Mac powerbook 2.3 ghz intel

2009-12-05 Thread Geoff Black
Anyone give some insight This book was dropped onto the corner where the power adapter couples up. (Small dent) Powerbook works fine on 220vac supply but when running on battery power it shuts off without notice - running for up to 10 minutes. I am under the suspicion theat the overheat

Re: Mac powerbook 2.3 ghz intel

2009-12-05 Thread Geoff Black
Sure Mac Book Pro. On 05 Dec 2009, at 9:59 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Are you talking about a 2.33 ghz MacBook Pro? There were no Intel PowerBooks. Geoff Black wrote: Anyone give some insight This book was dropped onto the corner where the power adapter couples up. (Small dent) Powerbook

Re: Mac powerbook 2.3 ghz intel

2009-12-05 Thread Geoff Black
Apologies for short info MacBook Pro 15 2.3gz intel 250 Sata hdd - 2gb Ram - Model 2006 Late (December) Running sys 10.4.9 Damage from drop - slight . On 05 Dec 2009, at 10:02 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Geoff Black wrote: Anyone give some insight This book

Re: Mac powerbook 2.3 ghz intel

2009-12-05 Thread Geoff Black
Would that still be the case if I mentioned that the battery chargs ok! On 05 Dec 2009, at 10:07 PM, Geoff Black wrote: Apologies for short info MacBook Pro 15 2.3gz intel 250 Sata hdd - 2gb Ram - Model 2006 Late (December) Running sys 10.4.9 Damage from drop - slight . On 05 Dec 2009

Mac Mail

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Black
Another Anomaly Every time I attach a jpeg or PDF to mac mail it changes the file size - wether send windows friendly is checked or not. When sending pix to pre-press this causes great embarrasment. I have to use thunderbird for that reason,but multiple mailboxes is not good for me.

Entourage onMac - identity crisis

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Black
Microsoft Entourage had built up a 16 Gb Identities folder in Entourage office 2004. I upgraded to MSO 2008 and it transferred the identity to the new version. None of the mail wants to open. It reccomends a rebuild of the database when i try to re-import this file, but the identity or

Re: Mac Mail

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Black
recipient complaining. Recipient is set to receive files up to 8mb. I am sending a 4mb jpen - ... it arrives at pre=press (recipient) 460kb g On 30 Nov 2009, at 6:01 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 30 Nov 2009, at 04:39:18 PST, Geoff Black wrote: Another Anomaly Every time I attach a jpeg

Re: Mac Mail

2009-11-30 Thread Geoff Black
... thanx again Geoff b On Nov 30, 2009, at 5:39 AM, Geoff Black wrote: Another Anomaly Every time I attach a jpeg or PDF to mac mail it changes the file size - wether send windows friendly is checked or not. When sending pix to pre-press this causes great embarrasment. I have to use

SATA for G4MDD

2009-11-27 Thread Geoff Black
Is there a pci card that will supply sata drive capabilities on a G4 MDD 867 dual. If so whats a reliable purchase - In south africa IDE drives are no longer available. Rgds Gb -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop

Re: Apple Aperture

2009-11-23 Thread Geoff Black
, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Geoff Black wrote: Onthe first week of loading these files (Boundless) project, everything was fine. After I copied the Aperture library to a larger drive the BVoundless project became irritating. Create a new Aperture project, then (just spitballing here) export all

Re: Need recommendations for 500 Gig or larger external firewire drive and high capacity internal drive for iBook G4

2009-11-23 Thread Geoff Black
Hate talking brands here, but beware of the La Cie units, they all seem to lose their PSU units within 15 months. Iomega has some keen fw800 units and fw 4000 some have both. Gb On 23 Nov 2009, at 7:24 PM, yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: Dwight Hines writes, All the external hard drives of

