Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
hum. Why is Smurfy so slow this morning? I've only started a few apps, etc. The cpu gizmo in the menu bar is pegged! (pull down its menu) OMG! Satan is using 92% of my CPU! WTF! How did the Evil One get onto my Mac! I practice safe surfing! I swear I do! d'oh. Safari. darn tiny fonts. ok.

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread James E. Therrault
Dan wrote: hum. Why is Smurfy so slow this morning? I've only started a few apps, etc. The cpu gizmo in the menu bar is pegged! (pull down its menu) OMG! Satan is using 92% of my CPU! WTF! How did the Evil One get onto my Mac! I practice safe surfing! I swear I do! d'oh. Safari.

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dan wrote: hum. Why is Smurfy so slow this morning? I've only started a few apps, etc. The cpu gizmo in the menu bar is pegged! (pull down its menu) OMG! Satan is using 92% of my CPU! WTF! How did the Evil One get onto my Mac! I practice safe surfing! I swear I do! d'oh. Safari.

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
Dan wrote: hum. Why is Smurfy so slow this morning? I've only started a few apps, etc. The cpu gizmo in the menu bar is pegged! (pull down its menu) OMG! Satan is using 92% of my CPU! WTF! How did the Evil One get onto my Mac! I practice safe surfing! I swear I do! d'oh. Safari.

... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello All and Dan, Here is what I have - a G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6, 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when I

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dennis Myhand wrote: Dan wrote: hum. Why is Smurfy so slow this morning? I've only started a few apps, etc. The cpu gizmo in the menu bar is pegged! (pull down its menu) OMG! Satan is using 92% of my CPU! WTF! How did the Evil One get onto my Mac! I practice safe surfing! I swear

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread diane
At 11:23 AM -0500 2/8/09, Mark wrote: There has got to be a school of psychology that studies mis-readings. I'd rather call it skimming. I do it too often. :( Diane --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
At 11:23 AM -0500 2/8/2009, Mark wrote: There has got to be a school of psychology that studies mis-readings. My brain runs down strange avenues when it's under caffinated. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when I select OS9.2 and

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Len Gerstel wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All and Dan, Here is what I have - a G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6, 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. A more important

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dan wrote: At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dan wrote: At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
At 11:07 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: When I try to boot up OS9.2 going through SP, it tries very hard to find OS9.2 - the old file folder is there flashing from the Picasso to ? mark about 5 or 6 times then it gives up and goes to 10.5. The flashing ? means that the bootstrap didn't

Re: Power Macintosh 7600, with G3 Beige LoBo

2009-02-08 Thread Mullin9
Will the Parts fit and make a working G3 Desktop? No, the 7500 Case was revised to accommodate the riser card. But, I suppose you could try it as the riser is really only   necessary for sound. Thank You I'll Try --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: When I try to boot up OS9.2 going through SP, it tries very hard to find OS9.2 - the old file folder is there flashing from the Picasso to ? mark about 5 or 6 times then it gives up and goes to 10.5. The problem you've got is likely

Re: 2002 iMac Flat Panel, boot in OS 9.2.2, not 9.2.1

2009-02-08 Thread Mullin9
You can install the 9.2.2 netboot version from OS X: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120243#English Remove the two netboot extensions from the System folderExtensions   folder before using. Remember you must have the OS 9 drivers installed on the HD. Thank You It works

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread James E. Therrault
Dan A. Currie wrote: Dan wrote: At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 08-02-2009 18:06, Dan A. Currie, danc...@frontiernet.net, wrote: Perhaps the 6GB is TOO far down the tree? I asked about that before ... I thought. I don't believe that. First check if your 6 GB is formatted in the right way, especially if OS 9 disk files is enabled. I strongly believe

Canon Pixma Printing Problem

2009-02-08 Thread honik...@sbcglobal.net
My neighbor has a Canon Pixma iP4200 She uses an eMac running 10.4.11 1.25 GHz 512 MB DDR SDRAM and it prints about 1/3 scale or smaller. Shows up in print preview okay Its the showing up in print preview full sized that baffles me. I went into page set up and it is set at 100%, all

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
At 11:52 AM -0600 2/8/2009, James E. Therrault wrote: Is the system folder blessed? It should be - it's selectable in the Startup Disk sysprefs. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-08 Thread Linda
Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search the entire message. Also I can't move the window titles over so I can see how many emails are in a thread. I recently upgraded to OS 10.5 on my G4 mirror door tower. This is frustrating when I need to find something in

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 8, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Linda wrote: Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search the entire message. I had a similar issue once. I had to reindex Spotlight completely. I opened Spotlight System Preference and under the Privacy tab using the + button added my

Re: Canon Pixma Printing Problem

2009-02-08 Thread Isaac Smith
On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:35 PM, honik...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My neighbor has a Canon Pixma iP4200 She uses an eMac running 10.4.11 1.25 GHz 512 MB DDR SDRAM and it prints about 1/3 scale or smaller. Shows up in print preview okay Its the showing up in print preview full sized that

Mail account problem

2009-02-08 Thread George Hozendorf
Some replies I get from a message send on one Mail account come back to the other Mail account I have set up. Both are under the same user. Any ideas? George Mac OS X 10.5.6 Mac Mini 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Re: Mail account problem

