Re: [MacGroup] Air
The Macbook Air is not a hot button for me either. However . . . The technology built into it represents Apple's first bleeding edge implementation of touch screen technology on the Mac, just not in the way people were expecting. I think it's shear genius to implement the gestures on a modified touchpad (trackpad), giving you a taste of some of the same gestures folks use on their ipod touch and iphone . . . without all the fingerprints on your display. Ward Oldham On Jan 19, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: With all the media attention, it seems most people are aware of the Air. I have had three calls from PC users this week seeking information, and have had numerous discussions with Mac users. I couldn't in any instance recommend Air as a solution to any of the PC inquiries, but all three bought a Mac this week. (Macbook, 17 Macbook Pro, and a 24 iMac). On my advice, another client is on a road trip to the Apple store today to compare all models hands on. All this interest created by a niche market device—comparable in utility to having a sexy underpowered sports car in garage—but all the marketing and products work together to create a 'buzz. Vista didn't hurt either ;) Your impressions? best...jf http://ordinaryimages.com/ ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Shared library error message
Well Cathy, Set up a temporary new user account and login to it. See if the problem still persists. If that cures the problem, you have some other software issues complicating your scanning within your primary user account. And even though you mentioned that you had repaired permissions and restarted your Mac, in a situation such as this, running a disk repair utility such as Disk Warrior is never a wasted effort. If none of this solves the problem, I'm out of quick fixes short of resorting to third party scanning software i.e. VueScan (it rocks!) and Silverfast drivers. Ward Oldham On Dec 12, 2007, at 12:22 PM, cgreen1 wrote: Tried that after reinstalling from the driver disks, but to no avail...any other suggestions? ccg On 12/11/07 8:24 PM, Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com wrote: Hi Cathy, With no mention of what HP scanner model you have, my suggestion would be to locate on the HP site the latest version of the required drivers for your scanner, download and install. Hopefully it will fix your problem. http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers Ward Oldham On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:10 PM, cgreen1 wrote: Greetings, all: Anyone have a step-by-step fix for the following? The application HP Precisionscan Pro could not be launched because of a shared library error: @HP Precisionscan ProHP Precisionscan Prosnbd10pmacs.h.lib I repaired permissions restarted, but no goHelp! ccg ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Shared library error message
Hi Cathy, With no mention of what HP scanner model you have, my suggestion would be to locate on the HP site the latest version of the required drivers for your scanner, download and install. Hopefully it will fix your problem. http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers Ward Oldham On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:10 PM, cgreen1 wrote: Greetings, all: Anyone have a step-by-step fix for the following? The application HP Precisionscan Pro could not be launched because of a shared library error: @HP Precisionscan ProHP Precisionscan Prosnbd10pmacs.h.lib I repaired permissions restarted, but no goHelp! ccg ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] W 14th ST NYC
Looks that way to me too. It gets worse. I somehow perceive Jerry getting excited about an Apple retail store. What's this world coming to? Ward Oldham ;) On Dec 10, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: Looks kind of funny: empty store with all the people on the outsode. Anne On Dec 10, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: http://www.apple.com/retail/west14thstreet/gallery/ ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Bellsouth dsl
Hey Folks, Encountered quite an interesting situation with Bellsouth lately that I want to share. My wife has Bellsouth dsl and it has been working as expected for several months. She has two iMacs connected via Netgear router. Bellsouth uses PPPoE and those authentication settings reside in the router. Two days ago, she experienced an outage in her service. Called Bellsouth and they confirmed the outage, corrected the issue, but she was never able to access the internet again until the Bellsouth technician had her direct connect the dsl modem to one Mac. The curious thing was PPPoE was never configured on the Mac so I concluded that not only was there an outage in her service but also another change: elimination of PPPoE. hmm So I reconnected the router and reconfigured it with PPPoE off. Still didn't work so I reset the router. On Netgear routers (or this one anyway), the friendly Netgear setup assistant kicked into gear, detected the type of network connection as well as the need to configure PPPoE which Bellsouth required. I input the required information and voila . . . still didn't work. Logic told me that the dsl modem directly connected to the iMac without PPPoE being configured on the iMac meant Bellsouth no longer required PPPoE but the Netgear setup assistant detected otherwise. To heck with the setup assistant. I turned off PPPoE in the router and of course everything works perfectly. Anybody have any similar experiences? Needless to say, I'm somewhat suspect as to what Bellsouth is doing on their end. Ward Oldham
[MacGroup] MacBook set-up problems
Alex, I would call Apple technical support. http://www.apple.com/support/contact/ You may also bring both laptops to the Genius Bar and have them troubleshoot the problem for free. You will need to make a reservation first. http://concierge.apple.com/store/R264 Ward Oldham On Dec 5, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: Yep, I did that. It's the second step after turning the MacBook on for the very first time and following the set up instructions. It just doesn't recognize anything on the iBook. I'm going to try making an old G4 iMac the target and if that doesn't work I will call Apple tomorrow. I know I can set it up without transferring my settings but this is a major purchase and it should work as advertised. Alex On 12/5/07, Ed Wiser wiserone1 at gmail.com wrote: You need to make one the target and the other the source. Open Migration Assistant on the MacBook. Follow instructions. Start the source disk?after connecting Fire Wire with the T key held down. On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and I want to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11) but there is a glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire cable to both machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T key. The big firewire symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the MacBook gives this error message: There are no versions of Mac OS X available on your old Mac. You can only transfer information from a Mac that has OS X installed. Click Continue to keep trying, or click Cancel to stop the transferring. Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X? The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4 iMac and an intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the iBook is working as I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will be most gratefully appreciated. Alex Whitman ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071205/50b7bb32/attachment.html
[MacGroup] Scheduled send
Hey Bryan, Would an iCal solution do the trick? Ward On Nov 17, 2007, at 9:11 PM, Bryan Forrest wrote: I have a customer who is looking for an application that will let him create an email today, and then set a time and date to send it sometime in the future. So if, for example, he knows today that a client's anniversary is in June, he can type the email today, schedule delivery in June, and the customer will get a timely email wishing them a happy anniversary. Thanks for the help! Bryan -- Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Need Emac Help
JJ, You could just take it by the Apple Store and have it diagnosed for free. Make a reservation first. http://concierge.apple.com/store/R264 Ward Oldham On Nov 5, 2007, at 5:23 PM, JJ wrote: Ok. so I turned off my computer as usual using shutdown. Now, when I try to start it, all I get is the sound and then the gray apple.. it won't LOAD. I can't open the disc tray so I can't put in any disc to reinstall. or check. Nothing works. just the power button. Any suggestions? I am using a neighbor's computer... so not sure when I will be able to check email again. It is not under Applecare any longer. It is a G3, power pc with I think. an 850 plus processor. and 1 gig of memory. I have no idea why it won't load. it always has before. I haven't loaded anything new in a long time.. Thanks for any suggestions... including where to take it.. I have no idea now since Mactown closed. I couldn't get the new apple store to answer the phone earlier.. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Leopard 10.5, Who's upgrading?
Hey Guys, Needless to say it's going to be quite an exciting time at your local Apple Store when Leopard is released. But I understand those who wish to take the path of least resistance and order on-line. I'll miss seeing you! You can order online and still help your local store by clicking the link below. http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/AppleStoreCustom? qprm=390060 or http://tinyurl.com/2jfmvl Many Thanks, Ward Oldham On Oct 16, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Marta Edie wrote: Can you tell me why one should have to wait outside the store for an upgrade? Does the store have to put it in? Isn't it possible to buy via the web store? I don't have any idea how much Leopard will cost, but I plan to buy a new computer with it already installed. I need one anyway. Also do tell me what an Apple ADC member is? Am I missing something? These acronyms drive me nuts. Marta On Oct 16, 2007, at 08:54 AM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I was just wondering who in the group will be like me waiting outside the store the day of the release for the upgrade? I'm an Apple ADC member and have access to the betas for a while now. Though its definitely been buggy I feel they've done a great job in the end. (I can't go into details due to NDA). But for the past 2 OS upgrades this will be the first one that I'll buy copies for my family members and sending them out so they will be using the latest and greatest for not only make it easier for me to support them by being the family geek. (Aka on call tech support by blood) And the added well documented backed up features will be a very important feature for my none backing up family members. If you want to preorder you can go ahead and pre order on Apple's website. Should be shipped out and in your hands on the 26th. If you don't already have an external hard drive (usb or firewire) I would strongly recommend nows the times to pick one up to take advantage of the backup features. I'll be sending two family members the OS upgrade, and this Iomega 500GB External hard drive for $139 on apples site for a early xmas present. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071016/ca2477f2/attachment.html
[MacGroup] Leopard's impact on .Mac
Sweet! http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/mac/dotmac/2007/ dotmac_backtomymac_20071026.mov or http://tinyurl.com/3dd7sh Ward Oldham -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071016/2b8b7e3d/attachment.html
[MacGroup] new OS, new mac
Classic on an Intel Mac http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/ http://basilisk.cebix.net/ I would be the last to encourage it however. Ward Oldham On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:48 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: If one is wanting to run Classic then I would purchase a used G5, Intel Mac's do not run Classic. What I would do is find a new program to use. An get rid of Classic all together. Staying behind due to one program will hurt one in the long run of computing. -Original Message- From: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Nelsn Helm Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:14 PM To: Macintosh topics Cc: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] new OS, new mac I believe that your premise that you must run a computer on the OS that came with it is false. Computers that came with OS 9 and earlier could run OS X, the only limitations being RAM and speed. However, rumor is that soon, a new CPU chip won't run Classic, which, I suppose, gets to the nub of your question: How long can you wait to buy and still be able to run Classic? ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Crazy Mouse
hmmm Sounds like I could use your mouse pad! :) On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Nolan Porterfield wrote: Great tip, Ward -- much thanks. I've been using the mouse most of the day on a solid colored background, and it hasn't skipped yet. Alas, this means I have to give up my four-colored mousepad advertising Mohren Pfiff (Das gro?e kleine Vorarlbier) with a rear shot of a lovely young fraulein wearing very short shorts. Well, guess I'm beyond all that anyway. Nolan ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Crazy Mouse
ps. Busted! On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Sandra Schreiber wrote: there are probably people in your house who wouldn't agree with you, Ward.Sandy On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: hmmm Sounds like I could use your mouse pad! :) On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Nolan Porterfield wrote: Great tip, Ward -- much thanks. I've been using the mouse most of the day on a solid colored background, and it hasn't skipped yet. Alas, this means I have to give up my four-colored mousepad advertising Mohren Pfiff (Das gro?e kleine Vorarlbier) with a rear shot of a lovely young fraulein wearing very short shorts. Well, guess I'm beyond all that anyway. Nolan ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup Sandra Gray Schreiber, AAA Schreiber Silver Schreiber Appraisal Associates 50 River Hill Road Louisville, Ky 40207 office: 502-893-3308 home: 502-893-2303 email: sgssilver at insightbb.com www.schreibersilver.com ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071002/fdf9cc09/attachment-0001.html
[MacGroup] Getting rid of Setup Assistant message
Hey Dan, It should be sitting in your Home account. But I would first go to Spotlight to find it. Ward On Oct 1, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: I recently installed the software for an HP all-in-one printer/fax/ scanner. As part of the install a Setup Assistant is launched and asks you to fill in some information. When I do this and click on the finish button, the Setup Assistant quits unexpectedly. I've done this several times with the same result. The upshot that is that now the Setup Assistant tries to launch every time my computer starts up or wakes from sleep. I have to click on a Cancel button to make it go away. I found and removed the Setup Assistant from the Login Items under Accounts in System Preferences, but it must be hiding somewhere else that calls it whenever the computer wakes up. Any idea where I might find this, so I can kill it for good? Thanks. Dan ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Insult Broadband
Hey Rob, I'd call back and talk with someone else, or WAVE 3 troubleshooter troubleshooter at wave3.com Ward On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:12 PM, RobK wrote: So I decided to make the big jump. The Dish is disconnected which means I can lose the landline phone. And since I can't get any decent speed from my too-far-away-from-the-CO-DSL, I decided to make the jump to Insight cable. I signed up online, got the confirmation which said it would run $40 per month with a $10 installation and a $39.99 modem fee. This is apparently an Internet special which expired Sunday (I signed up on Friday). I get the call to set up the install and I'm now told the installation is $39.99, not $10. So I discussed this with the caller until I realize she is working for the order-taking company. So I call Insight and explain that I have a confirmation for a $10 installation and am told once again that the installation will be $40 because they have to roll a truck. When I point out that this is Insight's problem and I have a confirmation for a $10 install, I'm told that they will not honor the agreement. So I ask for a supervisor. After a few minutes, my guy comes back on the line and tells me that if my mysterious credit ranking is above a certain level, they'll honor the $10 install. At this point I realized where this was going and gracefully ended the call. Anyone got any contacts with Insight? ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Crazy Mouse
Hey Nolan, Try it on a solid colored mouse pad and see if it calms down. (ok, anything solid colored) If it does, it's the surface you're using it on. If it doesn't . . . exchange it while you can. Ward Oldham On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:26 PM, Nolan Porterfield wrote: My Logitech optical mouse (relatively new but cheap) grows increasingly erratic. At the most inopportune times it flitters across the screen or disappears entirely. This is quite annoying when manipulating graphics or doing drag-and-drop. Anyone else had such a problem? Is the only solution to buy a more expensive mouse? TIA, Nolan ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] apple store widget
