Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread Marty Levine
Marty didn't you have to trick the OS X.5 software to install on less than a 867 processor? I did not need any tricks other than installing Leopard on an external drive attached to a faster iBook G4. Target mode would work too. Marty --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread aechmea
On Nov 8, 4:57 pm, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:25 AM, aechmea [EMAIL PROTECTED]   wrote: Sorry Jim and others, I wasnt clear enough.  My iMac is actually a G4 - the LCD on a stick in the half snowball.  I have a feeling that   10.5 will work

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 8, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Marty Levine wrote: Marty didn't you have to trick the OS X.5 software to install on less than a 867 processor? I did not need any tricks other than installing Leopard on an external drive attached to a faster iBook G4. Target mode would work too. Marty

Re: Cloning

2008-11-08 Thread Al
Thank you Dan, this brings me a lot closer to a decision. On Nov 7, 11:11 am, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nature of the backup is such that you need lower level access than AFP provides.  CCC supports this by creating an encrypted tunnel between the two Macs then running on each.  I

Re: Noisy Mini

2008-11-08 Thread Al
On Nov 7, 11:45 pm, George Hozendorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Mini has developed a very loud fan noise.  Is this a repair that   can be done do-it-yourself or should I do without my computer for an   indefinite period of time while Apple fixes it under warranty? Even if I could repair it

Re: Adobe Products only on G5?

2008-11-08 Thread Diane
On Fri, November 7, 2008 11:54 pm, Tom wrote: You must be talking about CS3. I've been running CS2 on various G4s, and now a G5, for a couple of years. I don't know what CS3 requires, but it seems like it should easily run on any Intel Mac. Illy PS CS3 WILL run on a G4 Diane

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 7, 2008, at 9:25 PM, aechmea wrote: Sorry Jim and others, I wasnt clear enough. My iMac is actually a G4 - the LCD on a stick in the half snowball. I have a feeling that 10.5 will work since it's a G4. But will 10.5 actually work nicely or just plod along. Assuming that

Re: Cloning

2008-11-08 Thread Dan
At 7:03 AM -0800 11/8/2008, Al wrote: On Nov 7, 11:11 am, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nature of the backup is such that you need lower level access than AFP provides. CCC supports this by creating an encrypted tunnel between the two Macs then running on each. I haven't tested it yet

Re: Another annoyance

2008-11-08 Thread Dan
At 7:38 PM -0500 11/7/2008, Doug Burton wrote: DA it's running 10.4.11 of course. To facilitate the volumes being mounted when starting Tiger I just dragged the icon to the startup items list. Essentially, that put an alias to the volume in the startupitems folder. That alias was then

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread Paul
If you just want to render web pages better, you could try Firefox. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs.

Re: Adobe Products only on G5?

2008-11-08 Thread Al Poulin
On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:32 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 2 == Date: Fri, Nov 7 2008 8:24 pm From: Anne Keller-Smith I'm looking at the system requirements for Adobe CS and it looks like they're saying it won't run on my G4 even if I do upgrade to OS 10.4 - well it has to be 10.4.11

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 7, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I just posted results of downgrading a 1.67 GHz G4 PowerBook from 10.5.5 to 10.4.11. There was about a 20% speed increase across the board for 10.4.11. And your results are quite anomalous...I noticed almost no difference between 10.4 and

Re: Upgrading the OS on an iMac700

2008-11-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: And your results are quite anomalous.. I don't think they're anomalous according to benchmarks with archived results for literally thousands of users. You can run the benchmarks yourself. If you get different results, post them like I did.

eMac Ventilation

2008-11-08 Thread Simon Royal
Hi. I bought two eMacs for my boys. They have cabin beds with desk underneath. The desk space is aimed at holding a monitor. The eMac just fits it. Actually I had to take the two little feet off the front to get them in, leaving only a few mill at the top. The desk is like an enclosed hole

BW G3 - Strange display problems running 10.4

2008-11-08 Thread joplinfan
Hi all, I have a BW G3 running 10.4 fairly well... but now and then it will exhibit strange video problems such as missing icons in the Applications and Utilities folders, reloading the desktop two or three times during startup, and no response when clicking Shutdown and Restart via the menu.

Re: How much bandwidth is in use?

2008-11-08 Thread Jonas Lopez
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How much bandwidth is in use? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 10:34 AM At 9:58 AM -0800 11/7/2008, Jonas Lopez wrote: I have just found a webcam with a good,

Re: Adobe Products only on G5?

2008-11-08 Thread hillhippy
Anne is talking about the minimum requirements for Adobe's new CS4. Follow this link to the system requirements page: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/designstandard/systemreqs/?promoid=DRHWM Graphic programs allows demand the newest, biggest machines. Leo

Re: BW G3 - Strange display problems running 10.4

2008-11-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 8, 2008, at 10:37 PM, joplinfan wrote: I'm kind of thinking it could be the ATI Rage 128 video card or the HD, but not positive. No. It's not the Rage 128 video card, but you should try to replace it with at minimum a Radeon 7000. Then enable Quartz Extreme with PCI Extreme 3.1 and

Re: Adobe Products only on G5?

2008-11-08 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:18 AM, hillhippy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anne is talking about the minimum requirements for Adobe's new CS4. Follow this link to the system requirements page: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/designstandard/systemreqs/?promoid=DRHWM Graphic programs

Re: BW G3 - Strange display problems running 10.4

2008-11-08 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:37 PM, joplinfan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have a BW G3 running 10.4 fairly well... but now and then it will exhibit strange video problems such as missing icons in the Applications and Utilities folders, reloading the desktop two or three times during

Re: BW G3 - Strange display problems running 10.4

2008-11-08 Thread joplinfan
The HD verifies fine in Disk Utility... but it is noisy and overall just seems to run sluggish and slow. I'll replace it tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks to all for the replies! Steve --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are