Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread Bill Christensen
At 1:54 AM -0400 4/3/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I recommend you study the HTML and other web lessons at http://lynda.comlynda.com. many of these are free and you can buy more. Student rates are available also. These are very informative and are used by pros and students at

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread dorayme
Date: Thurs, Apr 2 2009 5:46 pm From: tonycd Get a .mac membership? Any other way? If my ISP provides a page for free, is there a way for me to use it? If your ISP provide you with server space, and most seem to do this, you can put your website there. You can use an FTP program to

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread Doug McNutt
At 02:49 -0500 4/3/09, Bill Christensen wrote: At 1:54 AM -0400 4/3/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: The program you use is not as important as structure. You can even do it in Word if you already have that. Gyah! No! Bad codemonkey! Agreed, but only for the case of asking WORD to export

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 3, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: But it has become difficult to find a simple text editor for use in the Macintosh world. http://tinyurl.com/cn9dv9 Textedit comes WITH OS X, don't know about that OS you're claiming to use, and if you set it to plain text it stays that way

Re: resurrecting a hard drive?

2009-04-03 Thread Charles Lenington
snip- Get one of these http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020-OTBcpc=SCH and stop tearing into systems to do this sort of thing. With this you can boot from a functioning Mac and work on these drives without don't bother trying to buy from geeks if you use a PO box. They

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Bill Christensen billc_li...@greenbuilder.com wrote: At 1:54 AM -0400 4/3/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I recommend you study the HTML and other web lessons at http://lynda.comlynda.com. many of these are free and you can buy more. Student rates are

end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread ll
I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and I would like to buy a newer apple computer. I have enquired about end of life desktops at Apple stores and am told they don't have any. Is this just a stock answer so you will buy a newer one? Where can I find an end of life

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Charles Lenington
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I followed the google instructions for setting up the account to use imap. it wouldn't work at all. It just didn't receive any mail.-Jonas I dunno. Go back through the directions and make sure you follow the

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:34 PM, ll mlitwin3...@att.net wrote: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and I would like to buy a newer apple computer. I have enquired about end of life desktops at Apple stores and am told they don't have any. Is this just a stock

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Ken Daggett
On 3 Apr 2009, at 09:34:51 PDT, ll wrote: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and I would like to buy a newer apple computer. I have enquired about end of life desktops at Apple stores and am told they don't have any. Is this just a stock answer so you will buy

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Dale Hoffman
I've bought a couple of computers from Mac of All Trades: http://www.macofalltrades.com/ They currently have a coupld of iMac Intel 20 modesl for under $700. Good luck, Dale Hoffman On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:34 PM, ll wrote: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Steve R
At 9:34 AM -0700 4/3/09, ll posted: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and I would like to buy a newer apple computer. I have enquired about end of life desktops at Apple stores and am told they don't have any. Is this just a stock answer so you will buy a

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:34 AM, ll wrote: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and I would like to buy a newer apple computer. I have enquired about end of life desktops at Apple stores and am told they don't have any. Is this just a stock answer so you will buy a

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Al Poulin
On Apr 2, 2:46 pm, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: I followed the google instructions for setting up the account to use imap. it wouldn't work at all. It just didn't receive any mail.-Jonas I set up two new Gmail accounts about a month ago. They work fine. Please tell us exactly

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Michael Koch
Go to the apple store on line and get Apple Certified Refurbished ; you can go play with newer one at the Apple Store in person and ask what is the difference with the previous model. On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:34, ll wrote: I have a G3 and G4 Apple desktop. My birthday is approaching and

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-03 Thread Doug Burton
On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread Evan Wilson
I'm not tech savvy, but am retired, too. I use a Yikes! to advantage. It's a robust machine older (manufactured earlier) than the ones you're looking at. I update as my needs change. It does everything I want, but has few of the unwanted (read: uninteresting to me) features that preoccupy

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: Some providers (tds.net) are switching to gmail although you can download on one computer you will not be able to see on another. If they're switching to gmail, then you can use IMAP, and see all your mail on all your computers. --

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-03 Thread Al Poulin
On Apr 2, 7:04 pm, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: As a media student and semi pro I recommend the G5.  As much of one as you can afford. The upgrades are nice  and may work but the G5 has a better upgrade future. I agree on getting a better machine. Hard to justify

Re: resurrecting a hard drive?

