Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Peter
On Mar 28, 2009, at 12:05 AM, Tom wrote: Thanks George. I do have that checked. It blocks pop-ups, but it doesn't stop all the ads that flash, flutter, flicker, and float. Fooey. I need something like AdBlock for FireFox. But Safari AdBlock doesn't work. After I download and install it,

Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread D Stubbs
For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I presume those days are over in OS10.4? Ideas where the problem lies? thanks, Del

Re: G4 DA wireless woes

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 1:08 PM -0700 3/27/2009, Dana Collins wrote: Thanks for the reply. PM means...? Power Mac. Actiontec MI424 Rev C Any suggestions on how one checks these router settings? In the Wireless Settings pane of the router. Moot, really since you say you have an iBook that connects ok. I did a

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread insightinmind
Bonjour, On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: I've started getting (also was getting it before at times IIRC): Mar 27 15:29:18 Moonstone-Art-Studio /System/Library/CoreServices/ coreservicesd[43]:

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread yawg
Hi Peter, Forget Safari and use Camino. Flash and Ad blockers are integrated, it has a small footprint (26.6 MB) and as fast as it gets with browsers. It uses the same engine as Safari and the latest version works even with Panther. I love it. Regards, Jörg.

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 5:59 AM -0500 3/28/2009, D Stubbs wrote: 10.4.11 Sawtooth 500 1.25 G Ram For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . What vers of Firefox? What add-ons? Have you tried clearing its cache? I allow it to do its normal automatic updates.

Desktop displays oddly.

2009-03-28 Thread ll
I have a G4 desktop computer with mac os x . One day I clicked on display and it gave me two options for black and white,black on white and white on black. I chose white on back unfortunately.I would like to change that a all of the pictures are now distorted by being white on black. The

Re: Desktop displays oddly.

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 28, 2009, at 10:04 AM, ll wrote: I have a G4 desktop computer with mac os x . One day I clicked on display and it gave me two options for black and white,black on white and white on black. I chose white on back unfortunately.I would like to change that a all of the pictures are

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 27, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Tom wrote: I'm running Leopard 10.5.6 with Safari 3.2.1 On all the webpages I visit, there are ads flashing and twinkling and jiggling all over the place, and I can't stop them anymore. SafariBlock worked in Tiger, but it doesn't work in Leopard, at least it

Re: Desktop displays oddly.

2009-03-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:04 PM, ll wrote: I have a G4 desktop computer with mac os x . One day I clicked on display and it gave me two options for black and white,black on white and white on black. I chose white on back unfortunately.I would like to change that a all of the pictures are

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:59 AM, D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Tom
Thanks Bruce. I downloaded Clicktoflash, and ended up with a folder full of items, one of them being a Plugin folder with 18 items in it. I assume that to activate this program these items, or maybe the entire folder of 18 items, needs to be placed somewhere in the Library. Do you happen to know

Re: Upgrade to Leopard leaves mailboxes empty

2009-03-28 Thread Tom
Since this thread will end up archived somewhere, I thought I'd add another person's solution to this problem of Mail breaking after an OS upgrade, that was sent to me. It's basically what I did myself, but for anyone who needs to be walked through it, here is his solution, step-by-step: I've

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Tom wrote: I downloaded Clicktoflash, and ended up with a folder full of items, one of them being a Plugin folder with 18 items in it. I assume that to activate this program these items, or maybe the entire folder of 18 items, needs to be placed somewhere in the

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Mar 28, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Tom wrote: I downloaded Clicktoflash, and ended up with a folder full of items, one of them being a Plugin folder with 18 items in it. I assume that to activate this program these items, or maybe the entire

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread George R. Hozendorf
On Mar 28, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Tom wrote: I downloaded Clicktoflash, and ended up with a folder full of items, one of them being a Plugin folder with 18 items in it. I assume that to

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 2:57 PM -0400 3/26/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: I replaced the SibeliusScore.mdimporter and I did the suggested sudo mdutil commands and re-Indexed everything. Still showing a problem with Sibelius 5 indexing. Have another e-mail in to Sibelius Tech folks. *Elminate* problems to get things

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 4:46 PM -0400 3/27/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: I've isolated an issue in this on-going Installation problem, and although have it posted on Apple Support and CCC 3.2 Forums, would like to see if someone here might shed some light on the current problem. Cross/multi-posting ensures that

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
At 10:04 PM -0400 3/27/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: Is the Public Folder the Shared folder in my User account? Yes. By default it is empty, except for a folder called Drop Box. Public is read-only to anyone that accesses your machine via afp or smb. Drop Box is write-only -- so people can

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread Dan
One of my errors, seems to be related to having iTunes in the Widget lineup. Removing it removes the following diagnostic: Turn off your widgets. *Elminate* variables. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 27, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: All the jumping around between top- and bottom-posting makes this impossible to understand! Either all one or all the other, please? Paul Maybe we should have a rule about this sort of thing -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go,

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

2009-03-28 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 13:57 pm -0700 3/28/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: Maybe we should have a rule about this sort of thing -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD we used to. . . . now we rely on common sense. p. -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Tom wrote: Thanks Bruce. I downloaded Clicktoflash, and ended up with a folder full of items, one of them being a Plugin folder with 18 items in it. I assume that to activate this program these items, or maybe the entire folder of 18 items, needs to be placed

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 28, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: I have tried several times to install this and after going through the installation process the response is always Install Failed My OS is 10.5.6. Any suggestions? Thanks Look in your console log for firther errors during the install?

