RE: New SD camera card reader
Well I have a USB2.0 hub on my desk and when I want to download photos from my camera I just take the SD card out , insert it into one end of this little reader and then plug the USB end of the reader into any spare slot of the hub. My hub has vertical slots so the width is not a problem. Like I said before - fast, easy and cheap. Stewie Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:51 -0800 Subject: Re: New SD camera card reader From: michaelgm717...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Nov 26, 2:10 am, Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com wrote: If the SD card is the only card you use then all you need is one of thesehttp://cgi.ebay.com/SDHC-SD-USB-2-0-Memory-Card-Reader-for-2GB-4GB-8G... I paid $2 for mine + post then bought another for my Powerbook. Small, simple, fast ( well as fast as USB2.0 will allow anyway ). Stewie Thank you both for the fast replies! Got me thinking anyway! I don't think I'd prefer that flash drive style SD reader. There's some nice multi card hubs at macsales I've been eying. It also includes a USB hub. I dunno. I'll think about it. I have these USB PCI slots I've invested in and I don't think the flash drive style would work well, it would probably take up two slots in width. Does it? Thanks! 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list _ Download new and classic emoticon packs at Emoticon World Brought to you exclusively by Windows Live http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/emoticon.aspx? -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 getting wonky with cpu hungry widgets.
On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Dan wrote: At 6:48 PM -0500 11/24/2009, carter foreman wrote: G4 dual 1ghz 1.5 GB RAM, OS 10.4.11. Fully updated, Safari 4.0.4 also? yep Spotlight indexing enabled? yep Lately i have been having an issue with the widgets taking way too much cpu time. So i turned them off. Dashboard can be problematic. It always runs, using both memory and cpu resources. Once a widget is loaded, it's always running too. Try temporarily disabling Dashboard altogether using a tool like OnyX. i havent done that yet but i did take all the widgets off the board, an empty dash board. Ill look into the OnyX soon Safari keeps quiting and it takes way too much CPU time too. Apps quit too frequently and memory seems to be leaking. Any kernel panics (whole OS crashes)? No kernel panics so far , just certian aps like to quit like mail safari yahooim ichat. QuickTime dosnt crash just seems to be like net oriented apps. What does Activity Monitor say are the top cpu pigs? Something happened that made some pigs. Mail, Safari, Yahoo messenger, any widget, I first noticed this when i came home from work and i had left dashboard up all day, and then they were hogs. even when in the background, so i deactivated all the widgets though Dashboard is still running. ill try OnyX to see what there is to see and I'll send off this email before mail quits. Thanks What do the app crash logs say? (If you don't know how to read them, please take a bunch, zip 'em up and email them to me directly. I'll take a quick look. Please DO NOT post them into the group). In Safari, do you have the page previews enabled? do you have fraudulent site checking enabled? Those two features greatly slow Safari and make it chew a LOT of cpu time. Right now i am running MAIL and Activity Monitor and that is all, aside from Finder. I have 16.36MB Free memory and 917 MB active 461MB inactive, 140MB wired How is this possible? You gots something else running. Try disabling Dashboard then re-check. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: New Disks in G5
iJohn wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Kasey Smithkasm...@gmail.com wrote: I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. It used to make a bigger difference than it does now with the newer, higher bit density platters. This article might be of interest: Should You Be Looking For A Hard Drive Upgrade? Tom's Hardware - 2009-08-19 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-drive-upgrade,2377.html The article compares the performance of an older and a newer Samsung drive. The new one is a 1TB Samsung F2 which I expect is equivalent to the 5400RPM F2 you're looking at. Here's an excerpt: The F2 EcoGreen drives comes with 32 MB cache memory, which is four times more than the SP2004C. But itthe F2 spins at only 5,400 RPM. This isn’t a reason to be scared in the performance area, though, as this drive still delivers 107 MB/s and hence provides almost twice the throughput of the 3-4 year old P120 drive. Clearly ~100 MB/s ain't too shabby. It still won't be limited by your 1.5Gbps theoretical max SATA bandwidth (~185 MB/s??). Other aspects of your system ... like your CPU performance and max memory transfer rate ... will probably hold it back more. While you might possibly get a bit better performance by going with a 7200 RPM drive, I don't think with your system you'd really see a noticeable performance improvement from the extra