LOG IN brainlock
Apologiy but It's not teh G5 but the iMac 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo 10.6.8 It's been running for weeks and seems the last time I changed the opening password for starting the machine, I was too clever by half. Just restarted and Even with the hint I used, I can NOT recall what the password is. How dead am I? John V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: LOG IN brainlock
Got restart with SNOW CD and reset password. now it seems the KEYCHAIN system is locked. Right now staring at the dialogue box offering CONTINUE LOG IN... CREATE NEW KEYCHAIN... UPDATE KEYCHAIN PASSWORD the hang here is, if I read this right, I still need to remember my OLD password to keep all the keychain stuff working? Or am I missing something (highly likely) On Apr 24, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 24/04/13 16.19, JohnV ha scritto: Just restarted and Even with the hint I used, I can NOT recall what the password is. Google recovering password osx First result is the one you should looking into: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274 Scroll down to Resetting a user's password in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier, and this should put you back on business. :-) -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
AWORKS oddity
AppleWorks 6.2.9 has started doing something different. When I highlight text, instead of shading it, it surrounds it in a line-box. THen, if I single-click anywhere else on the page, it will NOT un- select the text. John V 10.4.11 Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
cross-machine synch and joining the 21st century
Much of this is likely mundane and searchable in archives... wherever they might be... Machines in play: == a G5 (should be just for audio and graphic work, not web or mail or other outside communication) == an INtel Core duo (should be for most office, regular communications and functions as as well as duplicating a lot of what the G5 does in a pinch) == an intel dual-core Laptop that I think ought to be a portable version of the iMac but also is primarily the location audio recording rig, and an iPhone4 In the last few weeks I have been immersed in a large continuing project wherein the overarching organisation runs on a fairly comprehensive corporate collection of gmail, email, and smart phones all working together with things like TEAMPASS for internal communications and project management. We're setting up a public marketing program involving ALL social media aggressively with me booking talent, keeping track and maintaining constant content updates and additions to a Facebook site, a separate website and others. I am woefully behind on integrating, in ANY way, all of this. Especially the iPhone which is at this point has been set up as little more than a phone, but needs to be the pocket office it can be. In addition the 3 main machines are badly non-synched and disorganised as regards calendars, contacts and any comprehensive consolidation and organisation of a LOT of data for projects spread across internal and external HDrives hung off all machines. The G5 oddly has the most up-to-date CONTACTS and CALENDAR and ITUNES info.. any suggestions, tutorials, guidance or kick-in-the-butt pep talks would be hugely helpful. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: cross-machine synch and joining the 21st century
On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:03 AM, JohnV wrote: .. any suggestions, tutorials, guidance or kick-in-the-butt pep talks would be hugely helpful. Meant to add on or off list... thanks John V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Laptop skype problem
Passing this on for a Close Family Member if that;s ok... Model Name:MacBook Model Identifier:MacBook4,1 Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.4 GHz Number Of Processors:1 Total Number Of Cores:2 L2 Cache:3 MB Memory:2 GB Bus Speed:800 MHz Boot ROM Version:MB41.00C1.B00 SMC Version (system):1.31f1 Sudden Motion Sensor: State:Enabled Problem: Screen turns into a strange mess of colored lines and pixels. can still see mouse but not anything it touches. Trying to click menu bar at top of the screen fails. Unresponsive. Programs running: Skype, DeSmuME (Nintendo DS Emulator) What I was doing: Talking to someone in a skype call, they were sharing their screen. I was clicking back and forth when all of a sudden their feed became a bunch of lines and strange colors. Could still hear them and interact . As we tried to reset the feed and restart the call, eventually the problem was spread through out my computer, not just the feed window. Then my system wouldn't respond and I couldn't see anything much on the screen. JOhn V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Laptop skype problem
On Apr 4, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Laptop skype problem Date:Thursday, 04. April 2013 From:JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net To: G-Group List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Passing this on for a Close Family Member if that;s ok... Would be, but this is the wrong list: Model Name:MacBook Model Identifier:MacBook4,1 Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo This should propably go to the Intel Mac List, not the G-List. D'oh.. of course... my only Macbook is a little later, gets used in the street, not at home much and I spend 99% of my time on teh G5's here in the Room Of Screens. thanks for the thoughts and help... passed it on. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: teach yourself illustrator CS3
Sketchup is indeed used in many many MANY real-world-work situations for cross-platform design work, On Mar 28, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Bruce Ryan wrote: I hate to use the G word here, but Google sketchup's Layout product is prety good for 2D CAD on a budget as well. Thanks! Looks very cool to this non-draftsman - I've forwarded the link to my dad. cheers Bruce -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: New Forums
On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Jim Scott wrote: Based on the continuing soap opera LEM has presented concerning its financial woes over the years, you're probably right. Dan Knight has created a wonderful worldwide online community for Mac people, but he has not managed to find a way to make it self-supporting or profitable on a sustained basis. Unfortunately, this latest effort is confusing and has been badly presented, if at all, to folks like you and me, without whom there would/will be no LEM. I suspect the lack of information from Dan is a mute acknowledgement that this latest move is a loser. Since LEM is Dan's baby, it's up to him to provide leadership and convince all us LEMmings to follow him. As things are beginning to look, we may be seeing the death throes of LEM as we have known it. ... and I will reiterate what I mentioned a little while back, if $$$ donations from us to him (or whom/whatever) is what it takes to keep this going. I'm in. it works fine with other lists I rely on. It's dealt with occasionally and without pressure and when the rare public mention of it comes around (usually after a server has had issues and needed work and folks are discussing the technology) always... ALWAYS, the member folks chime in enthusiastically with back-slaps to the quiet folks that keep-er-running and self-reminders that ...if the admin needs something, i'm sending in a buck or bunches. Some folks can barely afford $5, others more, nobody brags about how much or little, but in order to keep it right, it happens. I hope that who might (or might not) be cowed for the moment will shake it off and step back up to the plate and we can work it out. It's worth it for the very reasons that folks here are saying. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Max RAM for a G5?
I bought a similar G5 from a video producer. He was hurting for faster render times and moved up to an 8-core intel Mac Pro, My audio needs for this machine are perfectly well-met. I don;t know the comparison data specifics, but your render times may well be what teh machine is capable of. My audio needs for this machine are perfectly well-met On Mar 21, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Tom wrote: I'm doing Final Cut video editing with this Mac, and the render times are awfully slow. I sit for long periods just waiting for the render bars to fill up, and nothing can be done until they do--the program is frozen. I could sure get a lot more done if i could speed up that rendering, and some people tell me that maxing out the RAM helps a lot. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Cant Open sound files
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 OS 10.4.11 Over the last month or so I replaced first the #2 internal with a 2T Seagate then yesterday replaced teh failing #1 drive with another 2T seagate and used CARBOn COPY to restore the OS on #1 Today I'm trying to get back to work and I find that the system wont open WAV files... I get this box: The movie could not be opened Mac OS error -50 These wav files will nonetheless open seamlessly into LOGIC and function fine. I can directly open mp3 files normally and they play fine. I just tried a few and it seems no WAV, CAF, or AIFF file will open directly. Any thoughts on this one John Vengrouskie -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: New Forums
I have several mail-list forums I have wprked with for years. It's simple direct and efficient. My experieince currently with YAHOO, which granted is not WORDPRESS, but I have been trying wihtout success to transition to a YAHOO group for a professional recording forum and just an hour ago finished freshly registering to YAHOO 9 shiver) a second time to try and keep in touch with things. YAHOO gave me NO recourse to recover a lost password that involved a real human being in email or phone, and after weeks I gave up and am trying under a new name. What's teh 'advantage' to moving out of an email format? -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: New Forums
One mail list I am devoted to occasionally has folks check in about if the moderator/server person needs help or some cash to help keep the machines running... it's never a lot, it's never begged or demanded, it;s just like a neighborhood block party and you chip in to help make it all work. I know a moderator/operator puts in WAY too much time to keep things in order that we, the users, do not see. We do tend to take that for granted and it shouldn;t be. If that;s the rub here, money tp keep something running, I'm in if it'll keep this easy and email, rather than putting a penny in a corporate pocket on a browser-ad- revenue (seen and unseen) site that's a pain and inelegant. On Mar 13, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Koralatov wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 20:23, Bob Johnson wrote: Are these Wordpress forums email lists, or accessible only via web browser? They're almost certainly not accessible via email, unless they've also setup a mail-forum gateway, which is pretty uncommon. I have to say that I am unlikely to go to a web only forum very often, I like the old school mailing list way of doing things. I'm already member of more web fora than I care to remember, and I use practically none of them. Mailing lists work because I can interact with the using my email client, which I'm already spending large amounts of time using anyway. Having to check a seperate forum means that my already rare interactions will become zero; I don't have the time or patience to sign up for Yet Another Forum Account. For discussion, which is by its nature mostly text-based, a mailing list makes a lot more sense. I don't need or want all the extra overhead that comes along with a forum. Also worth noting that email is accessibly to nearly everyone, even on relatively antique hardware, whereas a forum requires a somewhat modern browser to work correctly. Universal access, regardless of hardware age, is more in keeping with the low-end philosophy than a forum. -- Mike | http://koralatov.com 15.4 `Penryn' MacBook Pro 2.66 | 20 iMac G4 `Key Lime' iBook G3 466 | G4 Cube 500 -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
They're Following Me...
Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) them, but things have moved on. How is it that now I am getting several specific singular ads following me around websites, forums and anything else? I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular things onto my screen. Any thoughts? John V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
Just brought home the 2T seagate , will try putting it in sunday... You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via FWTarget mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara- MacA's files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key Will give you some help doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain access on MacB, but Im not sure. You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as needed. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
I really hope this isn;t annoyingly verbose, and that my ignorance- based concerns about process here may look like I'm somehow arguing with your recommendations which is COMPLETELY not the case. There is , I think, something I failed to make clear. This is a long- overdue clean up of several systems that have been taking over from each other when one or the other got problems, done in a disorganised and ignorant manner over time. That's unpleasant but needs to be understood. IF it sounds confessional, well, I feel like these machines deserve a better caretaker than I've been. No excuse, just fact. I have two main systems here that are supposed to fulfill different functions, they are a mess right now since I haven't dealt well with crashes and transfers over the last 18 months. What I WANT (and used to have clearly) is: the G5 started as a wonderful G5 2.7 dual retired from video production and was a phenomenal audio workhorse. That G5 developed bad issues and is on the bench waiting for a new power supply. I simply moved the drives from it into a borrowed 1.8GHZ DUAL and proceeded from there. It is meant to be primarily a media workstation running the 10.4.11 era LOGIC and FINAL CUT PRO as well as PPC favorite things like AppleWorks and some OS9 stuff that works under CLASSIC. It I don;t plan to use it as regular internet access, though in a pinch it should have the basic capability there if needed. It;s currently the ONLY machine with legacy email history and account setups. The 1.83GHz INtel Core Duo iMac running 10.6.8 is the main everything- else computer (or, again, is SUPPOSED to be), supposed to be handling email, web access and all the usual office and personal stuff. It has iLife and some of the same programs installed on it as the G5 since it was the backup for the G5 at one point, but it's not as smooth working with the PPC programs. What I need (or THINK I need...) is to get the passwords, keychain items and other working elements off of the g5 onto the iMac so it can pick right up doing that. That's be MAIL accounts, log-in ID and Passwords for various website forums (forae?) and commercial sites like AMAZON, etc etc That process of Moving Things from teh G5 to The Imac needs to consider that the iMac is NOT a fresh clean machine but one already running programs on its own, needs some tweaking (it has user accounts that I no longer need on it for example) and my ignorance wonders about transferring EVERYTHING off the G5 to the iMac rather than just what MAIL and SAFARI need to connect and operate in place of the G5 versions. I do understand that there;s a plethora of OS stuff beyond that that may well have to go along to make the system happy. On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: How can I check for RAM problems? Install Applejack, boot in single-user mode and press X after starting Applejack to get to the memory test menu Haven;t done this yet Run disk repair. did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate? Yep/ Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive? No, I see no reason to partition drives unless you have need for multiple OS'es or a dedicated scratch partition. My ignorance to the fore here, Do I recall something about boot partition can;t be bigger than Some Size...? I just slapped the new 2T drive in for HD #2 and it works fine except for the odd sluggish response of iTunes (I have teh iTunes library on HD2) it seems this is just as simple, buy a drive, pop it in, CCC has been backing this #1 drive to the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days. If this is a straight-up volume-volume copy in CCC (and the 'Make Bootable' option is checked), just boot holding down the option key, select the CCC backup to boot from it. I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that the AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED DESTINATIONS ? run CCC to restore everything to the new drive and you're good to go. If it isn't, and you're insistent on sticking with 10.4 then it's a more difficult proposition, since you cannot use Migration Assistant. Don;t follow you there... why does 'sticking with 10.4.11' make this MORE difficult... it's 10.4.11 restoring to itself... or am I missing something? Again with my apparently endless ability to project more problems by assuming I'm missing key elements: INSTALL EMPTY NEW #1 DRIVE Boot under CCC backup (seemingly magically) just transfer CCC backup to empty drive #1 and I should be happy? Wasn;t that CCC backup from a damaged disk in the first place? Do Not Re-install OSX, Do not pass Go , do not pay local Mac Shop $200...? thanks tons for your patience here. I have spent my life doing troubleshoot/repair of analog systems and machines but this common
Re: Molasses response
On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: So long as you do not try to import a user with the same name as an existing one, this is what Migration Assistant is for. You can specify in the dialog whether you want users, applications or 'other files', and you can select users individually. However the imported users cannot have the same short name as an existing user on the iMac. Migration Assistant is smart enough to deal with your concerns, all you want to do is import the user profiles for your needs, which will include all settings like mail accounts, user keychains, etc. Really, Migration Assistant 'just works', and it works well; I use it all the time. thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that stuff from the originating system? There was something I read also about authorizations of things like iTunes and other software that is registered. Again, my ignorance and history of having Unexpected Consequences resulting in mangled systems (or at least not what I intended) from this sort of thing has me badly gun-shy about losing things in a process. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
Bruce (and all of you...!) thanks again for patience and guidance. Onwards... On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: did this, DIsk Utility stops and says the volume has problems Ok you've either got disk hardware issues or it's a corrupted volume. If it's the latter DiskWarrior can fix this. I see advantage to more storage on this machine so going ahead with the HD swap makes sense...? I don;t see a MAKE BOOTABLE option in CCC preferences... is that the AUTOMATICALLY SAVE TO A DISK IMAGE ON NON_HFS+ FORMATTED DESTINATIONS ? No, in fact saving as a disk image is NOT what you want to do. I don't know what version of CCC you're using. 3.4.7 Older versions had a checkbox to allow the backup to be bootable, so long as the drive was formatted correctly and with the correct partition type. Just checked my version (v 3.3.3) and it will automatically create a bootable clone if the drive is properly formatted and you've selected a disk instead of disk image to back up to. so whatever is in the CCC backup -IS- my clone? I was looking in teh PREFERENCES box, adn nothing simply says MAKE A BOOTABLE DISK, there are 5 check boxes for various things - automatically create an archive of lion's recovery HD volume (checked) -automatically save to a disk image on non-HFS+ formatted destinations (NOT checked) - indicate when a block level clone is possible (NOT checked) -dont show a warning when choosing the startup disk as the destination (NOT checked) - ask for confirmation before pruning archive content during an ad- hoc task (checked) You mentioned a few files that CCC complains about. What are they? Cant seem to grab text from the CCC reports i saved... there are consistently 10 files that show up as flagged. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that stuff from the originating system? No, MA is a read-only process, nothing is removed from the old system. are existing things on the NEW system wiped and replaced by the incoming Migration, or just added-to... things like handshakes (user- id + password) on forums and such already on the new system in, say, SAFARI, do those get DUMPED and replaced and I'm left ONLY the stuff from the migrating system's SAFARI info, or does it all get combined (what I'd hope...)? -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
THIS all starts to make sense from what I was reading... what -I- want to do is not what it's set up to do... thanks. You cannot use MA to *merge* two user accounts. You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via FWTarget mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara-MacA's files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key Will give you some help doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain access on MacB, but Im not sure. You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as needed. I don;t mind the tediousness, just the likelyhood of making a mistake or missing something. I got some studyin to do... -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Odd spam emails
I've been getting spam emails (that make it through Verizon;s otherwise pretty brutal filters) that have the NAMES of people I have email and facebook contact with, but the EMAIL ADDRESS is -not- from them. these are typical one-line come-on messages like hey! you need to look at this! lines followed by a URL. at first I thought these people's emails had been hacked and I was on that list but I'm wondering if there's any way it could be ME being hacked, either through my machines here (all macs) or through facebook...? John V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
NAS try again
a couple years back I bought a typical 4-bay NAS box adn found out quickly that Macs don;t play-nice with them. I read an article this morning about using a NAS box as a direct one-wire LAN on a single Mac adn wondered if this indeed might actually work. Other than this, I figure the NAS is a brick as far as I'm concerned here and something like a Drobo has to be afforded? John V -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Molasses response
REMINDER of what this machine is: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 Just tried pulling all the perifs off and SAFE boot and reboot, No Joy there, still the same mess. MAIL will run OK, but APPLEWORKS can;t get but 1/2 started and hang, SAFARI works at first but then takes MINUTES to get the home URL up and on screen. Any function makes the HD seem to work itself a LOT. And in SAFARI it gets worse until there are 10's of minutes between any input (mouse or keyboard) till you suddenly see the screen effect of it. when it hangs up during a LOGIC audio project, it will continue to play back the audio but nothing on the screen moves. COMMAND-OPTION-ESC to bring up the FORCE QUIT box can take seconds or minutes to happen. How can I check for RAM problems? All of this coupled with the CARBON COPY consistent warning (it runs every midnight) that it has about 10 files on what it calls a bad disc area makes me think I should replace the 200GB #1 drive ASAP. Never done this one before, I'll admit. I assume the $80 SEAGATE 7200's at BEST BUY are adequate? Do I want to get something small, or to partition a 2T drive? How do I prep things for this? CCC has been backing this #1 drive to the #2 (2T) drive for the last few days. I want to keep this G5 at 10.4.11 and will check, but should have all the install disks. THanks for the help John Vengrouskie On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 25/02/13 23.09, JohnV ha scritto: several USB and FW external drives hanging off it. First, try using your G5 without any external peripheral connected (save for monitor, mouse and keyboard). Thus you'll know if the problem is related to some peripheral, or the computer itself. Second, run Disk Utility and check your disk(s); your troubles might be related to a disk going bad. Third (after trying the cache trick Kris told you), download, install and run Applejack: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/ (run it in Single user mode: hold Command+S at boot) This will do a general cleanup and get rid of possible system issues. Then, I'd try a reinstall of OSX 10.4.11. I WOULDN'T upgrade to a diffferent OSX version, until the problem has been identified (new things often means new troubles). You can also check Activity Monitor (Utility folder): checking CPU loads, you might identify some process that's hogging the machine. Did you change anything about your Ram lately? Sometimes a bad/failing/troublesome Ram stick might create this kind of symptoms, I think. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Molasses response
Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 OSX 10.4.11 several USB and FW external drives hanging off it. I don;t know how much of this is coincidental and what, if any of it, might point to a problem. A few months back I replaced the second HD from a 300G to a 2T. Put my iTUNES library there and since then it's acted sluggish accessing songs. Last week I got CARBON COPY for 10.4.11, installed and ran it for the #1 boot drive (older 150G drive) onto the #2 2T drive as a backup It did it's backup thing and then pointed out about 10 files that it said were on a bad disc area. at the same time teh system became HUGELY non-responsive, taking seconds of beachball to respond to keyboard and mouse input, progressing to MINUTES of beachball to respond to simple typing on screen, clicks on opening files, seemingly total hangs ( which seemed to be just REALLY long delays in response) to opening programs, ATARI WORKS seeming to hang 1/2 way through startup. Attempts to FORCE QUIT apps would take minutes to respond to, and force=quits would seem to go in stages, minutes long, until eventually getting each program to really quit. In general it seems to be getting itself VERY confused and bound up, resulting in my repeatedly going to hold-the-power- button forced shutdowns. What would be my next diagnostic step here? Thanks John VEngrouskie -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Jury/jerry rigging.
