Re: HD thermal sensor tape ?

2010-08-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 29, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Once, one my enclosure fans seemed to be over-running and someone suggested that I may have the sensor taped in the wrong place. Correct place, they said, is in the center of the HD, and that seemed to help. So, maybe it's the Enclosure Temp

Re: HD transfer

2010-08-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 29, 2010, at 2:56 PM, R. Wayne Eitzen wrote: ATA HD transfer from MDD 1.42Ghz G4 to 2.5Ghz G5 late 2005. What is required? Is it even possible? http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040323102929212 Personally, this sounds like a bad idea. I'd use an SATA HD in the G5,

Re: two macs plugged into the same usb hub?

2010-08-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 29, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I've got a printer plugged into my usb hub... I power that mac down, I get no printer on the other macs on my network? so can I plug another mac into that usb hub without problems? You can't plug two different running Macs into the same hub

Re: Change computer icon

2010-08-30 Thread Kris Tilford
I'm not an expert on icons, but here are some ideas. The OS X System icons for Leopard 10.5 are located in SystemLibraryCoreServicesCoreTypes.bundle(control-click) Show Package ContentsContentsResources. These are System files, and as such, the ownership and permissions are important,

Re: Change computer icon

2010-08-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:07 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Well a cheap way to fix this problem then would be a reinstall of the system with my universal install disks. Wouldn't that disk choose the correct icon for the installation or is the icon on the MOBO ROM?? Yes, I believe a reinstallation

Re: Water Cooler Power Mac G5

2010-09-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Matevž Markovič wrote: Answer: if you powermac is Late 2004 or later model, it uses liquid cooling. Nope. It's only the 2.7 GHz early 2005 and all the late 2005 G5s, no 2004 at all. All the early 2005 and before except for the 2.7 GHz are air-cooled. -- You

Re: Repairing permissions

2010-09-03 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 3, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Eric Herbert wrote: Does it take 56 minutes every time you check permissions or was it a 1-time-only thing? My experience is that Tiger is very quick, a couple minutes, and Leopard is VERY slow, at LEAST 10 minutes, and I've seen HOURS to Repair Permissions,

Re: HP 870Cse on G4 MDD

2010-09-03 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:23 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Has anyone had experience with this? I thought you had bought a Parallel-to-USB adapter for this 870CSE? Either way is a kludge, but you can enable USB Printer Sharing using the USB adapter method. -- You received this message because you

Re: Repairing permissions

2010-09-03 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 3, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Is Spotlight Indexing running some kind of interference? ... that takes a long time ... I don't think Spotlight has anything to do with it. I just ran Repair Permissions on three identical clones that were new, on a newly formatted and

Re: MDD lost his bong after DVD-writer exchange

2010-09-06 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 6, 2010, at 6:52 AM, yawg wrote: It doesn't matter if I start Panther, Tiger or OS9, no bong ever. I checked the Sound Panel and Startup Sound pane which I use to turn down the bong. Both are OK and I can hear the Alerts through the internal speakers. Any ideas anyone? TIA. Zap the

Re: ITunes 10

2010-09-07 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 7, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Glen McKnight wrote: could someone please offer a suggestion I'd use the Provide iTunes Feedback under the iTunes menu. They may not be aware, and your feedback could result in a fix for the next iTunes update. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: HP 870Cse on G4 MDD

2010-09-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:19 AM, John C wrote: I was hoping for a driver from anyone other than HP The HPIJS drivers for OS X support the 870cse. I'd install these drivers and use the Parallel-to-USB adapter cable.

Re: Won't boot after G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades???