rotational speed. You might also take a look at the site http://diskcompare.com. The site appears to be pretty an indirect way for newegg.com to try to sell more hard drives. But if you keep that bias in mind, it can still be a useful way to locate recent hard drive reviews from the various hardware sites on the Internet. -irrational john John, Thanks for your help. Whilst I'm pretty au fait with the workings of my G5, (my previous Sawtooth G3Beige before that were heavily modded rebuilt), my main concern was whether in real world computing, the difference in performance between 7200rpm and 5400rpm SATA2 drives would be sufficient to justify the additional cost, when they would be on a SATA1 controller. Your (very rational) assistance helped me weigh up pros cons effectively. Since my major desire is simply capacity, I'll go for the 5400rpm drives, and add the difference to my piggy-bank, saving for an Intel Mac tower, subject to approval from a) Bank Manager and b) more importantly, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. Thanks again, Ted -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: New SD camera card reader
I also have one of these Converter Drive units of the Digital Concepts brand, which reads and writes both SD and MMC cards. It's double the width of a USB slot (when there are several in series) but it's offset to one side in order to take up only one slot's utility if it's placed at the end of a series of USB slots. It costs either $0.99 or $1.99 at MicroCenter stores (possibly also at www.microcenter.com also) and has worked fine for me for almost a year. Actually, I purchased a dozen of these tiny units, and have given them to family and friends as a useful gift. No one has mentioned any shortcomings with their use. They are USB 2.0 (fast) units. Stanton *** On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: I have a cheapo that i got from Walmart thats made by Digital Concepts. Its their 51-in1 with the SIM card reader (dunno about this functionality though, doesn't have an app for Mac.) It works nicely in X and 9. On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:41 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: These things seem to be about the cheapest cheepo-built peripheral I've ever shopped for. Can I get some recommendations for shopping for a new one? Oh, I'll use it for Mac OS 9 and X too! -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
POP!
Hello all-- Last night while running my G5 Powermac Dual 1.85, I heard a POP and it sure stopped working! Could this be a power supply issue? Any thoughts about the best suppliers for new/rebuilt power supplies? Thank you, Tom-- -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: installing old software
Use Disk Utility on the computer that will mount the low density floppies and create disk images of them. These can be copied to whichever removable medium that will work on both computers and transferred to your G4. Drag them to your desk top and mount them in sequence. Dale On Nov 26, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Interesting situation: I have an old music notation program that I want to install on my Mac G4. The old program runs under OS 9 and is on several floppy discs. The problem is, my USB disk drive will not read the lower density floppies that the program shipped on. I have access to some old Macs at one of my elementary schools and that may save me How do I copy the low density floppies to HD (2.0) floppies? Would it be better to transfer them to ZIP discs? What is the step by step procedure for getting the job done? I seem to have forgotten much of what I knew about OS 9! Thanks, Larry -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4
I have a DP 533 DA, and I also installed a flashed GeForce 6200 AGP card. It made a significant difference; between that and an Acard SATA card, my machine is pretty useful. My test application was Klondyke Forever; the animation with the Rage 128 card was unusable, but with the 6200, it runs smoothly and easily. The one limitation I find with this machine is YouTube. I'm a career college instructor, and there's a lot of video resources on YouTube that I can't use with this machine. It just takes too much CPU horsepower. Although this machine is fine in most other respects (browsing, streaming audio, office applications, etc), that one issue has me looking wistfully at used G5's. I know that Mac Mini's are a cheap way into the current Apple Intel system, but I'm an engineer and a tower guy. - Michael B. in Cincinnati On Nov 24, 12:23 am, Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com wrote: A flashed Radeon 9800 256mb card off ebay will set you back $200 but is probably the best you could get for a 2X AGP slot. It depends on how much you want to spend too. A 128mb version of the same card would set you back $125 or more. I just bought a flashed nVidia 6200 256mb for my 2X AGP Cube and is quite good too and at only Au$99 is pretty good value in my opinion. Don't forget these are flashed PC cards. Retail Mac versions of the same video cards are probably double that at least. An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI equivalent as well. Stewie From: g...