Re: Wonky PowerMac G5 Single Processor Freeze-Ups Resolution

2008-12-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:01 AM, BillBoggs wrote: I then tried one last suggestion, that Leopard was basically incompatible with my PowerMac G5 1.6 single processor hardware for some reason. I went back to Tiger and now after nearly a week working hard to make it freeze up, nary a hiccup (or

RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread Paul
The G3 B/W tower and several early G4 towers all use PC100 memory, but Other World Computing distinguishes between G3 and Yikes on one hand, and AGP and Gigabit on the other. They don't recommend using the same RAM in all of these, and told me that the programming and design of the memory cards

Re: Wonky PowerMac G5 Single Processor Freeze-Ups Resolution

2008-12-12 Thread Steve R
At 8:01 AM -0800 12/11/08, BillBoggs posted: I then tried one last suggestion, that Leopard was basically incompatible with my PowerMac G5 1.6 single processor hardware for some reason. I went back to Tiger and now after nearly a week working hard to make it freeze up, nary a hiccup (or

Re: Invisible (application) files on storage drives

2008-12-12 Thread Steve R
At 9:12 PM -0600 12/11/08, Bill Christensen posted: Either way, if you're just using the drive/partition as a backup they should be safe to delete as the originals exist elsewhere. Thanks. This sounds faster than what I'd been doing, which was trying to clear the drive so I could reformat

Re: RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread Yersinia
Paul writes, The G3 B/W tower and several early G4 towers all use PC100 memory, but Other World Computing distinguishes between G3 and Yikes on one hand, and AGP and Gigabit on the other. They don't recommend using the same RAM in all of these, and told me that the programming and design of the

Re: how to make or edit install tomes?

2008-12-12 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:35 PM, Mullin9 wrote: On Dec 9, 9:05 pm, Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com wrote: I have a Mac OS 9 install CD ROM, in it there's the install files, in the install files there's the install tomes, how do I edit the tomes, or even make them.? thank You What is a

Re: RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread PeterH
On Dec 12, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Paul wrote: The G3 B/W tower and several early G4 towers all use PC100 memory, but Other World Computing distinguishes between G3 and Yikes on one hand, and AGP and Gigabit on the other. They don't recommend using the same RAM in all of these, and told me that

Re: how to make or edit install tomes?

2008-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Mullin9 wrote: On Dec 9, 9:05 pm, Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com wrote: I have a Mac OS 9 install CD ROM, in it there's the install files, in the install files there's the install tomes, how do I edit the tomes, or even make them.? thank You What is a

Re: Safari Firefox

2008-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:23 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: I have www.cnn.com set at my home page, but is opens the Apple page. CNN is in my Bookmarks Bar. When I click on it, I still get Apple. This scenario is the same in both Safari and Firefox. Does anyone have any idea what's causing this?

Re: Safari Firefox

2008-12-12 Thread George Hozendorf
On Dec 12, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:23 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: I have www.cnn.com set at my home page, but is opens the Apple page. CNN is in my Bookmarks Bar. When I click on it, I still get Apple. This scenario is the same in both Safari and

Re: Safari Firefox

2008-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:37 AM, George Hozendorf wrote: Typing in www.cnn.com brought up Apple again. A re-boot cleared up the problem for now. I'll keep your eMail for future reference. If a reboot cleared up the problem, then your local DNS cache was messed up, and there are terminal

Re: Safari Firefox

2008-12-12 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Absolutely worst case scenario your ISP has been criminally negligent and hasn't updated it's DNS software to patch the horrible flaw that was discovered this summer, and they're being hacked. Here is a good article on the subject:http://

Alternatives to iTunes

2008-12-12 Thread Dan
In the thread iTunes and duplicating songs, on 12/3/2008, Ralph wrote: [...] I have no interest in iTunes. It just does not work well enough to merit use. So what don't you like about iTunes? What app(s) are you using instead? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth

Disk Utility and HFS

2008-12-12 Thread Michael McMurtrey
Disk Utility reports the disk utility stopped verifying Macintosh HD because the following error was encountered. 1 HFS volume checked. Volume needs repair. What goes on here? System specs: Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 Processor 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 Memory 768 MB DDr SDRAM More info: Hardware

Re: Automatic Logout

2008-12-12 Thread Clark Martin
Charles Davis wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: System Preference/ Network/Show = Network Status/Internal Modem/ Configure/PPP Options/Session Options [correct selections]

Multiple Mac Boot Volume?

2008-12-12 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Would it be possible to install Leopard on an external USB drive and boot from it on several different intel macs? (not at the same time mind you) Thanks, Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List,

Re: Alternatives to iTunes

2008-12-12 Thread Ralph
Howdy, On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:50 -0500, Dan wrote: In the thread iTunes and duplicating songs, on 12/3/2008, Ralph wrote: [...] I have no interest in iTunes. It just does not work well enough to merit use. So what don't you like about iTunes? iTunes has a bad license. It is not

Re: Alternatives to iTunes

2008-12-12 Thread Peter
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Ralph sfrea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Howdy, On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:50 -0500, Dan wrote: In the thread iTunes and duplicating songs, on 12/3/2008, Ralph wrote: [...] I have no interest in iTunes. It just does not work well enough to merit use.

Re: Automatic Logout

2008-12-12 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: System Preference/ Network/Show = Network Status/Internal Modem/

Disk Utility

2008-12-12 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Hi - I just brought the G4 up to 10.4.11 and realize I need some form of Disk Utility. I was going to ask about Diskwarrior et al, but every time I buy this I never use it, so this time will wait for a problem before running out. What would you guys do here? I purchased a black retail