Re: 10.5.5 vrs 10.5.4

2008-12-08 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 8, 2008, at 1:11 AM, PeterH wrote: ... A new power management architecture is needed to address this, and for this purpose, 10.5.6 will have some dramatic changes under the hood. This has got a number of software vendors waiting until 10.5.6 is out before they finally update

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-08 Thread Paul
The Pioneers from the DVR-112 and newer improved their ability to read scratched discs. I've seen the improvement from the 111 to the 112, and I was impressed. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

G4 Digital Audio Features

2008-12-08 Thread Paul
Is there anything special about the G$ Digital Audio model that makes it better for music software than the previous G4's? I hear the name, but I don't know what it really means in practice. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Hi Great Ones, Do we worry about viruses on Macs? I know the problem is practically non-existent, but still. What do you all do? I have two machines, a brand new iMac and then an old Quicksilver that is still very upgradable. Well because I bought it partly for this reason - open ze door,

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Hi Great Ones, Do we worry about viruses on Macs? I know the problem is practically non-existent, but still. What do you all do? Bruce said almost exactly one year ago: As for security, there has been, to date ONE known exploit in

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS - Play Movies? Not?

2008-12-08 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
OWC has two internal optical drives listed for my Quicksilver, a Samsung and a Pioneer. I'm not as sold on the Lightscribe because you have to use their media and I'm always running off to the Staples for extra CDs, guess they would be DVDs now. Would either of these play movies? Don't

Re: upgrading advice

2008-12-08 Thread Al Poulin
On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:14 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 4 of 4 == Date: Sun, Dec 7 2008 2:28 pm From: Linda On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Al Poulin wrote: I agree provided I bought the RAM from a highly reputable vendor for Mac-compliant RAM. Otherwise, I'd install Leopard first,

Re: 8 gig SanDisk Micro Cruzer does not work

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Here's a link to the Mac version: http://mp3support.sandisk.com/downloads/cruzer-utility-mac.dmg Which does not work under 10.5 and there are no plans to update the program. Also why I recommend against getting Sandisk flash drives. It's

Re: 10.5.5 vrs 10.5.4

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:32 AM, insightinmind wrote: This sounds more like Intel-heavy software/hardware issues. More of G3-G4s-on-the-way-out? Absolutely. Apple's already announced that 10.6 will be Intel-only. The PPC is a dead end. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: keychain G4 question

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 7, 2008, at 8:29 PM, joe wrote: Sorry I wasn't very clear. It's a clean OS install (just one that I didn't do). There's nothing stored in keychain right now. The trouble is that I can't begin to use it for storing passwords without the keychain password itself to unlock it. I

Re: 8 gig SanDisk Micro Cruzer does not work

2008-12-08 Thread John Callahan
On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Ken Rossman wrote: I couldn't resist buying them here and there), and all of them work great. However, the *first* thing I do is to toss the thing onto a Windows box and use U3 to *remove* U3 and fully

Re: Need new external HDD's - should i buy RAID units???

2008-12-08 Thread Dan
At 3:51 AM -0800 12/8/2008, darkey wrote: The unthinkable has happened; my home was burglarized and my OWC mercury elite was stolen. Sorry to hear that. You had good insurance? Now I realize it's not enough; I can't afford it, but now I'm going to buy TWO drives and keep one out of the house

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: Bruce said almost exactly one year ago: As for security, there has been, to date ONE known exploit in the wild for OS X. This after 6 years on the market, and it's not widespread at all. Don't click on random porn spam links in web forums

Re: 8 gig SanDisk Micro Cruzer does not work

2008-12-08 Thread Steve R
CMC (Central Management and Control) server software adds a higher level of control to Cruzer Enterprise. It centrally manages the drive's complete lifecycle, from initial user-deployment, through password administration and data backup, and finally to drive termination if lost or

Automatic Log Out

2008-12-08 Thread George Hozendorf
I keep getting a dialog box saying, Are you sure you want to quit all applications and log out now?, after approximately 15 minutes of inactivity. Energy Saver is set to put the computer and monitor to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity. How do I get rid of this little pest? George

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Dan
At 9:51 AM -0500 12/8/2008, Len Gerstel wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Do we worry about viruses on Macs? I know the problem is practically non-existent, but still. What do you all do? I worry about it more now than I did a year ago. Back then, I had faith in OS

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS - Play Movies? Not?

