OK my last nerve just snapped

2012-07-28 Thread Charles Davis
How did the skippity icon get smuggled into my address bar [and how do I get rid of such things in the future?? -- 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: G5 issues

2012-02-11 Thread Charles Davis
You'll never know,unless you try!!! Chuck On Feb 5, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2012/02/05 12:58, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I don't know? On LEM-Swap there are three power supplies available right now for only $30 each, buy one NOW before they're gone!!!:

Re: daisy-chaining back up drive?

2011-10-09 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:59 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: well, what other ways to use the same back up drive for two puters exists then? tia /tina How about the obvious Network the two computers and make the attached drive a 'network resource? Chuck D. -- You received this message

Re: TenFourFox

2011-10-03 Thread Charles Davis
Problem!! System MDD Dual 11.25 G4, 2GB DDR SDRAM Entry of about config in address bar results in Google search for 'about config'. What have I missed?? Chuck D. On Oct 1, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Peter wrote: Thank you foe the tip, Larry. I didn't know it was possible to enable them. On

Format problem

2011-07-04 Thread Charles Davis
Dual 2GHz Power PC --- 2GB DDR SDRAM Have a 500GB Newer Tech External HD that HAS been in use as a FAT formatted HD. Need to re-format to use Apple Partition Map HOW, every conceivable way that I can imagine using 'Disk Utility' will NOT eliminate the FAT partition map. -- You received

Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3

2011-06-25 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 25, 2011, at 10:14 AM, skyking...@verizon.net wrote: When I try to boot back into OS 9 (which is on my other drive) after the OS X installation hangs up following the first disc, it hangs at the happy Mac icon. The only way for me to get back to OS 9 is to boot from the OS 9 CD or

Re: Help restoring contents of drive to newer computer

2011-06-22 Thread Charles Davis
Ok what should work. Get the 'firewire' full backups working as being 'bootable'. It's then quite simple. Hook up the firewire cable between the 1TB drive and the new (to you) 15 PB. have the 1TB drive powered up. Power on the new PB while holding the 'Option Key'. The 'old, backed up

Re: Interesting Problem UPDATE (3)

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Progress Safari 5.0.5 - 73.6 % downloaded, Security Update 2011-002 - 20.7 % downloaded. - 100 %- 28.08% Did

Re: Interesting Problem UPDATE (4)

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 20, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Progress Security Update 2011-002 - 45.49 % downloaded. Safari 5.0.5 installed without problem Underwhelmed with Safari 5.0.5 Firefox TenFourFoxG5 seem more useful. JMO Chuck D. -- You received this message because you

Re: Interesting Problem

2011-06-20 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:54 AM, Sean Carroll wrote: Yeah, I remember software updates on dial-up. No fun. They were apt to turn into overnighters, and if something happened to break the connection, well... I would recommend trying again through Software Update, piece by piece this time.

Re: Interesting Problem UPDATE (2)

2011-06-20 Thread Charles Davis
Progress Safari 5.0.5 - 73.6 % downloaded, Security Update 2011-002 - 20.7 % downloaded. And time goes on!!! Chuck D. -- 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

Interesting Problem

2011-06-19 Thread Charles Davis
System: Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, 2GB DDR SDRAM, Leopard OS 10.5.8 The genesis of the problem. Software Update pops up and tells me there are 'updates' available, Sooo, I look to see what it's proposing. Safari 5.0.5, Java for OSX Update 9, Security Update 2011-002, something for iTunes. I

Re: Interesting Problem

2011-06-19 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:54 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Charles Davis wrote: System: Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, 2GB DDR SDRAM, Leopard OS 10.5.8 The genesis of the problem. Software Update pops up and tells me there are 'updates' available, Sooo, I look to see what it's

Re: Interesting Problem UPDATE

2011-06-19 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Charles Davis wrote: System: Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, 2GB DDR SDRAM, Leopard OS 10.5.8 The genesis of the problem. Software Update pops up and tells me there are 'updates' available, Sooo, I look to see what it's proposing. Safari 5.0.5, Java for OSX Update 9

Re: Apple --AHT images?

2011-06-15 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 14, 2011, at 12:24 PM, john hios wrote: Dan wrote: At 2:53 PM -0400 6/13/2011, Charles Davis wrote: I find myself in need of an AHT image for a Dual 2Ghz G5 tower Haven't been able to locate in Apple's Support area. Anyone have any pointers? That's not one of the ones Apple has made

Apple --AHT images?

