Re: Remote webcam activation prevention or not if stolen?

On Feb 19, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: iBooks had no webcams. Ok, it was a white plastics MacBook then, but I saw the video of the kid with his computer and it's 100% FOR CERTAIN a Mac. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Digital Audio upgrades

On Feb 20, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Even if it were possible, Leo still wouldn't run. AFAIK you can run Leopard on any speed G4 with Leopard Assist, and you can even run Leopard on old PowerMac 7300-9600 & Beige G3s as long as they have a G4 CPU upgrade. Here are links in ca

Re: Apple 23" Cinema Display questions

On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:24 AM, Tom wrote: can anyone tell me whether there are less expensive monitors that compare favorably to the (now discontinued) Apple 23" Cinema Display? If you're in this high-end for cheap market, I think the Dell 27" and 30" are about as cheap as they come for nice

Re: Apple 23" Cinema Display questions

On Feb 20, 2010, at 4:29 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: How does this all compare to the LCD and LED/LCD TVs? I think it's kinda the same as the CRT days. The TVs have much lower resolution for their size. For example, my iPhone monitor screen is 2"x3" and is 480x320 for 160 ppi (pixels per inch

Re: Large HD in a Sawtooth

On Feb 22, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I just acquired a 320 GB HD for my Sawtooth FrankenMac. I know there is a 128 GB limit on drive size. What do I need to do to use the whole drive? Use an enabler for LBA48 support or do the firmware patch. One method is to use Intech's sol

Re: Proof that Apple could not have dropped ADB support in Tiger and Leo

On Feb 22, 2010, at 4:28 PM, James Therrault wrote: I've been lurking on this thread and always thought that indeed, G4 powerbooks had internal ADB even though it does not show up in "About This Mac" hardware listings. I have a 1.25GHz PB that dates from 2003. I agree. I've always though

Re: G4 with sleeping problem

On Feb 22, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Jason tar wrote: I do not believe that I have any USB devices that would cause a problem (keyboard and mouse) save an iPod cable with an iPod attched. But I still do not think that that is causing the problem as it has happened with just a keyboard and mouse att

Re: G4 with sleeping problem

On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: This article about enabling Mac hibernation on older Macs says that Linux uses the same type thing called "software suspend". Opps, forgot the link about enabling hibernation on older Macs: <http://matt.ucc.asn.au/apple/mach

Re: Proof that Apple could not have dropped ADB support in Tiger and Leo

On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:17 PM, James Therrault wrote: I can't confirm any loading of extensions since I use Tiger. What? You can look in System Profiler under "Extensions", although this may not show every extension. For a complete list of every loaded extension open Terminal and use the com

Re: Better GPU for G4 Digi Audio?

On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: I got the wrong SATA connector for my drive I just ordered. It's the Seritek SCS1. I don't see any such model of Seritek card? You may have transposed the model# ? I thought it was for using SATA on ATA bus, but it's for ATA/ IDE on SATA

Re: Proof that Apple could not have dropped ADB support in Tiger and Leo

On Feb 23, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: I tried it on my G4 Quicksilver running 10.4.11 and had no luck. That's because only the laptops retain ADB for keyboard & trackpad. The desktops lost ADB after the B&W/Yikes. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Grou

Re: Mac Mini G4 with double hard drive a possible solution?

On Feb 23, 2010, at 4:27 AM, Nicholas Fantuzzi wrote: Hey guys, I'm born again! Yesterday night I put the adapter on a Mac Mini C2D 1,83GHz (Mac Mini 2,1) and the system doesn't recognize the sled. I'm very sad! It doesn't work either on a Mac Mini Intel. A few days ago I tried also with a Ma

Re: Better GPU for G4 Digi Audio?

On Feb 23, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Michael G.M. wrote: I would go for FW 800 Boot, but it won't do OS 9. On my dual G5 there is zero difference in using FW800 or FW400, at least with enclosures with single PATA 133 HDs. I suppose there's a small chance that an SATA enclosure might be marginally

Re: Apple Script Icon in Mail Menu Bar

On Feb 23, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: I figured it out. One can have only so many icons in the Menu Bar. I didn't know there is a limit to Menu Bar items. You can have more if you use any of the 3rd party menu items like MenuMeters. These 3rd party menu items all must add a sma

Re: Software used in Pennsylvania 'webcam spying case'

On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: It was an enterprise asset management system called LANRev LANRev was the previous name. The current name is "Absolute Manage" by "Absolute Software". Sounds like Big Brother. I hate absolutes like "absolute". This is absolutely unconsciona

Re: How Do I Get an MOV File to Play?

