Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Linnett
Howdy all, Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger volume? Backstory is that I'm visiting my grandmother who has an iMac g3 running tiger, and I thought I'd run through onyx's maintenance stuff

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 8/4/10 1:02 AM, Mike Linnett wrote: Howdy all, Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger volume? Backstory is that I'm visiting my grandmother who has an iMac g3 running tiger, and I thought

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Linnett
On 4 Aug 2010, at 09:34, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: On 8/4/10 1:02 AM, Mike Linnett wrote: Howdy all, Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger volume? Backstory is that I'm

Re: all them Apple's?

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
On Aug 3, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: is there a good software application out there that tells me about all the apple's ever produced? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 Mac Tracker is good and I like EveryMac also. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You

Re: OS 9 Apps on G5

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
On Aug 3, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Yeah, like I said there is almost no way you'll be able to get OS 9 to work on a G5. Even if you install on a G4 or a G3 and transplant the HDD to a G5, it still won't boor because a G5 is 64-bit, and OS 9 only has 32 bit code in it. Try

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Jason Brown
On 8/3/2010 9:42 PM, glen wrote: The Dell started having a problem with the screen image rolling down (or up depending on your reference). Sort of like the very old CRT TV's that needed the horizontal hold adjusted. I'm talking about 1950's or 60's TV's. Don't know if you are old enough to

Re: all them Apple's?

2010-08-04 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:32 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Aug 3, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: is there a good software application out there that tells me about all the apple's ever produced? MacTracker is fairly comprehensive. http://www.mactracker.ca/ Not an app, but I also get

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Al Poulin
On Aug 4, 4:02 am, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.com wrote: Howdy all, Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger volume? Backstory is that I'm visiting my grandmother who has an iMac

Re: all them Apple's?

2010-08-04 Thread Al Poulin
On Aug 4, 12:34 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Aug 3, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: is there a good software application out there that tells me about all the apple's ever produced? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 Mac Tracker is good and I like EveryMac also.

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Mike Linnett
On 4 Aug 2010, at 15:13, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 4, 4:02 am, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.com wrote: Howdy all, Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger

Re: Power Mac G5 – to buy or not to buy?

2010-08-04 Thread Austin Leeds
After evaluating the options, I'm still going with my rebuilt Compaq Presario as an HTPC. However, my iMac G4 will be getting a sweet upgrade (1 GB maxed out RAM + 500 GB hard drive + Mac OS X Tiger Server) to turn it into a server. In the meantime, my school's G5 DUAL (found out its not a

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread Gus
I don't have a panther disk, So I thought I would just ask. Is the disk utility on panther the same version as is on Tiger? Can you run Tigers Disk Utility under Panther? Glad it worked out out for you! Gus. On Aug 4, 9:21 am, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.com wrote: On 4 Aug 2010,

Re: Revisited: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-08-04 Thread Geke
Hi Rich, I have 3 harddisks in my Digital Audio: 2 are 3,5 and 1 is 2,5 (connected with an adapter). So having several HDs is no problem. But could someone in the know post a clear answer to this question: Do large HDs work in the Digital Audio, with Tiger and/or Leopard? I’m still doubtful

Re: Repair tiger disk from leopard?

2010-08-04 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Gus wrote: I don't have a panther disk, So I thought I would just ask. Is the disk utility on panther the same version as is on Tiger? Can you run Tigers Disk Utility under Panther? Glad it worked out out for you! As long as you can boot the Tiger CD or DVD the

Best printer.

2010-08-04 Thread John Callahan
Have a granddaughter who will be traveling often in the next few years and would appreciate recommendations and experiences with traveling with a printer. Thanks so much. John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went. --Will

Re: Revisited: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-08-04 Thread Clark Martin
On 8/4/10 11:12 AM, Geke wrote: Hi Rich, I have 3 harddisks in my Digital Audio: 2 are 3,5 and 1 is 2,5 (connected with an adapter). So having several HDs is no problem. But could someone in the know post a clear answer to this question: Do large HDs work in the Digital Audio, with Tiger

Re: Power Mac G5 – to buy or not to buy?

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
The only liquid-cooled are the late 2005 G5's with PCI-e slots. All the earlier G5's that have either PCIx or normal PCI slots are air-cooled. All the earlier G5's that have either PCIx or normal PCI slots are air-cooled. The quad is actually a dual dual, and is the only 2.5GHz G5. The

Re: Power Mac G5 – to buy or not to buy?