I'm a long time fan of Evan Morris' WORD DETECTIVE columns... http://www.word-detective.com/about/ from which I extract the following: Jerry rig / Jury rig Caught in the rigging. Dear Word Detective: I’m curious about the word “jerryrig,” as in to make do with materials on hand. I recently saw it spelled “juryrig,” but the context seemed to be the same. Is the correct spelling “jerry” or “jury” and what is the origin of the word? What, if anything, does it have to do with a rigged jury? — Jill Fitzpatrick. Not much, if anything. Then again, some of the juries running around out there these days could probably do with a little jury-rigging, perhaps a little money under the table for paying attention to the simple facts of the case. Between turning certain people loose in the face of mountains of evidence and fining other folks millions of dollars for lying on their job applications, juries are rather rapidly reaching a level of credibility formerly attained only by UFOlogists and mail-order psychics. In any case, the “jury-rig” (it is usually hyphenated) you’re asking about has nothing whatever to do with juries in the judicial sense. “Jury” was originally a naval term for any makeshift contrivance substituting for the real thing in an emergency, most commonly found in the term “jury-mast,” a temporary mast constructed in place of one that had been broken. There’s some debate about where the word “jury” in this sense came from, with the leading (but unverified) theory being that it was short for “injury.” To say that something is “jerryrigged” is to mix idioms a bit, because the proper term is “jerrybuilt.” A “jerrybuilder,” a term dating to 19th-century England, was originally a house builder who constructed flimsy homes from inferior materials. The “jerry” in the term may have been a real person known for the practice, or may be a mangled form of “jury,” as in “jury-rigged.” I tend to think that “jerrybuilt” arose separately from “jury-rig” simply because their senses are slightly different. Something that is “jury-rigged” is concocted on the spur of the moment to meet an emergency, but something “jerrybuilt” is deliberately constructed of inferior materials to turn a quick buck. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: can *anyone* advise on Flash PPC problem??
Is Migration Assistant a blunderbuss all-or-nothing tool? Or can it be managed to just the few programs I need... basically I need MAIL archives and accounts to move over, I need browser online passwords and keychain stuff to move over... I want the G5 to be NOT used for any on-line functions and relegated to it's work as an editing system. The intel is the home workhorse. John V. On Feb 9, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: JohnV wrote: Never having done it correctly, what;s the procedure for transitioning getting all email, passwords for websites and all that stuff off the G5 and working on the 1.8.3 intel core duo 10.6.8v intel iMac without losing function and archives? thanks Boot the G5 in firewire target mode, connect it to the Intel and use Migration Assistant to move everything over. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: can *anyone* advise on Flash PPC problem??
How bad is this and are there symptoms of being invaded? Running a G5 dual under 10.4.11 for sound work, Am I right in that I think I need to lock this back to completely isolated use exclusively? I WOULD like to keep it connected to the LAN for access top and from other computers for file transfer. Never having done it correctly, what;s the procedure for transitioning getting all email, passwords for websites and all that stuff off the G5 and working on the 1.8.3 intel core duo 10.6.8v intel iMac without losing function and archives? thanks , 2013, at 2:09 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: With Flash malware in the wild now that's aimed at OS X users, and with Adobe's recent emergency updates I don't understand why more sites aren't moving quicker to HTML5 and ditching buggy Flash? Even Adobe has said Flash is dead on mobile, which means Flash is dead period, so what's the delay in ditching Flash? -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Video flicker
G5 Dual 1.8G 10.4.11 GeForce FX 5200 2 monitors Westinghouse CMC17 1280x1024 DELL E207WFP 1680x1050 These 2 monitors played-nice for months, then the CMC-17 suddenly developed a flickering series of maybe 10 horizontal bands that slowly move down the screen. They are not apparent at all with absolute white or absolute black areas, the more mid-grey things get in an image, the worse the flicker appears. The DELL still looks perfect. This happened when I disconnected everything from the machine to install a larger second hard drive and then reconnected and fired it back up. Where should I be looking for if it's the machine, the card, a cable or the monitor? thanks John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
flicker stays with the Westinghouse monitor On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jan 19, 2013, at 12:02 PM, JohnV wrote: Where should I be looking for if it's the machine, the card, a cable or the monitor? Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Video flicker
OK, this will take some wrangling... a day or two to get at it. Swap the port connections at the back of the G5 observe, then Swap the cables where they go into each monitor observe will do On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 19/01/13 20:34, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. ... and switch the video cables too, to test them as well. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
PPC and Intel Lists (was :Mac Pro Testing Suggestions)
On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 1/10/13 08:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Dear Listers, I would like our Group to start including Intel Macs. I think that many of us are using old G3s, 4s and 5s as well as Intel models. Why, (when) there is an intel group? http://lowendmac.com/lists/macintel.html Exactly. As a model, I'm part of a similar-but-separate moderated lists of audio engineers and technicians. The experience, knowledge and educational content is huge. Even though I'd say there;s a 50% or better core group of common members that are all active and valued members of all THREE lists, the tight control of content- consciousness for each list is truly a blessing. It is seamlessly easy to keep track of all of the lists and content. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: That Thin Line
On Dec 30, 2012, at 9:33 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Jim Scott wrote: You didn't say, but I'm guessing it's a 17 iMac. That particular form factor is notorious for LCD failure, which begins with one row of stuck pixels and progresses to the point where there are so many rows they can't be counted, Here's an alternative to throwing out a good Mac, HiRez screens too. http://www.realmacmods.com/uni4.html For $160 this seems a fine answer... fun project and I don;t throw the useful thing out ... except the old dead screen... (maybe I'll mail it back to Apple...!) -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
That Thin Line
iMac 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo 10.6.8 second monitor screen running Just started having a very thin purple vertical line, seemingly dead- center of the main screen... what portends? -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: That Thin Line
sigh... it's a 17... is the temp answer, with 2 screens running, to make the internal screen the secondary screen? On Dec 30, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Dec 30, 2012, at 5:47 PM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: Just started having a very thin purple vertical line, seemingly dead-center of the main screen... You didn't say, but I'm guessing it's a 17 iMac. That particular form factor is notorious for LCD failure, Think about how many times you've seen a LEM Swap member looking for a good LCD for a 17 Intel iMac, then check the going price for a used one on eBay (@$200), if you doubt me. Been there, done that. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: In the Market for a G5, maybe ...