@gmx.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:03 +0100 I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a friend. I have already maxed out the memory through the LEM swapt list and it works much better with 2Gb of RAM (the system is currently running OS 10.4.11). It is still used to play games and the original ATI Rage 128 with 16mb VRAM isn`t up to the task of running Medal of Honor as fluidly as it should. Being not too familiar with this model, and after a Google search, I`m looking for advice on how to upgrade the video card. As I have been able to check, this model only has an AGP x2 slot for video cards, plus the PCIs. The ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition seems to be compatible, but at 32Mb doesn`t seems to provide much advantage for mid-2000s needs! Has anybody proceeded with such upgrade and, if so, which cards have been used? I guess going for PCI would be better, although I`m not sure the speed of the PCI slots of this model can run modern cards. Thanks! Gorka from Spain. -- 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 is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list _ Download new and classic emoticon packs at Emoticon World Brought to you exclusively by Windows Livehttp://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/emoticon.aspx? -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: New SD camera card reader
Addendum: The model number of the Digital Concepts USB interface SD card reader/writer I described below is CR-35TD-R. Printed on its top side is this: Converter Drive Digital Concepts SD/MMC Reader/Writer. All the best, stanton *** On Nov 26, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: I also have one of these Converter Drive units of the Digital Concepts brand, which reads and writes both SD and MMC cards. It's double the width of a USB slot (when there are several in series) but it's offset to one side in order to take up only one slot's utility if it's placed at the end of a series of USB slots. It costs either $0.99 or $1.99 at MicroCenter stores (possibly also at www.microcenter.com also) and has worked fine for me for almost a year. Actually, I purchased a dozen of these tiny units, and have given them to family and friends as a useful gift. No one has mentioned any shortcomings with their use. They are USB 2.0 (fast) units. Stanton *** -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
RE: New SD camera card reader
Bequette Jeff jbeque...@tconl.com Subject: Re: New SD camera card reader i bought a Promaster Digital 4 in one when I discovered the limitation of the camera (about 600 pics on the sd card) and the HP photosmart printer (about 1000 pics). I took it to my local camera shop where their reader came up with 4500+ photos on an 16gb SD card. (Daughter went on tour) Amazing how they do not talk about this when you're buying the large gigabyte cards Bequette Jeff jbeque...@tconl.com On Nov 26, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: I also have one of these Converter Drive units of the Digital Concepts brand, which reads and writes both SD and MMC cards. It's double the width of a USB slot (when there are several in series) but it's offset to one side in order to take up only one slot's utility if it's placed at the end of a series of USB slots. It costs either $0.99 or $1.99 at MicroCenter stores (possibly also at www.microcenter.com also) and has worked fine for me for almost a year. Actually, I purchased a dozen of these tiny units, and have given them to family and friends as a useful gift. No one has mentioned any shortcomings with their use. They are USB 2.0 (fast) units. Stanton *** On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: I have a cheapo that i got from Walmart thats made by Digital Concepts. Its their 51-in1 with the SIM card reader (dunno about this functionality though, doesn't have an app for Mac.) It works nicely in X and 9. On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:41 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: These things seem to be about the cheapest cheepo-built peripheral I've ever shopped for. Can I get some recommendations for shopping for a new one? Oh, I'll use it for Mac OS 9 and X too! -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: New SD camera card reader