2010-09-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: Ok I got everything up and running now but I still can not get the video card to work, the computer won't even boot up... The video card I got for it is a: PNY Tech Inc GeForce FX5200 DDR 128mb I tried running the disc that came with it and

Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac

2010-09-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 9, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Iamanamma wrote: It is definitely formatted correctly, I think you're wrong. I believe you're confusing file system type and partition map type? You probably have the correct file system (HFS+ journalled), but the wrong partition map type (should be Apple

Re: installing a printer

2010-09-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: The driver is installed. It came on a CD with the printer. I also visited the Canon website to see if there were updates. Generally speaking in OS X the printer drivers are part of OS X, and never need to be installed from a

Re: iTunes 10

2010-09-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Nestamicky wrote: do you have a How To to get this done...sounds interesting. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100903004553923 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac

2010-09-10 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 10, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Iamanamma wrote: Already did that. There is still no joy in Mudville. You still haven't been able to confirm that the partition map is the correct Apple Partition Map. I'm almost certain you're going to find out that you've got a HD that's formatted with

Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac

2010-09-10 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 10, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Iamanamma wrote: Now I am using my newly acquired TDM knowledge to transfer the user account and all of its information from another iMac to the one I've been working so hard to fix. Better be a PPC iMac. Intel and PPC don't mix in Tiger, but are totally mixed

Re: Firefox

2010-09-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 11, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: So, now you need an Intel Mac to use the latest FF. Yes, that's true officially, but you can still get PPC versions here: http://firefoxmac.furbism.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Suggestions for repairing extents?

2010-09-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 11, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Erik Hancock wrote: Is there a possible way to repair or do I just need to wipe the disk and reinstall the system software? You can boot your OS X install DVD and run Disk Utility from the disc. Similarly, Drive Genius 2 will need to be run from an alternate

Re: PC app to play my Toast music?

2010-09-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 15, 2010, at 2:49 PM, yawg wrote: With what (freeware-) app can I play my Toast CDs on the netbook with the original resolution - w/o compression? iTunes. http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/aif I have a Samsung NC10 netbook which I will take on my trip to Thailand. I hope you've

Re: Weird G5 problem

2010-09-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 15, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Hardware Dual 2Ghz G5, Internal modem, 2 GB DDR SDRAM Problem --- When booting from a partition whose Genisis is: MDD , Tiger - update to Leopard, ccc to partition on G5 = Internal modem works. --- When booting from Fresh install of

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-23 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Charles Davis wrote: This time, I find multiple instances of 'Dashboard Client' running --- Cannot 'kill' them, they re-fire on their own. I have NOT called them up. Using 'atMonitor' [Activity Monitor does not show 'Network' activity (dial-up). Probably

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Charles Davis wrote: How to 'disable' Dashboard? http://tinyurl.com/34295bv -- 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 list FAQ is at

Re: Solved: Digital Audio won't boot os9

2010-09-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Timothy wrote: I pulled from the dark recesses of my mind a tidbit about os9 not liking a partition larger than 8gig, so I installed os9 to a partition of 7900 meg at the beginning of the os9 disk. It booted fine. Now to try Classilla! This isn't the right

Re: Digital Audio won't boot os9

2010-09-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Timothy wrote: My retail CD is 9.2.1, that might be why mine works. There's no such thing as a retail 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 disc. The final retail MacOS disc was the OS 9.1 disc which is white with the large yellow/orange 9 on it. This disc was sold retail and was

Re: Digital Audio won't boot into OS9

2010-09-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 24, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: I was under the impression that you needed 9.2.2 to operate under OSX. No, OS 9.1 is all that's required to operate as Classic emulation under OS X, and if you're using XPF OS 9.1 is probably the best choice. For any New World Macs you

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 25, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Well, what you are saying makes sense. I understand the words, and I think the thought. BUT, since installation of the OS, NONE of the Dashboard Widgets have even so much as been looked at!! But it doesn't matter, I think four are enabled

Re: Another Quicksilver Question

2010-09-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 30, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Maybe you need a firmware upgrade: The latest firmware is v.1.19 available here: http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=categoryid=535 You can check your firmware version in System Profiler. You'll need a Windows PC to upgrade the firmware.