not hardly specific to teh G5 quads, but I think all these suffer from the dread Capacitor Plague form the period they were manufactured... while it's a singular cause (really bad quality power suppky capacitoers from a specific vendorfor severakl years) the SYMPTOMS, as some/all/none of the caps start to get flakey can look like ANYTHING else going confusingly, randomly wrong with the system. On Dec 27, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Dec 17, 2012, at 9:15 PM, R. W. Smith wrote: I have been using a G5 Quad Core with later cooling system fix for a year and no problems. I am using Protools with SSD and FireWire drives. I think it's an amazing inexpensive tool. Cheers, R. W. Smith I went on and bought a G5 Quad Core 2.5GHz By later cooling system fix, do you mean the last cooling system that fixed the earlier leaking problems? Is there any preventive maintenance you would recommend? -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Folder access
htanks.. Haven;t done this next step yet but will try it. NEW WRINKLE: would this have anything to do with iTunes COMPLETELY losing track of all my music files? Part of this transfer to a new second-internal=drive included my long- time-working iTunes music collection going to the new drive. It -had- been working off the external. Having moved the whole mess onto the new 2T internal, I repointed iTunes to the new location. Yesterday it was working (or so I thought... I still had the old external online) but today, after ejecting all teh externals, every song that it's asked to play pops up a LOST IT dialogue and the exclamation pops up. On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 20, 2012, at 2:02 PM, JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net wrote: Following you as best I can here's what I got: Last login: Thu Dec 20 13:58:45 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5 HD2 Sg2t -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5\ HD2\ SG2T -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' Oops, forgot to tell you that the 's were illustrative! Sorry! new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5\ HD2\ SG2T new-host:/Volumes/G5 HD2 SG2T johnvengrouskie$ ls -al total 688 drwxrwxrwx 23 johnveng johnveng 884 Dec 18 15:49 . drwxrwxrwt 10 root admin340 Dec 18 15:41 .. -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 21508 Dec 20 13:50 .DS_Store drw-rw-rw-7 root johnveng 238 Dec 18 15:41 .Spotlight- V100 drwxrwxrwt3 johnveng johnveng 102 Nov 29 2011 .TemporaryItems drwxrwxrwt3 root admin102 Dec 18 15:41 .Trashes -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 0 Nov 24 2011 .com.apple.timemachine.supported -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 0 Dec 18 15:48 .com.bombich.ccc.start_time drwxrwxrwx3 johnveng johnveng 102 Nov 24 2011 AA DRESCUE WORK drwxrwxrwx4 johnveng johnveng 136 Dec 5 2011 AA TEMP BACKUP OF g5 drwxrw-rw-5 johnveng johnveng 170 Sep 9 16:51 Desktop Ok, I think I know what's going on here, this is your old user account? I suspect the issue is that your userid (not username, but the numeric userID that OS X actually uses to know who you are) is different on the old sytem, and so the Finder thinks you shouldn't be able to get in there, even though you can. You see the same thing if you create another user on your mac, and then go into the Users folder and get into the other user's directory, you see the same - signs This cab be fixed, probably, by takeing ownership via a command in Terminal: (and this time it's the exact command, you can copy and paste this line) sudo chown -R johnveng:johnveng /Volumes/G5\ HD2\ SG2T This CHanges OWNership, recursively, of all the files in that directory to your username and default group (as of 10.3 or 10.4 your default group is a group with the same name as your user directory) This should get rid of the - signs -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Folder access
replaced a second internal 300G HD in a G5 (dual 1.8 10.4.11) with a Seagate 7200 2T drive as part of reorganising a mess of scattered externals. One being a 3Tb seagate external, partitioned as 3 1T drives, that is geting odd with partition A not showing up on all finder windows. USed Carbon Copy to simply copy partition A to the new internal 2T drive. This took a LONG time (875G) but seemed to go fine. What is now on the internal 2T is all of the A partition but a bunch of the folders have a red - symbol on them. what is that? JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Folder access
If any of this sounds contentious, by no means should it be taken so, just being terse and clear to help focus. On Dec 20, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: What is now on the internal 2T is all of the A partition but a bunch of the folders have a red - symbol on them. what is that? That means you don't have permission to access those files. ... but I seem ot have no trouble accessing any of them I've tried... More than likely the 'oddness' the external drive was exhibiting contributed to this issue. If this is just data it should be available to everyone. DO a Get Info in the finder for the volumem, and in the Sharing and permissions section you can shange the permissions. You should see a gear menu like on mine and when you change the permissions, select 'Apply to enclosed items'. Tried this before and tried it just now on your mention. the INFO shows that I seem to have read wrote access. I went ahead and told it to APPLY, it confirmed and I said OK nothing changed for better or worse... still the red sign, still seem to have access. It's odd. I'm still nervous about screwing things up by making a mistake in TERMINAL but I'l give that a try next thanks, John Vengrouskie Maybe, I don't have a 10.4 system at hand to test, but this is where you should go first. There's also a Terminal way of doing this that'll work guaranteed: Open terminal, and type: cd /Volumes And hit return. If you type ls you should see a list of directories that have the names of your disks. do: sudo chmod -R a+rw ./Problem\ Volume\ Name Substituting the problematic volume name. the leading dot slash ./ is important, and you must precede any spaces in the name with a backslash \ What this command does is make all the files in that directory readable and writeable to all users; the -R means do this recursively for all enclosed files and directories. This should make the - signs go away in Finder. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Folder access
Just did teh Terminal thing, using your guide... sweatingly checking my typing 3 times at every step. System warned me of where I was fearing to tread, put in requested password and absolutely NOTHING seemed to happen. re-opened finder window on the second internal drive and ... voila! no symbols. Ignorance is not bliss. Thanks again for your clear careful help here. John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Folder access
CORRECTION. Apologies I inadvertently opened the internal boot drive window, not the second internal drive, and it of course showed no red signs adn I was all-too-ready to see that. Second internal drive still shows same red-symbol nonsense. 7 of the ten folders show red, 3 don't. JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Folder access
Here's what shows up in the finder window for the volume in question all are folders EXCEPT the last item bbc website _CCC Archives AA DRESCUE WORK AA TEMP BACKUP OF g5 - aaa WEB CURRENT EXPORT SITE - Desktop - Desktop Folder - digital pix 2 GC - Gen Docs 2007 - ITUNES 2007 - MUSIC AND MEDIA PROJECTS www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17162066.webloc Following you as best I can here's what I got: Last login: Thu Dec 20 13:58:45 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5 HD2 Sg2t -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5\ HD2\ SG2T -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' new-host:~ johnvengrouskie$ cd /Volumes/G5\ HD2\ SG2T new-host:/Volumes/G5 HD2 SG2T johnvengrouskie$ ls -al total 688 drwxrwxrwx 23 johnveng johnveng 884 Dec 18 15:49 . drwxrwxrwt 10 root admin340 Dec 18 15:41 .. -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 21508 Dec 20 13:50 .DS_Store drw-rw-rw-7 root johnveng 238 Dec 18 15:41 .Spotlight-V100 drwxrwxrwt3 johnveng johnveng 102 Nov 29 2011 .TemporaryItems drwxrwxrwt3 root admin102 Dec 18 15:41 .Trashes -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 0 Nov 24 2011 .com.apple.timemachine.supported -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 0 Dec 18 15:48 .com.bombich.ccc.start_time drwxrwxrwx3 johnveng johnveng 102 Nov 24 2011 AA DRESCUE WORK drwxrwxrwx4 johnveng johnveng 136 Dec 5 2011 AA TEMP BACKUP OF g5 drwxrw-rw-5 johnveng johnveng 170 Sep 9 16:51 Desktop -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 158720 Nov 23 2011 Desktop DB -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 155714 Nov 6 20:42 Desktop DF drwxrwxrwx2 johnveng johnveng 68 Jan 8 2012 Desktop Folder drwxrwxrwx 10 johnveng johnveng 340 Dec 19 17:40 Gen Docs 2007 drwxrwxrwx 11 johnveng johnveng 374 May 29 2012 ITUNES 2007 drwxrwxrwx 10 johnveng johnveng 340 Dec 6 2011 MUSIC AND MEDIA PROJECTS drwxrwxrwx2 johnveng johnveng 68 Jan 8 2012 Temporary Items drwxrwxrwx3 johnveng johnveng 102 Nov 18 2011 TheVolumeSettingsFolder drwxrwxrwx3 johnveng johnveng 102 Dec 18 15:48 _CCC Archives drwxrwxrwx 30 johnveng johnveng1020 Feb 15 2011 aaa WEB CURRENT EXPORT SITE drwxrwxrwx 23 johnveng johnveng 782 Jan 4 2012 digital pix 2 GC -rw-rw-rw-1 johnveng johnveng 270 Feb 26 2012 www.bbc.co.uk:news:world-europe-17162066.webloc new-host:/Volumes/G5 HD2 SG2T johnvengrouskie$ On Dec 20, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:11 PM, JohnV wrote: CORRECTION. Apologies I inadvertently opened the internal boot drive window, not the second internal drive, and it of course showed no red signs adn I was all-too-ready to see that. Second internal drive still shows same red-symbol nonsense. 7 of the ten folders show red, 3 don't. And you can access those files just fine? in Terminal do the following: cd /Volumes/name of problem volume ls -al Look for directories with an @ or a + on the end of the permissions section (the part of the line that starts with a 'd', like: drwxr-xr-x3 johnson staff 102 Jan 9 2011 Backup Extensions, it's 'drwxr-xr-x') ...do they correspond to the folders with - signs? -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Monitor traveling band flicker