On Nov 26, 6:18 am, Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com wrote: Well I have a USB2.0 hub on my desk and when I want to download photos from my camera I just take the SD card out , insert it into one end of this little reader and then plug the USB end of the reader into any spare slot of the hub. My hub has vertical slots so the width is not a problem. Ok, Ok I see. ;) I also have a spare hub I can get out when I really need it. So this looks like deal! Like I said before - fast, easy and cheap. Oh yeah! The budget!! Cool! What was I thinking??? :) Thank you Stewie!!! Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:51 -0800 Subject: Re: New SD camera card reader From: michaelgm717...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Nov 26, 2:10 am, Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com wrote: If the SD card is the only card you use then all you need is one of thesehttp://cgi.ebay.com/SDHC-SD-USB-2-0-Memory-Card-Reader-for-2GB-4GB-8G... I paid $2 for mine + post then bought another for my Powerbook. Small, simple, fast ( well as fast as USB2.0 will allow anyway ). Stewie Thank you both for the fast replies! Got me thinking anyway! I don't think I'd prefer that flash drive style SD reader. There's some nice multi card hubs at macsales I've been eying. It also includes a USB hub. I dunno. I'll think about it. I have these USB PCI slots I've invested in and I don't think the flash drive style would work well, it would probably take up two slots in width. Does it? Thanks! 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 is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list _ Download new and classic emoticon packs at Emoticon World Brought to you exclusively by Windows Livehttp://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/emoticon.aspx? -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4
On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: I have a DP 533 DA, and I also installed a flashed GeForce 6200 AGP card. It made a significant difference; between that and an Acard SATA card, my machine is pretty useful. My test application was Klondyke Forever; the animation with the Rage 128 card was unusable, but with the 6200, it runs smoothly and easily. The one limitation I find with this machine is YouTube. I'm a career college instructor, and there's a lot of video resources on YouTube that I can't use with this machine. It just takes too much CPU horsepower. Although this machine is fine in most other respects (browsing, streaming audio, office applications, etc), that one issue has me looking wistfully at used G5's. I know that Mac Mini's are a cheap way into the current Apple Intel system, but I'm an engineer and a tower guy. - Michael B. in Cincinnati I have the same DA Dual 533 with SATA card and now an agp ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. I love the historical Jazz performers you find on YouTube. Same bad behavior with YouTube videos. I believe its actually Adobe's Flash Player we're having difficulty with playback in our browsers. If I download the YouTube video, it plays fine using VLC. No herky- jerky behavior like in the browsers. Boo Adobe? -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: installing old software
On Nov 26, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: Use Disk Utility on the computer that will mount the low density floppies and create disk images of them. These can be copied to whichever removable medium that will work on both computers and transferred to your G4. Drag them to your desk top and mount them in sequence. If it's an OS9 app, this won't quite work unless you have OSX on both computers (well OS9 can mount disk images through Disk Copy.) If both computers do have OSX, I would make images on the older one and then use them (on either computer) to restore to HD floppies. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4
On Nov 26, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: The one limitation I find with this machine is YouTube. I'm a career college instructor, and there's a lot of video resources on YouTube that I can't use with this machine. It just takes too much CPU horsepower. Same bad behavior with YouTube videos. I believe its actually Adobe's Flash Player we're having difficulty with playback in our browsers. If I download the YouTube video, it plays fine using VLC. No herky- jerky behavior like in the browsers. This isn't the machine's fault, its Adobe's bad flash player for Mac and Linux. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Other, unwanted intruders
Previously, referring to Twitter, the new cpu pig,at 3:19 pm -0500 11/26/09, Dan wrote: After beating Flash into submission with ClickToFlash, and blocking various animated ads with SafariBlock, my browsing speed was pretty durn quick! But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've opened two or more tabs of these pages! Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them? ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like SafariBlock can do it. And I'm getting a **ed pop-ups from NetFlicks or a pop-in from CNet TechTracker. What would you folks suggest to combat them? -- Thanks, Paul pjspop @ bresnan.net -- -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
On 11/26/09, Paul Stamsen pjs...@bresnan.net wrote: And I'm getting a **ed pop-ups from NetFlicks or a pop-in from CNet TechTracker. What would you folks suggest to combat them? Disconnect from the Internet. Seriously, disk space, bandwidth, and computing power, even today, is very expensive--if you can't financially support the websites you use then you shouldn't be expecting the service they provide you in exchange. I hate people who steal financially from those who rely on ad revenue to stay afloat with ad blockers. How selfish, what--do you all think these people grow money on trees? -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