2010-08-04 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 4, 2010, at 2:44 PM, John Carmonne wrote: My PM G5 Dual 2.7 early 2005 is liquid cooled and has PCIx slots Yes, I forgot about that one, so that means there are three of the four possible combinations, the absent one being the single dual- core air-cooled. -- You received this

Re: G5 Question

2010-08-04 Thread dc
On Aug 3, 6:10 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: I presume that this Expansion Slot Utility is an app found in the Utilities folder? Out of curiosity, is this utility installed on the Mac Pros as well? It is on my MacPro running 10.6, now that you mention it I don't think the

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread glen
Recently the rolling started an hour or two after the monitor warmed up and was stable. This made for a difficult if not impossible to be useful in a work environment -- s time for a new monitor. The new monitor is definitely sharper than aged Dell -- but if a cheap

Combo updating made easy?

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All Does anyone know of an application that can install all the Java updates with one click? I have the Combo and all the Java stuff including iTunes and QuickTime on one DVD and it would be nice to just drag all those files to an installer if possible. The process is such a drag. John

Re: Best printer.

2010-08-04 Thread ThisOldMacSupport
You didn't mention what version of Mac OS she is running - this could help other users give useful specific feedback for similar situations You might want to check with her and get back to the list with a little more info Cecile Santa Clara On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:28 AM, John Callahan

Mysterious bump in transfer speed?

2010-08-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Hello, everybody I have an external 2.5 drive sitting inside my PM G4 plugged in through USB 2.0 (A PCI card) and normally, whenever I transfer things between the Main system HDD and the external 320GB HDD, the transfer speed is literally 500Kb/s. For some reason, yesterday, when I restarted,

Re: Mysterious bump in transfer speed?

2010-08-04 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 4, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Hello, everybody I have an external 2.5 drive sitting inside my PM G4 plugged in through USB 2.0 (A PCI card) and normally, whenever I transfer things between the Main system HDD and the external 320GB HDD, the transfer speed is

Re: Best printer.

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
No printers are any fun to travel with IMHO. I carry a cheap Cannon MP210 all in one flat bed scanner unit. It cost less than $50.00 at WallyWorld and works like a champ. The problem I run into on the road more than anything is the ability to scan. Nowadays with the net printing is not as

Re: Combo updating made easy?

2010-08-04 Thread Al Poulin
On Aug 4, 7:25 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi All Does anyone know of an application that can install all the Java updates with one click? I have the Combo and all the Java stuff including iTunes and QuickTime on one DVD and it would be nice to just drag all those files to an

Re: Combo updating made easy?

2010-08-04 Thread John Carmonne
I would install the Combo off the DVD. If that works well, I would then use Software Update under the Apple Menu. You may end up running Software Update more than once to get all the latest. Why use the DVD for the smaller items? Would they all be up to date? Al Poulin The drag is

Re: Combo updating made easy?

2010-08-04 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:01 PM, John Carmonne wrote: The drag is the Java updates, they have to be done one by one, I would like to have an installer that would do all of them at once. The update needs to be run 6 times via Software Update. I already have all this stuff on a DVD so I want an

Re: G5 Question

2010-08-04 Thread Dana Collins
On 8/4/10 6:20 PM, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: On Aug 3, 6:10 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: I presume that this Expansion Slot Utility is an app found in the Utilities folder? Out of curiosity, is this utility installed on the Mac Pros as well? It is on my MacPro

Re: Mysterious bump in transfer speed?

2010-08-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Is it hotwired or something? I wouldn't lie and post something this stupid just to get attention, because this really happened. -- Sent from Mark's Power Mac G4 Sawtooth PowerPC G4 7400 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Re: Mysterious bump in transfer speed?

2010-08-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I didn't make an alias It is the full ISO image. -- Sent from Mark's Power Mac G4 Sawtooth PowerPC G4 7400 -- 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

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Doug McNutt
At 16:22 -0700 8/4/10, glen wrote: Generally, I have no problem taking anything apart including the Dell. Should I assume the same danger applies to LCD's as CRT monitors regarding electric shock from the charge stored in the capacitors? If so, any safe way to discharge them? Probably won't

Re: Power Mac G5 – to buy or not to buy?

2010-08-04 Thread Robert MacLeay
On Jul 25, 11:25 am, ah...clem boneheads...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 25, 1:48 am, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Anecdotal evidence says that the liquid-cooled G5 need to run   24/7/365, and the more often they're shutdown the quicker they have   issues with the coolant causing

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 9:46:14 PM Subject: Re: Monitor Question At 16:22 -0700 8/4/10, glen wrote: Generally, I have no problem taking anything apart including the Dell. Should

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Peter Haas
On Aug 4, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: He was tuning the frequency of the horizontal oscillator. It has to match the rate at which the transmission is sent, about 15 kHz was standard NTSC television. There is also a vertical oscillator which was once 30 Hz. Pre-NTSC, the

Re: Monitor Question

2010-08-04 Thread Ashgrove
Hey Glen, Check this out: http://bit.ly/6nFcHY It hits all the sweet spots, and it's (slightly) bigger than your old Dell. I would get myself it if I had the money right now. Oh, well. Good luck, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using