (160 GB) hard drives, gigabit ethernet USB 2.0, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 -- 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: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4
Hi, I appreciate the feedback here so far on the M-Audio Revolution sound cards. I get the overall impression that either one should work fine with Tiger in a single-processor G4 desktop. Working fine is something else ... Mine works if I switch to and fro in the control panel and sometimes I have to restart my MDD. Tiger is worse than Panther, the latest drivers for Tiger are not good at all, IMHO you can better use the Panther drivers in Tiger too. Mainly I only use the digital out now and sometimes one analog setting to feed a sort of surround signal to my Stax earspeakers when watching a film late at night. You should read all older posts about this. The card seems OK but the Mac support really sucks. Good luck, Jörg. On 12 mrt, 06:00, Sean Carroll slcarr...@me.com wrote: Sean Power Mac G4 AGP Sawtooth 1.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 1 each SATA (750 GB) PATA (160 GB) hard drives, gigabit ethernet USB 2.0, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 -- 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: Core Image and Quartz Extreme
Hi, I finally have a video card that supports Core Image and Quartz Extreme. As an added bonus, it works. Which card would that be? Do you get better YouTube video too? And how about DVD video? I have a Dual 1.25 MDD running Tiger. Cheers, Jörg. -- 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: Bootable External
On Mar 11, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: OK, went to Staples today cuz I was passing it, a waste of time. They only had USB drives. Did some googling and it looks like with an Intel Mac any Firewire will do, and most USB will work but that's not optimum. Also was suggested to use SuperDuper to clone. I've always used Carbon Copy Cloner. Comparisons? What do you guys like? Carbon Copy Cloner is free and works perfectly every time. BTJM. You cannot boot a Time machine backup but you can do a complete restore with it, (most of the time) So a CCC is a good thing to have/. JOHN CARMONNE Yorba Linda USA From TiBook 867 -- 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: bootable firewire sata enclosure
On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Nestamicky wrote: Right now I have a d2 Quadra on my desk - SATA internal, and USB2, FW400, FW800, and eSATA external. http://www.lacie.com/us/products/range.htm? id=10033adw=Lacie_Quadra These things are pricey. There has to be something cheaper, something that's just the enclosure that I can put my HD in. Anyone? Thanks a lot, Dan. Here's a good USB F/W box. But all you really need for the basic bootable drive on the iMac is a USB enclosure. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817729006 JOHN CARMONNE Yorba Linda USA From TiBook 867 -- 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: Bootable External
John Carmonne wrote: On Mar 11, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: OK, went to Staples today cuz I was passing it, a waste of time. They only had USB drives. Did some googling and it looks like with an Intel Mac any Firewire will do, and most USB will work but that's not optimum. Also was suggested to use SuperDuper to clone. I've always used Carbon Copy Cloner. Comparisons? What do you guys like? Carbon Copy Cloner is free and works perfectly every time. BTJM. You cannot boot a Time machine backup but you can do a complete restore with it, (most of the time) So a CCC is a good thing to have/. Yes, CCC is free - AND offers support. But could I respectfully remind users that Mike Bombich appreciates donations to help fund his work? No. I have no connection with Bombich Software - I'm not even on the same continent. Just a satisfied user, that's all. Ted -- 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: G4 933 Quicksilver
Ahh Flash - Let me go get a new version. Maybe that will work. Thanks for the tip. On Feb 26, 2011, at 1:35 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/02/25 20:00, Barney Guzzo so eloquently wrote: Hi. I have a 2002 G4 933 Quicksilver. It has a 250 gb (Seagate) and a 128 gb (WD) ide drive, 500 gb sata drive, pci sata controller, pci gigabit ethernet card, pci 4 port 2.0 usb card, geforce ti 4600 128mb, and its connected to a a 23 Apple Cinema Display via ADC. I am using OS 10.4.11.This machine runs flawlessly and I have no problems. So what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? Are you sure you have Flash installed? You could install some haxies and SIMBL just to make things interesting. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15 HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 10.5.8 Mac Pro Mid-2010 2.8 GHz QC 6 GB RAM Radeon HD 5770 1GB VRAM 10.6.6 -- 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 -- 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: PowerMac G5 1.8 single - Video card options?