Re: Apple Aperture

2009-11-23 Thread Geoff Black
Exporting the masters from the boundless project to the new project named boundless2 has strripped the files of their raw capabilities. Any ideas why? g On 23 Nov 2009, at 7:15 PM, Geoff Black wrote: Yes - I have a 12000 image project. However the Kingsley Holgate expedition project

Re: CarbonCopyCloner unable to backup bootable Leopard on iBook G4 on external firewire harddrive

2009-11-18 Thread Geoff Black
3.3 is correct On 18 Nov 2009, at 12:17 PM, Mel wrote: Isn't the latest version of CCC 3.3 not 3.3.3? Mel --- On Tue, 11/17/09, Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net wrote: From: Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net Subject: Re: CarbonCopyCloner unable to backup bootable Leopard on iBook G4

Re: CarbonCopyCloner unable to backup bootable Leopard on iBook G4 on external firewire harddrive

2009-11-17 Thread Geoff Black
Rules of ccc 1) insert sys disk boot with it repair permissions repair disk 2) Best health is to clone to a clean drive Prepare disk format sothat the drive is bootable. 3) Have the latest version - 3.3.3 - at least 4)Clone entire disk. Deleteing items that dont exist on source. 5) Disc

RIP needed

2009-11-15 Thread Geoff Black
Anyone have or know where I can get a rip for my encad 880. The printer is 6 yrs old and newer rips do not support it aside from being extremely expensive ...(for whatever reason)... At the time I had a wasatch 4.5 rip, but my cd has degarded and wont install. It seems that Wasatch,

Re: DP 1GHZ G4 vs. Single 1.8GHZ G5

2009-11-10 Thread Geoff Black
It's not so much the processor speed as it is the bus speed. Bus on G5 is wider and will accomodate heavier jobs - otherwise much of a muchness Regards Geoff b On 10 Nov 2009, at 8:45 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Just kinda lookin round and seeing i cud pick a sp1.8 g5 up pretty darn cheap...

Re: G5 won't sleep?

2009-11-10 Thread Geoff Black
Load windows and watch your mac sleep.. ... seriously though check yr frmware ver. and also reset the pmu switch on the mobo. if no response perhaps you have a Mac like my G4 - MDD which CANNOT sleep or Boot sys 9. Rgds G On 10 Nov 2009, at 6:20 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: 2.3ghz

Untrashable PC files on mac

2009-11-04 Thread Geoff Black
Greetings team, I have some remote pc server files on My g5 quad - Cannot get rid of them. Actions sofar include... CMD+Opt empty trash - No joy Removing and renaming the files and re-dumping

Internet activity unstoppable

2009-11-02 Thread Geoff Black
Help please. My CAP is dissapearing at about 64 mb per hour. My actions which have not helped include Setting Firewall to essential services only I have set the ADOBE UPDATER in LibraryprefernecesApplication support Adobe Updater.. Charstring value to 0 instead of 1 in the plist com

Re: Internet activity unstoppable

2009-11-02 Thread Geoff Black
sorry folks finger trouble its 12mbs On 02 Nov 2009, at 3:57 PM, Dan wrote: At 8:30 AM +0200 11/2/2009, Geoff Black wrote: Help please. My CAP is dissapearing at about 64 mb per hour. My actions which have not helped include Setting Firewall to essential services only Blocks *incoming

Re: Legacy Sound Files

2009-10-28 Thread Geoff Black
Hi Dale, what works in OSX is Bias Peak. you can use the 30dd trial. Open the old .snd with Peak4 or later and convert to MP3 or Aiff ... whatever. Works just fine Rgds geoff b On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: On 29/10/2009, at 12:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I'm no

Re: Midi interfaces. Was: Question about USB ports?

2009-10-24 Thread Geoff Black
Pre Sonus make a good firewire interface for midi. Firewire 400 and SPDIF plus live instrument inputs - mixer - with 48v mic input booster. I use it on CME keyboard - works on G4 MDD and Tiger - also runs on G5 quad. Rgds Geoff b On 24 Oct 2009, at 5:15 PM, John Niven wrote: --- On Sat,

Re: What makes mouse/keyboard freeze up intermittently?