G5 1.8 dual running 10.4.11. 2 monitors DELL wide and a Westinghouse 1.33 It's all ben real stable but today I see that teh square Westinghouse monitor has very slight repeating lighter and darker horizontal 1' bands that slowly drift from top to bottom with a little bit of a flicker to them. Something awry? or is it a harbinger of Unpleasantry Soon To Come? -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: screen saver photos
On Sep 26, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Dan wrote: At 2:39 PM -0400 09/25/2012, JohnV wrote: G5 1.8 dual running 10.4.11 on 2 monitors I have a folder of pictures that cycle through the screensaver slideshow thing. Why do some of them still show up sideways (which is indeed the way they were shot)? Yes, I've gone through and rotated those of them rightside-up, and indeed those DO show up correctly-oriented when viewed in the FINDER, or GRAPHIC CONVERTOR and PREVIEW... but not in the screensaver slideshow. Go into the screen saver system preferences, select a different folder then re-select your folder as the slideshow. I've noticed that once it generates the cached image, it prefers it and seems to not re-check the original. Revisiting this, just went back through the folder, took all of the vertical-shot pics and pulled them into PREVIEW, rotated them this way and that and re-saved them upright. Went to the SYS PREFS SCREEN SAVER app and assigned a wholly different folder and closed it. Re- opened it and assigned it back to the folder I want. Vertical pics still all show up sideways when the screensaver runs the slideshow. Any other ideas? John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Ipod/phones and apps confusion
I have 2 original IpodTouch devices, one Iphone4 a G5 dual 1.8 GHz running 10.4.11 this machine has the hard rives from my original dual 2.7 G5 that crashed severely and is waiting resurrection. It was a problematic transition and I'm surprised it's working as well as it is, but it seems stable for a while now with most of my professional-use audio systems re-installed on it.. an iMac1.83GHz INtel core duo running 10.6.8 it had a hard drive crash and was re-initialised by a pro Mac service I trust. It has yet to be completely re-integrated as the main household system running all email and internet access. My confusion: I have a set of apps in the iPod touch that were bought and installed a while back when all the computers were working fine. These apps are NOT apparent on any of the 2 systems under iunes, though I would think they should be having bought them that way. I have a set of apps that are on the iPhone that were recently bought. THese are on the iMac where they should be. I need to get this all back organised and can;t seem to get at the apps on the iPodTouch without SYNCHing them which says it will REPLACE then with what's on teh iMac (NONE of which are these particular apps). I'm really not sure at all how to reintegrate this mess so I can proceed with getting what I wnat where I want it. Anything else I need to supply for clues? THanks John Vengrouskie -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: screen saver photos
Thanks for the suggestion, but I chose a different folder. left SYST PREFS and then went back in and reset to teh one I want no difference, On Sep 26, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Dan wrote: At 2:39 PM -0400 09/25/2012, JohnV wrote: G5 1.8 dual running 10.4.11 on 2 monitors I have a folder of pictures that cycle through the screensaver slideshow thing. Why do some of them still show up sideways (which is indeed the way they were shot)? Yes, I've gone through and rotated those of them rightside-up, and indeed those DO show up correctly-oriented when viewed in the FINDER, or GRAPHIC CONVERTOR and PREVIEW... but not in the screensaver slideshow. Go into the screen saver system preferences, select a different folder then re-select your folder as the slideshow. I've noticed that once it generates the cached image, it prefers it and seems to not re-check the original. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
screen saver photos
I have a folder of pictures that cycle through the screensaver slideshow thing. Why do some of them still show up sideways (which is indeed the way they were shot)? Yes, I've gone through and rotated those of them rightside-up, and indeed those DO show up correctly-oriented when viewed in the FINDER, or GRAPHIC CONVERTOR and PREVIEW... but not in the screensaver slideshow. G5 1.8 dual running 10.4.11 on 2 monitors John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: screen saver photos
They're all jpeg's On Sep 25, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Are they all jpegs or are some of them PDF's? I ran into this kind of thing a while back, and as I recall it was something to do with the PDF format...try saving one of the rotated images as a new file and see if it still displays un-rotated. On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:39 AM, JohnV wrote: I have a folder of pictures that cycle through the screensaver slideshow thing. Why do some of them still show up sideways -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: screen saver photos
so trying a rotate and save in PREVIEw might work ? On Sep 25, 2012, at 5:30 PM, John Laughlin wrote: Could also be that GraphicConverter isn't saving the EXIF data properly. I've run into this issue before, especially if my digicam is set to autorotate. -J -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 monitor extensions
I want to have the G5 moved a ways away from where I want to have the 2 monitors for work. Am I looking at DVI-D dual link cables for this? What is the limit for length? I can see wanting to run these around the corner involving 25' or more if that's workable. John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Selling software?
This is a thornier issue than it would first appear. Absent DRM, the right of first sale is impossible to enforce equitably. Applied to a book or physical recording (record, tape, CD, etc) this line is clear...if you sell the thing, you no longer have the thing. Selling the thing while retaining a copy is much more difficult, and it's very easy to tell which is the original and which is the copy. With digital works that do not have DRM, it's physically impossible to determine if a work being sold is the original or a copy. I think the point here is that there even -IS- a copy... and indeed since it's identical, it matters not if it's the 'original' or not... you paid for the ability to enjoy a single copy at a time. If you 'sell' your 'original' and keep the copy, then you have bypassed the whole value and honesty point of the system. Although I -WILL- go with THIS side of the thorny thing: the paradigm is with , say, a hammer, if you LOSE it, you buy a new one... you lost it. Why is a digital file any different? If you could make a copy of the hammer as a 'backup' then you;d have 2 hammers... one of which the creator of the hammer did NOT get paid for, and indeed his implicit contract with you as supplier of your preferred quality and design hammer is get a hammer's-worth of cash for each hammer of his that you get. ... and hey! if you can make ONE back- up hammer, why not a dozen? Hey! it's a really GOOD hammer and you really like your friends so you should give them each one of your copies... what;s the problem? You already paid for your first one. I'd wager that probably half or more of all the audio CD's available in used record shops live on as audio files on the previous owner's computer (or computers, depending on how many times they've changed hands). -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Security
iMac intel In playing with security/firewall settings while reading aricles on Mac vulnerabilities, I changed a setting and now, when I fire up the iMac (10.6.8) , after logging in, I get a stacked set of identical windows, each asking if I want to ALLOW or DENY a named application to have access. I clicked on DENY on each but would appreciate a clue about what these things ARE. krb5kdc nmbd smbd cupsd AppleFileServer -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Music stream capture app?
My only take on AUDACITY is that, while it seems (both on looking and its reputation) to be very functional, I found it completely at odds with my idea of something even remotely intuitive or ergonomically sensible. I couldn;t mange to get ANYTHING done easily, or instinctively. On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Tom wrote: I'd like to thank everybody for the suggestions. I subscribed to the e-mail for replies, instead of the digest, and I was trying to thank individual responders from there, but found out that you can't reply to individuals that way, only to the list. So my replies to individuals bounced back. But I do thank everyone for the suggestions. Someone first suggested Audacity, which is free, so I downloaded it and am now giving it a try (I found out that you also have to download Soundflower to work with it, or it won't work.) Audacity seems like a good program, although I don't understand all its controls yet. You just let it capture the audio stream for as long as you want, then stop it, and then export the captured audio to a folder in any format you choose (I picked AIFF because Final Cut likes AIFF, and I sometimes use music in my videos). Most of the Audacity controls appear to be for editing the audio. But I have an old copy of Sound Studio that I can use for that, and I'm comfortable with Sound Studio from long use. Anything I export from Audacity can be imported into Sound Studio for any necessary editing (such as separating out the various pieces of music in the captured stream, etc). I see a lot of votes for Hijack Pro, so I'll go check that out too, at least if they have a free version (I'm not averse to paying for a good program, but if Audacity is a typical free one, then these freebies appear to be pretty capable). If anyone has tried Audacity and can compare it to other apps, that would be useful to me also. Again, thanks much for the help.This is a great group! -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Music stream capture app?