Re: Another Quicksilver Question

2010-09-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 30, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Hummm I didn't know dvds worked in a cdrom drive. Great catch, duh . . . -- 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.

Re: Thinking of buying a G5 dual for PR but quick question

2010-10-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, ah...clem wrote: i knew someone who had a 2.0DP which did have a bad processor, and it still booted anyway and ran just fine as a single processor machine except for waking from sleep issues. I remember reading how you can modify the firmware with a semi-

Re: Quicksilver Graphics Trouble

2010-10-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 9, 2010, at 3:47 PM, themargate...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I've got a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver (2001), so I fear the fault is my 256mb nVidia GeForce 6200 graphics card (PC card that's been flashed) is on it's last legs Your card has the pins 3 11 modification? If not, perhaps that's

Re: Trouble locking display resolutions 10/11/10

2010-10-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 11, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: On an iMac 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 with OSX 10.4.11 I am unable to get the screen resolutions to lock where I set them. PRAM battery needs replacement. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS

2010-10-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:28 AM, yawg wrote: But in Panther I can still use all my old apps in Classic which is not possible in Tiger. I don't understand this, Classic is fully supported in Tiger? Perhaps you're one cat off and mean in Tiger you can still use all your Classic apps but it's

Re: Intall syetem using DMG

2010-10-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 13, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Gottick International wrote: I'm trying to install X5 on a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. No such thing as a machine that won't accept the newer, larger, DVDs. I assume you're talking about dual-layer DVDs? ALL DVD units, whether they're

Re: MDD won't start after cloning

2010-10-17 Thread Kris Tilford
either your old ~user password, or by refreshing or changing to a new one using the instructions I gave above, you can go to System PreferencesAccounts to make sure it won't give you a login window at startup again. Best luck! Kris Tilford - Topeka, Kansas -- You received this message

Re: iTunes De-authorize issue on a G5

2010-10-18 Thread Kris Tilford
When you have a DRM track the first thing to do is create a non-DRM duplicate, then trash the original DRM file and never worry about authorization again. It's your music, who are they to authorize anything? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Just purchased used g5 mac

2010-10-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Our only problem with it was that it has PCI-X slots and some of the music components had PCI cards that were not flexible enough to be accommodated by the PCI-X slots. I thought the PCI-X slots were 100% backwards compatible with older

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Fluxstringer wrote: Lion ? Don't know? I went to the Apple site to watch the streaming video of the presentation and was rudely greeted with this: Streaming video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Safari on iOS 3 or later. I'm on a PPC

Re: G5 not taking keyboard input

2010-10-25 Thread Kris Tilford
What keyboard input are you using to attempt to boot the DVD, the C or the Option or both? Have you tried the USB ports on the front the back for the keyboard? If you've removed the HD, and have the DVD in the optical drive, then it should default to the DVD to boot. Once the DVD boots,

Re: Latest G4 Shutdown

2010-10-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: It doesn't happen every day so I am wondering how to narrow this down. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI(2.5.5)@0x49b000 OHCI means it's a USB 1.0 or 1.1 device, not a USB 2.0. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

Re: Latest G4 Shutdown

2010-10-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: 1.0 1.1 differ how? USB 1.0: Released in January 1996. Specified data rates of 1.5 Mbit/s (Low-Bandwidth) and 12 Mbit/s (Full- Bandwidth). Does not allow for extension cables or pass-through monitors (due to timing and power limitations).