2009-10-24 Thread Geoff Black
What is the total no. of drives in the G4 and are they connected with the black IDE cables? G On 24 Oct 2009, at 7:30 PM, mkehoe wrote: I recently moved all my internal drives from a G4 MDD dual 867 mHz to another power mac G4 (MDD dual 1.25 mHz). I installed a PCI card with a 400 FW

Re: Migrating from Eudora ?

2009-08-12 Thread Geoff Black
Hello Cliff, I find that Mail attempts to convert and (corrupt) postscript items. Also if you send an image say a jpeg and you check send windows Friendly it downsamples some images.. I have sent images to magazines that were correct but when the PC opened them on the other end - the size was

Re: G4 TOWER

2009-08-11 Thread Geoff Black
The drive is on a sled which slides downward and locks onto 3 pins on the case. There is a clutchplate on the left of the sled. Pull that toward you and push the entire sled upward. The whole drive jumps out quite suprisingly. Geoff b On 11 Aug 2009, at 3:41 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Aug

Re: G4 TOWER

2009-08-11 Thread Geoff Black
From: bla...@telkomsa.net Subject:Re: G4 TOWER Date: 11 August 2009 8:47:33 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com The drive is on a sled which slides downward and locks onto 3 pins on the case. There is a clutchplate on the left of the sled. Pull

Re: G4 TOWER

2009-08-11 Thread Geoff Black
Same basic principle but with lockscrew. I am from Johannesburg S. Africa our Macs are built in Cork - Ireland Maybye there's a diff? The lock screw is a good idea. On 11 Aug 2009, at 6:48 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Your 450 G4 must be different then everyone elses. Most 450 G4s have a metal

Re: G4 350 Mhz

2009-08-06 Thread Geoff Black
Hi there Simmply goto preferences ccounts and open a new account for the churchgroup. Rgds geoff On 06 Aug 2009, at 10:52 PM, Jasiu wrote: I'm refurbishing some older computers for the local church. We were given a G4 350 that is password protected. How do I wipe out the old disc and

Re: PowerMac G4 MDD Won;t boot

2009-07-10 Thread Geoff Black
Had this one b4. Mine was due to PSU unable to sustain the 12v/5v supply. Startup is the most demanding on the psu on startup.. I used the power supply from that supplied the other drive bay and voila. Try the drive in bay 1/2 opposite of what its in now . If not try booting from dvd to c if

Re: VideoLan has finally reached version 1.0.0

2009-07-10 Thread Geoff Black
Thanx guys, My paybax have never been smoother and sharper. Brilliant. NEC was impressed. Geoff b On 10 Jul 2009, at 5:29 AM, iJohn wrote: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM, tortoisecymraeg...@gmail.com wrote: In this case I am not sure what the strategy means. It could mean the end of ppc

Re: Powermac MDD crashing

2009-07-06 Thread Geoff Black
Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged. USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be done. you may want to desolder the outlet. Run the mac on a separate account with

Re: Powermac MDD crashing

2009-07-06 Thread Geoff Black
AM, Geoff Black bla...@telkomsa.net wrote: Mac Blackouts are usually hardware related and often usb related. If the dead usb port is not shorting check to see if it is damaged. USB's die from usb female plugs being forced in reversed. It can be done. you may want to desolder the outlet

Re: G5 PPC Quad 2.7GZ

2009-07-04 Thread Geoff Black
Thanx Kris - Sorry 4 fingertrouble - 2.5ghz it is. PSU is just outside the ;isted troublesomes. Is the 7 th led a psu pointer? Grateful 4 feedback regards geoff b On 03 Jul 2009, at 9:05 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:41 AM, MacG5 wrote: Have a G5 Quad - wont boot.