Andy, Those topics are just examples. $99 per year includes: Up to one 1hr. session per week 52 weeks per year Talking about anything you want Apple i.e. Apple hardware or Apple software Third party product is NOT included. And if you miss scheduling a session for a week, they are not made up. In other words, you are buying a year's worth of help. You are not buying 52 sessions. So conceivably, some folk may only schedule to come in once a month. It's still a deal! Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 10:52 PM, Andy Arnold wrote: Is One to One $99 per topic per year, or does the $99 cover all the topics listed on that site? On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:43 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: Hi Stuart, That may happen in the future, who knows. You will quickly discover that Apple stores are able to offer services that other dealers or service providers can't. ProCare and One to One are two such services. One to One may be a hot button for you. http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/ One to One would quickly assist you in getting your Logic Express needs addessed and under control. Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: Awesome!! I've been to two classes on the past at the apple store across from the moscone center in San francisco . I guess since its a flag ship store they would have seating area that resembled a small movie theater setup. I looked at your schedule for the next two weeks. I didn't see anything for logic express? Would it be possible to request such a class? I know two other people that would join me in seeing what's new. Btw its great we have someone that works at the local store in the group! Thanks for the info and support! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com wrote: Stuart, We offer workshops in the Creative areas, the two bars with large screens above them located just outside where the Genius bars are located at the back of the store. The workshops are free. Workshops consist of a loosely knit gathering of people wishing to discuss issues pertaining to a specific topic such as some of the Apple Software titles, OS X, and Getting Started with Your Mac. The discussion is usually guided by a Mac Specialist, sometimes with the aid of a Keynote presentation. Upcoming workshops can be found here: http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070916.html Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I really didn't see a good place in oxmore for classes. Is there a room in the back? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com wrote: I don't use widgets very often, but I found this one while I was looking for info on the Oxmore store. It shows class schedules, and upcoming events. Try it here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/ applestoreeventwidget.html or the short link: http://tinyurl.com/2qjeqt After you download it, enter any store you want to keep up with. Bill Micou ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] for Anne and Jerry
Black and White the only worthy colors? Gz, I knew my wearing bright Apple green for two weeks was nothing but a dream! ;) On Sep 19, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Marta Edie wrote: I had not gotten around telling you, and I mean Anne and Jerry that I had planned in my head to meet you at the apple store at its opening and take you out for coffee, but then I met hardly anybody of the group, so belatedly I want to say this long in coming thank you to Anne for having had the fortitude for such a long time to create our newsletter, and now I am also thanking Jerry for having taken over the exhausting and exhilarating and sometimes thankless job to carry on the tradition. I have made a number of printed copies which I carry around and let them fall into people's hands somehow in/unintentionally after I tell friends or strangers about the Apple paradise. To pluck THEM THERE APPLES in this paradise will gain you knowledge , but no special knowledge of good and evil, that was already accomplished by Adam and Eve, and since we have it already we don't have to worry about it. We gain tech knowledge and tech friends, get to sit on stools in the Apple store and earning genius status by assimilation through the black paint of the stools, and hope that the Apple store geniuses will offer their expertise by contributing to our newsletter and tell us of their classes and sales events and we hope the folks at Macauthority will do the same. I dare Ward to float the Macuser webpage around and would ask Jeff at Macauthority to do the same. A stack of printed newsletter copies with the sign : Help is in the stack below might be a nudge from our side. But we might be a bit in a quandary, since Apple considers black and white the only worthy Colors with a little bit of silver around the edges. So, this was my late other contribution, since my coffee invitation came to naught. Marta ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070919/b813f7ab/attachment.html
[MacGroup] iWeb
Hey Stuart, I'm quite the late comer to anything web publishing related. Touched iWeb for the first time a month ago. 2 hrs later, I had a 4 page site of my family done. Pictures, text and movies were placed on a page as if one was in a page layout program. Templates, templates everywhere. That made it easy for me. Don't let the use of templates imply lower quality. There is no sacrifice there. Use .Mac to host your site. It is able to use your existing url. Ward On Sep 19, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: Been thinking about iWeb but have a few questions before purchasing iLife 08. 1) With building Web sites, how easy is it (never built a site before). 2) Can sites be made to look professional even though it is built around templates? 3) Can you use an existing URL for the site name? I have some friends that have a pretty shabby looking site and I wanted to help them out and create something cool. Info from folks that have used iWeb greatly appreciated! Stuart __ __ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] apple store widget
Stuart, We offer workshops in the Creative areas, the two bars with large screens above them located just outside where the Genius bars are located at the back of the store. The workshops are free. Workshops consist of a loosely knit gathering of people wishing to discuss issues pertaining to a specific topic such as some of the Apple Software titles, OS X, and Getting Started with Your Mac. The discussion is usually guided by a Mac Specialist, sometimes with the aid of a Keynote presentation. Upcoming workshops can be found here: http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070916.html Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I really didn't see a good place in oxmore for classes. Is there a room in the back? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com wrote: I don't use widgets very often, but I found this one while I was looking for info on the Oxmore store. It shows class schedules, and upcoming events. Try it here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/ applestoreeventwidget.html or the short link: http://tinyurl.com/2qjeqt After you download it, enter any store you want to keep up with. Bill Micou ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] apple store widget
Marta, Sorta goes like this: Rear of store Genius Bar Open Area with Creative Bars on either side Family Area Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Marta Edie wrote: What's outside the genius bar? Where the children's black kiddy stools are or behind the scenes where you all disappear once in a while? The word outside has me puzzled. Marta On Sep 18, 2007, at 19:39, Ward Oldham wrote: Stuart, We offer workshops in the Creative areas, the two bars with large screens above them located just outside where the Genius bars are located at the back of the store. The workshops are free. Workshops consist of a loosely knit gathering of people wishing to discuss issues pertaining to a specific topic such as some of the Apple Software titles, OS X, and Getting Started with Your Mac. The discussion is usually guided by a Mac Specialist, sometimes with the aid of a Keynote presentation. Upcoming workshops can be found here: http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070916.html Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I really didn't see a good place in oxmore for classes. Is there a room in the back? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com wrote: I don't use widgets very often, but I found this one while I was looking for info on the Oxmore store. It shows class schedules, and upcoming events. Try it here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/ applestoreeventwidget.html or the short link: http://tinyurl.com/2qjeqt After you download it, enter any store you want to keep up with. Bill Micou ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] apple store widget
No chairs, limited number of stools. Some standing room. Preferably 6-8 bodies. Only an hour long. On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:59 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Well, then, do you take the kiddy stuff out and put chairs there, or do we sit on the stools turned around or on mats on the floor? or are there limits to the amount of people during those times ? I should need an easy chair . I do have a folding , not black, but white stool, very modern. Perhaps I should bring it along. Would fit perfectly into the Apple environment. Marta On Sep 18, 2007, at 19:49, Ward Oldham wrote: Marta, Sorta goes like this: Rear of store Genius Bar Open Area with Creative Bars on either side Family Area Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Marta Edie wrote: What's outside the genius bar? Where the children's black kiddy stools are or behind the scenes where you all disappear once in a while? The word outside has me puzzled. Marta On Sep 18, 2007, at 19:39, Ward Oldham wrote: Stuart, We offer workshops in the Creative areas, the two bars with large screens above them located just outside where the Genius bars are located at the back of the store. The workshops are free. Workshops consist of a loosely knit gathering of people wishing to discuss issues pertaining to a specific topic such as some of the Apple Software titles, OS X, and Getting Started with Your Mac. The discussion is usually guided by a Mac Specialist, sometimes with the aid of a Keynote presentation. Upcoming workshops can be found here: http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070916.html Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I really didn't see a good place in oxmore for classes. Is there a room in the back? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com wrote: I don't use widgets very often, but I found this one while I was looking for info on the Oxmore store. It shows class schedules, and upcoming events. Try it here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/ applestoreeventwidget.html or the short link: http://tinyurl.com/2qjeqt After you download it, enter any store you want to keep up with. Bill Micou ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] apple store widget
Hi Stuart, That may happen in the future, who knows. You will quickly discover that Apple stores are able to offer services that other dealers or service providers can't. ProCare and One to One are two such services. One to One may be a hot button for you. http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/ One to One would quickly assist you in getting your Logic Express needs addessed and under control. Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: Awesome!! I've been to two classes on the past at the apple store across from the moscone center in San francisco . I guess since its a flag ship store they would have seating area that resembled a small movie theater setup. I looked at your schedule for the next two weeks. I didn't see anything for logic express? Would it be possible to request such a class? I know two other people that would join me in seeing what's new. Btw its great we have someone that works at the local store in the group! Thanks for the info and support! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com wrote: Stuart, We offer workshops in the Creative areas, the two bars with large screens above them located just outside where the Genius bars are located at the back of the store. The workshops are free. Workshops consist of a loosely knit gathering of people wishing to discuss issues pertaining to a specific topic such as some of the Apple Software titles, OS X, and Getting Started with Your Mac. The discussion is usually guided by a Mac Specialist, sometimes with the aid of a Keynote presentation. Upcoming workshops can be found here: http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070916.html Ward On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I really didn't see a good place in oxmore for classes. Is there a room in the back? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com wrote: I don't use widgets very often, but I found this one while I was looking for info on the Oxmore store. It shows class schedules, and upcoming events. Try it here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/shopping/ applestoreeventwidget.html or the short link: http://tinyurl.com/2qjeqt After you download it, enter any store you want to keep up with. Bill Micou ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] logging in
hey cathy, try the Option key instead of the C key. This allows you to select the DVD as your startup disk. Click the right arrow next. Your goal is to reset the passwords, giving you access. (look for the Utilities pull down menu) Then set up the accounts you want. Ward On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:37 PM, cgreen1 wrote: Hello group! Need help logging in: inherited a G4 desktop from the director of ESL to use in my new school, but it would not start up. The tech guy came today and put in a new battery, and it works great, except for one problem: I can?t log in under any of the users. So I loaded Tiger, thinking I could do a clean install and set up a new user account. Didn?t work, the same old users appear, all of which require a password. Tried restarting off the install disk, holding down the C key, but that didn?t work either. What do I need to do to set up a new admin account and student account? TIA, Cathy GREEN Seneca ESL Teacher ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070917/10d8a6ec/attachment.html
[MacGroup] First issue with the iPod Touch
Hey Stuart, I don't know who would have said such a thing. I believe the ipod touch has no video content on it as we speak. I'll check it out tomorrow. Next time in, introduce yourself. I'd love to meet you. Ward Oldham On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: Interesting. I was at the Apple store this afternoon (sort of like my second home these days) and they had only one to show folks (no more to sell until more are shipped in). The video on it wasn't working. They said it was because it was getting used a lot... but come on... it has only been a few days and these SHOULD last folks a few years! Hopefully these issues will be isolated and most will work fine. -Stuart --- Ed Wiser ewiser at bellsouth.net wrote: Well as everyone here knows I purchased my Touch last friday afternoon. Loaded up some music and a music video purchased off on iTunes. Played with it all day Saturday and some Sunday. Sunday afternoon I had noticed a few of the songs where not displaying album art so I connected the Touch and selected the songs hit apple key and I and pasted in the new album art. Now today I bring the Touch to work to show it off to co workers and the thing is crashing and the video is blown out and Where the color white is there is blue punching thru. So what to do. I did a restart of the Touch which is preformed by holding down the home button and the sleep button till you see the power off slide button along the top edge of the Touch. On restart the issue of the constant crashing and the blue in the video was gone. There must have been a data corruption issue causing the problem. Thought I would share this with the list in case anyone has a similar issue. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup __ __ Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Picked up the iPod touch
Marta, From the Finder, select the Go menuiDiskmy iDisk Ward On Sep 14, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Oh, Ed, you make me drool ! - but I do have a question. I lost my iDisk icon which had been sitting on my desktop for years on my iMac. It just disappeared without giving me notice. I have no idea what happened and why . Maybe someone can give me advice on how to get it to show again before I end up in endless discussions . It still graces my desktop on the iBook. Marta On Sep 14, 2007, at 17:07 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: Well they had a few left for sale so I picked one up this afternoon. Its real sweet. The store was real busy I have never seen so many people looking at Apple computers before in a store in Louisville. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Steve's letter
Oh Lee was there. He asked me if I had seen his daughter who he had lost track of. I suspect I wasn't much help. :) On Sep 7, 2007, at 5:23 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: Hey, Lee stop in the Apple store you can actually make a call. I called my wife to say I was heading home last night. All the phones on display at a cell phone store are dummies or broken models. I have never been able to actually use a phone to see if I like how it works and how the menu's are arranged. -Original Message- From: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:46 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Steve's letter On Sep 6, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Robert Klein wrote: http://marketwatch.nytimes.com/custom/nyt-com/html-story.asp?guid=% 7b8CDB3EE 8-D689-4DAF-A88B-D7C604F35706%7d So now they're supposed to feel only half as angry as before? I kind of think the sales were slowing down and this is to bump them back up again. It seems to me that ATT doesn't have their heart in this thing. I was in an ATT store last week and every kind of imaginable phone was up for a hands-on demo except the iPhone. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] (no subject)
In true Apple tradition, I am unable to comment. I do value my job! Ward :) On Sep 5, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: 8 GB iPhone is now $399!!! ALL new iPods: Shuffle (new colors) Nano (with wide-screen video!) iPod Classic (thinner, up to 160 GB!!!) AND the all-new iPod Touch, basically a phone-less, camera-less iPhone. But it has WiFi. You will now be able to buy iTunes stuff off the air with the iPhone and the iPod Touch. !!! Check 'em out, whenever the Apple site gets back up! Boy is Ward gonna be busy tomorrow night. I hope he has plenty of stock! j. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com Project Foreman NewMedia Construction Co. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Now official date of opening.