At 3:53 PM -0500 11/26/2009, John Musbach wrote: On 11/26/09, Paul Stamsen pjs...@bresnan.net wrote: And I'm getting a **ed pop-ups from NetFlicks or a pop-in from CNet TechTracker. What would you folks suggest to combat them? Disconnect from the Internet. Seriously, disk space, bandwidth, and computing power, even today, is very expensive--if you can't financially support the websites you use then you shouldn't be expecting the service they provide you in exchange. I hate people who steal financially from those who rely on ad revenue to stay afloat with ad blockers. How selfish, what--do you all think these people grow money on trees? There are many ways for sites to make money with advertising. There is simply NO NEED for a site to hammer us with ads that are resource hogging, intrusive, offensive, animated, etc etc etc. With a hardcopy magazine, you can quickly flip past any offensive ad - and still enjoy the magazine. Flash and ad blockers let us do the same thing with web sites. That's all. As for denying them income? Oh please. Ad rates are crashing because people don't click on these offensive presentations. If you like the site and want them to make money then CLICK on the ads. Vote with your mouse tho - be selective - click on the inoffensive static ones. Don't reward the advertiser's bad behavior. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
At 1:46 PM -0700 11/26/2009, Paul Stamsen wrote: And I'm getting a **ed pop-ups from NetFlicks or a pop-in from CNet TechTracker. What would you folks suggest to combat them? Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? What ad blocker are you using? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig
On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote: But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've opened two or more tabs of these pages! Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them? ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like SafariBlock can do it. I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named Dan: Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? :-P Seriously though, a sample URL will help -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
Previously, at 3:53 pm -0500 11/26/09, John Musbach wrote: Disconnect from the Internet. Seriously, disk space, bandwidth, and computing power, even today, is very expensive--if you can't financially support the websites you use then you shouldn't be expecting the service they provide you in exchange. I hate people who steal financially from those who rely on ad revenue to stay afloat with ad blockers. How selfish, what--do you all think these people grow money on trees? I simply don't understand. I'm not allowed to look? and then choose no thanks? -- Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
Previously, at 4:15 pm -0500 11/26/09, Dan wrote: Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? You know, I have no idea. Maybe CNET.com, but I have no idea where the NetFlix came from. What ad blocker are you using? Same as you ClickToFlash, and blocking various animated ads with SafariBlock. Thanks for the reasonable assistance and Happy Thanksgiving. P. -- Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
I use SeaMonkey 2.0 with Adblock plus and NoScript. Both Add-ons do really, really well. NoScript has been doing most of the blocking and so on for me. On a side note, Lowend Mac seems to be the site I have the most problems with lately. ie. getting it to display properly. This is an issue with all my browsers and LEM. It's either everything is scrunched together or the Adds take up half the freakin' page. When I block the Add the whole half of the page it was covering is gone too. :P Talk about overkill!!! And when I use none in the style it finally displays OK but everything is all over the place. I know that's the way Dan does it, but I wish I could get it to load well or he'd just use something more compatible nearly all Mac web browsers could load properly at least. -Mike On Nov 26, 5:14 pm, Paul Stamsen pjs...@bresnan.net wrote: Previously, at 4:15 pm -0500 11/26/09, Dan wrote: Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? You know, I have no idea. Maybe CNET.com, but I have no idea where the NetFlix came from. What ad blocker are you using? Same as you ClickToFlash, and blocking various animated ads with SafariBlock. Thanks for the reasonable assistance and Happy Thanksgiving. P. -- Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig
At 3:00 PM -0700 11/26/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote: But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've opened two or more tabs of these pages! Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them? ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like SafariBlock can do it. I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named Dan: Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? LOL Here's one with a twitter that's not very active: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141473/Psystar_promised_investors_huge_clone_sales - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