2011-06-13 Thread Charles Davis
I find myself in need of an AHT image for a Dual 2Ghz G5 tower Haven't been able to locate in Apple's Support area. Anyone have any pointers? Chuck Davis -- 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

Re: spills wireless keyboard

2011-03-08 Thread Charles Davis
If it's a wireless keyboard --- be sure to remove the internal batteries BRFORE the 'dishwasher' treatment!!;-) Chuck On Mar 8, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:57 PM, michaelangelo smit1...@gmail.com wrote: The answer to this

Re: [Manager Comment] Re: Posting Problem

2011-02-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 23, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: Until Lion is released in the coming months, Leopard and Snow Leopard are the current and latest Mac OS. It makes good sense for members of the G-Group to join our Leopard Group to seek or

Re: classic or no classic in leopard?

2010-12-28 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:42 AM, TRGPN WebMaster wrote: --- On Tue, 12/28/10, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Bottom line: If you want to run a supported OS and OS 9 (reliably), you need two machines. Not so. In its simplest terms, you need a separate volume for each OS you want to run

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
Fair enough request answers interspersed! On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: Maybe a little more information on your printing setup? Is the printer (model?) directly connected via USB or on a network? Samsung CLP 310 --- directly connected, USB no network. Been working

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
I believe I may have located the problem!! Looked at the printer --- it's a 315, NOT a 310 (was a replacement from Samsung for a 310) Downloading the correct driver package as I write this. Installation will tell. Results later. Chuck On Dec 24, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Charles Davis wrote

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
Well, hopes dashed! The 315 uses the 310 drivers. download and install of current files did NOT show any improvement. Chuck On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Charles Davis wrote: I believe I may have located the problem!! Looked at the printer --- it's a 315, NOT a 310

Printing problems

2010-12-23 Thread Charles Davis
System Leopard 10.5.8, all security updates on MDD 1.25G G4, 2GB Anything that tries to print using system print routines bombs out. Printing from within 'Mail' does work. When I say anything that uses 'system' print, I mean 'Apple/P', Text Edit, Text Wrangler, etc. Reapplied combo update

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 23, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Console messages mention Mention what? My BAD!!! That was to be deleted --- Console mentioned something about wanting 12/23/10 7:05:05 PM SystemUIServer[291] MenuCracker see

Re: how do i stop these emails?

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Davis
Header ? WHAT HEADER??? I don't think that I've turned off anything in the header department, and the only thing 'headers' controls is the normal 'E-Mail' information. Chuck D. [Footer normally deleted --- left on to show what I'm normally seeing. I.E. the For more options line.

Re: how do i stop these emails?

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Davis
:08 AM -0500 11/30/2010, Charles Davis wrote: Header ? WHAT HEADER??? I don't think that I've turned off anything in the header department, and the only thing 'headers' controls is the normal 'E- Mail' information. *shrug* EVERY email sent by Google Groups contains these seven List

Re: how do i stop these emails?

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Davis
Ahh!, problem located. I went to View / Message/ selected Long Headers, and there they are (along with MUCH rarely needed routing information). Since I leave that set for short headers normally, those lines aren't seen. Chuck D. On Nov 30, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Charles Davis wrote

Re: Time Zone setting ???

2010-11-16 Thread Charles Davis
!! ;-) Chuck D. On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Charles Davis wrote: That does NOT sound that far from possible. Although the battery isn't more than a couple of years old at the worst. I'll try that. Thanks. Chuck On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:33 AM

Time Zone setting ???

2010-11-15 Thread Charles Davis
Leopard X.5.8 --- MDD dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 2GB RAM System Preference/ System/ Date Time can set everything, The PROBLEM, the Time Zone jumps back to GMT, even when things are 'Locked to prevent changes' [The 'on screen' clock is correct, but the 'Time Zone' doesn't stay set.

Re: Time Zone setting ???

