Re: Help! External HD vanished from desktop

2010-11-28 Thread Tom
Thanks James. I hope you're right about the drive being still alive and OK inside of a dead enclosure. I can start the drive up and hear the disk spinning up and running inside, gently vibrating like normal, so I hope that when the new enclosure comes, the thing will be able to send out the data

Dead Dead Drive

2010-11-28 Thread AndersFager
Back again. Trying get a new 500 GIG Caviar WD5000AA to work on a G5 20-inch 1.8 Ghz machine. The Machine starts fine on a install CD but neither the installer or Disc Utility can even find the new drive. The drive has been tested on another Mac and had been formated ok. The cables look ok. What

Re: Dead Dead Drive

2010-11-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 28, 2010, at 12:40 PM, AndersFager wrote: Back again. Trying get a new 500 GIG Caviar WD5000AA to work on a G5 20-inch 1.8 Ghz machine. The Machine starts fine on a install CD but neither the installer or Disc Utility can even find the new drive. The drive has been tested on another Mac

Re: Dead Dead Drive

2010-11-28 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 28, 2010, at 10:40 AM, AndersFager wrote: Back again. Trying get a new 500 GIG Caviar WD5000AA to work on a G5 20-inch 1.8 Ghz machine. The Machine starts fine on a install CD but neither the installer or Disc Utility can even find the new drive. The drive has been tested on another

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Ashgrove
Tina, You're right, of course. And, believe it or not, I posted this 3 days ago. I don't know who's holding on to my posts for this long, but I will definitely find out. Soon. Sorry if I'm writing you directly, but otherwise it'll be 3 days before you see my answer. HTH, Felix On Nov 22,

Re: OpenOffice vs Oracle

2010-11-28 Thread Ashgrove
On Nov 23, 10:32 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: hum.  Things are getting messy. An interesting read... http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-productivity/openofficeorg-under-o... What a can of worms! I personally favor the NeoOffice offshoot, and now I wonder what consequences Oracle's

Putting 17 screen on a 15 g4 iMac?

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, quick question. I have a working 800mhz 15 iMac g4, and a broken 17 g4 iMac. Would it be possible to put the 17 screen on the 15 iMac? Or the working motherboard from the 15 into the broken 17? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this message

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

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Lopez
I take issue with this line below: Your 450-MHz G4 is simply not fast enough, I think. AND that is still for the reason that DVD display is remarkable SO with that in mind I simply do not see the reasoning for the comment -- NOT to kill the horse again, but the unanswered question was and still

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread daniel . stewart743
I never tried Panther but I used to have that exact same iMac and it worked wonderfully with Tiger 10.4. Tiger is 32 bit too so that should not matter. Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com Sender:

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I would upgrade to 10.4. It has way more features and I doubt it will be that much slower. I am currently installing tiger on that exact machine. I will let you know how it does. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Trouble fixing G5

2010-11-28 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 26, 2010, at 10:50 AM, G T wrote: I bought a 2.0 Ghz g5 along with a bunch of other parts from someone who was closing down his repair shop. He told me that the only thing that was wrong with it was a broken power supply (since he has helped me with other stuff I am sure it was in

Re: Trouble fixing G5

2010-11-28 Thread GT
Hi Kris,, I just kept messing with the ram and it eventually kicked in. Thanks GT On Nov 26, 2:30 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: When my G5's power supply blew (only one week usage total), Apple   replaced it for free (it was part of an extended warranty program that   ended in

Cube immediately shuts down with 10.5

2010-11-28 Thread Andrew W. Hill
I recently installed 10.5 on my G4/450 Cube using the open firmware hack, and it now turns off immediately after booting from the disk. A reinstall did not help. It boots fine from the 10.5 installer. Has anyone else had any problems like this? Cheers, aqua -- You received this message

Re: Help! External HD vanished from desktop

2010-11-28 Thread nikoad
Check the gas tank first. Two basic items not mentioned. Check your finder preferences. Under Show Items on Desktop, is Hard Drives Checked? Also, does Disk utility see the hard drive? Nick On Nov 27, 5:59 am, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: This is a 1 TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro external hard drive

Old Mac never die.

2010-11-28 Thread Norm Rowe
I have a G4 gigabyte Mac which was built in 2000 according to Tech Tools and is now at 10.5.8 with many fire wire and USB additions with a 1000gig processor and 2 megs of ram. It stays on 24/7 and the only real problem was a power board failure last year. It is still

Word list Generator???

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Does anyone happen to know of a free or reasonable priced word list generator that will run on Leopard? Thanks in advance! -Jonas -- 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

Unused, in box, mint 17 Studio Displays (2)

2010-11-28 Thread DARA macfan
I bought these in the transition days, when I had an early G4, thinking they would work with my next G4 that had ADC connector (or buy an adapter). However, I misjudged the whole thing and they never got set up. I think these displays are the coolest ever, with clear acrylic cases - so I've just

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Geke
Geke suggested that I can remotely administer the computer via TeamViewer, but it's really too much money for me to pay. Sorry for responding so late, but I wanted to really check this: the TeamViewer I know is completely free for private use. http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx Greetings,

Re: Unused, in box, mint 17 Studio Displays (2)

2010-11-28 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
LEM Swap list of course. I predict you will get offers just from this post. They may not make it as far as the swap list. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 1:19 AM, DARA macfan daraguy...@yahoo.com wrote: I bought these in the transition days, when I had an early G4, thinking they would work with my