2008-12-08 Thread PeterH
On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: OWC has two internal optical drives listed for my Quicksilver, a Samsung and a Pioneer. I'm not as sold on the Lightscribe because you have to use their media and I'm always running off to the Staples for extra CDs, guess they would be

Re: G4 Digital Audio Features

2008-12-08 Thread PeterH
On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Paul wrote: Is there anything special about the G$ Digital Audio model that makes it better for music software than the previous G4's? I hear the name, but I don't know what it really means in practice. There was a digital speaker option, which gave the model its

Re: 10.5.5 vrs 10.5.4

2008-12-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/8/08 12:47 AM, insightinmind of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent Has anyone had add on drivers, such as one for a PCI Audio card, that ran okay under 10.5.4, but started causing problems after upgrading to 10.5.5? Maybe a USB MIDI driver? Mainly on PowerPC G4s ... but if a driver works

Re: 10.5.5 vrs 10.5.4

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, insightinmind wrote: Absolutely. Apple's already announced that 10.6 will be Intel-only. The PPC is a dead end. No more updates to Time Machine for 10.5.n users, after 10.6.m? or will it be retro-fixed-up? There may well be a 10.5.n final update, and Apple

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Mark wrote: Still no in-the-wild malware, ClamAV is still the best AV solution This article showed up the other day http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/apple_av_advice/ Some of the commenters suggested ClamAV as well. Yeah, I liked how they ran

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Clark Martin
Dan wrote: At 12:23 PM -0500 12/8/2008, Mark wrote: This article showed up the other day http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/apple_av_advice/ yea. SSDD with the AV vendors jumping onto the bandwagon for Xmas sales. So much for a FUD free season. LOL I feel sorry for the poor sot

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Dan
At 10:40 AM -0800 12/8/2008, Clark Martin wrote: Dan wrote: At 12:23 PM -0500 12/8/2008, Mark wrote: This article showed up the other day http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/apple_av_advice/ yea. SSDD with the AV vendors jumping onto the bandwagon for Xmas sales. So much for a

iMac Problem

2008-12-08 Thread Michael McMurtrey
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but here goes. My cousin has an iMac running Tiger (10.4.11) and has asked me for help with the following problems, as she relates them: My beloved computer is having some problems. If I shut down and leave it all night, it doesn't want to

Re: iMac Problem

2008-12-08 Thread Cy
On Dec 8, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Michael McMurtrey wrote: I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but here goes. My cousin has an iMac running Tiger (10.4.11) and has asked me for help with the following problems, as she relates them: My beloved computer is

Re: keychain G4 question

2008-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2008, at 3:34 PM, joe wrote: Will it then automatically start another login keychain next time she logs in? And from then on, she should be able to save passwords (like from Mail or whatever) in the keychain using the login password that I recently reset using the install disk?

Re: Changing video files from .flv to .mov

2008-12-08 Thread Eric Volker
MPEG Streamclip does the job nicely for me. Note that you *may* have to download Perian for full functionality. http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html http://www.perian.org/ I think MPEG Streamclip will work on 10.2 and better. Perian however requires a minimum of 10.4.7.

Time Machine/Capsule with G4 and Intel Macs

2008-12-08 Thread Al Poulin
Do I understand correctly that one Time Capsule equals two external hard drives accessed by Time Machine? How can this be? Apple tech article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1550?viewlocale=en_US tells me that to use Time Machine to an external hard drive from a PowerPC-based Mac, the drive

Re: Changing video files from .flv to .mov

2008-12-08 Thread Clark Martin
Tom wrote: Programs like Miro can locate and download videos from the web, from such places as YouTube, but they're often in the .flv format. Even the Pro version of QuickTime won't play them (QT Player claims this is not a movie file). You can watch .flv video files with SWF FLV Player

Re: Apple Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-08 Thread Ralph
Howdy, Most intel processors are Core 2 architecture these days. But, the Atom is very different. It executes the same instruction set and is compatible enough for OSX. It was brought to us by the Intel team in Austin that designed the P4 and suffers from a deep pipeline, just like the P4.

Re: 8 gig SanDisk Micro Cruzer does not work

2008-12-08 Thread John Callahan
On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is it you wanted to say besides the fact that you like dogs? :-/ See large type face below(Bottom posted) I see what Kris Tilford () and Ken Rossman () wrote but no comment from John Callahan. On 12/8/08, John Callahan wrote:

DA 533 reporting as 466?

2008-12-08 Thread Larry Stotler
I have a Digital Audio with a 533Mgz proc. It says rx533pd on it, so it should be a 533Mhz chip. However, both OS X 10.4 and Linux report it as a 467Mhz chip. I don't see any jumpers to mess with like a G3/ G4 Yikes, so what am I doing wrong. I also notice that there is a red LED labeled ds5

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Amanda Ward
Lol On 12/8/08 4:17 , Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What we have to sell is a bracket to hold the lighter in front of the stream from the can. That, at least is how my crazy ex-room-mate used to kill cockroachesLysol makes a nice flamethrower. 8-) An old college days