2010-11-15 Thread Charles Davis
That does NOT sound that far from possible. Although the battery isn't more than a couple of years old at the worst. I'll try that. Thanks. Chuck On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:33 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Leopard X.5.8 --- MDD dual 1.25 GHz

Re: Annoyance #23

2010-10-01 Thread Charles Davis
mounted inside the tower. Chuck D. On Oct 1, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Tim Gochnour wrote: On Sep 30, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Charles Davis wrote: G5 tower Dual 2Ghz, 2Gb RAM, System Profiler provides this information: and from USB string:Picture 3.pngPicture 2.png The problem, there is only ONE

Re: Annoyance #23

2010-09-30 Thread Charles Davis
in the Middle East?, the World? Chuck D. On Sep 30, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Joshua Juran wrote: On Sep 30, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Charles Davis wrote: G5 tower Dual 2Ghz, 2Gb RAM, System Profiler provides this information: and from USB string: The problem, there is only ONE internal modem physically

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-26 Thread Charles Davis
Sounds reasonable!!! But --- my impression was that the 'Dashboard' Widgets were 'useful little utilities, that were invoked by 'clicking on their Icon ON DASHBOARD. [But maybe thats too logical a way of looking at it.] Chuck D. On Sep 26, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: If

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-25 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Dan 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!! Chuck D. At 7:50 AM -0400 9/24/2010, Charles Davis wrote

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-25 Thread Charles Davis
I HATE things like that, where the 'System' (OS/ software program/ whatever) in its 'omnipotent Wisdom' decides what is going to be done!!! Chuck D. On Sep 25, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Sep 25, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Well, what you are saying makes sense

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-24 Thread Charles Davis
Ahhh Then the next question --- How to 'disable' Dashboard? Chuck D. On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:09 AM, Dan wrote: At 11:56 PM -0400 9/23/2010, Charles Davis wrote: I'll look into that, but as far as I know, there haven't been any 'widgets' started. Never use them, in fact 'Dashboard

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-24 Thread Charles Davis
O.K. So I'm properly chastised for not Googling the question! I found I had a Disable Tiger Features App., which did the trick. Problem solved. But I still wonder just what was trying to run? Chuck D. On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Charles

Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
G5 Dual 2Ghz, 2gbRam, Leopard 10.5.8 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). Any ideas?? Chuck

Re: Always weird problems!!!

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:19 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: 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

Re: Weird G5 problem

2010-09-17 Thread Charles Davis
: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 Leopard on G5, Migration

Re: Weird G5 problem

2010-09-16 Thread Charles Davis
On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:32 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: 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

Weird G5 problem

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Davis
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 Leopard on G5, Migration assistant

Re: Safari

2010-09-10 Thread Charles Davis
4.1.2 is for Tiger 5.0.2 is for Leopard Snow Leopard Downloading 5.0.2 at this time. [Damn dial-up --- going to take a while.] Chuck D. On Sep 9, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: The newest version, 4.1.2, is out. Downloading it now so no idea what is changed -- Steve Conrad

Mail problem

2010-04-01 Thread Charles Davis
System Dual 1.25, MDD OSX.4.11 Mail refuses to open. Claims the 'Home' directory is too full. No room to index mail. I have deleted/ moved files in the 'user' 'account' directory (now less than 16 entries) Tried Re-Booting, Safe Boot, still no joy. HELP Presently using a 'backup'

Re: Mail problem

2010-04-01 Thread Charles Davis
[Necessary to do the account changing.] Chuck On Apr 1, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 1, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Charles Davis wrote: System Dual 1.25, MDD OSX.4.11 Mail refuses to open. Claims the 'Home' directory is too full. No room to index mail. I have deleted

Re: Mail problem

2010-04-01 Thread Charles Davis
, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 1, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Charles Davis wrote: System Dual 1.25, MDD OSX.4.11 Mail refuses to open. Claims the 'Home' directory is too full. No room to index mail. I have deleted/ moved files in the 'user' 'account' directory (now less than 16

Re: Mail problem ---- Now working

2010-04-01 Thread Charles Davis
:31 PM, Charles Davis wrote: System Dual 1.25, MDD OSX.4.11 Mail refuses to open. Claims the 'Home' directory is too full. No room to index mail. I have deleted/ moved files in the 'user' 'account' directory (now less than 16 entries) Tried Re-Booting, Safe Boot, still no joy. HELP

Re: Need info

2010-02-13 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 13, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Nestamicky wrote: Why would the NSA be interested in the personal private conversations of law abiding and unwitting citizens who trust that their govt. is protecting them, working in their interest as they lead their happy private lives? This is quite

Re: LaserJet 4100n problem

2009-12-07 Thread Charles Davis
Good reason There ain't one. The 'fuser' is a HOT surface to 'fuse' (melt the toner [finely ground plastic] into the surface of the paper. The 'charging wires' are next to the 'imaging drum' --- [photoactive surface that receives toner to form image] [NO fingers on drum surface

Re: Data Recovery Part 2

2009-11-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Nov 21, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Roger Kulp wrote: I was wondering about data recovery myself.I had a G4 MDD,and the surge protector got wet the other day.There was a spectacular fireworks display,that blew out the wiring in the room,and now my poor Mac is dead.:_( Can anything be

Re: G4 powerbook with leopard as start up disk for G4 desktop with 9.2?

