Re: LogMeIN question
On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Bruce, i don't write fast enough to get the series of numbers when that message pops up! It does seem like the sequence you mention. I tried to do a copy/paste, but couldn't copy. The next time, I will try to get as many numbers as possible. Command-shift-3 is your friend. That takes a screen shot of the whole screen which you can examine at your leisure. Just so I am understanding this, though, LogmeIn will NAME the computer (like Phil's PowerBook, MacBookPro, etc...), right? Yes, but thats for computers you know. If you can ID the message, it will help -- 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
Re: LogMeIN question
Jane, You can press Shift+Command+3 when that message comes up. That makes a screenshot of your entire screen which you can open with Preview. -- 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 28, 10:08 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: The computer has a number, though, but no name. 1. Is this a suspicious computer or does LogmeIn give numbers to the computers? What is the number? Is it an IP address (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn ?) can you post it? Connecting through LogMeIn is a connection attempt; someone may be trolling you for vulnerable systems. Crude but surprisingly effective given that many, many idiots will just blindly click yes on any dialog that comes up. -- Bruce Johnson Bruce, i don't write fast enough to get the series of numbers when that message pops up! It does seem like the sequence you mention. I tried to do a copy/paste, but couldn't copy. The next time, I will try to get as many numbers as possible. Just so I am understanding this, though, LogmeIn will NAME the computer (like Phil's PowerBook, MacBookPro, etc...), right? 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: The computer has a number, though, but no name. 1. Is this a suspicious computer or does LogmeIn give numbers to the computers? What is the number? Is it an IP address (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn ?) can you post it? Connecting through LogMeIn is a connection attempt; someone may be trolling you for vulnerable systems. Crude but surprisingly effective given that many, many idiots will just blindly click yes on any dialog that comes up. -- 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: LogMeIN question
On a related issue, does anyone know for sure what logmein is trying to do when it connects to their web site after bootup, but when the program is not running? Is this a request for updates, which I'd want, or a way of telling their site or others logged into their site, that my machine is available to be connected to, which I would not want? When I connect one of my machines to another with that service, they have the name/number I gave them as identifiers when I signed that machine up. So, I tend to agree with Bruce that this may be a fishing attempt if you do not recognize the name/number as one you set for one of your machines? On 3/28/11 1:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: The computer has a number, though, but no name. 1. Is this a suspicious computer or does LogmeIn give numbers to the computers? What is the number? Is it an IP address (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn ?) can you post it? Connecting through LogMeIn is a connection attempt; someone may be trolling you for vulnerable systems. Crude but surprisingly effective given that many, many idiots will just blindly click yes on any dialog that comes up. -- 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 25, 11:21 pm, Jane, (Portland, OR) janespra...@comcast.net wrote: I have installed LogMeIn on my G4 PowerBook and MacBook Pro and Intel iMac. In the past few days, I have received a message box that says a computer wants to connect to the iMac thru LogMeIn. The computer has a number, though, but no name. 1. Is this a suspicious computer or does LogmeIn give numbers to the computers? 2. The choices in the message box are Block or Allow. I have selected neither and after several seconds the box goes away. Does that mean that I have allowed this numbered name computer access to my iMac? This may be related to the LogMeIn --- or not. I have one of those large rectangular UPS back ups that the iMac is plugged into. Also in the past few days, the alarm has gone off several times. I am not sure exactly what that alarm means. Does it mean power failure or interruption or something else? Tonight that alarm went off and the power was just fine. When I woke up the iMac, the LogMeIn message box that I mentioned was on the screen. Your comments and thoughts? Jane Ok, we've solved the problem about the UPS - I turned the power switch on/off and all is OK. Now , what about the LogMeIN? Is that numbered computer one of mine or is it an attempt to get to my Mac? 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
LogMeIN question
I have installed LogMeIn on my G4 PowerBook and MacBook Pro and Intel iMac. In the past few days, I have received a message box that says a computer wants to connect to the iMac thru LogMeIn. The computer has a number, though, but no name. 1. Is this a suspicious computer or does LogmeIn give numbers to the computers? 2. The choices in the message box are Block or Allow. I have selected neither and after several seconds the box goes away. Does that mean that I have allowed this numbered name computer access to my iMac? This may be related to the LogMeIn --- or not. I have one of those large rectangular UPS back ups that the iMac is plugged into. Also in the past few days, the alarm has gone off several times. I am not sure exactly what that alarm means. Does it mean power failure or interruption or something else? Tonight that alarm went off and the power was just fine. When I woke up the iMac, the LogMeIn message box that I mentioned was on the screen. Your comments and thoughts? 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 25, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: This may be related to the LogMeIn --- or not. I have one of those large rectangular UPS back ups that the iMac is plugged into. Also in the past few days, the alarm has gone off several times. I am not sure exactly what that alarm means. The alarm means that the UPS has switched to battery power, or that the battery is failing. if this isn't accompanied by a general power failure, it's usually the battery alarm. Check the UPS manual. -- 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
Re: LogMeIN question
