Re: G4 Quicksilver Sleep Settings - Mac OS X 10.5.8

2012-02-08 Thread Louis Labrie
That depends. putting the disks to sleep is a no-brainer...yes. Putting the system to sleep depends on why you're running it 24/7. If it's because it's running as a server (file, print, web, iTunes, etc) of some sort, then they systems should be kept awake. If not, just turn it off,

Re: G4 Quicksilver Sleep Settings - Mac OS X 10.5.8

2012-02-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:39 AM, Louis Labrie wrote: Is there a way with the OS or maybe a 3rd party app to have the system sleep at an exact time of day/night? And possibly specify certain other criteria. Like unless current user is active, if yes then wait for 30min inactivity... ? Maybe

Re: G4 Quicksilver Sleep Settings - Mac OS X 10.5.8

2012-02-08 Thread Louis Labrie
On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 8, 2012, at 4:39 AM, Louis Labrie wrote: Is there a way with the OS or maybe a 3rd party app to have the system sleep at an exact time of day/night? And possibly specify certain other criteria. Like unless current user is active, if

Webcam for Mac

2012-02-08 Thread Valter Prahlad
Hi people! I'm looking for a cheap Webcam (with built-in microphone) to use with my PowerMac G5 DP 2.7, with OSX 10.4.11. From what I got reading around, webcams with dedicated Mac drivers are expensive. OTOH, any UVC webcam (USB video device class) should work with any Mac with OSX 10.4.9 or

Re: Webcam for Mac

2012-02-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Hi people! I'm looking for a cheap Webcam (with built-in microphone) to use with my PowerMac G5 DP 2.7, with OSX 10.4.11. From what I got reading around, webcams with dedicated Mac drivers are expensive. OTOH, any UVC webcam (USB video

Re: Webcam for Mac

2012-02-08 Thread Scottls
I'm sure you'll get a bunch of responses with this one but first search and download 'Macams' as it will allow you to run a multitude of different USB powered webcams. Second I would like to recommend a webcam by Rocketfish, model number RF-HDWEB. I prefer this one because it is capable of

Re: Webcam for Mac

2012-02-08 Thread David W. Morris
Can anyone tell me how the performance of a typical webcam is on a 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook? I gave my 2.66GHz Core2Duo MacBook to my Son when he started college and moved backward to all of my G4 G5 Mac's, so I don't currently have any computers with a built-in webcams (not that I used

Cannot boot OS X

2012-02-08 Thread Gene Henley
I have a Quicksilver G4 with Tiger. I installed OS 9.2.1. I can boot into OS 9.2.1 if I hold the C key down. But if I try to boot into my OSX,The screen says The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media,not if copied to another drive. Could I have somwhow

Re: Cannot boot OS X

2012-02-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 8, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Gene Henley wrote: I have a Quicksilver G4 with Tiger. I installed OS 9.2.1. I can boot into OS 9.2.1 if I hold the C key down. But if I try to boot into my OSX,The screen says The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media,not if

Re: Cannot boot OS X

2012-02-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 8, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Gene Henley wrote: I have a Quicksilver G4 with Tiger. I installed OS 9.2.1. On the same drive/partition as Tiger? I can boot into OS 9.2.1 if I hold the C key down. The C key boots from the optical disc drive. Did you forget to remove the disc from the

Re: Cannot boot OS X

2012-02-08 Thread Clark Martin
On Feb 8, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Gene Henley wrote: I have a Quicksilver G4 with Tiger. I installed OS 9.2.1. I can boot into OS 9.2.1 if I hold the C key down. But if I try to boot into my OSX,The screen says The system software on the startup disk only functions on the original media,not if