Quite a sharp group we have here! We were just given the green light today to tell friends and family about the new opening date. So I get home from working today only to find that everyone is already all over it! The time and date are FIRM per Ed's original link from Apple's web site. Thursday, 6PM Ward Oldham On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Profile wrote: Rob, If it is invitation only, I just invited myself and Ward will have to figure out the details. Black Tie Optional. John R. On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:15 PM, RobK wrote: Whoa...thanks for the heads up Ed. I was planning on being there Saturday. Looks like it's rescheduling time. You don't think this Thursday opening is an invite-only affair, do you? Ed Wiser wrote: _http://www.apple.com/retail/oxmoor/week/20070909.html_ Boy I was looking forward to a Saturday open but with the all the iPod hype looks like we get a evening opening. Will be there. I stopped by Oxmoor yesterday to see how things where going. The plywood covering was still up. People at the Oxmoor center info booth had no clue when it would be open. - --- ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] For those few . . .
. . . who still love to order product on-line from the comfort of their home, there is an option that will help your local store. http://tinyurl.com/2jfmvl However, the store is a sight to behold! Ward Oldham -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070904/05574d21/attachment.html
[MacGroup] Oxmoor store opening.
remember to copy the entire link . . . or use Jonathan's lil favorite tinyURL http://tinyurl.com/2wdl9y Ward On Sep 2, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2007/09/01/oxmoor-center-grand-opening- set/#comment-13619 ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070902/434daaa3/attachment.html
[MacGroup] Toast error
Yep, removing the toast pref (plist) file is an option to try. Otherwise, be aware . . . just because the system profiler can see the drive doesn't mean its in good working order. Ward On Aug 31, 2007, at 5:03 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: Tom, one thing I would do was to try and burn a folder with the finder. This will verify that the drive is working. Next would be a check of the permissions on of Toast. This could be done my creating a new user account then trying to burn using Toast. Repair Permissions then remove the Toast preferences file from you Library user account. Then reopen the app. From: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup- bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of tholloman at insightbb.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:26 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Toast error ward: first suggestion did not work-here is info for 2nd step. toast has worked fine until this sudden spell thanks for responding tom os=10.4.10 internal toast 7.1.2 burner info MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: Firmware Revision:FB2U Interconnect:ATAPI Burn Support:Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported) Cache:2048 KB Reads DVD:Yes CD-Write:-R, -RW DVD-Write:-R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL Burn Underrun Protection CD:Yes Burn Underrun Protection DVD:Yes Write Strategies:CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO Media:No - Original Message - From: Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com Date: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:22 Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Toast error To: Macintosh topics macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Hey Tom, Toast usually doesn't lie. The error message means simply that Toast cannot find a burner connected to your Mac. Simple fixes include but are not limited to: Power off, power on your burner and see if it recognizes it Restart your Mac. If that doesn't fix it, you may want to reply with a bit more info. Make and model of burner Internal or external Version of Toast you're using OS X version running on your Mac Ward Oldham On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:55 PM, tholloman at insightbb.com wrote: Aloha: Any idea why I started getting message no recorder found- check connections Profiler shows recorder working fine. Roxio site no help. Using intel imac. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070831/354717a3/attachment.html
[MacGroup] Toast error
another thought . . See if you can even start up your computer from your OS X dvd. That will give you an indication real quick as to whether it's working or not. Last but not least, zap PRAM. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238 Ward On Aug 31, 2007, at 5:03 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: Tom, one thing I would do was to try and burn a folder with the finder. This will verify that the drive is working. Next would be a check of the permissions on of Toast. This could be done my creating a new user account then trying to burn using Toast. Repair Permissions then remove the Toast preferences file from you Library user account. Then reopen the app. From: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup- bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of tholloman at insightbb.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:26 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Toast error ward: first suggestion did not work-here is info for 2nd step. toast has worked fine until this sudden spell thanks for responding tom os=10.4.10 internal toast 7.1.2 burner info MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: Firmware Revision:FB2U Interconnect:ATAPI Burn Support:Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported) Cache:2048 KB Reads DVD:Yes CD-Write:-R, -RW DVD-Write:-R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL Burn Underrun Protection CD:Yes Burn Underrun Protection DVD:Yes Write Strategies:CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO Media:No - Original Message - From: Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com Date: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:22 Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Toast error To: Macintosh topics macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Hey Tom, Toast usually doesn't lie. The error message means simply that Toast cannot find a burner connected to your Mac. Simple fixes include but are not limited to: Power off, power on your burner and see if it recognizes it Restart your Mac. If that doesn't fix it, you may want to reply with a bit more info. Make and model of burner Internal or external Version of Toast you're using OS X version running on your Mac Ward Oldham On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:55 PM, tholloman at insightbb.com wrote: Aloha: Any idea why I started getting message no recorder found- check connections Profiler shows recorder working fine. Roxio site no help. Using intel imac. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070831/c662ace8/attachment-0001.html
[MacGroup] Toast error
Hey Tom, Toast usually doesn't lie. The error message means simply that Toast cannot find a burner connected to your Mac. Simple fixes include but are not limited to: Power off, power on your burner and see if it recognizes it Restart your Mac. If that doesn't fix it, you may want to reply with a bit more info. Make and model of burner Internal or external Version of Toast you're using OS X version running on your Mac Ward Oldham On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:55 PM, tholloman at insightbb.com wrote: Aloha: Any idea why I started getting message no recorder found-check connections Profiler shows recorder working fine. Roxio site no help. Using intel imac.
[MacGroup] Network in sidebar
Hey Rick, Go to Finder PreferencesSidbar. Check the box next to Network. (when you deleted it, it unchecked this box) Ward Oldham On Aug 20, 2007, at 11:34 AM, b3studios wrote: somehow i accidently dragged/erased the network icon from the sidebar in my finder windows. how do i get it back? rick ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Stuffit won't open .sitx files
Hi Jane, I've not had that experience. As a stopgap measure, feel free to send them my way or locate a friend on-line who you could send these to and have them do the decompression. They could always zip them back up before sending them back to you, eliminating the need for stuffit expander or whatnot. Ward Oldham On Aug 19, 2007, at 4:52 PM, jane blake wrote: I'm pulling out my hair!! k A client had me download some important files in the .sitx format that was created by Stuffit. They just won't open, no matter what I do. I even bought the newest version of Stuffit Deluxe 11, and STILL the files will not open. I've tried it on my PC, using Stuffit Standard, which is supposed to open .sitx files. Still no luck. Research via Google shows it's not an uncommon problem with OS X. Stuffit FAQs says to use Stuffit to open the files, and it's supposed to work fine. Has anyone had this experience? Jane ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] AppleWorks
or maybe Excel. Practically no learning curve for doing database work. Ward On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: The following was just released out on macNN (http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/15/appleworks.discontinued): Apple discontinues AppleWorks Without grand publicity, Apple has decided to stop all development on AppleWorks, its formerly iconic productivity suite. The information was quietly passed on to resellers last week, who were told that the software had reached an End of Life stage. Sales have been officially stopped, and trying to visit the AppleWorks website redirects visitors to the page for the recently-launched iWork '08. iWork handles many of the same tasks as AppleWorks (spreadsheets, presentations et al.), while the latter has not been updated for some time. iWork needs a database to satisfy my needs; or maybe I will half to learn how to use FileMaker Pro. Anne Cartwright ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] AppleWorks
wait a minute now. Skip or Rusty? On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: anyone using a stand alone 'open source' database.app they like? best...skip On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: The following was just released out on macNN (http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/15/appleworks.discontinued): Apple discontinues AppleWorks Without grand publicity, Apple has decided to stop all development on AppleWorks, its formerly iconic productivity suite. The information was quietly passed on to resellers last week, who were told that the software had reached an End of Life stage. Sales have been officially stopped, and trying to visit the AppleWorks website redirects visitors to the page for the recently-launched iWork '08. iWork handles many of the same tasks as AppleWorks (spreadsheets, presentations et al.), while the latter has not been updated for some time. iWork needs a database to satisfy my needs; or maybe I will half to learn how to use FileMaker Pro. Anne Cartwright ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] AppleWorks
on a more constructive note . . . nice lead, Jerry! Should get the ball rolling. http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/db/ Ward On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:39 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: anyone using a stand alone 'open source' database.app they like? best...skip On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: The following was just released out on macNN (http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/08/15/appleworks.discontinued): Apple discontinues AppleWorks Without grand publicity, Apple has decided to stop all development on AppleWorks, its formerly iconic productivity suite. The information was quietly passed on to resellers last week, who were told that the software had reached an End of Life stage. Sales have been officially stopped, and trying to visit the AppleWorks website redirects visitors to the page for the recently-launched iWork '08. iWork handles many of the same tasks as AppleWorks (spreadsheets, presentations et al.), while the latter has not been updated for some time. iWork needs a database to satisfy my needs; or maybe I will half to learn how to use FileMaker Pro. Anne Cartwright ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] drive out of g3 ibook
Ann, Those were very appropriate questions to ask BEFORE you selected all and began to copy. Using Apple's migration assistant could have made your life somewhat easier. Not sure what you're going to end up with but keep us posted. Ward Oldham On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Ann Richmond wrote: Jeff and Brian, Thank you both for your help. I'm in Lexington, so I can't accept your very kind offer, Jeff. I got the right enclosure you suggested, a 2.5. The drive spun up and it opened and I am copying all the files to the new macbook Maybe I shouldn't have done select all.Should I delete the g3 system folder as soon as it finishes copying? They are both Tiger. Any other conflicts I might watch out for? Thanks again! Ann R Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: I'd be happy to look at it for you for free if you didn't mind bringing it over at an agreed upon time. Did you Brian O'Neals similar response? Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems Peripherals (502) 426-5469 a new improved http://www.SLYNsystems.com coming soon serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! -- Ann Richmond richmond at qx.net wrote: Yes, the box itself is way bigger, but since all I plan to do is see if it will spin up and be readable by another computer I'm not so concerned with fit. Problem is the connector(female) itself on the end of the ribbon in the enclosure looks the same as the pins on the drive, but doesn't seem to want to fit---and I'm wary about pushing too hard as I think it would be very easy to bend pins. Also the power plug from the enclosure (female 4 round pins in plastic plug case) seems to have no corresponding plug in the drive. (How does the drive in the laptop get its power?) Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: Hi Ann, Don't know if this is the problem but a regular sized (desktop) IDE drive is almost double the size of a notebook hard drive. I'd have to see the enclosure to know for sure. Take care, Jeff Slyn, Owner SLYN Systems Peripherals (502) 426-5469 a new improved http://www.SLYNsystems.com coming soon serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! -- Ann Richmond richmond at qx.net wrote: I have a problem and am seeking advice again. I took the hard drive out of my dead ibook g3 dual usb and want to put it in an external enclosure to see if I can retrieve the data. I got an enclosure from Radio Shack which says it is for ide drives. The pins match up in position I think with two double rows, same number and one empty in the middle, but doesn't seem to want to plug in. Also, I see no place to plug the power connector on the enclosure into the drive. The drive is Toshiba MK3018GAS. The apple numbers at the bottom are 655-1019 30GB GMR6A 655-1019 Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Ann Richmond ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070815/7b7eaea1/attachment.html
[MacGroup] .Mac Web Gallery movies and Safari
Hey Rick, I believe you're experiencing a problem that has been well documented on MacFixIt. I had a similiar problem. The root of your problem probably exists within your Internet Plug- ins folder within your Library folder at the root level (not the Library folder within your Home directory). I don't recall the name of the file I deleted but I do remember that I observed two files beginning with QuickTime. Removing one or the other may help you regain your lost functionality. To determine which one, drag the first suspect file to your desktop (with Safari closed). Launch Safari and observe whether you've fixed the problem or not. If not, quit Safari and then move the file on your desktop back into the Internet Plug-ins folder. Move the second suspect file to your desktop and relaunch Safari. Hopefully you'll find a quick fix. Ward Oldham On Aug 14, 2007, at 5:05 PM, b3studios wrote: I seem to be having some problem with the new .Mac Web Gallery feature. I cannot view movies in my (or anyone else's) Gallery using Safari. All I get is Quicktime 7.2 is required to play this movie. I have quicktime 7.2 (Pro) installed on on my machine. The page and movie loads fine in firefox. Any ideas? Thanks, Rick ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Internet/Email outages (Insight)
Hey Jim, The change in the flickering lights on your cable indicates your problem. I would pretty much rule out your Mac as the culprit. Your next move is to call Insight. While the problem is probably NOT your computer, it could be your cable modem or another contributing factor. My guess is Insight is aware of intermittent service to your location, as indicated by the changing light pattern on your cable modem. Good Luck! Ward Oldham On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Jim/Marcia Bennett wrote: I have been experiencing intermittent Internet and email failures which started last night. The typical message that accompanies them is: Error -3176. Could Not Retrieve Mail. Entourage cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct. It has occurred several times and lasts several minutes or more, and then suddenly everything is fine for awhile. Each time, I notice the flickering light pattern on my cable modem alters quite noticeably for the duration of the outage. Is it my setup, or is it an Insight problem? Jim ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] wireless question
Hi Cathy, Manufacturer and model number of the router are usually helpful but . . . I'm assuming that both your Macs still have access so the router may not be the problem. Confirm your configuration (and password) using one of your Macs. Then try the pc again. Ward On Aug 11, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Green, Cathy C wrote: Greetings group, Have wireless router in home, set up a password have not had problems until recently. Could get on with several mac laptops as well as the new pc tablet laptop. Now asks the pc for a password. The one I thought I set doesn't work. My problem is that I can't find the location where I set all this stuff up because it's been so long since I last messed with those settings. The password isn't in my keychain --a potential topic for a mug meeting, as I still am not sure of how best to utilize this utility, how secure it is, etc--and if I find the correct place, is it simple to find out the password? To change to a new one, you usually have to know the old one... Help! This renders my tablet laptop nearly useless for internet apps in prepping lessonsTIA, Cathy winmail.dat ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] wireless question
Nelson, I don't know how u do it. In addition to your normal reply to the group and your normal CC to the group, you have CC Cathy as well. A bit unusual. Ward On Aug 11, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Nelsn Helm wrote: Worst case is to re-set router, create a new password. Greetings group, Have wireless router in home, set up a password have not had problems until recently. Could get on with several mac laptops as well as the new pc tablet laptop. Now asks the pc for a password. The one I thought I set doesn't work. My problem is that I can't find the location where I set all this stuff up because it's been so long since I last messed with those settings. The password isn't in my keychain --a potential topic for a mug meeting, as I still am not sure of how best to utilize this utility, how secure it is, etc--and if I find the correct place, is it simple to find out the password? To change to a new one, you usually have to know the old one... Help! This renders my tablet laptop nearly useless for internet apps in prepping lessonsTIA, Cathy winmail.dat ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] iWork 08 question
Hey Rick, New applications installed with the same names will automatically replace the older versions, unless installed in a different location on your hard drive. You can remove any old remnants after the fact (if there are any). If you have any misgivings at all, have a working backup first before you install. Ward Oldham On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:03 AM, b3studios wrote: So, I downloaded the trail version, and I think that I'm going to purchase this. My question is, it seems to take up a LOT less space than the 06 version. Can I safely delete the 06 version and just keep the new? will this remove some functionality etc? also, I notice that iLife 08 only requires around 3GB of free space while 06 required like 7 or 8. If i install the new versions will it free up any space? should i delete the 06 stuff first? anyone know is any stores in town have iLife 08 yet? rick ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] what do I do?