2009-11-14 Thread Charles Davis
On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Nestamicky wrote: On 11/14/09 8:07 AM, Dwight Hines wrote: I have a power g4 running leopard and want to use it as start up disk for my Desktop G4 that is running OS-9.2. I'm not sure 9.2 will recognize the option I'm aware of, that being Firewire startup

Re: MDD Dual Boot Question

2009-10-26 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 25, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Mel wrote: As soon as you hear the memory test bong, hold down the option key until both drives come up on your desk top. There hsold be a spinning clock. After a while, it varies form aobut 25 seconds to over a minute on a DP 533 G4 DA I use, an arrow

Re: File Recovery Query

2009-10-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 23, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 10/23/09 9:43 AM, aussieshepsrock ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com Broadcast into the ether: but can I use a utility program to scan the drive's sectors and reconstitute the data onto another drive? Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering

Re: File Recovery Query

2009-10-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 23, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 23, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Charles Davis wrote: Data Rescue from Prosoft Engineering should work for you. http://www.prosofteng.com/ Isn't this something that 'Disk Warrior' does also??? No, the only thing that Disk Warrior does

Re: Weird happenings

2009-09-14 Thread Charles Davis
Charles Davis wrote: System = MDD Dual 1.25, 1 GIG RAM Noticed problems with Shut Down Big snip --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Weird happenings

2009-09-13 Thread Charles Davis
System = MDD Dual 1.25, 1 GIG RAM Noticed problems with Shut Down Re-boot check Console LOG Mac OS X Version 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) 2009-09-13 18:08:31 -0400 2009-09-13 18:08:33.351 SystemUIServer[116] MenuCracker see http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker MenuCracker is

Re: Mail directory broken? PBG4 10.5.7

2009-08-04 Thread Charles Davis
Opinions interspersed below; On Aug 3, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Hi folks, While momentarily attending something on Safari, the Dock's Mail icon bouncing attracted my attention. I clicked on it and was informed that (or something like this) directory is broken. To fix

Re: Window position assignment drives us nuts

2009-08-02 Thread Charles Davis
. On Aug 1, 2009, at 11:43 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm thinking that maybe this is designed to do this so you know you have a window open under it and you don't forget about it???... CoolKat -Original Message- From: Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net Sent: Aug 1, 2009

Re: Window position assignment drives us nuts

2009-08-01 Thread Charles Davis
O.K. I've tried (1) closing window from 'File (2) Quitting app With the window located in the desired location. Neither of which places the window correctly when the app is next started. Any more ideas? Chuck Davis --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: PRAM battery?

2009-06-18 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:24 PM, PeterH wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Maybe but it's not a preferred method anymore. Among other reasons there's the risk of electrolytic action on the water pipe. There are dielectric connections available. Yeah!! Right!!The

Re: PRAM battery?

2009-06-18 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 18, 2009, at 6:12 PM, PeterH wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Wake up, and stop trying to be so smart!!! I hold a BSEE from a major western university, and I was employed in a professional capacity in that specific activity by this nation's largest

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 15, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Jim Scott wrote: snip The moderator is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more important than list rules, or protocol,

Re: DSL Modem Question

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 28, 2009, at 5:47 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: I already have a DSL modem but as I have gotten my hands on a different one I want to get some opinions on it. I have a spare for my current modem but if this one is good I might make it another spare. Never know when you might need it.