Re: USB stick read only

2010-11-28 Thread Geke
Update: This aburgh-Disk-Arbitrator doesn’t run on my Tiger machine... Maybe it’s better like that, because that forensic stuff somehow looks like dangerous to me. Thanks anyway; it fits to the thread title, so someone may find it and find it useful. -- You received this message because you are

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

2010-11-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: If I could download the same exact file content via the web, would it play, once resident on my computer, so no processor time is being shared, every bit as good as the DVD does at 450 MHz!!! yes you could...but downloads would be

Re: OpenOffice vs Oracle

2010-11-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Ashgrove wrote: What a can of worms! I personally favor the NeoOffice offshoot, and now I wonder what consequences Oracle's greed may have in its development... Here's what I mean by the Holy War theme...casting the issue moralistically as Oracle's greed. This

FYI, was: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 23-11-2010 06:18, Ashgrove, salum...@gmail.com, wrote: You're right, of course. And, believe it or not, I posted this 3 days ago. I don't know who's holding on to my posts for this long, but I will definitely find out. Soon. Well Felix, as said in the subject: FYI,---, I received your

Re: Putting 17 screen on a 15 g4 iMac?

2010-11-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/24 19:48, Jonas Ulrich so eloquently wrote: I have a working 800mhz 15 iMac g4, and a broken 17 g4 iMac. Would it be possible to put the 17 screen on the 15 iMac? Even if this is possible I would be concerned about the counterweight in the base. Is the 15 notably lighter than the

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/25 21:25, Mullin9 so eloquently wrote: iMac G4 800, one that is made in 2002, it came with Mac OS 10.2.4 it have 256 MB RAM, I added 512 MB RAM for the Total of 768 MB RAM. Should I use OS X.3 Panther (32 bit), the one that i already have. or X.4.11 Tiger (64 bit)? IMHO Tiger is

Re: Cube immediately shuts down with 10.5

2010-11-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/26 17:39, Andrew W. Hill so eloquently wrote: I recently installed 10.5 on my G4/450 Cube using the open firmware hack That sounds like a recipe for sllooo. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-28 Thread Michael Emery
On Nov 28, 3:00 pm, Geke gevangaste...@googlemail.com wrote: the TeamViewer I know is completely free for private use Thank you, Geke, for reinforcing your point, which changes the situation entirely. I will look into TeamViewer! -- Michael -- You received this message because you are a

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

2010-11-28 Thread Mullin9
IMHO Tiger is the smoothest, best optimized version of OS X. Snow Leopard may be as good or better but I've never used it and you can't use it either on your iMac. Tiger is smoother, as you told me thank you -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

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

2010-11-28 Thread Dan
At 3:36 PM -0800 11/25/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote: I take issue with this line below: Your 450-MHz G4 is simply not fast enough, I think. AND that is still for the reason that DVD display is remarkable SO with that in mind I simply do not see the reasoning for the comment -- NOT to kill the horse

Re: Unused, in box, mint 17 Studio Displays (2)

2010-11-28 Thread Dana Collins
On 11/28/10 1:19 AM, DARA macfan of daraguy...@yahoo.com sent I bought these in the transition days, when I had an early G4, thinking they would work with my next G4 that had ADC connector (or buy an adapter). However, I misjudged the whole thing and they never got set up. I think these

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

2010-11-28 Thread Jonas Lopez
WE AGAIN have the problem that TOP POSTING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. If you have the same presentation that I have -- a BLUE LINE -- that keeps growing if I try to post to the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!!! Then it should be clear that TOP POSTING is REQUIRED since to post to the bottom of the existing

more than a flag?

2010-11-28 Thread Jeffrey Engle
In Apple mail.app, is there a way to color mail received so that it makes it easy to find? flagging works but I'm limited to that and that alone? any ideas? mail.app add-ons maybe? Jeff Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Old Mac never die.

2010-11-28 Thread Dan
At 10:25 AM -0500 11/27/2010, Norm Rowe wrote: I have a G4 gigabyte Mac You mean a Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)? Not a gigabyte. Nice machine, the GigE. which was built in 2000 according to Tech Tools and is now at 10.5.8 with many fire wire and USB additions with a 1000gig processor

Re: Word list Generator???

2010-11-28 Thread Dan
At 9:24 PM -0800 11/27/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Does anyone happen to know of a free or reasonable priced word list generator that will run on Leopard? Have you looked on macupdate and versiontracker? What exactly is a word list generator? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey,

Re: more than a flag?

2010-11-28 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/28/10 10:41 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: In Apple mail.app, is there a way to color mail received so that it makes it easy to find? flagging works but I'm limited to that and that alone? any ideas? mail.app add-ons maybe? Jeff Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 good question, you can't make

How to get a hold of list moms

2010-11-28 Thread DLC
Sorry to be a bit off-topic, gang. What is the procedure (address) for contacting the list moms off-list? I can't seem to find it on my Google page. Thank you, Dana -- 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

Re: Old Mac never die.

2010-11-28 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/28 21:47, Dan so eloquently wrote: Donno what that sentence means, getting TO? Ticked off. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard 10.5.8 PowerBook G4

Re: How to get a hold of list moms

2010-11-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 28, 2010, at 11:55 PM, DLC wrote: Sorry to be a bit off-topic, gang. What is the procedure (address) for contacting the list moms off-list? I can't seem to find it on my Google page. Thank you, Dana I believe its on the lowendmac web page: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml

Re: OpenOffice vs Oracle

2010-11-28 Thread Ralph Green
On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 15:35 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: Open Office merely came along for the ride. Oracle charging for the Office ODF decoder may well be reversed in the future...business decisions are subject to change, and note this is the only big issue that Oracle has changed from