On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: Am I missing a file, or is this cockpit error? I think it's a cockpit error. The fact that it's opening Classic shows that your preferences for the .mov filetype are wrong and you're preference for .mov is an OS 9 application. Yo

Re: AirPort card for PowerMac G5 (dual 2.3GHz)

On Feb 24, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I would like to install an AirPort Extreme card in a recently acquired PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3GHz. Apple Knowledge Base () says that the machine will only work with a special combination AirportExtreme+B

Re: AirPort card for PowerMac G5 (dual 2.3GHz)

On Feb 24, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 24, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I would like to install an AirPort Extreme card in a recently acquired PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3GHz. Apple Knowledge Base (<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3096 >) says that the machin

Re: AirPort card for PowerMac G5 (dual 2.3GHz)

On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On Feb 25, 2010, at 3:35 PM, dc wrote: On Feb 24, 9:53 pm, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: I would like to install an AirPort Extreme card in a recently acquired PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3GHz. This would be cheaper, easier and faster: http://eshop.macsal

Re: Ethernet connection not recognized in PowerMac G5

On Feb 25, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Eric Volker wrote: I'm a bit confused - does your Powermac G5 actually have two ethernet ports? To the best of my knowledge they normally only shipped with one. I was confused too. The Late 2005 G5 is very different than my Early 2005. The Late 2005 came with

Re: Ethernet connection not recognized in PowerMac G5

On Feb 27, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Goody2 wrote: Any further comments welcome, and many thanks for all the help. Could be a cable problem? Normally the little catches on the plug prevent the cable from having much play, and since you say you can "pull the plug outward" while connected, this impl

Re: OT

On Feb 28, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: What is "P90x..." ??? It seems likely this is SPAM from a botnet of some sort. I have already written Peter off-list to try and clarify this issue. Peter has made 145 posts over the past 4 years, all on topic, so it seems likely that some

Re: Daisy Chaining FireWire 400 Devices?

On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:02 AM, Michael G.M. wrote: Anyone? AFAIK there are no problems daisy-chaining FW400 devices. You should be fine as long as you stay beneath the 63 total devices limit. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, an

Re: iMovie 6

On Mar 1, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Already have 4 and 5, perhaps I don't even need 6 ... The newer versions of iMovie need to be patched to work on a G4 CPU. See: -- You received this message because you are a

Re: Start-up

On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Norm Rowe wrote: Hi my G4 has a problem. When I start up it beeps once then goes to open firmware. Single beep at startup is a RAM issue. Try reseating the RAM in its slot(s). If that doesn't eliminate the beep, remove sticks until the beep is gone, or use a s

Re: powerbook display in clamsheel ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:45 AM, lawson bishop wrote: hey everyone can i put a powerbook g3 wallstreet display in clamshell G3 i need the clamshell for school and its got a cracked screen There is someone on this list who replaced an 800x600 clamshell LCD with a 1024x768 screen, but I don't k

Re: powerbook display in clamshell ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:25 AM, James Therrault wrote: As long as the physical constraints are met, I would think that it is possible but would probably require some intricate "adjustments" with regard to board connectivity and the like. That said, the cost of doing so probably would become pr

Re: Wireless network?

On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: Goes a lot farther than the one provided by our ISP (Netgear WRT54g). There's no such thing as a Netgear WRT54g, it's a Linksys. The Linksys WRT54g started the whole DD-WRT/OpenWRT revolution of open source Linux firmware for routers. Just be

Re: Desktop Image

On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Paul wrote: If I use Graphic Converter, can I make all the pix in my pictures folder the right size to fit my desktop? Your pictures are all the same aspect ratio as your monitor? Normally photos are 3:2 or something close; and monitors are 4:3, 16:9, or 16:10.

Re: Need Help with Powerbook

On Mar 4, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: All is working OK accept I can hear the DVD running with a CD but cannot get an image on screen. You'll need to use an application with software DVD decoder to play any DVD's in OS X. The application normally used is VLC 0.8.6i. It will likely

Re: Answers to questions about "Help with Powerbook"

On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Here are answers to your questions about my Powerbook that doesn't display image of CD on screen. Might it be necessary to install a driver for DVD drive? John: I put a CD in DVD drive several times, no display although I can hear it being accessed.