(legalities aside...) Soundflower? On Aug 6, 2012, at 2:24 AM, Tom wrote: Our local classical music station now streams music over the web. Is there any way I can capture this pretty music to disk, to listen to later? (I have a G5 running 10.5.8.) -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Eudora replacement
On Jul 23, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: Contrary to popular belief - not everyone has or even wants facebook. I concurr, but FB is a good tools to get figures. In this case we are trying to see if the number of potential users is worth the effort of improving MailForge or building a new app. By the way, regarding FB, there are many ways of using it: you don't need to upload the photos of your family or tell everybody what's going on in your life, you can even use a pen name. what you can NOT do is prevent them from cross-referencing what you give them there, your email, internet machine address, any and all postings and datums gleanable therein, along with that of all the other people who LIKE or MESSAGE or otherwise interact with your page at all, into a remarkably specific and cogent reference on you, and then frighteningly specifically 'helping' you by using any and all information it can get to predictively link you with all manner of people that indeed you are acquainted with. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: What's going on? I just got 967 emails from the group today.
not so, here. maybe 15 msgs today On Jul 20, 2012, at 10:36 PM, smac0031 wrote: The title says everything. My inbox is an incoherent mess, Mark Murphy -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT - How do you get a TextEdit file with half inch margins? - iText
just tried to downlad this and SAFARI crashed... ? On Jul 10, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 10-07-2012 4:10, Jonas Lopez ha scritto: How do you get a TextEdit file with half inch margins? I have tried everything and did get a 1 inch margin, but no half inch, can you help or send an attachment (off list) of your work file. I cannot help you with TextEdit (I never liked it), but I strongly suggest you (and anybody else ;-) to try iText instead! Alas, it's webpage was based on MobileMe, no more available, but you can find it elsewhere, e.g. here: http://download.cnet.com/iText/3000-2079_4-11309308.html It's nice, it's friendly, it has more features than TextEdit, it's simpler to use, and it's free! I've been using it since OS9 times, and I never found anything better for simple (and even not-so-simple) text handling. And, yes, with iText you can set your page margins (in the Format/Page Layout menu), as well as a lot more. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 STUTTERED VIDEO
On May 17, 2012, at 1:04 PM, David W. Morris wrote: On May 17, 2012, at 6:44 AM, JohnV wrote: Where should I look for solving the unwatchable jerky video on this G5? DVDs work fine but anything coming in from youtube is a stuttering jerky mess. Try switching from Flash versions to the HTML5 option with YouTube. You have to sign up for the HTML5 option at YouTube to activate it. AH! It's on the -youtube- end I was looking somewhere for a PREFERENCE seting on MY end... -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 STUTTERED VIDEO
Where should I look for solving the unwatchable jerky video on this G5? DVDs work fine but anything coming in from youtube is a stuttering jerky mess. Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 STUTTERED VIDEO
On May 17, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote: anything coming in from youtube is a stuttering jerky mess Indeed it is. Unless you switched to HTML5 mode. This has me buffaloed. was running SAFARI 4.1.3 went and got tenfourfox and swapped in the modified plugin. (but isnt that still FLASH?) same results (jerky) I must be missing the key point of this. JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: NOOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
On May 16, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: I run into weird formats all the time Yes, but generally you run into the *same* weird formats; i.o.w, relatively few new formats of significant import are being established, let alone actual codecs. MS's whacked WMV format (and docx) throw me all the time. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Installation laptop setup
interesting observatins, Got teh gallery install finished and working the bugs out. Darkening the SCREEN: This installation works with LOGIC in region- repeat playback (hopefully 24/7) and as long as it's in PLAY mode, LOGIC never lets the screen sleep. This is not a big deal as I can just hit PLAY, then manually kill the screen with F2 and walk away. Where it has shown a problem is SOMEHOW, after hours of flawless playback, the thing just goes SILENT. It's still RUNNING... it still is running the counter and the cursor line is moving across the screen like it's playing, but no sound comes out and no meters on the screen are bouncing. Stopping and restarting it doesn;t fix it. what DOES fix it is to click on the green REGION marker bar at the top of the screen and then sound comes back. On May 10, 2012, at 7:27 PM, JohnV wrote: Thanks a bunch Bruce. Exactly what i'd hoped was possible. JV On May 10, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 10, 2012, at 2:43 PM, JohnV wrote: Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Setting the screen to sleep would be good. I don't think other settings will be an issue because Logic will be running and doing things. Since it's on a power supply though, I don't think there will be any issues. Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? you can get laptop security cables pretty cheaply, and lock it to the cart. http://tinyurl.com/7x7p7ae operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Set a good password, and set 'require password immediately after s;eep or screen saver begins' in the Security pane of System Preferences. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/ netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Installation laptop setup
On the topic of this sound installation in a sculpture exhibition, Thanks for teh suggestion to do the 4-chanel subwoofer feed derivation in LOGIC, with an aggregate-device 5 channel output, which I accomplished. the amp rig, using the gear I jhave on hand (larger stuff) was still way more bulk and complexity than I was happy with so I've minimalised the show gear to a MacBook, a 4ch convertor and a pair of 2.1 plate amps. Elegant... as long as it works consistantly. The laptop is running a simple 4-track-file playback in LOGIC on REPEAT as a 24-7 thing on the laptop into a 4ch DigitalAnalog convertor into the amps. As a set-and-forget day-to-day thing, I'm thinking of having the whole room system on a single power distribution unit (for gallery atendants' one-switch ease of operation) EXCEPT for the laptop which would be on its own power feed that would NOT switch off adn just run 24/7. Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Thanks John Vengrouskie Soundscenes DC -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Installation laptop setup
Thanks a bunch Bruce. Exactly what i'd hoped was possible. JV On May 10, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 10, 2012, at 2:43 PM, JohnV wrote: Should I be thinking about things like ENERGY settings or other system prefs that either might interfere with LOGIC and cause it to hiccup, or things that would be a Good THing (like shutting the screen off)? Setting the screen to sleep would be good. I don't think other settings will be an issue because Logic will be running and doing things. Since it's on a power supply though, I don't think there will be any issues. Security issues.. physically: with the laptop hidden inside a walled-up small cart along with the sound amps, any sort of physical retraints anyone knows about? you can get laptop security cables pretty cheaply, and lock it to the cart. http://tinyurl.com/7x7p7ae operationally: with the program running, is there a way to make the computer un-accessible? Set a good password, and set 'require password immediately after s;eep or screen saver begins' in the Security pane of System Preferences. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: HD remounts and Ipod Touch issues
I think I;m starting to sort this out, if not actually SLOVE it, the HD seems to have a bad volume header... other drives are working. the Seagate 1T that dropped off came back with a nudge from MOUNT in Disk Utilities and shows up fine on reboots one iPod Touch wouldn't show up, while another one did Now BOTH are working fine... maybe one was so far discharged it wouldn;t function until it got restored to some level? On 4/26/12 12:50 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:33 PM, JohnV wrote: When an external HD drops off the screen (presumably after going to sleep) how does one get it to re-mount? You've got a USB issue here. First your iPod Touch isn't recognized, now you're saying your HDs are drop off the screen which isn't supposed to happen ever, and both are USB related. You've got a bigger problem than a HD sleep issue because your iPod is definitely wrong behavior for certain, and it has nothing to do with software on your G5, it's a pure hardware issue. You should look in your UtilityConsole logs for error messages related to USB. It's likely you'll see error messages. If your USB ports are bad, you may need to purchase a USB PCI card. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 and lack of ipod connection
For some reason this G5 won't see or charge my iPod touch... thoughts? Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S165) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.11.0 Boot Volume: G5 HD1 150G -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 and lack of ipod connection
this is a 2007 (?) ipod touch. I've been through the demise (and hopefull ressurection) of the G5 2.3 dual and shuffling/reinstalling all manner of production video and audio programs that HAD been a great set of tools on an intel imac and the G5 in the studio. In all that I woulda SWORN I had the thing talking to the 2.3 G5... but I could be misremembering. Maybe I need to migrate the whole iTunes thing back over to the iMac... whole collection is on an extrernal drive anyway. not sure how to do that right tho... On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm pretty sure the new iPods won't work on PPC'c, only Intel??? I can't get my brand new Ipod to work on my G4 TiBook but it works on my MacBook... Maybe someone on here might know a way around it to get it to work??? -Original Message- From: JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net Sent: Apr 25, 2012 10:08 AM To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: G5 and lack of ipod connection For some reason this G5 won't see or charge my iPod touch... thoughts? Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S165) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.11.0 Boot Volume: G5 HD1 150G -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/ netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 and lack of ipod connection
itunes 8.2.1 I know that I had been running 8.4.11 on teh iMac, limiting what version of iTunes would run on it... APPLE broke my ability to even BUY things on iTunes with that. That machine (after a crash) is now running 10.6.8 and has iTunes 10.5.3 on it, but I haven;t used it there . Again, looks like THAT is the machine to have iTunes on... On Apr 25, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Jeff Bequette wrote: You didn't list your version on iTunes, which is important. I'm running 10.6.1(iTunes) on a dual 1.8 G5, Sys 10.5.8, : talking to iPhone 4s, may have to get and test a new ipod.. Willing to take donations. grin On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm pretty sure the new iPods won't work on PPC'c, only Intel??? I can't get my brand new Ipod to work on my G4 TiBook but it works on my MacBook... Maybe someone on here might know a way around it to get it to work??? -Original Message- From: JohnV vengbj...@verizon.net Sent: Apr 25, 2012 10:08 AM To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: G5 and lack of ipod connection For some reason this G5 won't see or charge my iPod touch... thoughts? Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs:2 CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU):512 KB Memory:2 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 System Version:Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S165) Kernel Version:Darwin 8.11.0 Boot Volume: G5 HD1 150G -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/ netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/ netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 and lack of ipod connection
On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:08 AM, JohnV wrote: For some reason this G5 won't see (my iPod Touch). Wrong version of iTunes perhaps? or charge my iPod Touch... thoughts? Bad cable? Bad USB ports? Bad iPod Touch? Should always charge even if you have the wrong iTunes and it can't been seen, so if it doesn't charge, you've got some type of hardware issue with either the cable, the USB, or the iPod. Interestingly it SEES and CHARGES onthe iMac but neither on the G5... -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 and lack of ipod connection
On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:51 PM, JohnV wrote: Interestingly it SEES and CHARGES onthe iMac but neither on the G5... Well that means the cable and iPod are probably OK. Better check those USB ports on the G5. I know... they've been running hard drives just fine! hence my confusion here! -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 and lack of ipod connection
On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:56 PM, JohnV wrote: I know... they've been running hard drives just fine! hence my confusion here! When you plug the iPod in does it show in System ProfilerUSB? nope... looked! -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
HD remounts
When an external HD drops off the screen (presumably after going to sleep) how does one get it to re-mount? John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: HD remounts
On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:07 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:33 PM, JohnV wrote: When an external HD drops off the screen (presumably after going to sleep) how does one get it to re-mount? John V There may be utilities to do this, but you can fire up Disk Utility, select it and select 'Mount' in the top bar. Ignorance is NOT bliss.. so simple thank you and it shows INVALID VOLUME HEADER hmmnnn... -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: News: half a million Macs now infected with malware?
