Grand Central Dispatch released as Open Source

2009-09-13 Thread Mac User #330250
Good news! http://www.osnews.com/story/22152/Apple_Releases_Grand_Central_Dispatch_as_Open_Source Apple released Grand Central Dispatch under the Apache 2.0 License. Maybe this is good for Mac OS X/PPC and all other operating systems using free libraries too. Cheers, Andreas

Re: QT 7.6.4 Update PROBLEM

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 10:56 AM -0400 9/13/2009, Dan wrote: Just did the update on my Smurf this morning. Got the usual hang on the reboot, because the cache was improperly cleared. AppleJack fixed. The repair permissions showed a few extras, beyond the normal, but nothing too alarming. Update... I didn't

Re: iTunes 9 PPC Macs

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 10:48 PM -0400 9/9/2009, Dana Collins wrote: On 9/9/09 10:29 PM, Chance Reecher of cnrtechh...@gmail.com sent I would be curious, too. Look for the day when iTunes ver. X is Intel-only, hopefully the distinction will be noticeable to avoid problems for users. I notice that Apple has dropped

Re: iTunes 9 PPC Macs

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 5:23 PM -0500 9/10/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: Some are saying iTunes 9 runs on the G3, but slowly. It's working ok on my 300-MHz Smurf. ok = no different than previous versions. It's still an abysmal cpu pig. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: iTunes 9 PPC Macs

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 5:23 PM -0500 9/10/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: Someone needs to catalog the final versions of G3 software. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL857 is a description of iTunes 8.2.1 and a download link. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: Missing folder

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 4:13 PM +1000 9/10/2009, dorayme wrote: There is no show of a folder on my HD (Tiger latest). But search finds it and reports it as being where it should be. Its contents can be seen and work fine to deliver files to the server. I have: Sites/x/y/z where x, y and z are folders and z is

Re: Question about how Time Machine works

2009-09-13 Thread Tom
This thread will probably end up archived somewhere, so I'll just tie up the loose end and report how the installation and restoration of the second disk went, for anyone who may be faced with doing this in the future. To continue the above, after the new replacement for the dead drive ran

Re: Interesting short-term file sharing service - s4ve.as

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 9:03 AM -0700 9/10/2009, darkey wrote: On Sep 8, 1:35 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: hum. Seems interesting. Works well for 24-hr file shares. http://s4ve.as/ It purports to be owned by some of the Napster boiz. FANTASTIC! i was just now looking for something like this ...

Re: [G3-5]Re: Safari 3.0.4

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/30/09 5:36 PM, J.M.P.Hissel at jo...@xs4all.nl wrote: No Leopard needed for Safari 4.0.3. It installed and runs flawlessly on my QS 800 (2002), 1,5 GB RAM and my Sawtooth 400, 1,75 GB RAM, both running 10.4.11. It's my daily browser of choice, running on my old faithful Beige G3 (thanks

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/25/09 9:47 PM, Mullin9 at ddavidmul...@inbox.com wrote: On Aug 25, 2:34 pm, steveoa steve.oak...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3 slot loader- 400Hz, 512 ram, The problem is the lack of RAM, 512 MB is just barely minimum, I'll go for 1GB RAM for a useable

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/26/09 11:38 AM, Richard Gerome at onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: I really think you should have a processor speed over 650mhz for running Tiger... I have a few old clamshells and my 466 runs faster then my 366 running Jaguar, I get the spinning color disc too on the 366 more then

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/26/09 11:53 AM, Dan at dantear...@gmail.com wrote: The SPOD mostly comes from apps needing resources, such as waiting for disk i/o, paging memory, or network data. The problem of the spinning beach ball doesn't occur with 10.4 itself, but with the applications that run over it. --

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/28/09 4:13 PM, Bill Connelly at billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Tiger runs quite nicely on G3s. I would recommend 512Mb RAM as a minimum. Generally speaking Tiger will be faster than Panther. has anyone mentioned a good video card being necessary? Well, I run 10.4 here with Beige

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/28/09 4:45 PM, steveoa at steve.oak...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3 slot loader- 400Hz, 512 ram, 63Gb spare on HD, using an external DVD via Firewire- all seems well with this. It runs ok till the Install section then just sits there with the spinning

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 8/30/09 5:41 PM, Dan at dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 8:44 PM +0200 8/30/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote: How does Panther or even Jaguar run on your BW? Panther and Jaguar are *slower* than Tiger. Yes, but when it comes to memory requirements I bet Tiger uses more RAM then Panther or

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 13, 2009, at 4:33 PM, MaGioZal wrote: Well, I run 10.4 here with Beige G3 without video card... It works, but it doesn't show graphics based on more recent/powerful video archicteture, like coverflow view in Safrai and iTunes. If you get a fast video card like a Radeon 9100

Weird happenings

2009-09-13 Thread Charles Davis
System = MDD Dual 1.25, 1 GIG RAM Noticed problems with Shut Down Re-boot check Console LOG Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) 2009-09-13 18:08:31 -0400 2009-09-13 18:08:33.351 SystemUIServer[116] MenuCracker see http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker MenuCracker is

FW 250 GB HDD w Oxford 911 firewire chip, doesn't mount?

2009-09-13 Thread Mullin9
I bought a 250 GB EX Hard drive, with Oxford 911 chipset. but i can't get it to mount, what's wrong, is it firmware? or is it 128 G HDD size limit. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: FW 250 GB HDD w Oxford 911 firewire chip, doesn't mount?

2009-09-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 13, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Mullin9 wrote: I bought a 250 GB EX Hard drive, with Oxford 911 chipset. but i can't get it to mount, what's wrong, is it firmware? or is it 128 G HDD size limit. Check the firmware. If it's lower than v.4.0, upgrade the firmware and it should work. Most

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-13 Thread Dan
At 6:28 PM -0300 9/13/2009, MaGioZal wrote: On 8/26/09 11:53 AM, Dan at dantear...@gmail.com wrote: The SPOD mostly comes from apps needing resources, such as waiting for disk i/o, paging memory, or network data. The problem of the spinning beach ball doesn't occur with 10.4 itself, but

Re: iTunes 9 PPC Macs

2009-09-13 Thread Dana Collins
Greetings, gang - Another weigh -in on iTunes 9. For the first time in my experience, iTunes has balked at connecting and syncing to my 3rd-generation iPod via FireWire cable (syncs fine only in USB-still charges over FW). I wonder if this is intentional and a tip of the hat towards USB-

Re: [G3-5]facebook

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 9/4/09 5:11 PM, Charles Lenington at macso...@tds.net wrote: I keep getting invites to fagbook. What is it, is it secure, why do i want it. does it run on macs? As any good web-based service, it runs on Mac...;-) -- MaGioZal. http://flickr.com/photos/magiozal/

Re: [G3-5]Re: facebook/social networks

2009-09-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 9/5/09 3:58 AM, Beniamino T. Cenci Goga at ben...@gmail.com wrote: I'm on facebook with some 200 friends, but still haven't used it for anything else than wasting time. I recall a friend of mine, quite a shy person, saying: ³isn¹t facebook that thing to help you find people that you had