Re: Most reliable G4 tower model , least reliable

2010-10-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 28, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: Is it true that the ati radeon card needs additional power or can I do a straight swap and upgrade the g4mx? The term ATI Radeon card describes an entire series that started in 2000 and continues to today. Generally speaking, you should

Re: Most reliable G4 tower model , least reliable

2010-10-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 28, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: You get the power from one of the ata hd power plugs? What model of Radeon card are you talking about? -- 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: Most reliable G4 tower model , least reliable

2010-10-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: I was considering the ati radeon pro Mac edition in 128 or 256. Seems like they are expensive and not easy to come by. I see now that you have to watch and make sure it's a Mac card and that it has adc too. I'm not sure of which one

Re: Daisy-chain-ing

2010-10-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: yes, but I believe that it might slow the whole bus down to FW400 speeds. This isn't a factor for single drives, the drive is the limiting factor, not the type of FW connection. I made this mistake when I got my G5 and immediately

Re: Kernel panics on installing 10.4.11 on Powermac G4

2010-10-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 30, 2010, at 4:21 PM, smac0031 wrote: I'm getting a kernel panic after installing 10.4.11 on a G4 tower. After that it won't reboot. You need to Safe Boot by holding the shift key at startup. If it panics on the Safe Boot, copy down the panic text if possible. If it boots, simply

Re: Kernel panics on installing 10.4.11 on Powermac G4

2010-10-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 30, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: If this is the first version of OS neXt for the machine it's very likely that the ROM needs the upgrade. On Oct 30, 2010, at 6:32 PM, John Carmonne wrote: The firmware update is probably not installed I can send it off list if you want.

Re: USB 2.0 for a G4 MDD?

2010-10-31 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Low Speed ... Full Speed ... High Speed ... I think 2.0 does mean 480 ... No one ever gets anywhere near 480 Mbps, you're lucky to get half, if that. In my experience, Firewire 400 beats USB 2.0 hands down, but then, you can't escape USB,

Re: Dead Drive? - Group Reply.

2010-11-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 1, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Gottick International wrote: OK - this drive has jumpers. As had the old one. In a iMac G5. What about jumper settings? On SATA drives the jumpers generally aren't used. Cable looks fine. Conects well. Can one test it in one way or another? I've wondered about

Re: Dead Drive? - Group Reply.

2010-11-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 2, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Gottick International wrote: On SATA drives the jumpers generally aren't used. The old one had a jumper. ;-) And I put it in the same spot on the new drive. Can anyone give me a definitive on this? Does using a jumper in the wrong slot shut down the whole

Re: Need help understanding webcam differences

2010-11-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 2, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Need help understanding webcam differences Picture this on your G4, the webcam local picture is just not clear - reason is 400k vs 4M pixels. A 640x480 pixel image printed at a size of 6.4 x 4.8 inches has a printing resolution of 100 PPI,

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

2010-11-07 Thread Kris Tilford
I'd try doing a Safe Boot to reset the System cache files, and see if that helps? Are the PRAM batteries good? To check the PRAM batteries without disassembly you can turn off Airport or unplug any network connection (assuming you've got your Time Date preference set to automatically

Re: initializing Hard drive

2010-11-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:32 PM, MichaelP wrote: Do I need to initilize the second drive? If so how ? You need to start over. 1) Boot OS 10.3.9 and run Disk UtilityVerify Disk and then Repair Permissions. If the Verify Disk has problems, you'll need to boot your Panther 10.3 Install CD and

Re: initializing Hard drive

2010-11-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 9, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Tina K. wrote: Is this a hijacked thread, or is my mail client not sorting threads correctly? Yes, it's hijacked. He hijacked PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping' thread. I think this thread needs to go off-list because it can't really help anyone other than

Re: iTunes EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

2010-11-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 14, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: error report reads: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x7fbda691 P.S. Consul log reads: CrashReporter/iTunes.crash.log iTunes[291]: [WSX] Version of iTunes is 0x9218000 (153190400) Nov 14

Re: Getting there

2010-11-17 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 17, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: It sees the disks. Just won't boot from them. I've tried all three methods. All these posting about whether or not you need XPF and we still don't know what happens when you try to boot the disc? For example, you say all three methods, but

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D What does the verbose message say when you try to boot a disc using Cmd-v? Are you certain the jumpers aren't in conflict on the drives? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: What does the verbose message say when you try to boot a disc using Cmd-v? It says it cannot connect with the DVD drive. I've never heard of such a message in the verbose dialog? Sounds like a hardware issue which you won't fix by changing

Re: Getting there

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: Sorry, I paraphrased. Anyway I got a black label Panther and it's installed. I'd rather do Tiger but everyone wants too much $ If you have any Tiger DVD (including grey ones), which I believe you have, you should be able to install Tiger. I

Re: G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, M Christol wrote: I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. My G5 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. In my experience, all computers that require matched sets are difficult. I've reseated and restarted my G5 perhaps 18-20 times before,

Re: Any tricks for PCI video card in a Beige G3 MT?