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread Robert MacLeay
So if these sites annoy you so much, why do you return there? Here is the canned message I keep on hand for such places: Dear webmaster, Your website annoys me. Every time I came here, you showed me distracting and offensive animated ads that insult my intelligence. Do you really think

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

2009-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 28, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: Previously, at 13:57 pm -0700 3/28/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: Maybe we should have a rule about this sort of thing we used to. . . . now we rely on common sense. I forgot my sarcasm/sarcasm tags 8-) As for 'common sense' I read from

Re: Upgrade to Leopard leaves mailboxes empty

2009-03-28 Thread Gary D.
On Mar 26, 10:47 am, Gary D. g.dea...@web.de wrote: Re Mail Problems: I am also having problems with Mail. New Mac mini, installed 10.5, ran Migration Assistant, mail boxes empty, would not get mail, would not quit, had to be forced to quit, reinstalled Mail, same situation. I will try

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

2009-03-28 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 14:16 pm -0700 3/28/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: I forgot my sarcasm/sarcasm tags 8-) As for 'common sense' I read from left to right, top to bottom, I'm old and cranky that way, I guess...I'll continue to answer in that fashion. I guess I forgot as well. 8-) I wasn't complaining

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread Bill Connelly
Semi-Apology: This topic has spread out a bit ... Installing 3rd party drivers has now added Using 3rd party applications ... I've decided that the issues have almost been resolved, but older applications under 10.5.6 may be adding to the problem. I have been getting quick startups with no

Lost Finder

2009-03-28 Thread Jörg
Hi, Lately I seem to lose the Finder more and more often. Then I have to use my browser, open its download-window and use Show to get back to the Finder. But even then it's not available in the dock or with the tab-key. What gives?? Anyone had the same thing happen before? Using the latest

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

2009-03-28 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 28, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Dan wrote: At 4:46 PM -0400 3/27/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: I've isolated an issue in this on-going Installation problem, and although have it posted on Apple Support and CCC 3.2 Forums, would like to see if someone here might shed some light on the current

Re: G4 DA wireless woes

2009-03-28 Thread Dana Collins
On 3/28/09 12:27 PM, Dan of dantear...@gmail.com sent At 1:08 PM -0700 3/27/2009, Dana Collins wrote: Thanks for the reply. PM means...? Power Mac. Actiontec MI424 Rev C Any suggestions on how one checks these router settings? In the Wireless Settings pane of the router. Moot,

Re: How to block ads in Safari 3.2.1 in Leopard?

2009-03-28 Thread yawg
Hi Tom, Jorg, I've tried other browsers besides Safari, most recently Firefox which I used for 18 months, and there's always something about them that doesn't measure up, and I always end up going back to Safari sooner or later. So, I've decided to stick with Safari now and just try to

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Vic
On Mar 28, 4:59 am, D Stubbs dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: For a few months now Firefox will freeze after about 5 or 10 tabs are up ( it's not consistent) . I allow it to do its normal automatic updates. It makes me think of old OS9 days and needing to add memory to it, but I presume those days

DL of file and looking for the number differences

2009-03-28 Thread Jonas Lopez
DL of file and looking for the number differences - I am DL a file and noticed the numbers: 157 kb/s, but menu meter shows it as 167 kb/s. What is the reason for this difference? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Jonas Lopez
Thank you for this post - I have a iMac G3 that keeps freeze several times using Netscape 7.02 in OS 9 - I have set the memory to several values, both real big and as requested, but she still freexes! Is their any better browser what will run under OS 9??? Some times I get reason #2 for the

Re: DL of file and looking for the number differences

2009-03-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 28, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: DL of file and looking for the number differences - I am DL a file and noticed the numbers: 157 kb/s, but menu meter shows it as 167 kb/s. What is the reason for this difference? These numbers are running averages based upon the sampling

Re: Firefox memory?

2009-03-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 28, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Is their any better browser what will run under OS 9??? WaMCom Mozilla was the final, most modern browser for OS 9, and it was discontinued after July 23, 2003. There was some development for iCab since then, but iCab costs $25 for a full

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

2009-03-28 Thread Bill Christensen
At 8:30 AM -0700 3/27/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 27, 2009, at 2:18 AM, Bill Christensen wrote: And in the most recent MAMP server I built, i discovered that you can go into the instruction file and change the ./configure directives. This is important if, for instance, the apache

Xclaim TV driver for Beige G3

2009-03-28 Thread Stro
Greetings, I have acquired an ATI Xclaim TV that I want to hook up to my Beige G3 desktop. It has the AV card and is running OS 9.2. Does anyone have the driver for it? I have searched the internet and keeping getting nowhere. Every link I find is dead. Thanks, Lee