Harry, I was about to make the same mistake as Jerry. Your email address is rustyjb at bellsouth.net A bit of a curve. Ward On Aug 8, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Rusty wrote: Today, software update presented me with a window that says I need to update iTunes, Aperture, and Front Row. I checked my applications folder and I have Aperture BUT I don't know what it does and if I want to use it. (I know there was a long discussion on this list about Aperture, but I didn't read it because I didn't know I had a copy on my computer - and I probably didn't on my former computer). So I looked for Front Row but I don't seem to have a copy on my computer. But I do have Front Row crash logs. Software update tells me front row If that's true why does software update tell me I need to update Front Row. SU also says This Front Row update provides for improved iPhoto compatibility. I don't use iPhoto so why install Front Row? Advice and info greatly appreciated. Thanks. Harry (not Rusty) ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Firefox Autofill
Hey Guys, I'm not a Firefox user but a good friend of mine is. To make a long story short, he has to use Firefox for compatibility with some Realtor sites. Autofill functionality is amiss and my searches are turning up nothing but 1Passwd, which also requires Tiger. He uses 10.3.9. Anybody have any suggestions for adding autofill functionality to FireFox (version 2). Thanks! Ward Oldham
[MacGroup] Firefox Autofill
ahh, sorry. Found the answer. Google toolbar http://tinyurl.com/287yqq Ward On Aug 8, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: Hey Guys, I'm not a Firefox user but a good friend of mine is. To make a long story short, he has to use Firefox for compatibility with some Realtor sites. Autofill functionality is amiss and my searches are turning up nothing but 1Passwd, which also requires Tiger. He uses 10.3.9. Anybody have any suggestions for adding autofill functionality to FireFox (version 2). Thanks! Ward Oldham ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070808/c538abe6/attachment.html
[MacGroup] trouble with bellsouth
Jerry, Over the past week, I've been experiencing an onslaught of spam through my insightbb email address as well. Been doing quite a bit of rule modifications lately. Previously, I received no spam whatsoever. Ward On Aug 7, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: i have had few mailsystem undeliverable dameon from insightbb lately, and one post saying saying my computer was infected and hosting spam. a quick scan indicated no nefarious activity. i sometimes wonder if the addresses of the group have been compromised by an infected (windoze?) computer amongst us. i rarely get spam, but will pick up a couple when when there has been discussion on the list about it. i use this address primarily for the list and it's members, most of my mail comes through other addresses and there has been no spam activity on those. best...jf On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:04 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: Rusty, Bellsouth has been fighting a big spam attack now for several months. I know I get emails all the time saying I sent some email to someone. The we have talked about this for the past few months here. Yesterday I didn't get any return emails but today I might get ten. Ah to go back 15 years ago when you got an email it was from someone you actually knew and you where excited to see it.:) ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] iMovie
Well Anne, That all depends on what version of iLife you're running. http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html Note the quoted minimum speed applies only to iDVD, not the full suite. Ward On Aug 2, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: I think my problem may be due to lack of HD space like Leeanne mentioned. While I said I had a lot of space that's actually on the external HD I thought I had moved enough to free up plenty on the computer but it is still below 20 GB. I am going to move more and see if that helps. The symptoms: I get what looks static, black up and down lines instead of the movie. And iMovie sort of freezes. At least if it's not frozen, I don't have the time to wait to see what happens and quit. Let me see after I open up some more space. If iMovie runs on a 450 MHz G$ it should run on mine. My main concern was that the person at Apple said that my machine was just barely fast enough for iLife and suggested I buy a new machine. What else should I have expected! Thanks Anne Lee Larson wrote: On Aug 1, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: I have an 800 MHz iMac Power PC G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.10 with 1GB SDRAM and am having trouble getting iMovie to work. I wonder if the problem is the speed of my Mac? Is anyone using iMovie successfully with such a set-up? Cn you be more specific about the symptoms? My daughter runs iMovie quite often on a 450 MHz G4 Cube with 1 GB of RAM. It isn't very quick, but it eventually gets her there. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] iMovie
Hi Anne, You have a very capable Mac for doing iMovie work. It's not the speed. If you could elaborate on your problem, it would be helpful. Ward On Aug 1, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: I have an 800 MHz iMac Power PC G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.10 with 1GB SDRAM and am having trouble getting iMovie to work. I wonder if the problem is the speed of my Mac? Is anyone using iMovie successfully with such a set-up? Anne Cartwright ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Tell me about RAID
Your needs don't require your delving into RAID. Sure, go buy yourself a pair of 1TB firewire drives. Use one to store all of your primary data, use the second as a backup. A synchronization utility that would either automatically or manually ensure that the data on your backup would be identical to the data on your primary drive is all you need. And Airport Extreme will work just fine. Ward Oldham On Aug 1, 2007, at 11:30 AM, b3studios wrote: I'm looking into setting up a home multimedia center using a mac and some external hard drives. as I will be moving my DVD collection over to this system, my music collection is already at 40+ gigs, and our picture and home movies are growing at an exponential rate, I plan to use up quite a bit of storage space. From my limited knowledge and reading, I'm assuming I want something that is RAID-1 for data protection, just in case a drive fails. I'm looking at having at least 1TB of storage (this means I'll need two 1TB drives, correct?). What would be the best configuration/ set up. what is the difference between hardware and software RAID? Additionally, I would like to us the upcoming Time Machine features in leopard with this drives. Would the new airport extreme base station work with all of this? thanks ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] surveillance camera recording
Will this interface with your Macs and would you desire remote capabilities? Ward Oldham On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:13 PM, Charles Parsons wrote: I'm considering a security surveillance system for my office. Will need multiple cameras, both indoors and out. Has anyone on the list set up something like this? Thanks in advance. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Hard drive woes
Hey Dan, So often the industrial grade utilites are ignored in resolving problems such as this. I sincerely believe that Apple intentionally designed Disk Utility to perform only a basic set of functions, leaving room for third parties to develop the stuff that would repair the most severe of problems. The same held true with Disk First Aid running under OS 9. So when Disk Utility fails in your attempts to repair directory errors, I would think Step 2 in everyone's book would be to pull out their copy of Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro. Everyone should have a copy for that rainy day they hope never comes. So with that said, pull your copy of Disk Warrior out and see if it will recognize the drive. If not, try Tech Tool Pro and see if it has any better luck. If both attempts fail, you're at a crossroads. At that point, assume it's either your hard disk or the firewire controller that has failed. And the way to find out is to physically remove the hard drives from the case and either install them internally in a cpu or in another firewire case. You will draw a rapid conclusion from there. I'm glad you have this data backed up because attempting to format or partition this drive will effectively wipe it clean. Its failure to do so leaves it in a quasi unknown state. But also be prepared to find multiple drives in this 1TB enclosure should you have to remove them. Good Luck! Ward On Jul 28, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: My immediate problem: I have a 1TB external hard drive (Maxtor/firewire) that will not mount, so not only can I not recover the data on it (not critical as I have another drive with the same data on it), but I cannot even find a way to verify, repair, partition, erase, zero it out or do anything to return it to a useful state. When I connect it to a computer, sometimes it gives the message This drive is unreadable and the options to initialize, ignore or eject it. When I choose initialize it opens Disk Utility and the drive shows up in the drive list, although no volume does. If I try to partition or erase it, using any scheme of partitioning or formatting options, I get the message: Partitioning failed: Input/Output error. And that's where I'm stuck. I do not believe the drive has physically crashed. It does spin up, the right lights come on, etc. I can hear it trying to find something to connect to, but it fails. I suspect the failure is related to some problems I've been having with the computer it was connected to -- frequent kernel panics and forced shutdowns, etc. -- and that key directory data on it has become so fundamentally corrupted that it won't mount or allow reformatting. Does anyone know of a utility that might be able to see this drive and do a low-level format or something equivalent to that? Dan Crutcher ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Publisher or something like it?