2009-04-03 Thread Paul
USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.1, but it will of course run at the much slower USB 1.1 speed. It takes a long time to copy 1 GB of data that way. It absolutely works on USB 1.1. I've used min on my G4 laptop. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Doug Burton slu...@embarqmail.com wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Maretta Holden
I too am still using Eudora and, with the complexity of my mailbox organization and associated filters, returning to a three-pane window after reading each message would drive me crazy in short order. I am on a large number of mailing lists on different topics of interest. Each mailing list

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Steve R
At 5:54 PM -0700 4/3/09, Maretta Holden posted: I too am still using Eudora I've noticed a problem with Eudora 6.2.4 since upgrading to Leopard. Occasionally I'll get screen freeze with various applications being the active application. I go through the process of Force Quitting to get the

Test Programs for an ATI Radeon 9800Pro in a G4

2009-04-03 Thread insightinmind
Anyone got some recommendations for anything to test my AGP video card? Its in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz. (ATI Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edition) AMD (ATI/Avid) suggested Googling to find 3D Benchmark applications ... I couldn't find anything I could easily acquire. Suggestions welcomed. Bill Connelly

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 5:54 pm -0700 4/3/09, Maretta Holden wrote: I too am still using Eudora and, with the complexity of my mailbox organization and associated filters, returning to a three-pane window after reading each message would drive me crazy in short order. I am on a large number of mailing

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread tonycd
I'm not opposed to fun. I'm not even averse to fun writing code. But time is a definite issue, including the time it takes to surmount a learning curve. Right now, I don't have enough of it. Thanks to all who've generously offered their advice.

Migration from G4 Tiger to new Mini Leopard

2009-04-03 Thread Wendell Mendell
I have a new Mini and want to migrate user accounts from my G4 Sawtooth, running 10.4.11. I did not have a special 800/400 Firewire cable, so I thought I would connect the two computers by ethernet. (I also have Airport.) The Leopard Setup Assistant seems to demand that the old Mac

Re: end of life Apple computers

2009-04-03 Thread lana
I'd like to thank everyone who responded so quickly. I havea lot of research to do. --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Dale Hoffman dh...@margnat.com wrote: From: Dale Hoffman dh...@margnat.com Subject: Re: end of life Apple computers To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 1:12 PM

Re: Test Programs for an ATI Radeon 9800Pro in a G4

2009-04-03 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:36 PM, insightinmind wrote: Anyone got some recommendations for anything to test my AGP video card? Its in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz. (ATI Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edition) AMD (ATI/Avid) suggested Googling to find 3D Benchmark applications ... I couldn't find anything I

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-03 Thread Stephen Weber
Thanks for the link, I've been looking for a hackintosh community, since I've just set up my Toshiba A205-S5803 to be a hackintoshi. Right now I'm running 10.5.6 :) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Doug

LCD Cleaning???

2009-04-03 Thread James E. Therrault
I love my 22 Samsung but I need to clean the screen without destroying anything. What's the best solution(s) to a messy situation? TIA JT --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those

Erase a drive to sell

2009-04-03 Thread diane
I have a number of SCSI drives from Compaq servers ranging in size from 4.3 - 18.2 gb. I'm putting most of them up for sale and would like a quick and easy way to scramble whatever data may be on them. Will a magnet work OK and how heavy a magnet should it be? Thanks, Diane

Re: Test Programs for an ATI Radeon 9800Pro in a G4

2009-04-03 Thread insightinmind
On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: What kind of tests? Diagnostics? Probably none for us mere users. Benchmarks? xBench I use Xbench regularly ... sometimes, just to watch it spin ... CineBench I believe I tried that ... the motorcycle or robot redraw? not very

