Re: best ACTIVE list(s) for G4 PB info?

2008-09-13 Thread J Winter
(uh, this is still on topic of original post, which asked this question, even though not in subject line. So, I am not changing subject line.) On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Al Poulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know

Re: best ACTIVE list(s) for G4 PB info?

2008-09-13 Thread J Winter
On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:07 AM, Al Poulin wrote: Yes, this list is truly more helpful than the G4-books. But if I'd seen the same questions there, I would have given you the same answers as below. The few times i have cross-posted, this is the list that is most likely to answer. :-)

Re: Acronym Clarification

2008-09-13 Thread J Winter
(which is below). Explanation is at end of my message (quoted below) Here's the link: http://www.acronymfinder.com/Been-There%2c-Done-That%2c-Got-The- T_Shirt-(BTDTGTTS).html J On Sep 13, 2008, at 7:59 PM, J Winter wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:41 AM, Lyle Syverson wrote: In another

Re: I don't dare shut down this Mac

2008-09-12 Thread J Winter
On Sep 9, 2008, at 1:20 AM, Tom wrote: My copy of Onyx says it won't work with 10.4, but I ran all the tasks MacJanitor could do. What's the appropriate system maintenance tool(s) for 10.4.11 ? I'm still not going to shut this Mac down until I think it has some chance of starting up

best ACTIVE list(s) for G4 PB info?

2008-09-12 Thread J Winter
of this computer, until reason to replace with something else. Thanks. J Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Power Book: That is the original Titanium (Jan 2001), code-name Mercury 400 MHz Power PC G 4, 640 MB SDRAM, OS X 10.4.11 Soon will increase to 1 GIG MEM and get larger hard drive, replace a few worn parts

Re: Apple Mail problems - app quits or freezes

2008-09-09 Thread J Winter
On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: There's nothing in the my prefs file that looks like it would affect this, unless it's the last read message item, which would point not to a prefs issue but a caching issue of some sort. My quits seems to all (or mostly?) occur during a

Re: Hard drive recommendations

2008-09-08 Thread J Winter
On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Ralph wrote: ... From my experience, IBM drives have a shorter shelf life, Fujitsu are very noisy and Seagate are ultra reliable. Howdy, I remember thinking the same thing until one month I had 3 systems with Seagate hard drives fail. Looking back,

Re: HD-enclosure recommendations ?

2008-09-08 Thread J Winter
On Sep 3, 2008, at 5:06 AM, Steve R wrote: At 11:06 PM -0700 9/2/08, J Winter posted: please make suggestions. (Specs and plans are in signature. removing original 10 Gig drive to install larger drive. What enclosure to get? Only one that is easy/convenient to get is MacAlly. I like

Replace Original HD in Titanium - recommendations?

2008-09-03 Thread J Winter
- already moved first one to the bottom, so that i could easily install the second one.) Quiet would be nice -- I am not working in a noisy environment, so will hear every flutter Thanks. J Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Power Book: That is the original Titanium (Jan 2001), code-name Mercury

Re: Replace Original HD in Titanium - recommendations?

2008-09-03 Thread J Winter
doesanyone have suggestion for how to configure Dealmac alert for these drives? I can't figure out how to do it without getting tons of SATA drive -- an none suitable for Mac laptops. On Sep 2, 2008, at 11:00 PM, J Winter wrote: please make suggestions. (Specs and plans are in signature

HD-enclosure recommendations ?

2008-09-03 Thread J Winter
would be nice. Are there others that are sufficiently better/smaller, etc (or less expensive) tht I should get something different? or, just get the MacAlly that repair shop has? Thanks. J Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Power Book: That is the original Titanium (Jan 2001), code-name Mercury

HD-enclosure recommendations

2008-09-02 Thread J Winter
would be nice. Are there others that are sufficiently better/smaller, etc (or less expensive) tht I should get something different? or, just get the MacAlly that repair shop has? Thanks. J Winter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Power Book: That is the original Titanium (Jan 2001), code-name Mercury