On Mar 10, 7:25 am, Annulen annu...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 ÜÐà, 21:36, Brian Kemp brian.k...@gmail.com wrote: I'm doing some very un-Mac things with my setup (ADC-DVI adapter USB- PS/2 adapter, Ubuntu 10.04). The nouveau drivers are just not quite there yet - they're much better than nv, but I'd like 3D acceleration direct rendering so that means right now ATi cards are my only option. Out of curiosity - have you tried nouveau on your stock Nvidia 5200? Aye, it's the only way the video actually *works* without corruption, but no 3D accel worth writing home about yet. I may have to enable xorg-edgers to see how it's improved lately; haven't touched it in a month or so. However I want to see what my options are for 3D accel that's actually deemed mostly stable. The G5 is better in every way than the current machine I'm using otherwise, which includes not spontaneously rebooting when my cat rubs up against it Thanks --BK -- 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: G4 933 Quicksilver
WOW, you sound uptight. I am EXTREMELY thankful about my fabulous G4. It's my second one actually. I have preached Mac's to my pc friends for over 20 years about how great they are - and more importantly how I am always doing stuff while they are always stuck mucking around in their computers just trying to get them to work! This goes back to the day Dr. Alessi made me try his Mac SE. I was hooked, so I went home, threw my TRS-80 in the trash - yep- right to the curb- even though it had TWO floppy drives, and then went out and bought a MAXED out SE with its beautiful 9 screen. Ahh what a day. Anyway, No offense Yershina, I just thought it might make some people laugh and and brighten their day. I decided to write something funny - and stick it to Murphy's law. Ha! Even Murphy cant break down my Mac! Have a great day everyone. Barney On Feb 26, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Yersinia wrote: On 2/25/11 10:00 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Hi. I have a 2002 G4 933 Quicksilver. It has a 250 gb (Seagate) and a 128 gb (WD) ide drive, 500 gb sata drive, pci sata controller, pci gigabit ethernet card, pci 4 port 2.0 usb card, geforce ti 4600 128mb, and its connected to a a 23 Apple Cinema Display via ADC. I am using OS 10.4.11.This machine runs flawlessly and I have no problems. So what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? Yes, IMNSHO you are doing something HORRIBLY WRONG -- THIS POST! What is the MATTER with you?! You are dismally failing to just appreciate it when you've got one of those precious rare instances of something GOOD happening in the mostly sucky endeavor we call Life! In this case -- you have a beautiful Quicksilver which runs flawlessly and does everything you need it to do. BE THANKFUL! IMO upgrades are only NECESSARY when (a) the present computer no longer does what you actually NEED it to do (word processing vs. gaming, for instance: I mean heck, I bet an an old Mac Plus on System 6 would be enough for an obsessed writer who doesn't care about games, music, pictures or videos; but it sure as hell wouldn't do a graphics-intense and/or online game addict any good!), or, (b) the computer is running too slowly or is outright malfunctioning, which makes it way easier and maybe also even cheaper to buy a newer, better one instead of fixing or upgrading the one you have which has become insufficient or problematic. But if that NON-PROBLEMATIC Quicksilver 933 of yours IS doing everything you need it to be able to do, I think you should count your blessings, ENJOY it, bask in its beautiful sunlight and remember: IF IT AIN'T BROKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIX IT. -- 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: G4 933 Quicksilver
No, Just wanted to post some good news for a change and hope everyone had a laugh and took a break. Sometimes posting something good about our G4's might be nice. On Feb 26, 2011, at 2:40 PM, ah...clem wrote: so what exactly IS your question? the only answer i can see is you have WAY too much free time on your hands and want to waste other peoples' time with a frivolous and pointless post. get a job. get a life. move out of mommies' basement. kiss a girl. also, the QS has native gigabit ethernet, so pull the redundant card and sell it cheap to some poor slob still stuck using a pre GE Mac. On Feb 25, 10:00 pm, Barney Guzzo guz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I have a 2002 G4 933 Quicksilver. It has a 250 gb (Seagate) and a 128 gb (WD) ide drive, 500 gb sata drive, pci sata controller, pci gigabit ethernet card, pci 4 port 2.0 usb card, geforce ti 4600 128mb, and its connected to a a 23 Apple Cinema Display via ADC. I am using OS 10.4.11.This machine runs flawlessly and I have no problems. So what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? -- 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 -- 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: G4 933 Quicksilver
