MacGroup: Internet Issues
Hi Beth, Having the same problem with two browsers would lead me to believe that something is amiss within your Network System Preference settings. You may want to reference a Mac that is working properly and duplicate the settings (less IP address if they are static). Maybe the addition of DNS addresses would help as well. Needless to say, your common OS X maintenance procedures should be performed as well i.e. reinstall the latest updates, repair disk permissions, manually run your cron tasks and repair your directory structures. Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Beth Ernst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:00:50 -0500 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Internet Issues When I try to connect to the internet I'm receiving an error message that the specified server can't be found. This happens on almost any site that I try to go to. I can try to go to the site a second time and sometimes it will work, sometimes it takes more than two tries to finally get to the site. I'm using IE but I tried using Safari and had the same results. I can get on the internet but it just takes multiple tries to get to a site. This applies to clicking on links on web pages as well. Any thoughts on what might be causing this? -- Thanks! Beth Fastline Publications Inc. DISCLAIMER: This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040318/22711ce0/attachment.html
MacGroup: Speakers for PowerBook
on 03/18/04 21:06, Anne Cartwright at cartwrig at aye.net wrote: Does anyone who will be coming to the March LCS meeting (March 23) have speakers that will work with a PowerBook G4, and would you bring them so I can use them during my presentation? That way maybe more than one or two people will be able to hear my computer (not that it has anything great to say). The only speakers I have are the Apple Pro Speakers that came with my iMac. I don't believe they will work with the PowerBook. (I've never even used them with my iMac ). Anne Cartwright Anne, I have a set of speakers I use with my G4 PowerBook that I can bring. The disclaimer follows... I have never used them in a space the size of the cafeteria at Pitt but they will be better than nothing. See you then Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: What does this mean?
On Mar 18, 2004, at 6:37 PM, George H. Yankey wrote: Date: Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:00:14 PM US/Eastern I frequently get a message like the above in my e-mail. Who puts it here and what does it mean? It's hard to say without more information. You can view the source on the message to see from whence it came. In Apple's mail program go to View-Message-Raw source. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Speakers for PowerBook
Does anyone who will be coming to the March LCS meeting (March 23) have speakers that will work with a PowerBook G4, and would you bring them so I can use them during my presentation? That way maybe more than one or two people will be able to hear my computer (not that it has anything great to say). The only speakers I have are the Apple Pro Speakers that came with my iMac. I don't believe they will work with the PowerBook. (I've never even used them with my iMac ). Anne Cartwright | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Internet Issues
On Mar 18, 2004, at 6:16 PM, Marta Edie queried: If I understand you correctly, leaving the computer on all night, it will do these cron exercises without being prodded or scheduled? I don't have a MacJanitor, only the regular disk utilities that came with the Mac. Tasks scheduled with cron are done with varying frequency. There are various maintenance tasks that are run daily, weekly, or monthly. The daily tasks are scheduled for 3:15 every morning. The weekly tasks are done at 4:30 in the morning on Saturday. The monthly tasks are done at 5:30 in the morning on the first day of the month. If you have your machine turned off at these times, they do not get done. MacJanitor is a free program to make your Mac run the maintenance scripts whenever you want. There are several other programs which do the same thing. http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html It's a good idea to run the maintenance scripts once in a while because they do useful things like rotating logs, clearing caches and generally removing detritus from your hard drive. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Internet Issues
cron tasks -- what are they? Marta On Mar 18, 2004, at 16:28, Ward Oldham wrote: Hi Beth, Having the same problem with two browsers would lead me to believe that something is amiss within your Network System Preference settings. ?You may want to reference a Mac that is working properly and duplicate the settings (less IP address if they are static). ?Maybe the addition of DNS addresses would help as well. Needless to say, your common OS X maintenance procedures should be performed as well i.e. reinstall the latest updates, repair disk permissions, manually run your cron tasks and repair your directory structures. Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY ?40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Beth Ernst bernst at fastline.com Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:00:50 -0500 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Internet Issues When I try to connect to the internet I'm receiving an error message that the specified server can't be found. This happens on almost any site that I try to go to. I can try to go to the site a second time and sometimes it will work, sometimes it takes more than two tries to finally get to the site. I'm using IE but I tried using Safari and had the same results. I can get on the internet but it just takes multiple tries to get to a site. This applies to clicking on links on web pages as well. Any thoughts on what might be causing this? -- Thanks! Beth Fastline Publications Inc. DISCLAIMER: This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Internet Issues
On 3/18/04 4:28 PM, Ward Oldham at woldham at insightbb.com wrote: When I try to connect to the internet I'm receiving an error message that the specified server can't be found. This happens on almost any site that I try to go to. I can try to go to the site a second time and sometimes it will work, sometimes it takes more than two tries to finally get to the site. I'm using IE but I tried using Safari and had the same results. Beth, Try this. Connect to the Internet and open a browser and type in http://17.254.0.91 and press return. If you get to Apple's web site, you have a flakey DNS server from your ISP. If this is the case, use a manual DNS entry. This will override the DNS number you are getting from your ISP. This should work: 198.41.0.4 192.36.148.17 Type both of these into your DNS field in the Network Preference Pane. Then reconnect to the Internet and let me know if it was successful. Schoun | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Schoun is in the news again
Our very own Schoun Regan has made the news http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/archives/2004/03/000109.php The story showed up yesterday, but I was unable to read it until today. There is no photo of Schoun at work, but still credit where it is deserved. Jerry | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
MacGroup: Internet Issues
On Mar 18, 2004, at 5:08 PM, Marta Edie asked: cron tasks -- what are they? There is a facility in Unix called cron that runs scheduled commands. Mac OS X has a built-in list of cron tasks for system maintenance. Unfortunately, they run early in the morning, when most of us are asleep. If you don't leave your machine on all night, it's a good idea to run them by hand once in a while. There are several programs that'll do this for you. MacJanitor is one that comes to mind. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | This list's page is http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup.