2010-11-23 Thread Kris Tilford
I'm an expert on the Beige, which is about as hard as they come for Macs. It has a lot of little quirks and just plain voodoo behavior, but problems with PCI video cards isn't one of them. I'm assuming the card is an ATI card, hopefully a Radeon, but perhaps a Rage? I'm guessing you didn't

Re: Trouble fixing G5

2010-11-26 Thread Kris Tilford
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 Jan.2010), Apple also replaced the motherboard and both CPUs as part of the power supply replacement. When I asked about it, they said it was

Re: Help! External HD vanished from desktop

2010-11-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 26, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Tom wrote: I've tried both a FW400 and a FW800 cable to the G5 Mac Are you sure the FW is working on the G5? I've heard of several G5's where the front FW port quits, and I think if the rear FW port quits it's both the 800 400 together. I'd try plugging the

Re: Help! External HD vanished from desktop

2010-11-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 26, 2010, at 11:07 PM, Tom wrote: BTW I took this external drive and plugged it into the FW400 port of a G4 eMac, and then a G4 dual 2.0, and it didn't show up on the desktop of either one of them. However, as I said before, when this drive turns on it spins up and does the little

Re: Help! External HD vanished from desktop

2010-11-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 27, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tom wrote: When I click on the upper FireWire Bus, it says in the lower window: Maximum speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec., and that's all. It strikes me that one of these FireWire buses might be a PCI-X card I installed that provides some extra USB and two FW ports.

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: New oddities

2010-11-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:44 PM, john wrote: Any ideas? This is a system wide issue since it manifests in both Finder and Safari. You can try a Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at Startup, and then Restart normally again. This will trash all the old system cache files and rebuild them.

Re: install osx 10.5

2010-11-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 30, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Would 10.5 improve the speed of my Mac or slow me down? It'll slow you down about 20%. It's the same on all PPC Macs running 10.5. I personally believe it's some type of planned obsolescence by Apple, after all, Leopard 10.5 made

Re: Question about Quicksilver

2010-11-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 30, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Nov 30 16:21:45 steve-cs-power-mac-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 721.937AppleUSBOHCI[0x240b800]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 25, timing out! You should be aware that OHCI is USB 1.1, and you can increase you transfer

Re: New oddities

2010-12-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 1, 2010, at 1:25 PM, john wrote: Hi, The reboot didn't work. What is a Combo Update? I'm running 10.4.11 http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_4_11_Combo_Update__PPC_ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Dead Dead Drive

2010-12-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Gottick International wrote: Can one start a G5 open just to hear if the drive starts at all? If you can find the lid switch and trick it to think the lid is on, then perhaps, but the G5 fans are pretty noisy and most modern HDs are pretty quiet, so you might

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 1, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Tom wrote: I bought a 500-gig drive for her from OWC and intended to replace the old one with the new. Then on searching for instructions to swap out the drive online, I find numerous warnings that this is not a Mac intended for owners to open up. I just replaced a

Re: Networkable USB print servers

2010-12-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:42 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: I tried and failed to get a HP Photosmart 2610 to work plugged into my Airport, but then discovered, buried DEEP on the website that it had to hardwired to the computer to take advantage of all the features. This is a function of the

Re: pic

2010-12-03 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 3, 2010, at 8:05 PM, John Callahan wrote: That's great, wonder how it got there? When you install OS X on any Mac that has a built-in webcam it takes a photo of the person sitting at the computer and uses that photo as the ~user login icon, which is also copied into Address Book

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Were they right or do I need to order a cord from Belkin? Yes, they were right. No, you don't need to order from Belkin, ANY 5v with the correct plug, current, polarity, and amperage will work fine. It may be simplest to get the Belkin.