Hi Ann, Try Pages, part of iWork. http://www.apple.com/iwork/ Ward On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Ann Richmond wrote: I think I've seen something about this before on the list but I can't find it so pardon me if this is redundant... I use Publisher on my work laptop to do newsletters and brochures and I find it easy and effective. But my MS Office bundle at home on the Macs doesn't have Pub included. I don't need a big expensive high powered layout program. Would anyone have suggestions? Thanks Ann Richmond ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] chmod 777 permissions
Lee, Maybe you could elaborate on why someone would need or want to do something like this. Jerry's request just struck me as unusual and not required. Ward On Jul 25, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jul 25, at 9:14 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote: i need to set permissions (read and write) on the local folder images, chmod 777. i do not see a chmod 777 option in get info, and don't trust myself in terminal. can someone set me straight? the path: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/pixelpost_v1.6.0/images/ There are three syntaxes that will do this for you chmod ugo+rwx filename chmod a+rwx filename chmod 777 filename If this is a machine on the Internet and this directory can be seen, these permissions are quite dangerous. They mean that anyone who can see the directory can do anything they want to it. It's hard to believe you really need to be this wide open. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] fax woes
Hi Leah, I'm sure I'm missing something here. From what I've read, it sounds like you've done a banner job of diagnosing the problem and eliminating it - two misbehaving modems. And if those two out of the four were the ones used for sending your faxes, then it looks to me like you have two other modems from which to choose. A side comment - I don't understand why anything would be currently wired to the two suspect bad modems period. Hopefully, that was just part of your test and those connections have been subsequently removed. So I'm not real sure what the remaining issue is. And I don't believe there is any difference whatsoever in using the analog ports built into the phone and those you would plug into directly i.e. wall phone jack. Now with all that said, I'm sure many in this group are asking the same thing. Why fax? Your answer should be that your client still lives in the stone age and has no internet connection, still relying completely on fax machines. And if that is not the case, I would think saving everything you want to send to a client in a .pdf file before attaching to an email would be the way to go. Only my opinion. Ward Oldham On Jul 24, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Leah Dienes wrote: Hello! I have an interesting problem. We had a new phone system installed at our office. The basic issue is that we have four internal Macintosh modems (set to only send faxes - the modem doesn't receive any faxes) and one fax machine connected to a single fax line. If all five devices are connected to the line then no calls can be made or received. After unplugging the devices one by one then the problem starts to clear up. Two modems were identified as causing troubles on the line. With these two modems unplugged, then calls can be made and received. Note that the two modems which now cause the trouble are the only ones that sent faxes before the new phone system was installed. If one of the two bad modems are plugged into the fax line, then when the line is called the incoming call receives a busy signal. If the bad modem is unplugged then the call will come into the fax machine properly. Then this modem was unplugged again and left off line. If the second modem is plugged into the line, when the line is called it rings approximately 1 1/2 times. The call is then answered and dropped immediately. If the bad modem is unplugged then the call will come into the fax machine properly. So to bypass any trouble that may be on the fax line, a line was removed from their telephone system and wired to the two bad modems only. When both of the test were performed again, one by one, then we received the same results. It should also be noted that there was a new telephone system installed at this site. The old system was an Avaya Partner telephone system. The telephones that were on the old system had analog ports attached to the bottom of them. The modems were plugged in directly to the analog ports on the phones, and not into direct dial tone as they are now. The new telephone system does not have these analog ports on the bottom of the telephone. Is it possible that by using the analog ports on the old system it was masking an existing problem? If anyone has any ideas or solutions they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Leah Leah Dienes Fearless Designs 622 E. Main St., Ste. 206 Louisville, KY 40202 P: 502.584.1333 F: 502.584.1332 fearlessdesigns at bellsouth.net ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] fax woes
Actually, if I were in Leah's shoes . . . Nothing can be as easy and exciting for the customer (yep, exciting!) than to set them up on ichat. You can set up their AIM account for them (assuming they're Windoz folks if they're that far behind the technology curve) One simple phone call to help them set their end up. One simple demonstration to show them how you can send them files. Now you talk about a warm and fuzzy feeling the client has seeing you in his buddy list for instantaneous access?? They fall over themselves! And after the first file you send them, their jaw just drops. . . . and you leading them into the era of new technology? You have a customer forever! Ward On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: Leah, I'd say it's the modem, with all the things you have done to eliminate variables. My laptop does the same thing. I am not where I can test it right now, but have you reset the PRAM to see if it also might reset the modem? I cannot find an internal modem reset procedure by Google-ing. Maybe someone else has a suggestion. Ward? j. On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Leah Dienes fearlessdesigns at bellsouth.net wrote: My main problem is that I send faxes to some of our clients that aren't so email savvy and want a fax. I was able to fax from my computer before the new phone system and have sent one since...but then our fax machine can't get any faxes if I'm plugged in. Perplexing to me since I've got the software set up to not answer and just send. The phone guys think it's my computer/modem since the other computers let go of the line if they fax. It still may be an old wiring issue (old building) but I thought I'd ask the group. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com Project Foreman NewMedia Construction Co. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] fax woes
Ok, last but not least . . . if you're stuck with having to use fax machines, look at these options. eFax http://tinyurl.com/28neqh jConnect http://tinyurl.com/22vvox EasyLink http://www.easylink.com/ MaxEmail http://maxemail.com/ Good Luck, Ward On Jul 24, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: Actually, if I were in Leah's shoes . . . Nothing can be as easy and exciting for the customer (yep, exciting!) than to set them up on ichat. You can set up their AIM account for them (assuming they're Windoz folks if they're that far behind the technology curve) One simple phone call to help them set their end up. One simple demonstration to show them how you can send them files. Now you talk about a warm and fuzzy feeling the client has seeing you in his buddy list for instantaneous access?? They fall over themselves! And after the first file you send them, their jaw just drops. . . . and you leading them into the era of new technology? You have a customer forever! Ward On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: Leah, I'd say it's the modem, with all the things you have done to eliminate variables. My laptop does the same thing. I am not where I can test it right now, but have you reset the PRAM to see if it also might reset the modem? I cannot find an internal modem reset procedure by Google-ing. Maybe someone else has a suggestion. Ward? j. On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Leah Dienes fearlessdesigns at bellsouth.net wrote: My main problem is that I send faxes to some of our clients that aren't so email savvy and want a fax. I was able to fax from my computer before the new phone system and have sent one since...but then our fax machine can't get any faxes if I'm plugged in. Perplexing to me since I've got the software set up to not answer and just send. The phone guys think it's my computer/modem since the other computers let go of the line if they fax. It still may be an old wiring issue (old building) but I thought I'd ask the group. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com Project Foreman NewMedia Construction Co. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] sleep image
Hey Rick, This offers you the complete scoop on what is happening, probably more detail than you would like. But you definitely won't have any further questions after reading it. http://tinyurl.com/ugzrp Ward Oldham On Jul 24, 2007, at 7:02 PM, b3studios wrote: what is the sleep image? when trying to recover some extra space on my macbook i noticed that: Private var vm sleepimage is a 2GB file. any idea? thanks, Rick ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070724/b15d748e/attachment.html
[MacGroup] sleep image
Oh, an interesting footnote . . . Be sure to click on the available links in this article. Chocked full of interesting information as well as a nice video. Ward On Jul 24, 2007, at 7:02 PM, b3studios wrote: what is the sleep image? when trying to recover some extra space on my macbook i noticed that: Private var vm sleepimage is a 2GB file. any idea? thanks, Rick ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Keyboard
Hey Bernie, Sounds strange doesn't it? To elaborate, I do not believe this applies to the general periodic maintenance of a keyboard whatsoever. By chance, I became aware of this procedure being performed on keyboards whose functionality was rendered useless after fluid spillage i.e. soft drinks, coffee, etc. Normally, the keyboard is pronounced dead and a replacement is purchased. But as long as ten years ago, the good folk at Publishers Printing in Shepherdsville discovered that a subsequent washing of the afflicted keyboard in the dishwasher rendered them useful once again. However, I should add that once washed the keyboard was given ample time to dry (up to two weeks). I've never tried it but what have you got to lose? Ward Oldham On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Bernard Griffis wrote: I was listening to a discussion on PC's and such (WHAS, I believe) and they discussed placing your keyboard in the dishwasher for cleaning. Supposedly this one individual had discussed this with NASA and this had been their method for years. Anyone know anything? Bernie ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] QuickTime Web Movie Secrets
now cmon Jerry. http://tinyurl.com/ :) On Jul 16, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/07/16/quicktime-web-movie- secrets.html best...jf ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] change boot drive
Hey Jerry, Excuse my ignorance . . . I haven't a clue what a vertical write disk is. But I believe the issue is being able to boot from a bootable drive attached to your pci card. I would assume that if you start up holding the option key down and you don't see it as a selectable drive to boot from, you're out of luck. Historically, the problem usually stems from the pci card. To test this, you can swap disk3s3 with one of your existing internal drives and see if it becomes selectable when you option + boot. If it does, it would confirm that the drive is bootable as well as confirm the problem rests with your pci card. If that proves to be the case, I would go hunting for a firmware update for your pci card that may rectify the problem or contact the manufacturer of the pci card to investigate a workaround. Good Luck. Ward On Jul 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: i have (5) installed drives in the PowermacG5: (2) in the drive bays and (3) 'vertical write' in an auxiliary bracket hooked to a PCI card, the first drive in the bay is boot. the target disk: disk3s3, /Volumes/Studio, has a fresh install of OS X 10.4x. the notion was to swap it out with my current boot drive so i would have three larger 'all alike' drives for mirrored raid. the disk shows up in finder, disk utility, get info, and about this mac serial-ata. 1. can i boot from from a vertical write disk? note: the disk will not boot from, system prefsstartup disk settings, or reboot holding option, the volume does not appear. anyone help me out of my misery. thx. best...jf ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] iTunes error
Hi Marta, I believe the unknown error -50 is indicative of a failure to write file error. Of course, iTunes has told you that the changes to the library cannot be saved as well. Personally, I've never seen this error in iTunes. I see two scenarios. The first, your hard drive is full. The second, the iTunes library has become corrupted. So first get info on your hard disk and find out where you stand in regards to available space. Assuming space is not the issue, I would make an attempt to verify the integrity of your iTunes library. This is a single file within your itunes folder within your Music folder. With iTunes open, select Export Library from the File menu. If it exports without an error, I would assume that it is not corrupt. If you are unable to export it, you have your problem. Let us know what you find out. Ward On Jul 1, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Could some of you geniuses out there enlighten me what I should do ? An error sign comes unto my screen in short intervals and tells me that iTunes library cannot be saved . What might that mean, and also that an unknown error occurred -50. I could click this Do not warn me again, but then I never will find out what has happened. Marta ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070702/dbd977c8/attachment.html
[MacGroup] mirrored raid questions.
Hey Jerry, Well, I'll get the ball rolling but I have very limited experience with RAID, both within a given cpu and XServe RAID. But from what experience I do have, I was unaware that you could configure a RAID with hard drives whose physical sizes differ. And I'm not aware that even if you create partitions of identical size on two dissimilar drives can you configure these partitions as a RAID. So obviously, this picture needs further clarification before you proceed further. Because if I am right, you're looking at buying a couple more new drives. I hope I'm wrong. Ward On Jul 1, 2007, at 11:33 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: i'm trying to setup a mirrored raid, to be 'smart' backed up and scheduled by superduper, and i'm confused. 1. will my setup work for mirrored raid, or do the volumes need the exact equivalent partitions on the raid? my two spare drives available for raid are 320G each, and the combined total of the volumes is 415G. do i have to re-partition drive-1: volume-1 40G + volume-2 30G + volume-4 250G = 320G total? that would be a bother. 2. do both drives on a raid need to be partitioned the same? my G5 10.4x setup: drive-1: 165G volume-1: boot 52G, volume-2: projects 113G drive-2: 250G volume-3: scratch disk 8G (not backed up). volume-4: photography-1 242G available drives for mirrored raid: drive-3: 320G drive-4: 320G tia. best...jf ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] iTunes error
I haven't had any problems either. But . . . The issue made the top story on MacFixIt. http://www.macfixit.com/ Ward On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070702093239625 I updated and didn't have any problems. But I never keep much music on my computer. I manual sync my iPod who wants to keep 60 gig's of music on your computer. On Jul 2, 2007, at 6:42 AM, b3 wrote: Marta, this seems to be an issue with the new iTunes 7.3. I'm having the same problem, as are a number of other individuals as evidenced by the 27,000 views and 150 posts in this thread on the apple support discussion board. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1015845tstart=45 the long and the shot of it seems to be you have a few options: 1. wait for apple to issue their 7.3.1 fix. 2. re-build/re-create your iTunes Library as referenced here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313 be warned, that this second option erases all of you ratings and last-time-played info. It seems that apple is so concerned about the iPhone, that they forgot about the rest of us. Rick On Jul 1, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Could some of you geniuses out there enlighten me what I should do ? An error sign comes unto my screen in short intervals and tells me that iTunes library cannot be saved . What might that mean, and also that an unknown error occurred -50. I could click this Do not warn me again, but then I never will find out what has happened. Marta ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20070702/34a99368/attachment.html
[MacGroup] HD problems?