On Apr 5, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Tom wrote: According to this news story on the Drudge website http:// tinyurl.com/ 6wgysep, half a million Apple computers are infected with malware, a trojan disguised as a flash update, that allows other people to hijack the computer. They don't say what OS is involved, or whether every Mac OS is at risk. Does anybody have any details, or is this just another exaggerated non-story? THIS from last fall http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/19/ fake_adobe_flash_malware_seeks_to_disable_mac_os_x_anti_malware_protecti on/ more of that from this past Jan http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57358868-263/new-flashback- malware-variant-follows-xprotect-update/ ABC NEWS SCIEINCE quoting some Russian blog http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/04/mac-os-x-report-virus- infects-60-computers/ -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
On Mar 18, 2012, at 12:45 PM, gifutiger wrote: John, If it is your Spotlight then click on the Spy Glass in the upper right corner and you should see a message that Spotlight is indexing your system. If you have more than one drive then the message will say which drive is being indexed. This is going on constantly, for days (I may have just not paid attention before, maybe it;s new), and when I check SPOTLIGHT it merely hows a blue bar with a blank white window. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Paul Cefola wrote: Does such constant HD activity happen with external HD's attached to Windows laptops? no idea. However this machine -IS- usually networked with the iMAC (I. 83GHz INtel Core Duo 10.6.8) and both have several HD's attached. If it is your Spotlight then click on the Spy Glass in the upper right corner and you should see a message that Spotlight is indexing your system. If you have more than one drive then the message will say which drive is being indexed. This is going on constantly, for days (I may have just not paid attention before, maybe it;s new), and when I check SPOTLIGHT it merely hows a blue bar with a blank white window. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: It sounds as though your spotlight indexes are corrupt. Turning off Spotlight can be done, but then it disables the Finder's Find command as well. I wouldn;t think I'd WANT to disable SPOTLIGHT if it can work right. As Dan mentioned, there;s been numerous discussions of Spotlight in this list, peruse the archives. Excellent, I haven;t looked before, could you point me there? I've found that the main thing with Spotlight index rebuilding is to leave the computer completely alone while it does this; start the rebuild before you go to bed and let it run overnight. This results in a clean rebuild of the index and metadata database, so that it's less likely to get in your way while you're using the system. 'rebuild spotlight' ... is this in the archives, or is it something I can just ask the system to do under UTILITIES or somesuch? thanks again jv -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote It sounds as though your spotlight indexes are corrupt. Here's a good site for fixing problems like that: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html this worked great... or seems to be in the process of doing so. Inside the SPOTLIGHT preferences I 'prevented' all the attached and internal drives, then undid that. It is now indexing, the SPOTLIGHT icon is active, and when I click on that icon it indeed tells me it's doing its job. My FINDER results for searching for certain files has been Hugely Slow and flakey. Now I think I know why. Thanks for this. JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
On Mar 19, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Dan wrote: this worked great... or seems to be in the process of doing so. Inside the SPOTLIGHT preferences I 'prevented' all the attached and internal drives, then undid that. It is now indexing, the SPOTLIGHT icon is active, and when I click on that icon it indeed tells me it's doing its job. My FINDER results for searching for certain files has been Hugely Slow and flakey. Now I think I know why. Ok. That may work, but it might not. Dragging a volume into the Splotchlight system preferences creates a filter that prevents those items from being returned in results. It *does not* physically erase a corrupted index. hmmnn... So, if that doesn't work, use the mdutil directly, as described in that article and the various threads on this list. (which would be the point of me suggesting you check our archives, in the first place). I got right at the archives and was going through the descriptions of both that and other references to working this through the command- line approach (one that always gets my fear factor working!). So far the system seems to be seriously working on doing things right. The same activity on the drives, but the SPOTLIGHT icon is ALWAYS showing that it knows what;s happening. this NEVER happened before. Fingers Crossed. JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
File Handling
Where are the settings (if they;re even in one comprehensive place...) for how file saving and such is handled? Is it global or aplication-specific? Example: I open a program, call up a document or image to work on that is stored in a specific folder where it belongs. I change it some and want to save-as a new file... so I hit SAVE AS and the system opens up a drive path to somewhere-else completely and I have to wrangle the thing back to where I want it to go, usually the same path I got it form initially. I would think this is one of those remedial things I should know my now but it has me stymied. John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: File Handling
On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 19, 2012, at 2:56 PM, JohnV wrote: Where are the settings (if they;re even in one comprehensive place...) for how file saving and such is handled? Is it global or aplication-specific? This is typically managed by the application. Some apps, like Office and Photoshop, will let you set default save points; others will revert to wherever you last saved a file, regardless of where the current file was opened. Still others will do save as where you last opened a file. And all of them will get confused if the volume you last saved to is no longer accessible. Wopuld you know if there is there a trend towards a common place to address this? PREFERENCES usually doesn;t get me to anything helpful. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 Constant HD activity
When I have the system on, why would the HD be constantly quietly chattering away to itself? It'll pause and be quiet for 10 sec or so and then start up again. G5 Dual 1.8 GHz 2GB SDRAM 10.4.11 RUNNING APPS: MAIL CALENDAR TEXT EDIT APPLEWORKS 6 ITUNES 8.2.1 -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 Constant HD activity
mdimport seems to be the one... thanks. On Mar 18, 2012, at 12:03 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, JohnV wrote: When I have the system on, why would the HD be constantly quietly chattering away to itself? It'll pause and be quiet for 10 sec or so and then start up again. Probably Spotlight doing it's thing. Fire up Activity monitor and watch what's at the top of the activity list during quiet times, nbet it's something called 'mdworker', which is the Spotlight maintenance process. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Where's Waldo?
On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 29-02-2012 4:20, JohnV ha scritto: ah, sorry... forgot... getting GC -ONTO- the dock is what I'm trying to accomplish! When you open GC (or any app), its icon APPEARS in the dock. At this point, you can right-click (or ctrl-click) onto that icon, and choose any action from the popup-menu (e.g: Keep in the dock, Show in Finder, etc.). GOOD! thanks! will do! -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Where's Waldo?
On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 29-02-2012 4:20, JohnV ha scritto: ah, sorry... forgot... getting GC -ONTO- the dock is what I'm trying to accomplish! When you open GC (or any app), its icon APPEARS in the dock. At this point, you can right-click (or ctrl-click) onto that icon, and choose any action from the popup-menu (e.g: Keep in the dock, Show in Finder, etc.). ... and the reason it didn;t show up in a SEACH was that I had typed a SPACE between GRAPHIC and CONVERTER It's always the little things -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Where's Waldo?
This will likely be a real ignorant question but... I can start up a program (GRAPHIC CONVERTER) by clicking on a jpg or other picture file. this is all nice and such but I have NO idea -where- GC is residing on the drive... It doesn;t seem to be in the APPLICATIONS folder and a SEARCH doesn;t find it either. What's my next move? Jon V Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 OSX 10.4.11 -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Where's Waldo?
On Feb 28, 2012, at 9:28 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:12 PM, JohnV wrote: What's my next move? Go to the open GraphicConverter icon in the Dock and right-click (Ctl-click) on the icon and when the contextual window opens click Show in Finder. ah, sorry... forgot... getting GC -ONTO- the dock is what I'm trying to accomplish! -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 1.8 dual as server?
It's slower than I need for real work, but can it be a main server for a string of hard drives to archive to? Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 1.8 dual as server?
As some may note, I've been haphazard at this, and this server is about the first chance I've had here to Ask First. I have mess of desktop HD's (and a 4-drive NAS that I found to be useless with the macs) with a mess of duplicates of duplicates of random attempts at 'backing things up , It's embarrassing and I need a structured route to archiving and access to years of projects. While I have no problem methodically wading through things, I need a Large PLace to get it all into. Where can I get a good primer on setting up the G5 as an archive/ server? Assuming that's even the right question to start with! JV On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: It's slower than I need for real work, but can it be a main server for a string of hard drives to archive to? Machine Name:Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type:PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz I use a 450MHz G4 Sawtooth for that purpose and it's fine. A dual CPU 1.8GHz G5 will do just dandy. -- personal: http:// www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- I ... I love you! Oh noo! I don't! -- Awful movie, Ranma 1/2 - -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 1.8 dual as server?
