Re: 10.5.6 Desktop Icons can't be moved

2009-02-21 Thread Cyrus
problems, this does fix a lot of problems! Hope I explained all that well :-) -Cyrus On Feb 21, 9:57 pm, hillhippy leoh...@gmail.com wrote: This weekend I decided  that OS10.5 was old enough to try installing it on my PM 2.7 G5.  Expecting that things could go wrong I kept the drive

Re: Selecting Startup Disk in Beige G3

2009-02-23 Thread Cyrus
have selected in the OS's Startup Disk. I'm not so sure about the OSX since I've never booted off a supported OSX on my beige tower. -Cyrus On Feb 22, 8:06 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Feb 22, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Mullin9 wrote: In the new-world mac, I press option

Re: iBook Tape recorder

2009-02-23 Thread Cyrus
Whoops, guess I should have included a link to Audiocorder, too. http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html -Cyrus On Feb 23, 10:26 am, Dan A. Currie danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: Hello, I need to use my G4 iBook as a Tape recorder to record a meeting. Freeware

Re: Parallels or VMware Fusion

2009-02-25 Thread Cyrus
one or the other, you could see how they work and compare them. Hmm, would VirtualBox work with XP without SP2? I ran into this problem with Boot Camp, since you have to have XP with SP2 and I have an extra copy of XP pro (that's not SP2) -Cyrus On Feb 25, 11:03 am, Bruce Johnson john

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Cyrus
probably what Peter said, I had one of those that was upgraded to a 450Mhz G4. If it's running OS X, however... it shouldn't be saying anything when it starts up but the Progress bar. -Cyrus On Feb 26, 4:18 am, Peter McCourt peter.mcco...@uit.no wrote: On 26 Feb 2009, at 12:09, Lawrence

Re: Dead PowerMac G4 Digital Audio Model

2009-02-26 Thread Cyrus
Another thing to check is the voltage specifier on the powersupply, (little red switch next to where the cord goes in) it might have gotten set to 230 instead of 115. And then just try the usual, different outlet/power cord. If none of that, I would guess it's the power supply. -Cyrus

Re: iMac G3 DV SE (fall 2001) 1GHz?

2009-03-01 Thread Cyrus
what they're talking about. Here's a link to download Mactracker: http://mactracker.dreamhosters.com/ and Mike provided the link to Apple-History, so you're all set. -Cyrus. Also, you can check with Apple, they do have old pages that detail older computers, and who'd know Apple's better

Re: iMac G3 DV SE (fall 2001) 1GHz?

2009-03-01 Thread Cyrus
think that that wikipedia article is quite wrong... Try looking it up on Apple, here is a page with all the early G3 iMacs: http://support.apple.com/specs/#imac -Cyrus On Mar 1, 10:19 am, Cyrus callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: I agree; MacTracker is great for looking up Mac models, and I'm 99

Re: iMac G3 DV SE (fall 2001) 1GHz?

2009-03-01 Thread Cyrus
Oops one more post-- the iMac page is the first page, scroll to the bottom and click Previous page... sorry about that. -Cyrus On Mar 1, 10:30 am, Cyrus callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: In addition, here is the Apple specs for the G3 DV SE iMac: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP64 No 1GHz

Re: questions....questions

2009-03-01 Thread Cyrus
to 1GHz (or more). Just some things to consider, the choice is yours :) -Cyrus On Mar 1, 10:24 am, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: Here is my situation: I have been using a Beige G3 with a Zif Upgrade.  The Beige runs at 500mhz.  I have added firewire and USB cards

Re: web design software what to get?

2009-03-01 Thread Cyrus
different, but if you don't mind the steep learning curve is is more powerful. (Dreamweaver used to be owned by Macromedia, just FYI, in case you want to search for older versions.) Hope that helps! -Cyrus As far as free webpage authoring software, I think after GoLive you'll probably find

Re: networking two macs

2009-03-03 Thread Cyrus
, and we got a Time Capsule, and haven't had any problems since. So if you do have a Linksys or other router, I would try playing with the settings a little bit. You also might try changing the encryption for your network, for example from WEP to WPA, if you can. Hope that helps, -Cyrus

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Cyrus
for the lombards, but I'm not sure. I do know that the processors are incompatible, also. -Cyrus On Mar 4, 11:25 am, Bruce - in Orlando bhossfi...@bellsouth.net wrote: I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU board being advertised as being for a Lombard:http://cgi.ebay.com/Processor-Board

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Cyrus
current monitor port, and would like to add the old one as a second display. -Cyrus On Mar 4, 11:59 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Evan Wilson wrote: I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! No, what

Broken ethernet port on Bondi G3 iMac

2009-03-07 Thread Cyrus
is the Kuda reset switch for? What is the Mezanine slot for? Thanks, -Cyrus --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus

Trouble with Bondi again.