Re: Need help with setting up G4 for internet

On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of a mile away can. The phone companies can tell you that you're not eligible for DSL when you may be eligible. Under common carrier laws, the phone companies are supposed to sh

Re: what internet browser to use.

On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:07 AM, James D. Pritchett wrote: I just got a G3 imac 333Mhz. 288Mb loaded with software for $5.00. Run's great but no software to get on the web, up's my best op. First, run the firmware updaters for this iMac, there are 3 total, and it's very unlikely that all three

Re: iPhoto transfer

On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:45 AM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: How can I get these pictures into the TiBook library? You'll want to drag & drop your "Originals" from the MacBook Pro into the iPhoto of the TiBook. You'll find the "Originals" in Pictures>iPhoto Library. Do a "Show Package Contents" (C

Re: PM G5 graphics card upgrade

On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:46 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 8G RAM. It has a Radeon 9600 128 MB VRAM chip set ATY,RV351 I have this same card in my dual 2.3 MHz G5. It's a fine card. I have a VIZIO 36" LCD display. I don't see any Vizio 36" products on the internet? Please

Re: With plenty time..

On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Bequette Jeff wrote: Cool, now if we can figure out how to shoehorn a intel macbook into a clamshell.. I think you could fit an Intel netbook into a clamshell... but you'd need to get that screen resolution higher also, I'd like to see at least 1280x1024

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Dan wrote: Anyone seeing a memory leak in Safari - it's just growing and growing? Mine seems large: CPU%:21.2 Threads: 27 Real Memory:782.42 MB Virtual Memory: 1.97 GB -- You received this message because you

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Vic Mabus wrote: My gut instinct tells me to suspect Flash Have you tried the beta Flash 10.1 release? It seems to be stable, and less of a resources hog than previous releases. -- You received this message b

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 15, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Vic wrote: On Intel, yes there is some improvement; however I was unable to find that update for PPC. It's a "universal" plugin, works for both Intel & PPC. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Powermac G5 PMU revisited

On Mar 16, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Eric Volker wrote: Any help would be appreciated before I take this thing on a long ride up a tall building... I don't know for certain, but I suspect you've got a bad or dying power supply? My early 2005 G5 had the power supply quit with only one week usage.

Re: iMac KP

On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Vic wrote: You're right Kris! I d'loaded and installed 10.1, but it panics still... Is this just a horrible Flash implementation, or is it the number of different Flashes running at the same time that might cause trouble? I haven't had a problem with other streams

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

>On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Dan wrote: >>>Anyone seeing a memory leak in Safari - it's just growing and growing? >>Mine seems large: >>CPU%:21.2 >>Threads: 27 >>Real Memory:782.42 MB >>Virtual Memory: 1.97 GB >Yeow. And what happens when you close all

Re: boot image

On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I recently put a Tiger install disk DVD image on an external Firewire drive. I was able to boot from it when I first did this. Either it went bad or I'm doing something wrong here. Does anyone know of this method of installation? Yes, I'v

Re: Hidden Link Info.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:54 PM, gifutiger wrote: Does anyone know how to prevent this link info pop-up or perhaps increase the OS's timer so that you have to leave the pointer over the word longer before the link info is displayed?

Re: Hidden Link Info.

On Mar 20, 2010, at 6:20 PM, gifutiger wrote: I took a look at the link that you provided, however I think that mail or Safari is not written in cocoa. Safari is cocoa, and the link provided works for Safari as documented here: -- Y

Re: Hard drive failing

On Mar 21, 2010, at 12:02 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I'm wondering If I may have a machine problem and not a failing HDD? Because when I put it back in the G4 MDD again I got the S.M.A.R.T warning. If you use something like SMARTReporter you'll get a full readout of what problems it's findi

Re: Hard drive failing

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:45 PM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: One good thing about Seagate is the 5 year warranty, no receipt necessary. Not true. I have two Seagate HDs that I bought off LEM-Swap that are brand new, both with less than 10 hours total time, manufactured in 2009. I assumed they wo

Re: Cube video card

On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:45 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I just ran AHT and the VRAM failed. Can that be fixed or is it worth fixing? Sometimes the card can have the wrong firmware for the speed of the chips if it's a flashed PC card, or perhaps is just running to hot. Either way, the result is

Re: DivX 6 for Tiger

On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:51 PM, nestamicky wrote: To rip the DVD, use Handbrake. It's very, very slow Any video conversion is pretty slow. Even on my dual 2.3 G5 Handbrake takes 2 hours to convert a DVD to MP4. I find that it does not have all the right goodies to decrypt. You can use

Re: Airport Extreme Base Station failure?

