Re: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

2011-07-02 Thread Dan
At 12:12 PM -0400 7/2/2011, Miguel Garcia Gell wrote: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with AirPort/BlueTooth, iSight... the LCD is bad... for some reason the computer does not always POST. months ago could be used with an external monitor but now will not POST... What does it do i

Re: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

2011-07-02 Thread Dan
At 3:46 AM +0200 7/3/2011, Valter Prahlad wrote: > POST? Power-On Self Test. heh. Ok. I haven't heard it called that in years. My Macs BONG, they doesn't post. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G

Re: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

2011-07-02 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 2-07-2011 22:49, Dan ha scritto: > POST? Power-On Self Test. Basiclaly, it's the hardware test the computer goes on immediately after switch on, and before loading any software. It's like getting up from bed in the morning and checking you still have all of your limbs attached and wor

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-02 Thread Dan
At 3:35 PM -0700 7/2/2011, Clark Martin wrote: > Rosetta requires apps that use use at least a G3 processor & Cocoa. Rosetta supports Carbon applications. This is an API that supports both OS9 and OS X. That is why AppleWorks still runs under Snow Leopard. Good catch, thanks! Rosetta doe

Re: how to restore mail without the .plist file??

2011-07-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 2, 2011, at 5:57 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > I have the "Mail" folder from ~ / Library / but I don't have the .plist > file that goes with it... I had to do a nuke and pave last night and I got in > a hurry.. I know, bad combonation. please can someone shed some light on how > to reco

how to restore mail without the .plist file??

2011-07-02 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I have the "Mail" folder from ~ / Library / but I don't have the .plist file that goes with it... I had to do a nuke and pave last night and I got in a hurry.. I know, bad combonation. please can someone shed some light on how to recover from this? TIA Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-02 Thread Clark Martin
On Jul 2, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Dan wrote: > Just to clarify a bit... > > At 3:10 PM -0500 7/2/2011, Kris Tilford wrote: >> >> Tiger 10.4 - Two separate versions: one pure PPC System, one pure Intel >> System. Some of the software is "universal" (meaning contains both PPC & >> Intel code which wi

Re: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

2011-07-02 Thread Dan
At 12:12 PM -0400 7/2/2011, Miguel Garcia Gell wrote: 20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with AirPort/BlueTooth, iSight... the LCD is bad... for some reason the computer does not always POST. months ago could be used with an external monitor but now will not POST... POST? Any advic

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-02 Thread Dan
Just to clarify a bit... At 3:10 PM -0500 7/2/2011, Kris Tilford wrote: Tiger 10.4 - Two separate versions: one pure PPC System, one pure Intel System. Some of the software is "universal" (meaning contains both PPC & Intel code which will work on both architectures, but is also much larger

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 2, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Tina K. wrote: Thank you for that tidbit of information, I was Intel-less until just this year so my knowledge regarding the Intel transition is limited. Here's the deal: Tiger 10.4 - Two separate versions: one pure PPC System, one pure Intel System. Some of t

Re: Intel Mac & PPC apps

2011-07-02 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/07/01 19:15, cubpa...@aol.com wrote: FYI, the earlier Intel Macs used a different version of Tiger than did the PPC Macs. I do not believe that Intel Macs are able to run OS9. Thank you for that tidbit of information, I was Intel-less until just this year so my knowledge regarding the

Re: MDD Can not find Boot Disk

2011-07-02 Thread Clark Martin
On Jul 2, 2011, at 6:59 AM, gifutiger wrote: When this problem occurs (my own doing) the only way out that I've found to correct this situation is to do a force shut-down, i.e. hold down the power button until the system shuts down. Upon re-powering the platform if I don't hold the "C" key, t

20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ADVICE

2011-07-02 Thread Miguel Garcia Gell
20" Aluminum iMac /2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with AirPort/BlueTooth, iSight... the LCD is bad... for some reason the computer does not always POST. months ago could be used with an external monitor but now will not POST... Any advice please and thank you.maggell -- You received this message becaus

Re: More on adding an HD

2011-07-02 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 2-07-2011 9:38, Skyler Rudd ha scritto: > It is still running > on the HD from an iMac running OSX.4.1. So, if I get it correctly... the Mac boots/runs fine from this HD? > I plugged in the WD HD and the computer does nothing. ... But it can't recognize the WD HD? It could be a problem

Re: MDD Can not find Boot Disk

2011-07-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 2, 2011, at 8:59 AM, gifutiger wrote: AFAIK the Boot ROM Version 4.4.8f2 is the latest version for this platform, however it might have problems, so if anyone has knowledge of how to redo the Boot ROM I'm willing to give it a try. It seems more likely the PRAM battery is dead. I'd get a

MDD Can not find Boot Disk

2011-07-02 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, I've given up researching this problem and hopping one of you may have some suggestions. I recently acquired a MDD: Hardware Overview: Model Name: Power Mac G4 Model Identifier: PowerMac3,6 Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Processor Speed: 1.25 GHz Number O