On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote: It's slower than I need for real work Don't you miss your internet bandwidth with the capabilities of a server machine's hardware? Not following you here (surely due to my ignorance!) help? JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 service
I'm about to dive in and replace the power supply in a G5. Caveats? suggestions? warnings? JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 service
DIY. not thinking it's either a logic board or a PS issue... if it's the PS I'm good for less. If it's a logic board, I think it's more practical to replace the machine... On Feb 16, 2012, at 1:38 PM, M Christol wrote: Did you price the repair by Apple or an authorized repair place? On 2/16/12 1:19 PM, JohnV wrote: I'm about to dive in and replace the power supply in a G5. Caveats? suggestions? warnings? JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 issues
On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: Sorry to hear about the (forced) downgrade, but having the mentioned underpowered video card in my 1.8 DP, I was curious, when swapping the video card, did you reset your pram also? (cuda button) http://www.macusersguide.com/2009/05/resetting-pram-nvram- pmu/ Seems like the drivers for it should be standard across 10.4. I run 10.5.8 on my fairly stock machine (4g's Ram, GeForce FX 5200) and had to reset pram just for the memory upgrades. I have switched to the Flash cheat for PowerPc (see archieve) but youtube seems to function fairly well. I have a hanns.g 25 inch monitor and sometimes it seems a little slow on Civilization, the daughters Sims collection definitely ran slow. So much so she thought they were to fast on her Intel 2.0 macbook. Good luck and don't give up on that video card. Ahhh, the video card is the least of my worries. From following the conversations here I've learned just how much I failed to do pretty much EVERYTHING when I started trying to 'migrate' the drives and systems from one machine to another. Ignorance is NOT bliss, but it IS correctable! Of all the lessons, the most constantly-annoying is how NOT to back up iTunes teh WRONG WAY is by simply copying the music library as that does NOT contain all of teh spreadsheet/database cross- referencing information that makes the program professionally useful to me. Not moving the iTunes associated file tha contains the (to me) most important reference info... the DATE ADDED... has left me with several iterations of the complete library on several HD's ALL of which now assume that all the material was added on the date I dragged them all back into the program on teh new machine not to mention 3-to-8 copies of each song.. often missing title or artist info... a problem that requires daily wading through things to find them and excise them on a sort-by-sort basis. While this is the most flagrant to me, it is NOT the biggest problem. THat is the issue of deciding and implementinh what machines will be the core of teh working sudio for the next 2 years, when replacing the whole shebang with new up-to-date machines and software will be afforded. Thanks to all here, especially you who are most annoyed at my slow learning curve with knowing what helps you help me. John Vengrouskie Soundscenes DC -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 issues
When a wonderful 2.0GHz G5 (8G mem) failed. I moved the drives into a 1.8GHz G5 (2G mem) and am really surprised at what seems to be its lack of performance... just doing youtube stuff, even without enlarging the playback, it stutters every 3sec or so on playback. Making it larger makes it unwatchable. Is this the nature of the thing? or is there a problem, or wrong setting somewhere that's causing this? JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 issues
On Feb 5, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: You need to max out both the RAM and the video card on the new one. Hopefully you can move the RAM video card from the dead 2.0 over to the 1.8 without issues. If the 1.8 is a single, you may be able to upgrade to a dual CPU, but that might be a lot of work and expense. I'd concentrate on the RAM and video card for now. You didn't specify the hardware exactly, but if the 2.0 was an Early 2005 dual 2.0 and the 1.8 was an original single 1.8 there could be a quadruple whammy effect of half the CPUs, half the video card RAM, and 1/4 the actual RAM, and slower System bus. SORRY... THE 1.8 IS AS FOLLOWS Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model:PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed:1.8 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed:900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.8f7 Serial Number:YM425AXSQPL VIDEO CARD: Chipset Model:GeForce FX 5200 Type: Display Bus: AGP Slot: SLOT-1 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID:0x0321 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: 2060 Displays: CMC 17: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Depth:32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported DELL E207WFP: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Depth:32-bit Color Core Image: Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported THE 2.0 IS LIKE THIS: Serial number: G851467HQPM Name: PowerMac G5 (June 2004) Model: g5_june_04 Group1: PowerMac Group2: G5 Generation: 2 ModelCode: g5_june_04 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 Model introduced: 2004 Production year: 2005 Production week: 14 (April) Production number: 7191 (within this week) introduced test: GOED CPU speed: 2.0GHz Factory: G8 (USA) WITH A RADEON VIDEO CARD -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 issues
On Feb 5, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:25 PM, JohnV wrote: SORRY... IS AS FOLLOWS The FX5200 is a minimal 64MB video card, while the Radeon is at least 128MB, perhaps 256MB, and a little faster also. Swap in the Radeon video card. and since they both use PC3200 RAM you can also swap in some more RAM from the dead 2.0 while you're at it. Once you have 4GB RAM and the Radeon card the dual 1.8 should be a little quicker. teh 1.8 has 4 RAM slots the 2.0 has 8 slots Are teh RAM sticks different size, and swappable? Other question is can I swap the power supplies, even short term, to see if that is the real propblem with teh 2.0 (rather than a logic board failure)? The 2.0 was a workhorse here... -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 issues
The video-card swap was a no-go. Don;t know why, but the machine would not boot past Blue Screens. Put original card back and it's fine. On Feb 5, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Other question is can I swap the power supplies, even short term, to see if that is the real propblem with teh 2.0 (rather than a logic board failure)? The 2.0 was a workhorse here... 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!!!: http://groups.google.com/group/lemswap/browse_thread/thread/ c733ebfe5d50ddae?hl=en thanks, just emailed him. JV -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G5 issues
Dan, your critiques of my lack of procedure are spot-on and I apologise. It is likely the primary cause for my current state of disarray, having had 3 machines that I relied on professionally, but did NOT know how to properly maintain, fall apart in various ways over the last 18 months, leaving me with a confused mess of badly-migrated systems and restores over several machines. I'm badly in need of bringing this all back to a semblance of simple useful work-sensible systems and, at least for the moment, pretty well not up to the task. both the original 2.0GHz G5 and the loaner 1.8 run 10.4.11 On Feb 5, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Dan wrote: At 1:54 PM -0500 2/5/2012, JohnV wrote: When a wonderful 2.0GHz G5 (8G mem) failed. I moved the drives into a 1.8GHz G5 (2G mem) Did you clear and rebuild the kernel and system caches after you moved the drives? and am really surprised at what seems to be its lack of performance... just doing youtube stuff, even without enlarging the playback, it stutters every 3sec or so on playback. Neither the regular flash player nor perian are memory pigs. And anything over .8 GHz should have no problemo playing YouTube stuff, regardless of the video card. That the stutter is happening every 3 sec tells me there is something else going on. Something else is running on that cycle, or your network connection is having issues. Errant spotlight indexing is a prime candidate. Use Activity Monitor to check things. Use a tool such as AppleJack or OnyX to clear and rebuild your kernel and system caches. Then clear out the user caches. Make sure whatever app(s) you're using to play the videos are up-to- date, ditto the codecs. Then do some speed tests and then some traceroutes to youtube... In the future please provide basic hardware and software configuration information in your FIRST posting. At this point, there are 4 messages from you in this thread and you still haven't said anything about the software environment! We donno what OS is involved, whether it's up to date, what apps, what specific videos, etc... so suggestions that you replace the video card or add memory are totally premature. It makes no sense to recommend expanding memory until you check to see if the memory have is even being used, etc. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: new to the MAC universe.
Weren;t the liquid-cooled G5 quads double dual-core? On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:40 AM, fickit1time wrote: That was weird, i posted a reply yesterday and it never got posted. anyhow here goes: The last part of my serial is MMA and according to that site you posted, it looks like my model is the dual proc 1.0 (not the FW800). Although it does have 2 firewire ports, i'm not sure what the differences are. it has only one cpu so i'm assuming when they say dual proc, they mean dual core. No they meant dual-processor. There were no dual-core PowerPC cpus ever used in Macs. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
G5 quad
Any reason why a late 2005 G5 quad would show a different serial number on the side label vs the system profile info screen? I'm looking to buy. John V -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OS9
It has been a whiole since I ran classic OS after a few minutes remembering-by-sight-touch what's in there... I re-found the memory allocation thing... got it going! thanks JV On Jan 8, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 8-01-2012 22:37, JohnV ha scritto: seems ok until I try to sitch photos at which time it spous a warning box claiming I ned to allocate more memory to the app. SYSTEM PROFILE says QTVR has 16M assigned. this G5 has 2G so where/how do I fix this? Ah, the good ole MacOS times! :-D In OSX, memory allocation is dynamic: i.e, the O.S. gives any program the memory it requires, when it's required (more or less). In OS9 (and previous), you had to set the memory amount for each program. To set it up, click on the program's icon, select Get Info from File menu; you'll get a window with the three memory setup. The bottom one is the memory you reserve for that app. -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