2009-02-08 Thread Ken Daggett
On 8 Feb 2009, at 11:38:26 PST, George Hozendorf wrote: Some replies I get from a message send on one Mail account come back to the other Mail account I have set up. Both are under the same user. Any ideas? --- A bit of clarification. Sent From one account are received by another

Re: Mail account problem

2009-02-08 Thread George Hozendorf
On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 8 Feb 2009, at 11:38:26 PST, George Hozendorf wrote: Some replies I get from a message send on one Mail account come back to the other Mail account I have set up. Both are under the same user. Any ideas? --- A bit of

Re: Connect PC to Mac

2009-02-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 7, 2009, at 6:32 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: I need to connect a PC to my Mac, but don't have an IP address for the PC. Is there any way to do this? Well, there's far too little information here. How are the two devices networked? Are they on the same LAN or are you trying to

Re: New DVD RW running slow on PowerMac G4 Dual 450

2009-02-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 7, 2009, at 11:32 AM, ken...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I'm just burning from iTunes. I had a firewire CD-R before and it wrote much faster (14X +) before it finally died. The wierd thing with this new drive is that iTunes rarely displays the write speed, just finish time, but when it

Re: PACE ?? more more yet

2009-02-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 7, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Charles Davis wrote: What I was looking for, was some opinions Re The PACE process that appeared on the activity screen. In Activity monitor, select the PACE process and click on Inspect. you can see what process launched it, and by clicking on the appropriate

Re: Canon Pixma Printing Problem

2009-02-08 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) I have a Pixma MP620 and the only solution that I've found when I have problems is to go into the System Preferences... Delete the printer and re-install, Best regards, - Harry - ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Feb 8, 11:29 am, Isaac Smith smith...@sprynet.com

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:52 AM -0600 2/8/2009, James E. Therrault wrote: Is the system folder blessed? It should be - it's selectable in the Startup Disk sysprefs. But you say it doesn't show up with 'Option' on boot, so bless the thing. Chuck D. - Dan. -- -

Re: OT Woz News

2009-02-08 Thread Charles
Good point. Sometimes CEOs are functional but I don't suppose it is a necessity. Sometimes they have a part of their job as Corporate Cheer-Leader... and the guys directly below them pull the real strings... I think he'd be good in the latter position. I then said   But there would be no

Re: Mail account problem

2009-02-08 Thread Ken Daggett
On 8 Feb 2009, at 11:50:56 PST, George Hozendorf wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 8 Feb 2009, at 11:38:26 PST, George Hozendorf wrote: Some replies I get from a message send on one Mail account come back to the other Mail account I have set up. Both are under the

Re: Connect PC to Mac

2009-02-08 Thread George Hozendorf
On Feb 8, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 7, 2009, at 6:32 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: I need to connect a PC to my Mac, but don't have an IP address for the PC. Is there any way to do this? Well, there's far too little information here. How are the two devices

Re: Connect PC to Mac

2009-02-08 Thread insightinmind
On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:36 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: Got into it through a wireless router via Parallels. Only things to show up were My Documents and My Pictures. They're probably the only things set to share from the Windows side. Sort of like our Public Drop Box. I was trying to

Re: PACE ?? more more yet {present status]

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 8, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 7, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Charles Davis wrote: What I was looking for, was some opinions Re The PACE process that appeared on the activity screen. In Activity monitor, select the PACE process and click on Inspect. you can see what

Re: Connect PC to Mac

2009-02-08 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:42 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:36 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: Got into it through a wireless router via Parallels. Only things to show up were My Documents and My Pictures. They're probably the only things set to share from the Windows side.

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Charles Davis wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:52 AM -0600 2/8/2009, James E. Therrault wrote: Is the system folder blessed? It should be - it's selectable in the Startup Disk sysprefs. But you say it doesn't show up with 'Option' on boot, so

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: When I try to boot up OS9.2 going through SP, it tries very hard to find OS9.2 - the old file folder is there flashing from the Picasso to ? mark about 5 or 6 times then it gives up and goes to 10.5.

Re: best browser now

2009-02-08 Thread joe
What about stability? I used Webkit/Safari for a while, but it got crashier and crashier. I've mostly used Firefox and Webkit (and plain Safari), but it seems like they all get really crashy until I wipe out everything that I can wipe out (which gets to be a PITA). I realize a lot of this

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Al
On Feb 8, 11:20 am, Dan A. Currie danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: Hello All and Dan, Here is what I have - a G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6, 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Al wrote: You've tried many suggestions including re-blessing the OS 9 System Folder. Reviewing the above, you have OS 9.2 loaded on two HDDs, 1- 120GB and NO ... only on the 6GB at the end of the chain. Maybe I should have prefaced this mess saying that what I was trying to do was to

Re: PACE ??

2009-02-08 Thread tortoise
On Feb 7, 12:03 pm, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: MDD Dual 1.25 1GB RAM Dialup Internet connection (to watch transfer speeds) This is going to take forever Use Curl ! first, it allows you to resume partial downloads, second, it is friendlier with your computer (trust me).

Re: PACE ??

2009-02-08 Thread Dan
At 8:57 PM -0800 2/8/2009, tortoise wrote: Dialup Internet connection (to watch transfer speeds) This is going to take forever Use Curl ! first, it allows you to resume partial downloads, second, it is friendlier with your computer (trust me). try in Terminal (maybe cd Desktop): cd