Re: CCC and Backups

2009-04-26 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:09 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: 1. I feel like making two separate backups, one of my whole drive and then one of my user folder, as if I backup every couple of days and the system does something weird, wouldn't it

Re: Disk Utility

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:42 PM -0500 4/17/2009, DAN A CURRIE wrote: MDD dualie 1.25 / 2 - GB RAM / 2 - 120 GB HDD + 1 - 3 GB HDD / OS 10.5.4. I would like to set the computer up so that I do not need to install the OS disk to run Disk Utilities. What does

Re: Disk Utility

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 17, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Charles Davis wrote: [Hence the reference to booting from the OS disk.] That's OS disc with a c (unless you're trying to be dents?). Otherwise, OS disk is his HD (know won bee sew dents). Sorry Teach!! Till

Re: Disk Utility

2009-04-17 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 17, 2009, at 9:35 PM, Dan wrote: At 7:40 PM -0400 4/17/2009, Charles Davis wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:42 PM -0500 4/17/2009, DAN A CURRIE wrote: MDD dualie 1.25 / 2 - GB RAM / 2 - 120 GB HDD + 1 - 3 GB HDD / OS 10.5.4. I would like to set the computer

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-04 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 4, 2009, at 12:37 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I followed all the directions on the gmail site to set up the account via mail 3.0 using imap. I want to use the gmail account that I am using to write this email on. I have had this account for years. When I open my account through mail

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-02 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-01 Thread Charles Davis
On Apr 1, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Also, can I still check my mail through the website even after I set it up with mail? -Jonas Depends on whether or not you tell 'Mail' to delete things after downloading them. ;-) Chuck D.

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

2009-03-20 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:06 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 7:12 PM, Charles Davis wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Dan wrote: That's re-initializing a drive. You cannot reformat modern drives. The process of zeroing it -- writing zeros to each sector on the drive

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

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Davis
First things First Remove, or at least disconnect the second HD - leave out of the mix until you get the first HD working. [That way THOSE files will be safe from further damage, and probably recoverable later.] [Treat that HDs problems as a separate problem.] On Mar 17, 2009, at

Re: Oh, that nasty cigarette goo!

2009-03-15 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 15, 2009, at 2:37 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: I haven't really had to deal with computers that have been used in a smokers home. You say that goo builds up??? HOW??? just from the smoke or what? I might suggest maybe using rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush... rubbing alcohol ===

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 14, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Clark Martin wrote: PAR wrote: still don't have a good feel for an answer. For example, arctic silver (and comparable products) say they are thermal conductors and not electrical conductors, yet the fine print says it may end up shorting out circuits -- in

Re: Oh, that nasty cigarette goo!

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 14, 2009, at 8:08 PM, MacGuy wrote: Got a mac pro that's spent it's entire existence on the floor, in a cramped space with a chain-smoker for the past year and a half. The thing is so clogged with yellow goo and dirt that the power supply literally caught fire once about 4 months

Re: Mail Redux

2009-03-12 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 12, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Hi, It's actually worse, after I delete emails, and go into another mailbox, if I come back into my Inbox the mails are all back, all 387 of them. And it's always 387!!! Going nuts!!! Those 387 are sitting on your ISPs Mail Server.

Re: Problem with the List?

2009-03-10 Thread Charles Davis
I suspect everyone has been seeing these. dcasp...@comcast.net is where the glitch is, a bounce notice back to GOOGLE is triggering the messages to everyone. JMHO [It's one of those 'Annoyances' that are best ignored. Eventually, they stop.] Chuck D. On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:05 PM,

Re: A minor tale of woe and ass-u-me ...

2009-03-09 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 9, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Ok, so this weekend I became an object lesson for y'all. snip With a link to OS X drivers, which they've had all along, and were present on the CD included, if I'd bothered to look :-) Moral of the story: Don't always believe the box. :-)

Re: HD problems--advice sought

2009-03-09 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 9, 2009, at 2:16 PM, joe wrote: I'm got a G4 AGP with plenty of RAM (1.5 gig because I lent a 512 mg stick to another computer), 1.4 GHz cpu, running up-to-date Tiger (10.4.11) I've got two HDs inside on the regular IDE HD bus. Both are over- sized and partitioned thusly:

Re: HD problems--advice sought

2009-03-09 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 9, 2009, at 5:18 PM, joe wrote: On Mar 9, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Joe; What I would try [Assuming that you have backups of all the files on the HD (both partitions)]. Keep Re-Running 'Disk Utility repair Disk' until there are no changes from report to report

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-06 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 6, 2009, at 2:37 AM, Paul wrote: I just tried this very quickly, and then went on to do other more urgent things, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results. I connected an external SATA hard drive that came out of a dead PC. I was about to change it to standard Mac format, and

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-06 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 3/6/09 9:43 AM, Charles Davis of c...@gamewood.net sent On Mar 6, 2009, at 2:37 AM, Paul wrote: I just tried this very quickly, and then went on to do other more urgent things, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results. I

Re: How can I point iTunes to a new disk?