On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Pop the top, there are some big capacitors on the ABS board, betcha they're swollen. Google 'Airport Base Station Capacitor Replacement' for the fix, which is to replace the electrolytic ones with tantalum caps. The tantalum caps are a lot

Re: G5 Information

On Mar 28, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Albert Carter wrote: I wanted to find out some information on a Power Mac G5 2.5 DP. I'm slightly confused on this. Someone is selling theirs. I read on EveryMac that these have the Liquid Cooling (that seems to be problematic) but the current owner says the CPU

Re: Smurf

On Mar 30, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Can a Smurf G3 be booted into Target Mode? No. I want to upgrade the OS to 10.4.11 but the Smurf does not have a DVD drive. Options: 1) Tiger CD Installer 4 disc set 2) Use XPostFacto "helper disk" to boot from external Firewire DVD

Re: G3 With Squeaky Hard Drive

On Mar 30, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Brian Fuelleman wrote: You might try disassembling them and checking the interior for signs of wear. Huh? Disassembling a SCSI HD? NOT! It might tell you what is rubbing and causing the squeak, you may be able to realign it or lubricate the offending area. If

Re: G3 With Squeaky Hard Drive

On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:52 AM, geno.y wrote: Actually, these are New drives, not used. You can search ebay: IBM Ultrastar 73LZX 9GB 10k 4MB 68-pin SCSI Hard Drive IBM got out of the HD business in 2002. That means these new HDs are old stock, likely made in 2001 or before. -- You received th

Re: Response from Canon - MultiPASS (KMM10890786V93678L0KM)

On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:23 PM, diane wrote: John, is this a multifunction printer? If so, does the scanning portion work wirelessly? My understanding is that wireless scanning is a function of the router, and that none of the Apple routers support wireless scanning. Here's an article about

Re: Cube processor upgrade?

On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:41 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: It's much more reasonable to buy a 1.25Ghz PowerPC G4 processor upgrade rather that the ones you see, because you don't know what processors they are, and who knows what could be in them, if they are fast, and if they really are what they

Re: Basic Video card question....

On Apr 2, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: Its got an AGP slot on the board, & I was wondering what I could put in it to give it a bit more oomph in the graphics department. A PCI graphics card has throughput of 1/2 AGP. The slowest Mac AGP slot is AGP x2, so minimally a the slowest

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: I bought an ATI Radeon 7500 and popped it in. This is an Apple OEM Radeon 7500? The Apple OEM Radeon 7500 was kinda rare, it only came in the 2002 Quicksilver G4. AFAIK there is only one Mac firmware for the 7500, it was the original version 222. You

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Noah wrote: An ATI Radeon 7500's currently connected to my DVI monitor (as opposed to a VGA connection and it used to be to a different monitor). The OEM Apple Radeon 7500 from the 2002 Quicksilver is ADC & VGA ports only, so if your Radeon 7500 has a DVI port,

Re: Basic Video card question....

On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: taping pins 3& 11? what are you talking about? If this is some new technique, this better work... o_O Obviously you're new to Macs. The x2 & x4 AGP PowerMacs originally came with cards with ADC ports that carry 28v power for to Apple ADC

Re: Sawtooth Video card/display issue

On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:18 AM, PM7500 wrote: Not so. Here is a Mac Edition Radeon 7500 with DVI and VGA and NO ADC. http://tinyurl.com/yhrkybq Sorry, you've made a mistake. The link you provided shows a card with a VGA and an ADC port, and says that you can get DVI using an ADC-to- DVI adapte

Re: Apple update

On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:51 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Again I ask has anyone else had RipIT fail due to the recent Apple update? Or any other applications? No. My dual 2.3 G5 w/10.5.8 works with RipIT and all other applications after the recent Security Update. I did have troubles with the Sec

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

On Apr 9, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I once used iMovie 7, and it had such bad performance one time, it wasn't even funny. I plugged in an external HDD to pull sound effects off of, and it lost sync, and it "Quit unexpectedly". I rolled back to iMovie 6, and it was "alright"..