I found this: com.trolltech.plist, in the prefs and moved it to Preferences (Corrupt) and that seems to have stopped the pop-in from CNet TechTracker. Interesting name, huh? p. -- Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig
On Nov 26, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Dan wrote: At 3:00 PM -0700 11/26/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Dan wrote: But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've opened two or more tabs of these pages! Any ideas on how to block those, or at least stone (freeze) them? ...I'm just starting to look at their code, to see if something like SafariBlock can do it. I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named Dan: Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em? LOL Here's one with a twitter that's not very active: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141473/ Psystar_promised_investors_huge_clone_sales - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list Well... it loaded fast... and the twitter links were optional. Lyle Syverson -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig
At 8:19 PM -0600 11/26/2009, Lyle Syverson wrote: Here's one with a twitter that's not very active: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141473/ Psystar_promised_investors_huge_clone_sales Well... it loaded fast... and the twitter links were optional. Loading isn't a problem. The problem is what happens *after* the initial load. A page with a very active twitter feed updates quite quickly - chewing away on cpu and memory by continuously polling the twitter servers. Nothing to do with the links within the twits. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
On Nov 26, 6:48 pm, Paul Stamsen pjs...@bresnan.net wrote: I found this: com.trolltech.plist, in the prefs and moved it to Preferences (Corrupt) and that seems to have stopped the pop-in from CNet TechTracker. Interesting name, huh? Yes, very interesting and appropriately named I must say. Sounds like a no-brainer of what to do with that .plist file. I'm sure someone or maybe even I could figure out an automator or Script of what to do to block that file entirely! Thank you very much for posting about this. I'm sure many will find it a file to put on their blacklist! On another side note to my previous post, never mind about my previous post about the LEM site, it seems to have gotten better or maybe I blocked it temporarily or whatever. Anyway it displays fine now. Sorry. -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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Mouse Question
I got my hands on a Logitech Cordless Optical mouse (FCC ID: JNZ201759) Can it be used with my Quicksilver (G4 running OS X 10.4.11) -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
USB Backward compatibility
I have a G3 BW with USB 1.0. When they say that USB is backwards compatible, does that mean a USB 2.0 device will work on a 1.0 interface, or does that only mean a USB 1.0 Device will work on a USB 2.0 Interface. I was thinking of getting one of those SD card readers for my BW and swap it between my dads PC. (I don't think it will make my mac sick ha ha).. Anyways. Has anyone tried a USB 2.0 device on a BW G3 1.0 Interface and gotten it to work? Thanks!!! Course they do say that the devices work for mac os 9 and up, I would think that the only machines that could run OS 9 natively only came with usb 1.0, unless you put some sort of PCI adapter card for USB 2.0 in there??? Your thoughts are appreciated!!! Gus -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
On Nov 26, 10:42 pm, Paul Stamsen pjs...@bresnan.net wrote: Previously, at 7:31 pm -0800 11/26/09, Michael G.M. wrote: Yes, very interesting and appropriately named I must say. Sounds like a no-brainer of what to do with that .plist file. I'm sure someone or maybe even I could figure out an automator or Script of what to do to block that file entirely! Thank you very much for posting about this. I'm sure many will find it a file to put on their blacklist! Well I must be a no-brainer, 'cause I have no idea how to do what you suggest! :-[ Automator - You've surely heard of it. (?) Well, it's basically where there's a will, there's a script ready to be made. There's one Automator action to select that's called Watch what I do. The next time I get the Trolltech.plist file I'll launch Automator and select the watch what I do to create a workflow that automatically does this. There may be another way with Automator to do this, I dunno yet. I'll keep a watchful eye out for this file and study up on Automator to see what options there are for this. Do you use Tiger or Leopard? I'm just starting to look into Automator. I think I can find some uses for it, like this one. Cheers! -Mike P.S. And no, you're not a 'no-brainer'! Curiosity made the Mac, didn't it? -- John J. Plomp -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Other, unwanted intruders