I had a 1400 also. I loved it but upgraded to a Pismo Powerbook. The pismo is awesome still to this day but the battery doesnt hold a charge anymore. On the other hand, it could be refreshing from time to time to hear stories of G3-G5s running smooth, doing what we want them to do, thusly empowering our lives. EXACTLY! Maybe we should post our good news too? On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Geke wrote: Hi Barney, Maybe you’re gently mocking the listers for always reporting all those problems? It’s true, the list doesn’t reflect our life with Mac in a balanced way, but then, I don’t think it’s supposed to. On the other hand, it could be refreshing from time to time to hear stories of G3-G5s running smooth, doing what we want them to do, thusly empowering our lives. I’ve a Powerbook 1400 with a G3 upgrade and OS 8.6 for simple stuff, with RAM-Mozilla mainly for email (including this list), MS Word 5, FileMaker Pro 3. When its RAM gets full, I have to reboot it, otherwise it’s always ready for a quick check or moment of inspiration. I have it in my living room, which is possible because it has no fan and boots from a CF card. I’ve typed an entire (thin) book on it -- true, part of it with an external ADB keyboard. Then a GigabitEthernet 2x500 which I use for all other things. It’s starting to boot a bit slowly now, because I can’t help installing more and more stuff. Otherwise it’s just there, doing all I want it to -- sometimes after some coaxing. Third: a GigE 450MHz (from a Cube) set up as a public computer running Tiger, with user accounts and browsers in three languages to accommodate different users. Running everyday with its old 20GB harddisk, it’s a modest but valued workplace. -- 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 -- 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: Bootable External
At 11:30 PM -0500 3/11/2011, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: OK, went to Staples today cuz I was passing it, a waste of time. They only had USB drives. Did some googling and it looks like with an Intel Mac any Firewire will do, and most USB will work but that's not optimum. For an x86 Mac, either FW or USB will work just fine. I prefer FW because it's faster and more reliable than USB. I *strongly* recommend avoiding WD Passport drives. Bad history with Macs there. See the threads on the CCC support forums for details. Also was suggested to use SuperDuper to clone. I've always used Carbon Copy Cloner. Comparisons? What do you guys like? Either will work fine. I prefer CCC. Besides being much more customizable, CCC supports versioning and its rsync engine is more resilient / able to handle errors on twitchy drives. Also it said Time Machine doesn't create bootable drives. What the ... ? Correct. TM pushes the data into a sparse disk image ( .dmg / .sparseimage / .sparsebundle ). It is not a cloning tool. Apple designed it primarily as a companion to their Time Capsule product - a network storage server / WAP. + TM hooks directly into OS X, so it tracks modified files as they're modified and pushes them to the backup archive hourly (if it has access to that backup volume at the time). It's quite nice to have running in the background if you're doing critical work that you want backed up all the time. ...Note that you can get perhaps better protection if you have your work files in a Dropbox folder. Then Dropbox keeps every change mirrored into the Amazon cloud *immediately* after they're made, no hour wait. + TM has a nice browser that allows you to peruse the backup, to pick out old file versions to be restored. (CCC has the same versioning but no pretty browser; you have to use Finder). - TM does not produce bootable volumes. So to recover a system, you have to boot on your OS X DVD and tell it to do a restoration -- a process that can take hours and hours. - TM can be very fragile, corrupting its indices and/or archives. This most commonly occurs when TM is automatically trimming / deleting the old versions of files in order to make more room on the backup volume. Apple's official fix is to re-initialize the volume -- which blows away your backup. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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
When you really need to erase data...
I was reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/five-ways-to-intentionally-destroy-your-data/3848 and ended up watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm36fcYCOc oh my. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?
Some knowing better please correct me, but could it be that this Mac only supports this OS when its firmware has not been updated? -- 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: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?