Re: Will this power supply work in my G4 MDD?

2010-12-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 5, 2010, at 2:14 AM, Tom wrote: Can anybody tell me if it will? The action description says it model# 614-0108, which Google says is for a Rev.2 Sawtooth, so it appears the answer is no, it probably won't work. The one you need is likely #614-0183 in 400 watt. On YouTube there

Re: Fink

2010-12-11 Thread Kris Tilford
I believe MacPorts is preferable to Fink. You need to have X11 and the Developer Tools (Xcode) installed. Then install MacPorts. MacPorts is command line from Terminal. As a GUI similar to Software Update I've been using Porticus, which is really nice and very simple to use. Porticus is

Re: Clamshell Won't boot off CD

2010-12-11 Thread Kris Tilford
Did you try the Option key boot? I have this same iBook with 10.4.11, which if you can beat the artificial installer block will run fine without any modification. One other thing, this iBook can boot from USB if necessary, but it's slow since it's USB 1.1. Do you know how to reset the

Re: Clamshell Won't boot off CD

2010-12-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I'll boot into os 9, and insert the installer cd, and it won't show up on the desktop at all. You sure your OS X discs are CD's and not DVDs? Did you try the Option key boot with the OS X disc in the unit? -- You received this message

Re: 867Mhz G4 Quicksilver - 10.5.8 OS semi-hangs after running System Profiler

2010-12-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 14, 2010, at 1:48 AM, turn wrote: Anyone experience something weird OS hanging problems like this? I had a strange OS problem on my G5 with 10.5.8 within the past few hours. I recently got a used Apple aluminum Apple keyboard, and when I ran Software Update I was offered Aluminum

Re: 867Mhz G4 Quicksilver - 10.5.8 OS semi-hangs after running SystemProfiler

2010-12-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:24 AM, Peter wrote: The link to the Firmware update that was posted here earlier is for the G4 MDD and not for the QS that the OP is discussing. Just saying ;-) Opps, you're right! But something is amiss? This Apple KBA from 2008 says the MDD doesn't need any

Re: how can i delete my system disc on my G4 with Tiger

2010-12-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Peter Martin wrote: how can i delete my system disc on my G4 with Tiger? What do you mean? You can't delete your System while booted in your System, you'd need to boot from some other device. Also, the nomenclature convention is that disc with a c refers to

Re: Firefox question

2010-12-15 Thread Kris Tilford
If you haven't had problems with NoScript and ForecastFox in the past, the problem is likely that the AccuWeather.com servers are down now having maintenance done, often the case at this time of night. Otherwise, you should look to NoScript and make sure you've white- listed the

Re: iTunes on Tiger

2010-12-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 16, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Dan wrote: iTunes 9.2.1... is this the last version of iTunes to support Tiger or is there another? And the next release is 10.x, which is Leopard/ SL only? Yes, 9.2.1 is the final version that runs on G3 CPUs, and the final Tiger version. The current 10.1.1

Re: The Attack of the Giant Pixels

2010-12-18 Thread Kris Tilford
Yeah, I don't know why the drivers for this rather common video card were left out of Leopard, but obviously they were. Somebody at Apple goofed? No, Leopard has all the required ATI video extensions. I think when he said he used an alternate driver (meaning software extension or kext) he

Re: Help - what does this mean?

