Re: Digital cameras, pocket camcorders and the Mac
I have to ad, I used the Kodak with a 2.66 Mhz iMac, so It does not reflect any OERFROMANCE on a G4 or lesser hardware Mac. The kodak is also takes HD movies so... But, I have used many cameras with the G4 and had no problem: Kodak, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, etc (an older USB only cameras, before the advent of memory cards for cameras). On Nov 20, 8:13 am, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: On Nov 19, 12:30 pm, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: I am considering buying a Nikon Coolpix Touch camera. Has anyone had experience with it and the Mac? Also, I am buying my son a pocket camcorder, either a Vado or Flip. Any comments are either of these? My wife just got a Flip HD camera. I'e only used it briefly. Over all it seems pretty good. It's a fairly solid piece of hardware. It worked right away, I shot a video and downloaded without any trouble. The one bad thing is the fixed USB connector (the flipping part), unless your computer's USB port just happens to sit at the right position the camera is either hanging by it's USB connector or the computer is using the camera as a foot. A short extension cable cures that problem though. Note that the requirements for it are an Intel Mac. This version, the HD, produces a 1280 x 720 video so a faster machine will be needed to play the video. I just tried it on a 1.4GHz G4 Mini and the video was very choppy, unwatchable. Maybe a G5 could play it (to stay on topic.) -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?
Is this a different topic? I want to be able to run OS 9-bootable (and run Illustrator, Photoshop) on an imac with 10.5.8 Tiger snow?) On Oct 2, 7:21 am, beecaretaker ben64sm...@googlemail.com wrote: On Oct 2, 5:31 am, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: Thanks, Yersinia, but that option, to install the OS 9 drivers, is not offered by the Disk Utility that is on the Tiger Installer. So I dug around in my old disc collection and found a 10.1 installer disk, but discovered on starting up with it that it has no Utilities menu on it at all. It cannot erase and format a drive, it can only install 10.1. However, I accidentally let it install 10.1 on thisiMac'shard drive (once it got started, there was no way to stop it, and I was afraid to just shut the Mac off, so I let it do the install and figured I'd erase the disk later), and when I opened the Disk Utility on the installed 10.1 System, it DID offer to erase the disk and install the OS-9 drivers. However, the erase and format options were all grayed out, because Disk Utility cannot erase and format the disk that it's running from, the startup disk. So the situation we have here is this: the Tiger installer disk doesn't offer the option of OS-9 drivers. The 10.1 installer disk has no Disk Utilities on it, but after you install 10.1, its Disk Utilities DOES offer the 9 drivers, but you can't do it because it's the startup disk and it can't operate on itself. Now, I do have some external hard drives, and my first thought was to install 10.1 on one of them and then start up theiMacwith it and format the Mac's internal drive that way, but all my external drives already have 10.4 on them, and you can't install an earlier version of OS-X over a later version. So, I'm stymied for a way to get the OS 9 drivers. Any ideas? Tom Tom, If you only want classic support within OS X then you don't need the OS 9 drivers, you only need them if you want to BOOT into OS 9, Classic will work fine without them. Also you don't need to partition your HDD, 9 X will both live happily side by side on the one partition either as classic or dual- boot. Also see Chris Tilfords post about partition maps, This threw me once, I could not understand why my Apple partitioned drive would not boot, then almost by accident I found that the partition table was fat32 with an Apple partition on-top of it!! Good luck, they are nice machines, Although I have an InteliMacI still use my 800MHZ G4 iLamp running 10.5 (Used the open firmware hack to install) . Ben. -- 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: Hardwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
why do you care? On Nov 20, 5:40 pm, John Musbach johnmusba...@gmail.com wrote: What was the point of this empty posting? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Nov 20, 2009, at 4:00 PM, MacDiva wrote: I deduct from what Martin said, that you are right and not right at the same time. You can find the SMB option in leopard a leopard snow but not in theOS10.3.9that runs in my G4. But then it is related to platform since you need that to be set in order to have the XP access the 10.5.xOSmachine. You don't find that setting in 10.3.9. That does not need to be set explicitly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9. Am I right? On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote: As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to dig to find out how to do that. I thought the sharing options had more to do with theOSversion of the software more so than the platform you are running. my G3 BW 10.4.11 has windows sharing and personal file sharing as options... if the imac was running 10.4.11 would the same apply?? thanks! -- 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- 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: Digital cameras, pocket camcorders and the Mac
I am using a Kodakwho is similar to the Flip and works perfectly with the Mac. Any camera should be compatible with a Mac, they are all the same connections, etc. They usually come with a cable that attaches to the camera and the USB port of the computer for easy transfer. Or, you use a USB card reader that attache sto the mac USB port and insert the memory card in the reader. Either way, it is very easy. On Nov 19, 12:30 pm, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: I am considering buying a Nikon Coolpix Touch camera. Has anyone had experience with it and the Mac? Also, I am buying my son a pocket camcorder, either a Vado or Flip. Any comments are either of these? jane -- 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: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
MY error, I did not mean wireless in the forst sentence.. OK . Correction: My goal is to do with cables... The wireless is in another room and I don't want to connect them (cause I could) with wires to that router-- cause it can work also. On Nov 19, 4:50 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't understand what you want at all. One minute you say that you want to create a hardwired local only network, then you speak of wireless routers. Is your DYNEX router giving out DHCP address to your local network? I asked this before, but you seem determined not to give clear answers. --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining connection that is not working: The XP cannot see the iMac. I added the iMac to ”Network Places“ in the Windows XP and it shows up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything else I can change in the iMac or the XP to make it ”shareable“. On Nov 19, 1:48 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: WAN = wide area network (the internet) LAN = Local area network (your home network) Both can be wireless or hardwired. --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create a physical LAN -- 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: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