On Mar 26, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 25, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: This may be related to the LogMeIn --- or not. I have one of those large rectangular UPS back ups that the iMac is plugged into. Also in the past few days, the alarm has gone off several times. I am not sure exactly what that alarm means. The alarm means that the UPS has switched to battery power, or that the battery is failing. if this isn't accompanied by a general power failure, it's usually the battery alarm. Check the UPS manual. You can also get an alarm on low mains voltage. Best answer is to RTFM. 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Clark Martin wrote: The alarm means that the UPS has switched to battery power, or that the battery is failing. if this isn't accompanied by a general power failure, it's usually the battery alarm. Check the UPS manual. You can also get an alarm on low mains voltage. Best answer is to RTFM. Low mains usually dims the lights, too, at least when it's enough to trip the UPS alarm. -- 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 26, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: You can also get an alarm on low mains voltage. Best answer is to RTFM. Low mains usually dims the lights, too, at least when it's enough to trip the UPS alarm. I seem to get this fairly often, and the lights only dim perhaps one of three times. Another third of the time I hear a major appliance kick on just before the alarm, this can be a washing machine, or a refrigerator compressor, or an air conditioner. The final third of the time there is no outward sign, the alarm just goes off on it's own. It's a major hassle because resetting the alarm will kill the Mac, which makes zero sense to me since the whole idea of UPS is uninterrupted power so you'd think that you should be able to reset the alarm without interrupting the power, but that's not how it works, so I must then Shutdown and reboot. I've got two of these units, and both test out good for the batteries, so I'm assuming I've got some sort of voltage issue with my mains. My house is fairly new, and I've never had problems with electricity for any other uses other than these UPS alarms going off about once a week or so. -- 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: LogMeIN question
Previously, at 3:06 PM -0500 3/26/11, as Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I seem to get this fairly often, and the lights only dim perhaps one of three times. Another third of the time I hear a major appliance kick on just before the alarm, this can be a washing machine, or a refrigerator compressor, or an air conditioner. The final third of the time there is no outward sign, the alarm just goes off on it's own. It's a major hassle because resetting the alarm will kill the Mac, which makes zero sense to me since the whole idea of UPS is uninterrupted power so you'd think that you should be able to reset the alarm without interrupting the power, but that's not how it works, so I must then Shutdown and reboot. I've got two of these units, and both test out good for the batteries, so I'm assuming I've got some sort of voltage issue with my mains. My house is fairly new, and I've never had problems with electricity for any other uses other than these UPS alarms going off about once a week or so. IINM, dimming lights are a sign of an underwired house. I'd contact an electrician or your power company (they might not charge you, even!) p. -- Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. -- Thomas A. Edison -- 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: LogMeIN question
On Mar 26, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 26, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: You can also get an alarm on low mains voltage. Best answer is to RTFM. Low mains usually dims the lights, too, at least when it's enough to trip the UPS alarm. I seem to get this fairly often, and the lights only dim perhaps one of three times. Another third of the time I hear a major appliance kick on just before the alarm, this can be a washing machine, or a refrigerator compressor, or an air conditioner. The final third of the time there is no outward sign, the alarm just goes off on it's own. Most of the time I got a low voltage alarm there were no other visible signs. It can happen if the line voltage is just low and otherwise minor dips in cause the alarm but won't be noticeable in the lights. It's a major hassle because resetting the alarm will kill the Mac, which makes zero sense to me since the whole idea of UPS is uninterrupted power so you'd think that you should be able to reset the alarm without interrupting the power, but that's not how it works, so I must then Shutdown and reboot. I've got two of these units, and both test out good for the batteries, so I'm assuming I've got some sort of voltage issue with my mains. My house is fairly new, and I've never had problems with electricity for any other uses other than these UPS alarms going off about once a week or so. You might check to see if the trip point is selectable, some UPSes allow this. Personally I'd be leery of a UPS that cut power when resetting the alarm, that is a bad design. 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: LogMeIN question
For what it's worth, I have several UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) since each computer gets its own. They are simple to open replace batteries. Complete Battery franchises have them. Get them off the back of the shelf ask how to interpret the date marks to buy freshest batteries. I keep a 100 watt incandescent bulb in a clip on flood light fixture to plug into the UPS. If I can't pull the AC plug and keep the light brightly lit, the battery gets replaced. I usually keep a spare battery for that purpose of each size. The best are about 3 inches wide, four inches high and six inches long (approximately). When power goes out, shut down the system. Batteries are made to allow safe shut down, not keep a computer running several hours. If you leave the computer turned on over night, close everything so you don't lose data if power goes out. Whenever a UPS is intermittently beeping and is plugged in with power on nearby items, suspect the battery. Don't ever use a UPS on a printer, which draws too much power and is not critical like data. Mike Bauchan On Mar 26, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Mar 26, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 25, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: This may be related to the LogMeIn --- or not. I have one of those large rectangular UPS back ups that the iMac is plugged into. Also in the past few days, the alarm has gone off several times. I am not sure exactly what that alarm means. The alarm means that the UPS has switched to battery power, or that the battery is failing. if this isn't accompanied by a general power failure, it's usually the battery alarm. Check the UPS manual. You can also get an alarm on low mains voltage. Best answer is to RTFM. 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 -- 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