2010-12-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 18, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Ted Treen wrote: I have seen a similar splash screen, but when a Radeon 9800 was fitted, and its direct power lead (to the 9800, that is) wasn't connected. Yeah, this makes sense, the power lead is red, indicating a problem. That's pretty cool that the ATI

Re: G4 iMac won't connect wirelessly to internet

2010-12-20 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:03 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: What do I need to do to get the G4 iMac to connect wirelessly to the internet? So Maybe this iMac doesn't have Airport since it was connected to one with Ethernet??? It appears your iMac doesn't have an Airport card installed?

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-23 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Console messages mention Mention what? -- 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 list FAQ is at

Re: MDD 10.5.8 memory loss

2010-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Stro wrote: What can I do to regain the space, Apple recommends 4GB freespace as a MINIMUM for Tiger or newer, and more is better. I'd buy a bigger HD, they're cheap now. Remember you need an ATA/IDE (also called PATA now), NOT a SATA (unless you also buy an

Re: All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES

2010-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES Where did you encounter this filetype? There doesn't seem to be any .yes filetype, movie or otherwise. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Browser Benchmarks

2010-12-25 Thread Kris Tilford
https://clubcompy.com/rwBench.jsp Saw this browser benchmark and thought I'd test out my browsers on my PPC dual 2.3 GHz G5 w/10.5.8.: Browser Family: safari (Safari 5.0.3 5533.19.4) Browser Version: 533.19.4 Score: 383/5 rwb points Browser Family: mozilla (rv:1.9.2.13 Gecko/20101203

Re: iTunes and iPod 4 Touch registration

2010-12-25 Thread Kris Tilford
You should be able to run iTunes v.9.2.1 in Tiger 10.4.11. I'm almost certain this will allow registration and sync with an iPod 4 Touch? If not, I'd bitch to Apple. You can install iTunes 10.1.1 on your G4, but it requires Leopard OS 10.5.8, which is supported for 867MHz G4 and greater.

Re: iTunes and iPod 4 Touch registration

2010-12-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 26, 2010, at 6:24 AM, EiMacDVSE wrote: ipod(s) version 4 onwards require 10.5 You're right. I just looked it up and it says it requires 10.5.8 or newer. Damn, Apple really presses peoples buttons hard, don't they? Apple supports Windows computers running XP (released August 2001),

Re: New internal hard drive for Power Mac G4

2010-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Sean Carroll wrote: I've looked at the Sonnet Tempo HD PCI card (part # THD-MW). A question: What does Bootability - Not supported mean? Not (gulp) what seems the most obvious, that you couldn't boot up from a drive connected to it, right? That wouldn't be good.

Re: New internal hard drive for Power Mac G4

2010-12-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:41 AM, Clark Martin wrote: Many non-Mac drive controller cards can be used on a Mac but you can't boot from them. This is because the ROM on the board (if any) doesn't have code for a Mac. To be bootable the card needs a Mac compatible ROM. This is true, but . . .

Re: Suggested upgrades for a Power Mac G4 PCI Graphics

2010-12-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 29, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: Is there anything out there that's cheaper and would give me a similar boost in speed? I'm not a Yikes expert, but my understanding is that a Yikes is almost identical to a late BW G3, and when you upgrade the CPU to 1 GHz you're

Re: Mouse/keyboard? problems

2011-01-01 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 1, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: Any thoughts: I'm running 10.4.11 Build 8S165 and have 1 GB of RAM on a 600 MHz Power PC G4. Have you installed the Logitech software? It's called Logitech Control Center for Macintosh® OS X: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/584/3129? --

Re: No Valid Packages Error ???

2011-01-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 2, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: I get an error message informing me that First Aid Failed! Disk Utility stopped repairing permissions on HD because the following error: No Valid Packages I told George that he had no valid packages, and he agreed, but we'd still like to have his

Re: G4 dual boot flat screen iMac won't boot into OS 9

2011-01-02 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 2, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: I need to boot up in 9 to retrieve some stuff off of a floppy disk. This makes no sense. There is no floppy disc drive in any G4 iMac, and any external USB floppy disc drive works in OS X, not OS 9. This means you don't need to boot

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