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

On Apr 9, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: I have a PCI Radeon 9200 and a AGP Radeon 9800 Pro already installed to run three displays. You might want to check whether Quartz Extreme is working using Quartz Extreme Check 1.2. Normally no PCI cards are enabled for Quartz Extrem

Re: Performance Evaluation

On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, M Christol wrote: Is there a site that lays these machines out side by side ? You can look at the XBench archives or the GeekBench archives. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wit

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: BUT as you pointed out, a USB XHD will not start up. NOW, is there any USB XHD that does NOT have their own power supply and so can start up? These external USB HDs WILL boot. You must attach the HD prior to booting and have it fully powered

Re: Remove Password

On Apr 10, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Papa Bear wrote: Just bought a Wallstreet at an auction and it boots up to a password. Any easy way to remove the password?? If it's OS X, boot any installer CD and use "Reset Password" in the menu bar. If it's OS 9, boot any bootable system and navigate to Sys

Re: Tempermental PowerMac G3

On Apr 11, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: My PowerMac here is going crazy. First thing that happened was i couldn't boot into OS9, so i tried booting the OS9 CD i have (that i installed with) and it wouldn't boot. Then it started being really unstable in OSX (kernelpanics, but i could

Re: G5 sleep problems

On Apr 13, 2010, at 3:38 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 10.4.11 and 10.5.8. lately it goes to the screen saver an I can't wake it up.also some time nothing on the desk top is responsive. If this occurs on both 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, it's likely a failing HD if both OS vers

Re: labs and wireless mice

On Apr 16, 2010, at 6:37 AM, flags wrote: New 20-30 iMac lab w/ wireless mice. Problem: Imac 1's mouse controls iMac 7, etc. is there a quick/simple fix? Sounds like someone moved all the wireless mice around between the computers, probably as a gag? You'll either have to sort them out man

Re: OT; Apple in negotiation with AMD ?

On Apr 17, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I might be completely wrong Yes, your chart is wrong. Here's the chart: 10.4 Tiger:Separate PPC & Intel versions 10.5 Leopard: 1 universal PPC & Intel version 10.6 Snow Leopard: Hybrid 32&64 bit kernel, Intel only 10.7 ???:

Re: Generic USB 2 PCI card

On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:22 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: Here it is: http://www.cooldrives.com/usb-power-cable-mini-b.html Roman Can someone confirm that this will solve my external USB High Speed Problem please. I'm not following this thread closely, so I may be off target. I don't

Re: Generic USB 2 PCI card

On Apr 18, 2010, at 5:21 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: I think the chipset issue may be OK. Vendor ID 0x059b The chipset is sometimes separate from the reported Vendor ID & Device ID. For example, many external enclosure use Oxford FW400 chipsets, and in this case, the chipmaker Ox

Re: iTunes movies

On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:07 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I'm thinking of getting a big TV to watch my movie library on I would like to use one of my machines as a server for this via Apple Airport Express. I want to know the best format to convert my rips to for this and what I can expect quality

Re: USB 2.0 with OS 9?

On Apr 19, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote: Did OS 9 support the USB 2.0 protocol? No, there are no MacOS (OS 9.x) cards, they're all OS X only. I would like to get a USB 2.0 PCI card for a Beige G3. Install 10.4 Tiger on your Beige and it will work with a USB 2.0 card. Yo

Re: I have an idea...

On Apr 20, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I mean really, it's not waaay too hard because I know what i'm doing. Great, go for it! -- 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

Re: After Leopard Assist got loading stuff on screen

On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: to fix this run (in a Terminal window): sudo nvram boot-args="-v" Just like that. It will ask for your password and afterwards, you'll be back to the normal boot. This command will set verbose mode, to remove it you need: sudo nvram boot-

Re: Video convertion

On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Norm Rowe wrote: I need to convert MOD/MOI files from my JVC video camera to something I can but on a DVD for playback on my home DVD player. Change the file extension to .mov and then import into iMovie to burn a DVD. -- You received this message because you

Re: I have an idea...

On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Core Image requires a specific class of video card, it ALSO requires an Intel processor. My G5 isn't Intel and it supports Core Image on it's ATI RV351 card. For that matter, you can actually get Core Image support on a B&W or Yikes under

Re: Utube conversion

Once you download the Flash file, you can use the Web 2.0 site to convert the Flash (.flv) file to anything you want. I've used this many times and it works for me. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, a

Re: Can not get it to start up from DVD player

On Apr 21, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Start up from DVD refused Can not get it to start up from DVD player with 10.5 system disk. Will not show disk in player using OPTION start up or holding C Key. What Mac? What OS on this Mac? A start using Apple and S key reveals good load fr

Re: MDD won't deep sleep

On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:17 PM, racecivicman wrote: First the specs of this machine. You forget something? (like the OS version?). If it's "bone stock" as you say, then it's Jaguar? I'm kinda hoping this is an easy fix because I hate the idea of this thing running 24/7. If you're that wor

Re: OFF-LIST: I can't format this new hard drive???