-- Original message -- Subject: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio? Date:Saturday, 12. March 2011 From:jsmanson jsman...@shaw.ca To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com If there is anyone out there with an install disk, OS 9.1, specifically for the G4 Digital Audio, I'd like to hear from you. The generic retail version does not work for this machine, it needs a special version of finder (9.1.1), and I suspect other bits as well. We can't seem to be able to build a custom version from a generic retail version, so that's why we're asking. Thanks! Doesn't a restore 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 version work? Have you tried that yet? Or do you need to go for 9.1 for a specific reason? I suppose then you'll need the original restore discs… My experience is limited: I recently had to get the original restore discs for my G3 BW for 8.5.1 to work correctly, because retail 8.5 won't work on a Yosemite. And there doesn't seem to be a retail 8.6 around. I also successfully installed a restore 9.0.4 on a G4 AGP, and a restore 9.2.1 on an original QS from 2001. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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: Bootable External
For an x86 Mac, either FW or USB will work just fine. I prefer FW because it's faster and more reliable than USB. If using USB 3.0, say, and it is an add-in 3.0 card, then you're stuck, sort-of, even if it is a Reneses/NEC-based card. You can back-up using CCC at 3.0 speed, but booting must be done using the on-motherboard 2.0/1.1, not the add-in 3.0. The 3.0 kernel extension is not registered until very late in the booting process, hence the 3.0 drive will not be recognized at restart-time. -- 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: G4 933 Quicksilver
On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: I had a 1400 also. I loved it but upgraded to a Pismo Powerbook. The pismo is awesome still to this day but the battery doesnt hold a charge anymore. On the other hand, it could be refreshing from time to time to hear stories of G3-G5s running smooth, doing what we want them to do, thusly empowering our lives. EXACTLY! Maybe we should post our good news too? On Feb 27, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Geke wrote: My G4 dual QuickSilver (2002) operates perfectly and does anything I would ask of it. A wonderful machine and equally as fast as my iMac 20 late 2006. -- 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: When you really need to erase data...
Hi, Dan ~ I've got my G4 733mHz desktop Mac still, partly out of sentimentality and esthetics (this is Apple's second most beautiful machine case ever IMHO). But I'll be honest, I kinda don't want to let the data out of my sight :@D Liked the Youtube video, that's what I need. Well, I was thinking of giving it away on Low End Mac, if I can part with it. It takes up room and I'm not using it. And there are lots of them around, I could prolly go to the Smithsonian to view one if I needed to. BUT the new user would not like it if I shredded the machine's hard drive, he'd have to put a new one in. And put on a new system - etc., etc. What do y'all do when transferring a machine to new ownership? Also, I am prolly an idiot but I didn't really trust Keychain. I put passwords on a graphics document and make sure everything is in pixel form. Thought that would work. Keychain is prolly fine. Again what do you guys all do? On Mar 12, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Dan wrote: I was reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/five-ways-to-intentionally-destroy-your-data/3848 and ended up watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm36fcYCOc Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5 Intel iMac 2.66gHz Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM, 264GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.6 G4 Quicksilver 733mHz Tower 896 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, OS 10.4.11 mailto:earth...@ptd.net http://www.downtoearthweb.com -- 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: When you really need to erase data...
At 3:42 PM -0500 3/12/2011, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: What do y'all do when transferring a machine to new ownership? If I include a HD, I use Disk Utility re-partition the it into one volume, and zero it one or more times. One pass is good enough, really. More than that is overkill for most purposes; not likely that the recipient of the machine is willing to spend thousands of dollars to even partially recover any bits. Also, I am prolly an idiot but I didn't really trust Keychain. I put passwords on a graphics document and make sure everything is in pixel form. Thought that would work. Keychain is prolly fine. Again what do you guys all do? Use Keychain. It's 168-bit encryption and tight buffer management does a very good job of encrypting passwords etc. The key it uses is based on your account's login password, so the longer and more complex that password, the better the key. Of course, for really sensitive passwords - never store those anywhere except in your own brain. Passwords in pixel form, as you describe, are *easily* harvested using optical character recognition (OCR) software. Using such is a basic tool of identity thieves and spammers. eg: It's how they get around those Captcha codes on web pages. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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: When you really need to erase data...
