Re: Time Zone setting ???

On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > That does NOT sound that far from possible. Although the battery isn't more > than a couple of years old at the worst. I'll try that. Thanks. > > Chuck > > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:33 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >> >> On Nov 15, 2010, at 4

Re: Time Zone setting ???

That does NOT sound that far from possible. Although the battery isn't more than a couple of years old at the worst. I'll try that. Thanks. Chuck On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:33 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Leopard X.5.8 --- MDD dual 1.25 GHz Powe

Re: Time Zone setting ???

On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > Leopard X.5.8 --- MDD dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 2GB RAM > > System Preference/ System/ Date & Time can set everything, The PROBLEM, > the Time Zone jumps back to GMT, even when things are 'Locked to prevent > changes' [The 'on screen' cl

Time Zone setting ???

Leopard X.5.8 --- MDD dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 2GB RAM System Preference/ System/ Date & Time can set everything, The PROBLEM, the Time Zone jumps back to GMT, even when things are 'Locked to prevent changes' [The 'on screen' clock is correct, but the 'Time Zone' doesn't stay set. A

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

My best guess is that it's the video codec that's making the difference in playback quality. DVDs are encoded with MPEG-2, which requires less processor resources to decode and play back that the newer file formats commonly used in downloadable video. Your G4's processor is simply too weak to k

DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they s different I continue to delve into the various differences on my several Mac presentations. When viewing a DVD, even in FULL SCREEN presentation, the picture is perfect, not a pause or flicker to be found. When I view a "canned video" downloaded

Drag and Drop in eMail

On my G4, OS X 10.5.8, eMail 3.6 when I'm in eMail if I want to search for every occurrence of an eMail, in either: From; To; Subject, whether in All Mailboxes or the current Mailbox I can drag and drop the From: or To: directly to the search tab and the system will locate all of the eMails that ha

Re: WinZip

On Nov 15, 2010, at 3:43 PM, M Christol wrote: > Is there any reason to get WinZip for Mac? > http://www.winzip.com/mac/en/index.htm Not particularly. OSX has always offered 'Compress' in the contextual menu, it has made zip files since 10.3 or so (it made .gz files before that); plus most ar

Re: WinZip

On 2010/11/15 15:43, M Christol so eloquently wrote: Is there any reason to get WinZip for Mac? http://www.winzip.com/mac/en/index.htm Not when there are better free alternatives. If you only need to decompress files The Unarchiver is the Swiss army knife of Mac unarchivers

WinZip

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Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > I hope this doesn't turn into a double post > as I thought I'd posted but it doesn't appear. > > On Nov 14, 8:57 pm, Bruce Johnson > wrote: >> Try a different playlist, see if ti's that particular one? Perhaps one of >> the songs? > > Doesn

Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

I hope this doesn't turn into a double post as I thought I'd posted but it doesn't appear. On Nov 14, 8:57 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Try a different playlist, see if ti's that particular one? Perhaps one of the > songs? Doesn't seem to be playlist specific, Bruce. However, it DOES appear to be

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On Nov 15, 12:07 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Back to ds's original post, it seems clear that the 64-bit restriction on > MacPros is only in software: > see: > > Also this excellent site offers a simple workaround, since a 32-bit EF

Re: AGP Video Card for a 30" Dell UltraSharp?

On Nov 15, 12:32 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > Is there a DA Dual 533 or QS 2002 Dual 1GHz AGP Video Card for a 30"   > Dell UltraSharp? > Inexpensive flashable AGP cards, and flashing instructions, available? GeForce 6200 / 256 MB VRAM, AGP can handle it. Be careful to buy a model that can be conve

AGP Video Card for a 30" Dell UltraSharp?

Is there a DA Dual 533 or QS 2002 Dual 1GHz AGP Video Card for a 30" Dell UltraSharp? Here's the Dell Monitor: http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=224-9949 The monitor has DVD-D (dual link digital DVD) and VGA ports ... with max res

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On Nov 15, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/11/15 09:04, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: >> the only Intel systems that ARE NOT supported for 64-bits are the original >> CoreDuo Intel iMacs. > > Not to be nit-picky but wouldn't the CoreSolo and CoreDuo Mac Minis fall into > the sa

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On 2010/11/15 09:04, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: the only Intel systems that ARE NOT supported for 64-bits are the original CoreDuo Intel iMacs. Not to be nit-picky but wouldn't the CoreSolo and CoreDuo Mac Minis fall into the same category? Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RA

Re: G5 PM temps

On 2010/11/13 11:48, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: Now that all's well on my PM G5 Dual 2.7 with new heat sink I want to know what to think about temp ranges on the CPU's. The limit says 181.4F they are running at 141.F to 162.F CPU A is currently running at 52° C, and CPU B is at 62° C

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On Nov 15, 2010, at 5:22 AM, dc wrote: > It might not be a bad idea to wait until the next OS ("Lion") is > released and see which Mac Pros are supported. I paid $1000 for a nice > used one last year, 2 x 3.0 GHz Core2Duo processors, and found out > later that Apple does not support 64-bit proces

Re: G5 PM temps

On Nov 13, 1:48 pm, John Carmonne wrote: > Now that all's well on my PM G5 Dual 2.7 with new heat sink I want to know > what to think about temp ranges on the CPU's. The limit says 181.4F  they are > running at 141.F  to 162.F> My DP 1.8 GHZ, which is air-cooled, doesn't get above 135 F. I kno

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On Nov 13, 3:25 pm, Bruce wrote: > Also, regarding Intel Macs, there is speculation that 10.7 Lion > will drop support for the Core Duo Intel CPU Macs, because they are > only 32 bit processors.  > It might not be a bad idea to wait until the next OS ("Lion") is released and see which Mac Pros are