Hey Robert, A problem with your startup disk can cause an assortment of unexpected, unpredictable errors with other tasks. Don't worry about the memory stick issue until you have the directory repaired on the drive in question. Once repaired, then observe if the other issues go away. As is the case with any directory problem on a startup disk, it's difficult to effect a repair of the drive if you've started up from it. And even if you could, think about the logic behind it. Would you have total confidence in the repair performed on a disk with a utility running from the hard drive you suspect having problems with? No. (Other than booting into single user mode and running fsck) the trick is to always startup from another disk to effect the repair. You may start up from another boot drive, another bootable partition or a bootable DVD (such as your OS X Install DVD). Then open Disk Utility (or other repair utility) from the drive you've started up from. You should have better luck effecting the repair. Should you continue to have problems repairing the drive with Disk Utility after following the above steps, then you may have to resort to a commercial utility i.e. Disk Warrior or Techtool Pro to perform the repair. Good Luck! Ward On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:03 PM, Robert Klein wrote: Any help on this will be appreciated. I like to run Disk Utility and repair permissions from time to time. The permissions are all fine and the SMART is verified; however, when I run ?verify disk? I get the message: Invalid index key The volume G5 Macintosh HD needs to be repaired. Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit 1 HFS volume checked Volume needs repair The repair disk button will not light up on the disk or the volume, so I can't run it. I tried rebooting and repairing permissions again (nothing was repaired) to no avail. Is this something to worry about and, if so, what should I do? Thanks, Robert ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] e-mailing qt movie
Hi Luann, The determining factor is NOT how long the movie is, it's how large the file size is. And the file size limitation differs from provider to provider. Typically, most providers have a 3MB-5MB limit on the size of an attachment. Insightbb imposes a 10MB limit on the size of a file that can be sent as an attachment. So check the size of the file and let us know. Ward Oldham On Jun 25, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Luann Johnson wrote: Having difficulty sending a 3 minute quicktime movie. I attached the movie as I would any attachment, and it appears in the body of the letter. When I try to send it, I get message cannot send message using the server mail.insightbb.com I do not recall a problem with this in the past. I have turned the computer on and off, and tried just sending it to me instead of a bunch of people. No luck. I can send wmv and other attachments, but not qt. Can anyone help me send this? Or tell me how to change it to another format that will send? Thanks. Luann ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] e-mailing qt movie
Hi Luann, Rephrased, was your last question meant to say Are there other methods of sending larger attachments? If so, the answer is yes! My most favorite way is to send files using ichat where there is no limitation to file size whatsoever. Uploading to an ftp server and using your idisk (part of .Mac) are two other popular ways. Ward On Jun 25, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Luann Johnson wrote: Thanks, Ward. That was the problem. It is 16.4 mb. I went to the iMovie and shared it via an e-mail and it worked. It's very tiny, but at least it sent. Would there be other ways to send it so it would be larger? Luann On Jun 25, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: Hi Luann, The determining factor is NOT how long the movie is, it's how large the file size is. And the file size limitation differs from provider to provider. Typically, most providers have a 3MB-5MB limit on the size of an attachment. Insightbb imposes a 10MB limit on the size of a file that can be sent as an attachment. So check the size of the file and let us know. Ward Oldham On Jun 25, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Luann Johnson wrote: Having difficulty sending a 3 minute quicktime movie. I attached the movie as I would any attachment, and it appears in the body of the letter. When I try to send it, I get message cannot send message using the server mail.insightbb.com I do not recall a problem with this in the past. I have turned the computer on and off, and tried just sending it to me instead of a bunch of people. No luck. I can send wmv and other attachments, but not qt. Can anyone help me send this? Or tell me how to change it to another format that will send? Thanks. Luann ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] DSL speeds
Hi Stuart, My guess is dsl lite denotes you have Bellsouth. http://www.bellsouth.com/consumer/inetsrvcs/index.html Reference the numbers that refer to downstream/upstream speeds half way down the page i.e. 768/128Kbps, 1.5/256Kbps, etc. You have the first option at $19.95 per month. From here it's simple math. You next option, dsl ultra, has numbers for downstream/upstream that are double the size of the numbers for your dsl lite. So guess what? It's roughly double the speed. Simple? Now your issue is whether what you have will be fast enough to use Skype, correct? The real test is to try Skype out now and see if you're happy. And then figure out if you can live with the other speed issues you have that make you want to call your internet really slow. Ward On Jun 25, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: I have DSL lite. Do others who have DSL know if there is much difference in the three levels of speed that is offered? I am planning on starting to use Skype and my computer internet is really slow and was thinking that may help. I don't want to go to cable at this point. Any help appreciated. -Stuart __ __ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Printer problems
Hi George, First, this is a hardware and/or paper issue. So don't worry about any software issues. There are a few things you can try to restore paper feed functionality. Paper Change the type of paper you're using. Fan the sheets of paper before inserting into the printer. Change the level of humidity in your home. Printer You have rollers responsible for pulling the paper through the printer, some of which you will be able to see and some I suspect you will not be able to see. Rubbing these rollers with a Q-tip dipped in alcohol may remove paper residue and other deposits which may be adhering to the rollers, making them less able to grip the paper. Should your efforts fail, there is one place in town that will repair your printer that I'm aware of. There may be other options as well. http://www.serv-sol.com/printerserv.htm If it comes to this, weigh the cost of repair vs the cost of replacing your printer. You may be surprised at the fact that replacement often is cheaper. Good Luck! Ward Oldham On Jun 22, 2007, at 9:38 AM, George H.Yankey wrote: I am having problems with our HP Photosmart 7450 printer. I get an error message that the printer is out of paper . This is not the case. It just won't pick up and feed the paper through. I have gone on line and read HP's instructions for correcting the problem. I even used their chat feature which they say will not work on a Mac but it did for me . i have tried everything they have suggested and nothing helps. Any suggesting? George Yankey ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Apple Remote Desktop Shell Command
Beth, If it were me, I'd be calling the vendor that furnished you the script. Let them walk you through it over the phone. Ward On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Beth Phillips wrote: Lee, I've tried logging in as my admin user and as root and it still comes back with the same error message when I try to send the UNIX command via ARD. I looked at the text in the script and I did see where it had a line that if you were not root you had to enter a password, but other than that I didn't see anything that would keep it from running, but then I don't know a lot of UNIX so I could be missing something. -- Thanks, Beth I'm guessing you're doing nothing wrong. The script is probably doing something that the user you're logged in as doesn't have permission to do. You can open the script in any text editor and look; it's just a text file. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] external disk oddness
Hey Bill, I would first determine if the external hard drive (firewire? usb?) is the root of the problem. Unmount the drive before putting your laptop to sleep. Observe if it eliminates any/all of the gyrations you're being put through. If it does, unmount the drive before putting your laptop to sleep. OK, so it turns out to be your external hard drive but you prefer not to unmount and disconnect your drive before sleep. The next step is to perform disk repair on the external hard drive. After that, confirm that your drive has the latest firmware update. Does the problem go away? Should you still have problems regardless of whether the drive is attached or not, we pursue a different direction. Let us know. Ward Oldham On Jun 9, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Bill Rising wrote: Hey folks, I've been having a problem for the last two months which appears to be getting worse: Mount an external drive. Close the lid to put the machine to sleep. Case 1: Open the lid almost immediately (as in oops! I forgot) Problem: the external drives often will not appear. Usual solution: Open Disk Utility, see that the disks are there, but their partition (s) are grayed out. Eject the offending (volumes). Reattach. Yesterday's problem: Open Disk Utility. Sits there doing nothing. Spinning Beachball. Open Terminal. Type cd /Volumes ... Nothing happens, as in command is never completed. Try to open another terminal window ... Spinning Beachball Try to go to the Finder ... Spinning Beachball Case 2: Open lid some time later, like the next morning. Problem: same as above, though I've never gotten the Disk Utility failing problem. Sometimes, the Finder hangs completely, when going through this circus, and relaunching causes it to semi-quit. The only solution seems to be to force shut down the computer. Sometimes the filesystem seems to go blooey, where applications all stop responding where (I'm guessing now) they cannot find any of their files. I've used Disk Utility from the Install DVD to check the drive, and it claims all is good. Does anyone have a hint for what I should be doing to avoid this headache? A person on the Apple Discussions suggests wiping the disk clean and reinstalling. This sounds less than appealing, but I suppose it could be done if I really had to. Bill___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Printer/scanner problems
Hi George, On the surface, it would be prudent to make sure you have installed the latest drivers compatible with your version of OS X. HP ScanJet 3500c (driver version 8.4) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex? softwareitem=sj-31472-2lc=encc=usdlc=enproduct=73488os=219lang=en HP Photosmart 7400 series (driver version 3.1) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex? softwareitem=ps-31553-2lc=encc=usdlc=enproduct=397785os=219lang=en Both are hefty downloads. Check the above versions with what shipped with the product. It may eliminate the need to download. Frequently before going to this trouble, it may be smart to try a series of quick fixes first, particularly if both devices worked as one would expect when you originally installed them. Among these . . . Boot from your OS X Install DVD, run Disk Utility and Repair disk. or Repair with a commercial utility i.e. Disk Warrior or Techtool Pro. Repair disk permissions. Delete the printer from the list in Printer Setup, then re-add the printer. Delete scanner and/or printer preferences. (you may have trouble with this one). I suspect your problem with the printer printing a second blank page might be a carriage return or two, inadvertently creating the second page. Check your document. Good Luck! Ward Oldham On Jun 8, 2007, at 6:49 PM, George H.Yankey wrote: The problems with our scanner are; sometimes it responds to the scanner buttons and sometimes it doesn't and on occasion it freezes in the middle of a scan. The printer frequently runs a second blank page when there is only one page in the documents; also, it sometimes freezes in the middle of a job then I have trouble restarting or deleting the job. George On Jun 8, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jun 8, at 11:06 AM, George H.Yankey wrote: We are using a HP Scanjet 3500 series scanner and a HP Photosmart 7400 series printer and are having problems with both. We have the original CD drivers for both and are thinking about uninstalling both drivers and starting over. Would that be a good idea ? It probably couldn't hurt anything to do so, but what are the problems? ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] Printer/scanner problems
George, Should you need to download the drivers, copy the full link. I noticed that both links have been broken. You may find it corrected below. Ward On Jun 8, 2007, at 8:56 PM, Ward Oldham wrote: Hi George, On the surface, it would be prudent to make sure you have installed the latest drivers compatible with your version of OS X. HP ScanJet 3500c (driver version 8.4) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex? softwareitem=sj-31472-2lc=encc=usdlc=enproduct=73488os=219lang=e n HP Photosmart 7400 series (driver version 3.1) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex? softwareitem=ps-31553-2lc=encc=usdlc=enproduct=397785os=219lang= en Both are hefty downloads. Check the above versions with what shipped with the product. It may eliminate the need to download. Frequently before going to this trouble, it may be smart to try a series of quick fixes first, particularly if both devices worked as one would expect when you originally installed them. Among these . . . Boot from your OS X Install DVD, run Disk Utility and Repair disk. or Repair with a commercial utility i.e. Disk Warrior or Techtool Pro. Repair disk permissions. Delete the printer from the list in Printer Setup, then re-add the printer. Delete scanner and/or printer preferences. (you may have trouble with this one). I suspect your problem with the printer printing a second blank page might be a carriage return or two, inadvertently creating the second page. Check your document. Good Luck! Ward Oldham On Jun 8, 2007, at 6:49 PM, George H.Yankey wrote: The problems with our scanner are; sometimes it responds to the scanner buttons and sometimes it doesn't and on occasion it freezes in the middle of a scan. The printer frequently runs a second blank page when there is only one page in the documents; also, it sometimes freezes in the middle of a job then I have trouble restarting or deleting the job. George On Jun 8, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jun 8, at 11:06 AM, George H.Yankey wrote: We are using a HP Scanjet 3500 series scanner and a HP Photosmart 7400 series printer and are having problems with both. We have the original CD drivers for both and are thinking about uninstalling both drivers and starting over. Would that be a good idea ? It probably couldn't hurt anything to do so, but what are the problems? ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
[MacGroup] DVD question(s)
Hey Dan, I had the same question from a family member just the other day. He required firewire only. Despite the fact that the rated throughput of USB 2 is on par with FW 400, I don't see it in real world tests (but that can be debated another time). I'll always take firewire over USB given the option. So, regarding firewire . . . LaCie http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10311 CompUSA http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp? pfp=cat3product_code=51018393Pn=16x8x16_DL_DVD_RW_Drive http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp? pfp=cat3product_code=343143Pn=Multi_Format_DL_DVD_RW_Drive Compatibility I love Toast! My take on this issue is based on the assumption that you would too. I'm not really familiar with other third party options and whether they require drivers or not so I can't speak for those. But Toast does not install drivers. I believe the issue of OS X and drive support is analogous to OS X and digital camera support. Plug and play. If it's recognized by the System Profiler, you can get it to work. This doesn't apply to SCSI. So if it has USB 2 or Firewire, it should work. Honestly, I told my cousin to go to CompUSA (uh) and buy the drive. Should that 1 in a 100 chance arise that your purchased drive doesn't work for whatever reason, you can always return it. Ward On Jun 4, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: I'm in the market for an external DVD recorder and have the following questions: 1. A perusal of Best Buy and Circuit City found 5 or 6 different models (Sony, Samsung, Pioneer, Lightscribe, etc.), all of which mentioned only Windows OS and Intel Pentium processors on their specs. These are the current standard 18x18 speed drives that record both regular DVDs (4.7GB) and dual-layer DVDs (8.5 GB). Does anyone know if any of these models will or won't work with a Mac running OS X? 2. Does recording in dual-layer mode require special software, or is that something that the latest versions of OS X has built in? Does it require Toast? 3. My ultimate need is for a device that can be moved to different computers to record, mostly for archival backup purposes, between 4 GB and 8 GB of data per disk. Ideally it would have both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports. And, of course, work flawlessly with a variety of Macs, from eMacs to laptops to G5 towers. Anyone know of such a beast? Dan ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be June 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
MacGroup: external drive
Hi Cathy, I'll assume the other - that you have a firewire hard drive. If so . . . Make sure you have the latest firmware installed on the drive. That can be found through the manufacturer or through versiontracker.com. If it's a LaCie Porsche hard disk (and may apply to other brands as well), verify that the drive is formatted for the Macintosh (HFS+). Often, the drive out of the box is formatted FAT32 (for MS-DOS or Windoz). And if so, while mounted you may want to run a disk utility check to verify that the drive's directory is not corrupted. It goes without saying that once you observe the drive is not mounted, you will not be able to find using the Find command anything on the drive. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Aug 14, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Green, Cathy wrote: Greetings all, Since I've maxed out the hard drive of my iMac (G3) desktop running Jaguag (10.2.8), I hooked up a new 160 GB external drive. I dragged most of the space-hogging stuff to it, but the problem is: occasionally, the icon doesn't appear on the desktop doing a filefind doesn't locate it. So I have to turn off the external then back on, which usually does the trick; only a handful of times have I had to restart the whole thing to get it to appear...This makes me a bit nervous, since the only copy of my music files such is on the external drive. I don't want to back up the files to my laptop, as that space is getting limited, etcIs there something I need to set/reset to avoid this from causing future concern/potentially more serious issues? TIA, Cathy -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050814/a8e77839/attachment.html
MacGroup: Alias
Hi Marta, Drag copying a file to other drives or partitions automatically makes a duplicate or copy. (not moving the original) Holding the option key down while you drag a file will make a copy to anywhere you designate i.e. another folder on the same drive. (again, never moving the original) Copying the content of a file will put what you have copied on the clipboard. Example: You have a file open within a program and you select something to copy so you can move it to another document. (EditCopy) What you have copied is stored in the clipboard, a glorified name for a portion of RAM where the information is temporarily stored until you copy something else. Once you copy something, it overwrites the original. It is held in the clipboard (RAM) until you shut your computer down, switch user accounts, or until you copy something else. You can paste what you have copied as many times as you would like. Remember, Cut, Copy or Paste applies to the content of a file while you have that file open. Copying or duplicating a file in the Finder is different altogether. Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Aug 13, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Marta Edie wrote: While we are on this subject. Now, if I do make a duplicate rather than an Alias, it would work as an original, would it not, and I could put it on a different computer or hard drive. Yes? -- And then I have a different question : When I copy something, where is it kept until I finally paste it? On the clipboard? Marta On Aug 13, 2005, at 19:00, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: The alis is just a pointer file - it points to the original document or program to which it is attached. If you delete the original the alias does not point to anything. Harry Saturday, August 13, 20056:45 PMGeorge H.Yankeyjeffco13 at bellsouth.net I have a question. If I create an Alias of a document and save the Alias to an external drive then trash the original document, can I still open the Alias? George Yankey | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050813/3f4d5706/attachment.html
MacGroup: Repair permissions before and after updates or not??