2009-03-14 Thread Cyrus
incompatable ram...) I reset the Kuda switch, zapped the Pram... What is the most likely cause? Thanks, -Cyrus --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop

Re: Trouble with Bondi again.

2009-03-15 Thread Cyrus Griffin
Hmm. I did notice that the problem started after I upgraded from 10.2.4 to 10.2.8. I know the beige G3's had this problem also, on mine that fix has worked very well (No black screens in about a year or so) I'm going to try that right now. -Cyrus PS. I also checked MacTracker

Re: Trouble with Bondi again.

2009-03-15 Thread Cyrus Griffin
in the right direction! -Cyrus On Mar 15, 2009, at 12:18 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 1:04 AM, Cyrus Griffin wrote: Hmm. I did notice that the problem started after I upgraded from 10.2.4 to 10.2.8. I know the beige G3's had this problem also, on mine that fix has

Re: G3 stalls on boot-up

2009-03-15 Thread Cyrus Griffin
not mistaken. You also might try reseting the Pram, by holding Option + Apple + R + P while you start it up, and wait for about 4 or 5 chimes, then let go. Hope that helps, -Cyrus On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:27 PM, old newbie wrote: My 400Mhz G3 won't complete its boot. It seems

Re: fans on G5 - off to the races!

2009-03-16 Thread Cyrus Griffin
. -Cyrus On Mar 16, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: Sheesh! $800 for dual 2GHz G5? Maybe I should part this one out and get an Intel Mac ;-) Thanks for the detailed instructions, I'll give it a look-see when the machine is down for a few hours. Stephen Cyrus Griffin

Re: Help! I've lost one harddrive and now the main harddrive won't boot!

2009-03-17 Thread Cyrus Griffin
use Target Disk Mode and see if your HD's mount on another computer (using FireWire.) Good luck. -Cyrus On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:46 AM, John Musbach wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Janine Cheung hbbst...@gmail.com wrote: Then I rebooted using the main drive, and that's

Re: iMac G5 Crashing

2009-03-17 Thread Cyrus Griffin
with. -Cyrus On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Ted Treen wrote: From: Ivan Marsh jalopycomput...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 11:38:00 AM Subject: Re: iMac G5 Crashing Funny you should mention leopard as I am running 10.5.6 there. I don't

Re: eMac Bluetooth blues

2009-03-17 Thread Cyrus Griffin
, I would try to get one on eBay, if it does support that it should work a lot better. -Cyrus On Mar 17, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Bill Arnold wrote: Recently added bluetooth to my 800mhz eMac via a Belkin usb plugin and wireless apple keyboard and mighty mouse. If I allow the machine

Re: iMac G5 Crashing

2009-03-19 Thread Cyrus Griffin
of, but perhaps there are other methods of testing your hardware) Good luck, Cyrus Griffin Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:35 AM, Ivan Marsh wrote: I have tried resetting Pram, PMU, ETC pretty much all options I did

Re: 10.5 on PB G4 1ghz

2009-03-21 Thread Cyrus Griffin
It should run just fine. We have a 1Ghz upgraded G4 Digital Audio tower with 1.25 Gb of ram, and it runs just fine. (Doesn't go slow or freeze up at all) Be glad you have a G4 to run the Adobe CS. It goes slow on the Intel macs. Also, upgrading RAM always makes your Mac go faster :) Cyrus

Re: 10.5 on PB G4 1ghz

2009-03-21 Thread Cyrus Griffin
I run the CS2 Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop mostly) in 10.5. I just tried Illustrator CS, and it works just fine. You should be fine. Cyrus Griffin Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Mar 21, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Ted Treen wrote: Debra

Re: Slightly OT: The weirdest computer cleaning question ever

2009-03-23 Thread Cyrus Griffin
the stain from... You could sure try, however! Cyrus Griffin Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Mar 23, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Try Mr. Clean Magic Foam Erasers. Those things clean everything up. Just make sure you use rubber

Re: Slightly OT: The weirdest computer cleaning question ever

2009-03-25 Thread Cyrus Griffin
for wiping off the grit left by the white sanding side. Cyrus Griffin Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Mar 24, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: We buy cleaning supplies at a place here in town and they told us that there are harsh

Re: Upgrade to Leopard leaves mailboxes empty

2009-03-25 Thread Cyrus Griffin
think of. Not sure why it did that. Cyrus Griffin Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Bequette Jeff wrote: On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Tom wrote: I'm working on it. Nobody here seems to have any ideas. Looks