On Apr 25, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I have to say I got this old Clamshell running and that 7200rpm HD really woke this machine up!!! It runs faster and smoother then my Ti Powerbook which has more then 2 X's the proc speed and almost 2X's the memory!!! I must say I'm going

Re: iPhoto

On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:32 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote: I have various cameras. Canon, Panasonic and Nikon mostly. Why doesn't iPhoto just pick up where it left off and download the new stuff? If you select "Import All" it only takes the new stuff, it shouldn't duplicate anything.

Re: Lost files?

On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Carmonne wrote: It got back all my music 890 TBs. Wow, your music is larger than the amount of storage that Google used in 2006: "Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information."

Re: Lost files?

On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:25 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Well all my music is Apple Lossless no MP3s so it's only 140.2 days at 46,930 songs. Studies have shown that people actually prefer the sound of MP3s to any Lossless format. Strange, but true.

Re: Help identifying g4 cards

On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: How else do I find out who made this modem card, where to get Macintosh drivers or software to make them work (the ATi web site only has windows drivers), etc.? You might look at the Vendor ID # and Device ID # and try to match these to

Re: System file modifications keeps causing re-installs

On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: System file modifications keeps causing re-installs With the use of various mice and all the other similar (finger moving flats) we keep finding the system will no longer load, because a required file has been inadvertently or on purpose moved

Re: File Recovery

On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Data Rescue provides a demo mode which allows one to scan for files and download one recovered file. This scan reveals nothing on the drive other than the cloned files. My SuperDuper settings call for "smart update" which mimics the complete back

Re: Tracing hot keys

On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Still I wonder how to reach the picture format setting without Onyx? It's a Terminal command: Onyx is easier for the average guy, Terminal is easier for the ge

Re: No "apple dvd player"

On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: here's one of things that I should know where to look for, but I'm stumped I have no "Apple DVD Player" in the applications folder where it should be. (Leopard 10.5.8), how can I get it? Jeff (and yes, I've recently added an optical d

Re: No "apple dvd player"

On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: well, that's what I thought it opens/closes fine too... checked cables ..nice and tight.. all looks ok, I'm guessing it's a bad drive. I think you should try a Safe Boot (hold Shift key at boot) to delete all the cache files, and then re

Re: Mail password

On May 1, 2010, at 1:45 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have an annoying problem with Apple Mail. It seems to constantly ask for my password. How can I get it to stop asking for the password, do I go to the preferences and turn off the authentication box? It does this on all my machines. It starte

Re: Mail password

On May 1, 2010, at 2:05 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: It seems you're right the darn thing has infected all my machines. It becomes a pain because if I walk away from one machine for a little while I have to give the passwaod again and then wait for the mail to fill up, so time lost. You can "

Re: My g5 is a snob

My G5 which is a dual 2.3 using PC3200 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. I reseated my sticks something like 26 times before I got all 8 slots recognized and working simultaneously. Once they all were recognized, I've never had another problem. I think it helps if you press the CUDA

Re: DHCP Server??

On Feb 12, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Dan wrote: Um, why not just use the dhcp service built-in? That's what I thought also, why reinvent the wheel? -- 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

Re: Is it memory or software?

On Feb 12, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Opinioneditor wrote: Are the capacitors easy to get to, and can they be changed DIY? This isn't a capacitor issue because it only affects your Adobe software. When you Google search "Read Only Memory Exception" which is the error you cited, the ONLY results yo

Re: Is it memory or software?

On Feb 12, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Opinioneditor wrote: It is only Adobe products that are doing it. Today, I accessed the software from a laptop through Airport, and it ran fine on the laptop. I don't think you're getting this. Your test doesn't help, and doesn't address the problem. Adobe insta

Re: 3rd party wireless pci card for MDD

On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:30 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: There is a script which purports to add to the plist the remaining (i.e., the omitted) Broadcom IDs. The script is called "bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.3.sh.zip". After unzipping launch Terminal, type "sudo" without the quotes, add a space an

Re: 3rd party wireless pci card for MDD

On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:10 PM, akhoff18 wrote: I tried, to the best of my ability, but it said that the command could not be found. does the entire script need to be dragged or just the specific chip that i have? Download the file "bcm43xx_enabler_0.5.3.sh.zip" and double-click it to unzip it.

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