Hi Sue, The rule of thumb that we recommend to our customers is to always repair permissions immediately following the installation of any software or software update, whether it be Apple or third party (non- Apple). I believe Apple does recommend repairing permissions prior to any major OS update such as upgrading from OS X 10.3 to OS X 10.4 but only as a precautionary measure, along with the raft of other precautionary measures one is to take before any major upgrade (such as repairing directory damage or disconnecting firewire hard drives). Obviously, repairing permissions before and after is redundant. Not professing by any means to know it all, I'm rather curious by Lee's assertion that Apple's installers repair permissions on the fly. I'm not aware that they do anything of the sort. In fact, Apple produced some updates which installed by default with incorrect permissions. I recollect the update to iPhoto 4.0.3 as well as others installed with incorrect permissions. HP drivers are notorious for this as well although I have not checked lately. I believe ARD can batch repair permissions but only from the command line using Terminal. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Aug 9, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Sue Balmer wrote: I am curious on the consensus of opinion - do you need to repair permissions prior to installing updates? Apple support has told me it is not necessary, however, I have see numerous posts on the discussion groups at Apple maintaining you should always repair permissions before and after any update. I volunteer at our elementary school's computer lab and with the start of school tomorrow, we'll be deep in updates this week. The school has over 75 eMacs, so while I would like to play it safe, it really adds time to the process. We do have Apple Remote which I plan on using to start updates on several machines at once, but I don't believe I can batch the repair permissions part. (Please correct me if I am wrong. All of my Apple education has been in the line of fire, nothing formal, so I'm sure I have some huge knowledge gaps.) Do I really need to spend the time necessary to repair permissions both before and after the updates? What do I risk if I don't? Thanks, Sue -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050809/5a3a9a69/attachment.html
MacGroup: powerbook question
Hey John, Keeping it short and sweet . . . Sounds like the 15 powerbook is already your choice. If any video is in your future at all over the next couple of years, get a superdrive. But once you mention Photoshop, you imply the need for lots of RAM. You can get up to 2GB in that unit. Spend your money there. Ward On Aug 6, 2005, at 3:16 AM, Myoldog at aol.com wrote: OK, I know that a reasoned and logical reply to my question will be something like: How do you intend to use your Powerbook? or How much money are you willing to spend? or some such question that is going to make me think too hard. So, I am very open to suggestions about configuring a 15-inch Powerbook that will let me have enough money for essential food on my table and other such habits or addictions. However, I still want to be yet somewhat enchanted with the Powerbook's performance. Is it always a choice of food on the table vs. enjoyable time on the computer? I will be using typical word processing software, along with Photoshop, InDesign, and a wee bit of Illustrator. Very little video at this point. So, please give me your opinions regarding what's essential and what's frivolous, my dear wise cohorts of the inner kingdom? Your thoughtful responses will be much debated in my tiny brain and become the source of much confusion, I am sure. However, I am fearful that I am not asking myself enough questions. Neither am I doing my homework on laptops. It's much easier to glean some understanding from those who use laptops regularly. Many thanks! John Geiser -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050806/44eb8f66/attachment.html
MacGroup: Tiger anti-virus? was: hot! iBook hard drive
Hey Alex, At the risk of repeating myself, I'm pretty sure this has been covered before. http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/ The product even ships with Tiger Server. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Alex Whitman wrote: Virex was definitely the problem, and it took a bit of hoop-jumping to find McAfee's uninstaller. Once you know what to look for on Apple's website (thanks Brian!), they say Virex 7.5 is not compatible with Tiger, but Virex 7.2 is okay. Unfortunately, if I ever had 7.2 installed I lost it when Apple told me to upgrade. Virex is no longer a free download for dotMac members, so it looks like I have to find a replacement. (Or... is Apple so confident in OSX now that they think we have natural immunity?) What anti-virus software works with Tiger and won't choke a G4 iBook or G4 iMac? Automatic updates are required. Cheap is better, but I'll resign myself to spending some bucks if I have to. Thanks, Alex On Aug 3, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: Over the past few months, my G4 iBook has been running progressively hotter. This weekend I installed Tiger, though I don't know if that's relevant. Now it's *really* hot. I feel sure I could fry an egg on the left front quarter. Is this a sign of impending hard drive death? Or something else? Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050806/4125f20b/attachment.html
MacGroup: Tiger anti-virus? was: hot! iBook hard drive
. . . and should you find the correct link confusing http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/ClamXav_1.0.1.dmg Ward On Aug 6, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Alex Whitman wrote: Virex was definitely the problem, and it took a bit of hoop-jumping to find McAfee's uninstaller. Once you know what to look for on Apple's website (thanks Brian!), they say Virex 7.5 is not compatible with Tiger, but Virex 7.2 is okay. Unfortunately, if I ever had 7.2 installed I lost it when Apple told me to upgrade. Virex is no longer a free download for dotMac members, so it looks like I have to find a replacement. (Or... is Apple so confident in OSX now that they think we have natural immunity?) What anti-virus software works with Tiger and won't choke a G4 iBook or G4 iMac? Automatic updates are required. Cheap is better, but I'll resign myself to spending some bucks if I have to. Thanks, Alex On Aug 3, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: Over the past few months, my G4 iBook has been running progressively hotter. This weekend I installed Tiger, though I don't know if that's relevant. Now it's *really* hot. I feel sure I could fry an egg on the left front quarter. Is this a sign of impending hard drive death? Or something else? Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: wireless help
Hi Tom, It should be idiot proof and fairly automatic . . . provided that you have your computers at home configured to use DHCP, which I highly suspect you don't! Your router by default is configured to be a DHCP server. I suspect you have your Mac(s) configured using static IP addresses with the same one being given to two computers, hence the error you received. Set your computers to use DHCP as well and things should work as expected. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Aug 5, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Tom H. wrote: Just returned from a trip where wireless worked fine. Now when i try to connect to my home network, i get a red ! and the message: IP configuration 192.168.0.2 in use by 0:13:10:13:3d:8 DCHP server 192.168.0.1. Anyone know how to remedy? Thanks, Tom -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050805/57b8efb1/attachment.html
MacGroup: Slot loading superdrive [bcc][faked-from]
Hey Cathy, Dongle most commonly refers to a short pigtail device, either usb or adb that contains in firmware the serial number info. that a copy protected program requires. A typical example is Quark Passport, a multilingual version of Quark XPress. Even though a user may have the application installed and the correct serial number input to verify that it is a registered product, its dongle would also be required for operation of the program. It would simply be plugged into the computer's usb or adb port. So should a user obtain an illegal copy of the software and even obtain an illegal serial number, they would still be unsuccessful in using the program without its dongle. Its goes to the extreme but many of your more expensive programs require dongles (which are manufacturer/application specific). Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Jul 28, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: On Jul 28, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Green, Cathy wrote: what's a dongle?! ccg dongle: noun. Computer slang for a cable to connect devices. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050728/d77300da/attachment.html
MacGroup: Fwd: CDs no longer recognized when burned
Hey Janice, Possible things to try: 1. Change the brand of the media you are using 2. Run a disk repair utility i.e. Disk Warrior, Disk Utility or Tech Tool Pro As with any OS X problem, there are prescribed things that you should do. Don't limit your thinking to your problem only being iTunes related. There is a very basic guide that may help you get this under control. http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/features/tipstroubleshoot/index.php Not mentioned (and a consistent practice) is to reinstall the OS X 10.x.x combo update (whatever version of the OS you're using). Good Luck, Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Jul 22, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Janice Weber wrote: This is my third time posting this message - if there are no answers, can anyone tell me where to find out? I'm running 10.2.8. Begin forwarded message: From: Janice Weber kyjweber at mac.com Date: Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:30:35 PM America/New_York To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Fwd: CDs no longer recognized when burned Anybody? Begin forwarded message: From: Janice Weber kyjweber at mac.com Date: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:28:24 PM America/New_York To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: CDs no longer recognized when burned Since I upgraded to iTunes 4.9, every music CD I've burned results in a message (on completion of burn): You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS can read. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore. (Button choices are Ignore and Eject) I've changed the burn speed and repaired permissions and reset the PRAM - no change. I can't find anything similar on Apple's Support site - anybody have experience with this? | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050722/833e16fe/attachment.html
MacGroup: Safari Emulation
Hey John, This may do the trick. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17776 . . . and it may not. Try some other browsers as well. Maybe between the two you'll have some luck. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:39 PM, Profile wrote: Help is more than appreciated! Is there a way? My bank will not allow me to establish an electronic account with them unless I use Internet Explorer, or Netscape. I have written to them concerning Safari, their reply was a simple NO. It wouldn't bother me to change banks, I may do so even if someone out there suggest a workaround (other than using one of the browsers they suggest, I feel Apple's products should have support). I recall there may have been a way to get Safari to emulate another browser, but I have looked everywhere and I just can't find where to turn this feature on, if it exist. I am running OS X 10.3.9. Any help would be appreciated. John Robinson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050620/65791966/attachment.html
MacGroup: Safari Emulation
ops, that's a bummer. Requires Tiger. Try this one: http://www.lordofthecows.com/safari_enhancer.php Ward On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:39 PM, Profile wrote: Help is more than appreciated! Is there a way? My bank will not allow me to establish an electronic account with them unless I use Internet Explorer, or Netscape. I have written to them concerning Safari, their reply was a simple NO. It wouldn't bother me to change banks, I may do so even if someone out there suggest a workaround (other than using one of the browsers they suggest, I feel Apple's products should have support). I recall there may have been a way to get Safari to emulate another browser, but I have looked everywhere and I just can't find where to turn this feature on, if it exist. I am running OS X 10.3.9. Any help would be appreciated. John Robinson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: Logic Pro
Hey Folks, Are any of you familiar with or have any working knowledge of Logic Pro? We have a customer looking for some specific pre-sales information and we are unable to address his issues. Any help would be appreciated. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050607/477c4e8a/attachment.html
MacGroup: Failing hard drive
Hey Dan, S.M.A.R.T. is a set of diagnostics capabilities that is built onto the hard disk's controller. A typical description reads: S.M.A.R.T. technology S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. S.M.A.R.T. technology was developed by a number of major hard disk drive manufacturers in a concerted effort to increase the reliability of drives. It is a technology that enables the PC to predict the future failure of hard disk drives. S.M.A.R.T. technology has become an industry standard for hard drive manufacturers. Through the S.M.A.R.T. system, modern hard disk drives incorporate a suite of advanced diagnostics that monitor the internal operations of a drive and provide an early warning for many types of potential problems. When a potential problem is detected, the drive can be repaired or replaced before any data is lost or damaged. The S.M.A.R.T. system monitors the drive for anything that might seem out of the ordinary, documents it, and analyzes the data. If it sees something that indicates a problem, it is capable of notifying the user (or system administrator). S.M.A.R.T. monitors disk performance, faulty sectors, recalibration, CRC errors, drive spin-up time, drive heads, distance between the heads and the disk platters, drive temperature, and characteristics of the media, motor and servomechanisms. The errors the system can detect can be predicted by a number of methods. Currently the SMART system can detect about 70% of all hard drive errors. Here's an example: motor and/or bearing failure can be predicted by an increase in the drive spin-up time and the number of retries it takes to get the drive spinning at full speed. Or, if the drive notes that error correction is being needed excessively, it can attribute this to a broken drive head or surface contamination, and it will create an alert before the problem gets worse. Armed with a prediction of failure, the user or system administrator can make a backup copy of key data, replace a suspect device prior to data loss, and avoid undesired downtime. We find detection so reliable that should Disk Utility or Disk Warrior indicate a S.M.A.R.T. failure, we replace the drive immediately - no questions asked. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 31, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: My wife's G4 iMac has been freezing up and exhibiting other aberrent behavior recently. I originally thought it might be because I just installed Tiger on it, but tonight I tried to run Disk Utility and noticed, first, that the name of the hard drive and volume were displayed in red. When I select either of them, I get a message saying that the S.M.A.R.T. feature has detected a failing hard drive and to back up any important documents -- which, of course, I promptly did. This is my first encounter with one of these S.M.A.R.T. messages. Are they generally accurate? Are there any conditions that might generate this message other than a true drive failure? In other words, is it definitely time to order a new hard drive, or are there some tricks I might try on this one first? Dan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050531/7d2d47b8/attachment.html
MacGroup: Re: failed hard drive
Hey Ben, I think your situation is fairly cut and dried. Failure to boot could simply be a corrupt system (or no system). But booting from a CD and not even seeing the hard drive is a different issue. And booting from a CD that has a drive utility that you can run to scan for all drives on a given bus will further reinforce the fact that you have had a drive failure should nothing turn up. Even the Apple System Profiler should show you the presence of your hard disk. Dead PRAM batteries manifest a different set of problems. Have your drive replaced. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 31, 2005, at 9:51 PM, Ben Hershberg wrote: Do I understand properly from earlier suggestions that my 450 mhz G3's inability to start up from its hard drive--and the hard drive's not showing up on disk utility and other software I start up from--may be the result of a failing CMOSS battery (not sure of the spelling). If that's the case, are such batteries fairly easy to replace in G3's? Mine is the graphite G3. Please let me know what you can--Ben Zion Hershberg | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050531/145d2125/attachment.html
MacGroup: G3 startup, etc.