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Tommy wrote: On Mar 2, 5:56 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:48 PM, yawg wrote: You can move ALL the iTunes Music folder on the smaller System HD to the trash (don't empty unless you're certain the copy on the external HD is

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some seriously impressive open- source chemistry! http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ They've invented a solution that will un-yellowfy old computer

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-03 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:23 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but the Amiga Fan Corps have done some

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-02 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 1, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Linda wrote: On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Dan wrote: Or you could just try the solution we presented. I would try the solution if I knew what it meant. I have never done anything like this. I don't even know

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-03-01 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:59 AM, Clark Martin wrote: Charles Davis wrote: On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:33 PM, tonycd wrote: Pardon me for quasi-hijacking this thread, but I just ran into nearly the same exact problem. Only worse: my external FireWire drive isn't seen at all. (3 partitions

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-02-28 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:33 PM, tonycd wrote: Pardon me for quasi-hijacking this thread, but I just ran into nearly the same exact problem. Only worse: my external FireWire drive isn't seen at all. (3 partitions: a Panther, a Tiger and a Leopard.) Just to try and keep things

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-02-28 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:04 AM, tonycd wrote: On Feb 28, 10:47 pm, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:33 PM, tonycd wrote: I know it isn't the first. I THINK it was the second. (Of course, now I can't find out.) The question is, which format is the Hard Disk

Re: Selecting Startup Disk in Beige G3

2009-02-23 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 22, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 22, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Mullin9 wrote: In the new-world mac, I press option at startup to select the startup disk, But on the Old-World Beige Mac, what key do I push to select the startup disk, If you're using an unsupported

Re: Software Update

2009-02-21 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:13 PM -0500 2/20/2009, Charles Davis wrote: on Dial-up. [...] 6.37KB/sec Several times in the past few days I have found 'Software Update' downloading something --- who knows what --- I haven't told it to update anything. [No scheduled check

Re: Printing

2009-02-20 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 19, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Charles Davis wrote: the Ethernet address that showed up is 169.254.32.118 This is a self-assigned IP address, an address that the device assigns itself when no other source of addresses, such as bootp

Software Update

2009-02-20 Thread Charles Davis
Very annoying --- problem seen only because I have 'Activity Monitor' running constantly to keep track of data packet speeds. [I'm on Dial- up. It gets quite interesting at times --- ostensible 34667 bps modem handshake report. Actual packet speeds as high as 6.37KB/sec Anyway, the

Software Update -- missing info.

2009-02-20 Thread Charles Davis
OSX.4.11 all current updates MDD Dual 1.25 G4s Very annoying --- problem seen only because I have 'Activity Monitor' running constantly to keep track of data packet speeds. [I'm on Dial- up. It gets quite interesting at times --- ostensible 34667 bps modem handshake report. Actual packet

Re: Printing

2009-02-19 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 19, 2009, at 3:05 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Charles Davis wrote: ADB = Apple Data Buss, and yes that is a serial connection. [ADB as opposed to RS232, which is also a serial protocol. There's no such thing as an ADB printer AFAIK. You're talking about

Re: Bondi iMac

2009-02-19 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:57 PM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: Well, now I've gone and done it. I'm trying to fix up a Bondi iMac for a neighbor kid, and it worked just fine till I fixed it. I could not remember to password I had for the admin account, so I just hit it in the head with HD SPeed

Re: Bondi iMac

2009-02-19 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:34 PM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: Bondi no got firewire! On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: snip Have you tried --- Booting in 'Target' mode (via Firewire), and installing from the other machine? Chuck D. Sorry, I took

Printing

2009-02-18 Thread Charles Davis
Problem several printers available --- all ADB. Computer has Ethernet, USB. Was going to use a Beige as interface Ethernet/ADB, when, what do I find in my piles of Misc. but an Asante Talk module with Ethernet, ADB, Power connections. Googling 'Asante Talk', says (I think) that I

Re: Printing

2009-02-18 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:13 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at 05:17PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: Problem several printers available --- all ADB. Computer has Ethernet, USB. Was going to use a Beige as interface Ethernet/ADB, when, what do I

Re: what happened to the trash crunch noise?

2009-02-13 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 13, 2009, at 7:51 PM, MacGuy wrote: for some reason the crunch of the trash went away? here crunchy! here crunchy?hmm.. ideas? Jeff Don't remember exactly where, but someplace among all the things in System Preferences there is a place to specify the 'sound' used for various

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