On Thursday 26 November 2009 17:48:57 Paul Stamsen wrote: I found this: com.trolltech.plist, in the prefs and moved it to Preferences (Corrupt) and that seems to have stopped the pop-in from CNet TechTracker. Interesting name, huh? p. I did some research, and the Trolltech plist is put there by apps that are written using the Qt toolkit, and IIRC, there are several cross-platform Mac apps that use it, including some of Google's programs. Anyway, from what I've read, it seems like it's merely a coincidence that it had the effects that were documented, and I know it's relied on for the KDE apps I have running under OS X. Anyway, that's just my $0.02. Caleb -- Caleb S. Cupples Sociology Undergraduate, Tennessee Technological University Treasurer, TTU Unix Users Group -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mouse Question
Do you have the USB dongle? If so, yes. (No harm in plugging it in and trying ;) On Nov 26, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: I got my hands on a Logitech Cordless Optical mouse (FCC ID: JNZ201759) Can it be used with my Quicksilver (G4 running OS X 10.4.11) -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: USB Backward compatibility
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote: I have a G3 BW with USB 1.0. When they say that USB is backwards compatible, does that mean a USB 2.0 device will work on a 1.0 interface, or does that only mean a USB 1.0 Device will work on a USB 2.0 Interface. I was thinking of getting one of those SD card readers for my BW and swap it between my dads PC. (I don't think it will make my mac sick ha ha).. Anyways. Has anyone tried a USB 2.0 device on a BW G3 1.0 Interface and gotten it to work? Bruce Johnson is the expert. It seems the last time we had the go around on this (without searching the LEM archive) he assured me that US2 function was in the OS and not the hardware IIRC YMMV . -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/jr http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: POP!
Tom Podnar wrote: Hello all-- Last night while running my G5 Powermac Dual 1.85, I heard a POP and it sure stopped working! Could this be a power supply issue? Any thoughts about the best suppliers for new/rebuilt power supplies? Thank you, Tom-- -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list You might try here. http://www.blueraven.com/us/Service-Parts/Item/BOMModels.aspx?mfgID=-1mfgCode=APLmfgName=ApplefamilyID=10familyCode=11700familyName=iMac+G5 -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: USB Backward compatibility
On Nov 26, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Gus wrote: I have a G3 BW with USB 1.0. When they say that USB is backwards compatible, does that mean a USB 2.0 device will work on a 1.0 interface, or does that only mean a USB 1.0 Device will work on a USB 2.0 Interface. Both, USB 2.0 will work just fine on a USB 1.1 Bus and vice versa. I have a USB 2.0 PCI card in my G3 BW and it helps a lot. Oh, by the way no Apple computer shipped with USB 1.0 (I don't think many PCs did either) They all come with USB 1.1 or 2.0 -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: USB Backward compatibility
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Gus gusr...@comcast.net mailto:gusr...@comcast.net wrote: I have a G3 BW with USB 1.0. When they say that USB is backwards compatible, does that mean a USB 2.0 device will work on a 1.0 interface, or does that only mean a USB 1.0 Device will work on a USB 2.0 Interface. I was thinking of getting one of those SD card readers for my BW and swap it between my dads PC. (I don't think it will make my mac sick ha ha).. Anyways. Has anyone tried a USB 2.0 device on a BW G3 1.0 Interface and gotten it to work? In general it any combination will work. A computer with a USB 2.0 interface will work with either USB 1.x or 2.0 peripherals. A computer with a USB 1.x interface will work with USB 1.x peripherals. A computer with a USB 1.x interface fill often but not always work with USB 2.0 peripherals. Things like flash drives, card readers and harddisks will generally work, just slowly of course. CD-RW can have problems burning a disk as USB 1.1 is just fast enough to do it, not counting the overhead. I'm pretty sure DVD-RW can't burn a DVD as the data rate is just too slow. I have an EyeTV receiver that needs USB 2.0 because of the data rate. Also some things have problems with power from USB 1.x computer interfaces, such as iPods. Bruce Johnson is the expert. It seems the last time we had the go around on this (without searching the LEM archive) he assured me that US2 function was in the OS and not the hardware IIRC YMMV . On the computer both the hardware and software must support USB 2.0 in order to get USB 2.0 functionality with the peripherals. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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 is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