Hey Ben, Zapping the PRAM (command+option+p+r) may help in clearing out the confusion. Once booted up, open your startup disk system preference and reselect the hard drive you wish to boot from. With that said, it is NEVER a good indication that your hard disk is not visible nor recognized when booted from CD. That could spell a hard drive failure. Disk Warrior as well as Disk Utility can obtain the hard drive's S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic results that may give you a clue. I don't believe music gets in your /Users/Shared folder without you putting it there. You may purge the contents but don't purge the folder. And you may want to make sure your main music library has this stuff before you purge it. You really need to back this music up to an external hard drive and purge to free up space, particularly if this 80GB drive is your boot drive. It does not like being full! Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 128 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 29, 2005, at 9:22 AM, Ben Hershberg wrote: I have a 450 megahertz G3 running OS 10.2.3, I believe. It runs fine, but when it gets shut down, as it did in a recent power outage, I can't get it to boot up. The computer doesn't find the hard drive on start up, and when I've tried to start up from a CD, like disk warrior, the hard drive still doesn't show up. I thought I had found the problem when I looked in start up preferences and saw that it for some reason was set to look for a network start up disk. I reset that to the hard drive, but again, it won't start up. Another, unrelated question: My G4's 80 gigabyte hard drive is getting full, and the biggest single area of memory use is music files. I see an enormous amount of memory devoted to the iTunes library and a smaller, but still large amount taken up by music files in the shared folder that is in my users folder. I can't tell if iTunes uses both the shared folder the the itunes music folder or if files run from the shared folder on itunes are then copied into the itunes folder. Does anyone know if I can delete the shared folder (which has something like 5 gigabytes of music files in it) without doing system damage or losing music that plays in itunes?--thanks for suggestions--Ben Zion Hershberg | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050529/7654e44e/attachment.html
MacGroup: Blue Screen of Death
Hey Greg, You have had a couple of problems that don't impact the majority of users. Sorry! Kernel panics are primarily caused by hardware problems (incompatibilities), not software. However, a badly corrupted system can cause them as well - just not the primary cause. Likely sources of your problems could be incompatible pci cards, scanners and digital camera card readers to name a few. So look towards third party hardware you have inside the box, and outside as well. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 11, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: Marta, I'm not sure about all of the rest of your questions but I can answer ...what does this panicremind you of... It reminds me of a PC! That's where the phrase blue screen of death is used routinely. I hope Apple isn't satisfied with a system that proceeds down this path. One of the strongest reasons to buy a Mac is because of its stability. Greg On 5/11/05 8:00 PM, Marta Edie martaedie at mac.com wrote: Soince you are talking kernel panic., I had one of those not long ago after making a disk image and then while trying to play it , it did me the same thing, blue screen of death. I followed the instructions and things went ok. then I tried that disk image again, the same thing. I still have not solved this disk image mystery, but how serious is a kernel panic, what kind of things will bring this about? What if you cannot start the machine again, why all those different languages, what does this panic tell you, remind you of, tries to convey? Is it like a heart attack or a stroke, meaning it may or may not leave permanent damage, and if it does damage,how does one know? Marta The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher On May 11, 2005, at 19:22, Dan Crutcher wrote: You've just experienced a kernel panic. Sometimes if you just follow those instructions ... hold down the power button for several seconds to shut down your computer ... and then start it up again, the problem will go away. If not, run Disk Utility, repair permissions, etc. Help! Now I'm having a problem. When I try to shut my computer down, it begins the shutdown sequence, I get the deep blue screen that I always get and then a darker (navy blue) square (not a normal window) pops up in the middle of the screen and it says; You need to restart your computer. Hold the power button down for several seconds or press the restart button. The window then what looks like the same message in several languages underneath it. I'm running Tiger.. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050511/428033aa/attachment.html
MacGroup: Tiger and Norton
Hey Greg, You may want to look into Tech Tool Pro and/or Disk Warrior. Expect minor updates from both companies to make them Tiger compatible. I believe Tech Tool Pro's update is already out. http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/553883/tt404u.bin Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 9, 2005, at 10:01 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: Oh GREAT! I bought this software less than 2 months ago and now it?s worthless?! Thanks for the info. Any recommendations on a Symantec replacement that will be around for a while? Greg - On 5/9/05 6:55 PM, Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com wrote: Hi Greg, Over a year ago Symantec announced that Norton's Utilities for the Macintosh had reached end of life. An update would never be produced that would be Tiger compatible. I do not believe this announcement related to the other products in question but you should investigate. Free email tech support can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/consumer.html Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On May 9, 2005, at 6:42 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: Hi all! Does anyone out there use Norton Firewall, Utilities or Antivirus? These have run perfectly for until I loaded Tiger. The first message I got told me to reload all of the above. I did so and downloaded the gazillion MB update via 28.8kbps connection that I could get and they still so not work. Every time I boot up I get warning messages that they do are not working. Am I the only one? Greg | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 24. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050509/05b1540b/attachment.html
MacGroup: OS X on CDs
Hey Group, Finally stumbled across the answer on how to obtain these gems. http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/tigermediaexchange.pdf Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050507/73edac24/attachment.html
MacGroup: FW: Tiger release ad from CompUSA
OK folks, Let me try and shed some light . . . Apple Computer and your local Apple Specialist, MacTown will be opened extended hours this Friday evening, April 29 from 6PM till the last customer leaves. Now there may be other Tiger related events planned for the month of August but at this time, we currently have no plans to participate in those events. Ward Oldham Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Apr 27, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Tom Guenthner wrote: The User Group is invited to the World Premier of Tiger at CompUSA at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th. There will be a seminar on Tiger by Klayton Cone. CompUSA will have a drawing for an iPod Shuffle Great deals on Mac Software! Tom -- Forwarded Message From: Klayton Cone kcone at apple.com Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:54:42 -0400 To: Tom at aye.net Subject: Tiger release ad from CompUSA Hi Tom I wanted to personally invite you and the rest of the User Group to the World Premier of Tiger at CompUSA at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 29th. There will be a seminar on Tiger by me. CompUSA will have a drawing for an iPod Shuffle Great deals on Mac Software! I have attached the ad for the release event. Please let the rest of the group know. I hope to see you there. Klayton Cone Apple Solutions Consultant (502) 905-4625 Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on. Robert Plant (Stairway to Heaven) -- End of Forwarded Message | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup
MacGroup: ibook issues
Hey Beth, ibooks do not have internal pram batteries. Your only recourse is to perform a logic board reset and/or zap the pram. If neither does the trick, the replacement of the logic board comes next. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On Apr 26, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Beth Phillips wrote: I have a friend that has an older ibook running Mac OS X (Jaguar, I believe). I haven?t dealt with these models much and didn?t see anything that would help her out. It?s out of warranty so Apple?s not helping her either. Any time she restarts the computer her time has to be reset. If this were a desktop model I?d say her battery had gone bad, but ibooks don?t have an internal PRAM battery, do they? Anyone have any suggestions? I?m going to suggest zapping the PRAM first but if that doesn?t work what else can she try? -- 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. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050426/53acd18e/attachment.html
MacGroup: 10.3.9 - no finder
Hey Alex, Did you perform a disk repair (directory repair) first? Did you install the update with all firewire devices disconnected? Will Safari run without the Finder? (it should) and if so, try downloading and installing the combo version of the 10.3.9 update. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: ahw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:54:37 -0400 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: 10.3.9 - no finder I just installed the updates, 10.3.9 and the Security pack, on my G4 iBook. Repaired permissions Ran MacJanitor to take care of cron jobs turned off all other apps installed the updates from Software Update allowed it to restart itself (this took a very long time) The dock, wallpaper, and desktop icons look just like they should, but there is no top menu bar. The day/time, volume control, etc appear in the upper right corner of the screen where they should be, but there's no grey stripe and no blue apple, or any of the other options that should be in the upper left. Apple Mail is working, can be accessed from the dock, and has a top menu bar. Safari is crashing instantly because of Pith Helmet. I would just trash Pith Helmet, but I can't seem to open a Finder window. I would repair permissions again, but I don't know how to get there either. When no apps are open, the spinning multi-chromatic beachball spins and spins and spins. What am I missing? How do I get into Finder? I appeal to those in the know. Sigh. Thanks. Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050420/fc9f8227/attachment.html
MacGroup: Apple Updates and (Palm errata)
Hi Marta, The ipod solution is not cost effective unless you desire to ?kill two birds with one stone? and purchase both an mp3 player and removable hard disk storage in one device. Just an ordinary external firewire hard drive will do the trick and used in conjunction with a cloning utility like carbon copy cloner, you are able to create an identical bootable duplicate of your internal boot drive. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Marta Edie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:18:53 -0400 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: Apple Updates and (Palm errata) Thanks, Jerry, since I know your unconventional sense of humour i wasn't quite sure about those odd numbers- you know of the threes ,sevens and elevens in fairy tales. - One such number might be enough to turn you into an ugly dwarf. - - I guess I need more than a cup of coffee to be isighted at any time of day. - Now to a Mac-User question : Would it be a good idea to have one of those external hard drives so you have everything backed up, all your settings and preferences in all your applications etc?, in case your interior one gives out? -Ward suggested once to use your iPod's other half ( if you have that big size and are not wanting to put all the world's music on it ) as a hard drive to make a copy of your Mac HD. I would not want to start from scratch falls eine Katastrophe happened. Marta On Apr 16, 2005, at 15:56, Jerry Yeager wrote: Hello Marta, On Apr 16, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Marta Edie PB wrote: Jerry, what is an external firewire drive? I already downloaded that update yesterday ( it comes up automatically), and why would an uneven number make any difference? Or are you just joking like Lee on April1? -I have never known anything about my firewire, it only tells me that I have a firewire running when I do my iTunes and therefore can't share them.( Who would?) I could turn this announcement off, but I like to be reminded of this firewire business, so that some day I would ask about it. And the day is now. Your iMac comes with an internal hard drive, but if you run out of space you can get another hard drive and connect it to your Mac using either the USB ports or the FireWire ports. There had been various reports from time to time of folks having problems with their external hard drives using FireWire connections after a 10.3.n o. s. update (usually the hard drive manufacturer had not been very serious about letting folks know about firmware updates and so after an update from Apple, there were some problems). These usually happened with the odd numbered updates and were fixed in the even numbered updates (and by updating the hard drive's firmware). Palm errata!! Wow, now we are going into Latin, how glorious! BTW- this iSight update i did not do. I doubt that i want to see anybody anyway as I sit in front of this computer before breakfast. Need the morning coffee first ehh? Jerry Marta On Apr 16, 2005, at 14:39, Jerry Yeager wrote: Hey MIke, Marta is a guru (smile). It looks like Apple had nothing to do on a Friday night (smile), so yesterday they decided to release a couple of updates including 10.3.9. Get via Apple's web-site or via SUPP. One note: since this is an odd number update a thought of caution for those of you with external Firewire hard-drives connected to your Mac(s). Shutdown the external hard drive before doing the update. Then start the drive back up afterwards. Jerry On Apr 16, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Mike. I learned the hard way. Having bought a Zire 71 ( a couple of years back) I was able to use the hotsync feature (that is what palm calls it) employing the palm software and make an addressbook and a datebook typing data into the computer or/and on the Palm (Zire) ,which went fine, but then I had trouble trying to put the names from my already existent addressbook and date book ( ICal) from Apple to cooperate. I could not sync them (Apple calls it isync) into my palm. So I found out that I had to disable the conduits for the hotsync operation , so the palm would not get confused. And since the Mac is already set up to sync with any palm, that was all I had to do. Of course I had to call Apple and/or Palm to tell me where to find them. hd/library/application support/ palm hotsync--- then you take those conduits into the disabled folder. That folder is in there already. ( I left the notes and todos in the enabled folder, because I only use these features in my handheld )- and the pictures ( my palm takes pictures) will be synced into pictures anyway. - I only know this, because wanting to use my palm, I had to figure it out. Marta On Apr 16, 2005, at 13:02, Mike Watkins wrote: Marta
MacGroup: tiger release
Hey Folks, Many of you don?t know how fortunate you are to be able to tap the wealth of expertise that is offered up free of charge on a daily basis on this user group?s list serve. I find the level of expertise extraordinary and the information is offered to the group with a willingness that sets this group apart. Finding these deals at below dealer cost reminds me of the proverbial ?have your cake and eat it too?. It doesn?t happen often! But one shoe doesn?t fit all. For those who have trouble assimilating the information offered up; for those who have trouble applying what they think they thoroughly understand; and for the majority of the local installed base of Macintosh users ? local face to face support and problem resolution is the name of the game and what keeps us in business. For those in this group who have trouble grasping all the free high tech info, tips and secrets being offered here may want to try keeping their business and hard earned dollars with local business such as ours. And even though on rare occasion you may pay incrementally more for some products such as OS X 10.4 (our cost is barely under $115), we are committed to fully support what we sell. That means face to face, telephone or email problem resolution when you it; when you need it! Think about it. Ward Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Bill King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:30:30 -0400 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: Re: MacGroup: tiger release I ordered a copy of Tiger the other day for $99 from Other World Computing. This offer is good until April 29 and does not involve a rebate. You also get UPS Second day air delivery for $9. It's available from http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm? Column=Description2Criteria=tigerx=18y=8Manufacturer= Disclaimer: I have no connection with OWC. I just thought it was a good deal. On Apr 14, 2005, at 10:10, Michael Robertson wrote: I am surprised that I haven't seen any postings about this. I am curious as to how many people will be jumping on the tiger on the 29th? Will the third party software companies, ie: Adobe, Intuit, printer and scanner drivers, digital cameras, be up to speed with tiger? Thanks for listening Mike Robertson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | List posting address: mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu | List Web page: http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050414/9968ef7a/attachment.html