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Dan
At 9:27 PM -0400 4/3/2009, Steve R wrote: At 5:54 PM -0700 4/3/09, Maretta Holden posted: I too am still using Eudora I've noticed a problem with Eudora 6.2.4 since upgrading to Leopard. Occasionally I'll get screen freeze Turn off the sounds in Eudora. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus;

Re: Test Programs for an ATI Radeon 9800Pro in a G4

2009-04-03 Thread Steve R
At 11:14 PM -0400 4/3/09, insightinmind posted: On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: What kind of tests? Diagnostics? Probably none for us mere users. Benchmarks? xBench I use Xbench regularly ... sometimes, just to watch it spin ... CineBench I believe I tried

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Steve R
At 11:24 PM -0400 4/3/09, Dan posted: At 9:27 PM -0400 4/3/2009, Steve R wrote: At 5:54 PM -0700 4/3/09, Maretta Holden posted: I too am still using Eudora I've noticed a problem with Eudora 6.2.4 since upgrading to Leopard. Occasionally I'll get screen freeze Turn off the sounds in

Re: Okay, once I've built my iWeb site, how do I post it?

2009-04-03 Thread Dan
At 5:46 PM -0700 4/2/2009, tonycd wrote: Get a .mac membership? Any other way? If my ISP provides a page for free, is there a way for me to use it? What kind of web site is it? If it's just personal stuff, and relatively small, you can stash it on your ISP's server, or on a service like

Re: Erase a drive to sell

2009-04-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:54 PM, diane di...@mathermotorsports.com wrote: I have a number of SCSI drives from Compaq servers ranging in size from 4.3 - 18.2 gb. I'm putting most of them up for sale and would like a quick and easy way to scramble whatever data may be on them. Will a magnet

Re: Erase a drive to sell

2009-04-03 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:54 PM, diane di...@mathermotorsports.com wrote: I have a number of SCSI drives from Compaq servers ranging in size from 4.3 - 18.2 gb. I'm putting most of them up for sale and would like a quick and easy way to scramble whatever data may be on them. Will a magnet

Re: resurrecting a hard drive?

2009-04-03 Thread tortoise
On Apr 3, 9:18 am, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: snip- Get one of these http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020-OTBcpc=SCH and stop tearing into systems to do this sort of thing. With this you can boot from a functioning Mac and work on these drives without

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Dan
At 11:39 PM -0400 4/3/2009, Steve R wrote: At 11:24 PM -0400 4/3/09, Dan posted: At 9:27 PM -0400 4/3/2009, Steve R wrote: At 5:54 PM -0700 4/3/09, Maretta Holden posted: I too am still using Eudora I've noticed a problem with Eudora 6.2.4 since upgrading to Leopard. Occasionally I'll

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-03 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I followed all the directions on the gmail site to set up the account via mail 3.0 using imap. I want to use the gmail account that I am using to write this email on. I have had this account for years. When I open my account through mail nothing happens. It doesn't start downloading my mail or

Re: resurrecting a hard drive?

2009-04-03 Thread insightinmind
On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:47 PM, tortoise wrote: On Apr 3, 9:18 am, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: snip- Get one of these http://www.geeks.com/details.asp? invtid=2020-OTBcpc=SCH and stop tearing into systems to do this sort of thing. With this you can boot from a

Re: LCD Cleaning???

2009-04-03 Thread Bruce
James E. Therrault wrote: I love my 22 Samsung but I need to clean the screen without destroying anything. What's the best solution(s) to a messy situation? TIA JT - Hello James, I was at a Dell Service Station recently, and I asked

Re: resurrecting a hard drive?

2009-04-03 Thread Steve R
At 1:38 AM -0400 4/4/09, insightinmind posted: On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:47 PM, tortoise wrote: On Apr 3, 9:18 am, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020-OTBcpc=SCH I meant to ask before ... is there any danger that a hard drive