- Original Message From: Dan dantear...@gmail.com I was reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/five-ways-to-intentionally-destroy-your-data/3848 and ended up watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm36fcYCOc oh my. First shed it then smelt the remains. Pour the melt into a mold of Steve Jobs, or your favorite rock star or your favorite deity and sell it as an iStatue; or create a thinner mold suitable for framing. Great opportunity here :) --glen -- 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
rich text problem
Why can't the list managers make some kind of a rich text block on the lists to help us that make an occasional mistake only to find out we mistakenly sent a post containing rich text and no way to fix it. Then comes a warning from the Nannies that we screwed up and get back on the moderating deal yet again? JOHN CARMONNE Yorba Linda USA From TiBook 867 -- 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: Core Image and Quartz Extreme
Which card would that be? Do you get better YouTube video too? And how about DVD video? ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB AGP, a PC card flashed for Mac. Streaming video is noticeably better overall - haven't checked YouTube, don't look at much of that, but let's see... Nah, Flight Of The Conchord's Business Time is as choppy video-wise as I remember it being. Sounds great, though. DVD video, hmmm, wasn't ever disappointed with how the stock card handled that, but in watching some older Seinfeld episodes on DVD it was especially noticeable how grainy they were compared to later ones, which would seem to indicate that the new card is truer to the source and thus better. No surprise there. Well, I was surprised that I noticed it. I have a Dual 1.25 MDD running Tiger. OK, that answers the question I posed in the M-Audio thread. Sean Carroll slcarr...@me.com Power Mac G4 AGP Sawtooth 1.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 1 each SATA (750 GB) PATA (160 GB) hard drives, gigabit ethernet USB 2.0, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 -- 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: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4
On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Sean Carroll wrote: You should read all older posts about this. Thanks, I will. Didn't search because I really didn't figure there would be any. One problem with archive searches is that this list migrated from LEM and MacLaunch.com over to Google Groups, and in the migration, the old list which was called g-l...@maclaunch.com became g3-5-list@googlegroups.com . I don't believe Google groups archive searches are complete, so if you need a comprehensive archive it's best to use the archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/ . You can find many postings about M-Audio cards. This subject of M- Audio drivers has been discussed many times. -- 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
transfer iphoto library
Hey all. Getting my g5 slowly up and running in my spare time. I have about 3K (@4.5 gb of data) pictures on my pismo that I want to get moved over to the g5 so as to be able to work with them easier(quicker). The pismo has iphoto 3(using 10.4.11), and the g5 has the same operating system, but has ilife 6 installed. What is the least painless way of transferring these pictures across to the g5? I tried using an empty2 gb flash drive and export the pictures in 1 gb increments, but the popup box said there wasn't enough room in the disk. Connected the pismo to the g5 via target disk mode, I was scolded and told that the iphoto 3 version was too old for iphoto 6 to import the pictures. Finally burned the photos to cds and import them that way. Inserted a cd, opened iphoto 6, I used FileImport to Library and it then proceeded to duplicate the same pictures that were already on the g5. The pictures that were on the cd aren't imported at all. I'm assuming I'm going about this all wrong. Appreciate any help I can get. Thanks Jason -- 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: Core Image and Quartz Extreme
Hi Sean, I have a Dual 1.25 MDD running Tiger. OK, that answers the question I posed in the M-Audio thread. I just replaced my defective mobo in my single 1.25 GHz MDD with a dual one. The functioning and problems of the Revolution 7.1 card were exactly the same in the single processor MDD. Absolutely no difference there. I've had the single CPU MDD for five years and the dual since ten days. Best regards, Jörg. -- 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: Core Image and Quartz Extreme
Hi Sean, I have a Dual 1.25 MDD running Tiger. OK, that answers the question I posed in the M-Audio thread. I just replaced my defective mobo in my single 1.25 GHz MDD with a dual one. The functioning and problems of the Revolution 7.1 card were exactly the same in the single processor MDD. Absolutely no difference there. I've had the single CPU MDD for five years and the dual since ten days. Best regards, Jörg. -- 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
