Re: Tracing hot keys

2010-04-30 Thread Geke
Dan is right: the standard stuff is built in, and Grab adds things like timed screenshots. You can look in Apple Help at topics Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen and Taking pictures of your screen with Grab (that’s the names in Tiger). They suggest converting the tiff pictures with

Re: Right group for questions about exporting from G4 QS to a Macbook SL

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:48 PM, dorayme wrote: On Mar 9, 7:53 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 8, 2010, at 2:44 PM, dorayme wrote: Thanks *very much* for this, just what I wanted to know! Good, one less thing to worry about then. Also, if your needs for Windows

Re: Tracing hot keys

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, Cliff Rediger redicl...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a way to trace the hot keys to the app. ? On Apr 29, 8:45 pm, Michael G.M. michaelgm717...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe this is Snapz ProX? I have Snapz ProX installed. sweet app and very useful for motion screen capture but not

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: My SuperDuper settings call for smart update which mimics the complete backup option so all files not on the original drive must have been erased, and thoroughly. On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: I don't think

Re: Tracing hot keys

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Still I wonder how to reach the picture format setting without Onyx? It's a Terminal command: http://www.ehow.com/how_4549496_change-default-graphic-screenshot-format.html Onyx is easier for the average guy, Terminal is easier for the

Re: Unique database?

2010-04-30 Thread Zaphod
On Apr 29, 8:55 pm, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: I want to be able to say, yes, I have that CD and can confirm if a particular song is on a particular CD. Eventually, this will all be placed in a database. So next time I search for: Jimi Hendrix, I will get a list of all the CDs

Re: File Recovery

2010-04-30 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Apr 29, 8:42 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: In my experience, Data Rescue is very thorough, and ALWAYS finds old   files unless the HD has be reformatted or zeroed. Kris, my report was base on running only the DR Quick Scan Your comments reminded me that I had other DR

No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it? Jeff (and yes, I've recently added an optical drive to this MDD dual 1.42) Jeffrey Engle

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it? Jeff (and yes, I've recently added an optical

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread cad
On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Bill Connelly
On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it? Jeff (and yes, I've recently added an optical

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no Apple DVD Player in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it?

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Albert Carter
Sounds like either the power or the IDE cable came loose from the drive or in case of IDE cable could have come loose from the logic board. Or your DVD Drive has gone bad. I would recommend verifying all cables are plugged in correctly. From: Jeffrey Engle

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Sounds like either the power or the IDE cable came loose from the drive or in case of IDE cable could have come loose from the logic board. Or your DVD Drive has gone bad. I would recommend verifying all cables are plugged in correctly.

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: well, that's what I thought it opens/closes fine too... checked cables ..nice and tight.. all looks ok, I'm guessing it's a bad drive. I think you should try a Safe Boot (hold Shift key at boot) to delete all the cache files, and then

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: well, that's what I thought it opens/closes fine too... checked cables ..nice and tight.. all looks ok, I'm guessing it's a bad drive. I think you should try a Safe Boot (hold Shift

APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Recently the power to my wife's Mac has been simply going out at random odd times. When I check the APC UPS it's OFF(?) -It's not using the APC software or attached via USB for it to be software related. I got this UPS around 5 years ago, and the replace battery light isn't 'Red' indicating the

Re: No apple dvd player

2010-04-30 Thread iJohn
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: If you don't have a supported DVD drive the OS X installer doesn't install DVD Player. If that's true it does not make any sense to me. First, I rarely ever use the DVD player to play a DVD which is in the optical drive.

Re: APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Well, after some froogling and some thought I went ahead and ordered a new Opti-UPS from newegg's. All the best, -Mike -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ

Re: APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Michael, They say UPS's are good for about 3 years max. I've often used them for longer though. When I checked getting a new battery it seemed the battery cost as much (with shipping) as just buying a new APC. You can try a new battery, I'd be interested in your experience. Could the replace

Re: APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Jack Countryman
I've got a Tripp-Lite model that I've replaced the battery in twice now. I didn't really keep records, though I suppose I might be able to find when I paid for the batteries, but think they have lasted 2 to 3 years each. Of course, both times, I didn't know the battery had failed till we had a

Re: APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Michael, They say UPS's are good for about 3 years max. I've often used them for longer though. When I checked getting a new battery it seemed the battery cost as much (with shipping) as just buying a new APC. They're expensive that

Re: APC UPS?

2010-04-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Jack Countryman wrote: I've got a Tripp-Lite model that I've replaced the battery in twice now. I didn't really keep records, though I suppose I might be able to find when I paid for the batteries, but think they have lasted 2 to 3 years each. Of course, both times, I didn't know the