Thanks, Martin, you were very clear and to the point, and your answer is right. Thanks so much to be on point on the question. I think this closes the thread. Other issues are irrelevant. On Nov 19, 7:22 pm, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I FINALLY DID IT! By Myself! As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to dig to find out how to do that. After looking in the Internet and finding the same problem over and over and no one providing the answer, I looked at the iMac help and the answer is this: Exactly as you say, MARTIN, it just took one click to set “share using SMB” and voilá, I could access the iMac from the XP. QUOTE: To set up Windows file sharing: Choose Apple menu System Preferences, and then click Sharing. Select File Sharing in the list, then click Options. Select “Share files and folders using SMB.” Select the name of the user account that will share files and enter the password for that user. Click Done. END OF QUOTE: Remember, iMac does not have “WINDOWS SHARING” among the options, just file and printer sharing. This is apparently a very obscure fact. Because I saw this question over and over in the internet and no one had posted this solution. Hope this helps all gurus out there, Give the address of your computer to Windows users you want to share your computer. On Nov 19, 5:04 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: MacDiva wrote: yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining connection that is not working: The XP cannot see the iMac. I added the iMac to Network Places in the Windows XP and it shows up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything else I can change in the iMac or the XP to make it shareable . Macs can use AFP (AppleShare), SMB (Windows sharing) or FTP to see other Macs. Windows uses SMB only (unless an FTP client is used). Is Windows Sharing enabled on the iMac? So two Macs being seen by each other but not by a Windows machine means that Windows sharing is probably not on. In Leopard this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / File Sharing / Options - Share files and folders using SMB. And make sure at least one Account is checked too. In Tiger this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / Windows Sharing. And make sure at least one Account is checked too (using the Accounts... button). Also check the firewall to make sure it is either off or the Windows sharing port(s) are open. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
I deduct from what Martin said, that you are right and not right at the same time. You can find the SMB option in leopard a leopard snow but not in the OS 10.3.9 that runs in my G4. But then it is related to platform since you need that to be set in order to have the XP access the 10.5.x OS machine. You don't find that setting in 10.3.9. That does not need to be set explicitly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9 . Am I right? On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote: As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to dig to find out how to do that. I thought the sharing options had more to do with the OS version of the software more so than the platform you are running. my G3 BW 10.4.11 has windows sharing and personal file sharing as options... if the imac was running 10.4.11 would the same apply?? thanks! -- 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: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
It is a router, NOT a switch. It is a DYNEX 10/100M Router On Nov 18, 1:29 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 11/18/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I want to make a physical LAN by wiring 3 computers to a network router. Is it a router or a switch? If you don't know the answer then tell us the make/model number. -- 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: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. On Nov 18, 1:42 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:16 PM, MacDiva wrote: The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the XP. I had wired the XP to the router with a simple ethernet cable, but I could see from the LEDS that it was not in the network, so I wired it with a crossover cable to the router. Fine, now I can see it is in the network--somewhat. This makes me relatively certain that you've connected the XP system to the WAN port of the router, rather than a LAN port. Try moving it to another port. -- 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
Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create a physical LAN On Nov 19, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, MacDiva wrote: The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. ?? Typically these sorts of routers have a WAN port (for connecting to the cable/dsl modem) then (usually) four LAN ports for the local network. -- 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
Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining connection that is not working: The XP cannot see the iMac. I added the iMac to ”Network Places“ in the Windows XP and it shows up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything else I can change in the iMac or the XP to make it ”shareable“. On Nov 19, 1:48 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: WAN = wide area network (the internet) LAN = Local area network (your home network) Both can be wireless or hardwired. --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva newri...@gmail.com wrote: I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create a physical LAN -- 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
Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac
I want to make a physical LAN by wiring 3 computers to a network router. I don't want to connect them through wireless when I am not using the Internet; main reason? The internet corrupts my XP! So, I disconnect them form the internet and power the ethernet router. This is what I have. (1) Ethernet router to which all 3 PCs below are hardwired (2) a 10.5.8 OS, 2.66 GHz, Intel core 2 Duo Imac (3) Windows XP PC (4) G4 PPC notebook, 10.3.9, 800 MHz There seems to be a problem with the XP seeing the iMac and the G4 seeing the XP. The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the XP. I had wired the XP to the router with a simple ethernet cable, but I could see from the LEDS that it was not in the network, so I wired it with a crossover cable to therouter. Fine, now I can see it is in the network--somewhat. === Problem: The XP cannot see the HD of the iMac and the G4 cannot see the XP though teh G$ can see the iMac. So, the question is, what settings do I have to twick t make this happen? === Thanks for all your contributions to solve this problem -- 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
