Re: Question about how Time Machine works

2009-09-05 Thread Tom
John, the not-yet-dead drive in this Mac is a 500-gigger. Big enough, I suppose, to be useful in an external enclosure for archiving something. Or something. Hey, I just dropped by the Apple website to see if I could pick up any pointers on using Time Machine, and it appears that one does not

Re: facebook/social networks

2009-09-05 Thread Beniamino T. Cenci Goga
I'm on facebook with some 200 friends, but still haven't used it for anything else than wasting time. I recall a friend of mine, quite a shy person, saying: “isn’t facebook that thing to help you find people that you had lost contact such 10-20 years ago? Well if you lost contact for so

Re: facebook/social networks

2009-09-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Beniamino T. Cenci Goga ben...@gmail.comwrote: I'm on facebook with some 200 friends, but still haven't used it for anything else than wasting time. I recall a friend of mine, quite a shy person, saying: “isn’t facebook that thing to help you find people that

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread beecaretaker
On Sep 4, 11:23 pm, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: First, stop using degrading terms like fag. Bill Connelly, Artist Who's Offended by Racism Firstly the real Billy Connelly has a better sense of humour, and

Re: Internet vulnerability

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
John Niven wrote: -- On Fri, 9/4/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: A browser just sitting there isn't going to do anything. You can get autorefresh going, then there's the remote possibility that some malicious site could cause a problem with the 3rd or 4th refresh,

Re: iTunes shuffle question

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
WhyOSX wrote: You're right. but it's a way to solve such a problem. iTunes runs without real problems on my G4/733 (Tiger), as on a 5400 G3 or even a PB 1400cs/166 with 9.1 installed - which was a little tricky. Try it on a PM 6100 or PB 5300. It will run, but nothing else will. When I

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
Ian Prickett wrote: Hi I'm building/rebuilding a tray load Xserve G4 to use as a headless home server and I had a few questions: 1) I'm planning on installing 10.4 or 10.5 via Firewire Target mode from my other xServe G4 (slot load), is this the best way or should I install the o/s

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread Timo Wirkman Virkkala
Damn. I was going to respond that the fagbook comment suggests to me an antipathy to cigarette butts but I was not quick enough: First, stop using degrading terms like fag. Perhaps the original poster is British, over here fags are things that kill you (small white carcinogenic tubes

Re: Network Problem

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
Dan wrote: At 9:37 PM -0500 9/4/2009, Fred Thiel wrote: I networked my PowerMac G4 to my G4 eMac with a wireless Belkin router. Both are running OSX 10.4.11 and personal file, DVD and Personal Web sharing are checked on both. I can see the applications that are on my eMac from the

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 3:14 AM, beecaretaker ben64sm...@googlemail.comwrote: (NNB Artist or Artistic is also used as a euphemism for a homosexual in the UK!) And homosexuality is more commonly accepted as a person's choice. Since Public School Cane thrashing is still a popular sport. I

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Timo Wirkman Virkkala wirk...@gmail.comwrote: Because it encourages public displays of private information, it is not completely safe. It's a goldmine for identity thieves. They may mine data, and fake it that way. But you should know how to protect that by

Re: iTunes shuffle question

2009-09-05 Thread WhyOSX
I'm sorry, my 6100/66 runs a 7.6.1 and I will not change that. Lars WhyOSX wrote: You're right. but it's a way to solve such a problem. iTunes runs without real problems on my G4/733 (Tiger), as on a 5400 G3 or even a PB 1400cs/166 with 9.1 installed - which was a little tricky. Try it on

Re: facebook/social networks

2009-09-05 Thread WhyOSX
You got me totally wrong; that was not promotional - how could it be, there is nothing to win. I just wanted to give an example of a non-boring social network. Lars On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:09 PM, WhyOSX phil.desa...@online.de wrote: Join here, and you may change your mind:

crash on shutdown

2009-09-05 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Here is what I did: I used target mode from an iBook G4 to my iMac G3. I needed to use the iBook's DVD drive to install an upgrade to OS 10.4 onto the G3. The installation ran smoothly, but now, when I shut down the G3 I get Apple's small black multi-language screen that tells me that I need

Re: Linux on PPC- which distro? ... and G3 project.

2009-09-05 Thread Vic
On Sep 4, 9:24 pm, Paul Kemner zkem...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu (and I would guess Edubuntu) aren't very slim, and I'd expect they'd gobble a lot of resources on an older computer. We've used Xubuntu on some older pcs, but still... I just finished installing Linux on an old Wallstreet.

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread Bill Connelly
On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:18 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: This stuff should be obvious to everyone with a highschool diploma. No one should NOT know how gay bashing relates to racism. NO ONE! If citizenship was based on a test of the ideal ( I said ideals, not the actions ) of the

Re: crash on shutdown

2009-09-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 5, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Any ideas what might be going on with the iMac? Try reinstalling the latest COMBO Update on the iMac and see if that solve the issue. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a

Re: lock email

2009-09-05 Thread Michael J. Amato
I'm talking about a separate computer user account, desktop and all... On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Michael J. Amato wrote: Why not set up a separate user account for the computer complete with password? because it's not just the account

Re: Wireless Network Problem

2009-09-05 Thread Zaphod
. Let me know what OS you have and I will try to help you the best I can. Sorry about the omission. I have OSX 10.4.11 on both machines. Locations of the volumes in get info on both look to be ' / '. Applications seem to be the only files I cannot see. Fred

Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Paul
Rather than struggle with a PCI wireless card that might be the wrong chipset (though it works fine in a PC), isn't there a device that's somewhat like a wireless broadband modem/router - wireless and connected to the Mac through the Ethernet port, but without the plug to connect to cable or DSL.

Re: Question about how Time Machine works

2009-09-05 Thread iJohn
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Tomtba...@nmia.com wrote: So, with two drives backed up in Time Machine, I should be able to boot from the OS installer disk twice, and each time restore the contents of an old drive to its new replacement drive. Yes, you should not need to install OS X to a

Re: Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 5, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Paul wrote: Rather than struggle with a PCI wireless card that might be the wrong chipset (though it works fine in a PC), isn't there a device that's somewhat like a wireless broadband modem/router - wireless and connected to the Mac through the Ethernet port,

Re: Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Chance Reecher
Yes, they have them, and they're called Wireless Bridges. But they cost about 50$, and for that amount of money you could get an AirPort card for your mac and a WiFi router. On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Paulpper...@gmail.com wrote: Rather than struggle with a PCI wireless card that might

Re: Is there a way to Lock email messages?

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:57 PM, WhyOSX wrote: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running', or were there only Huey, Duey and Louis ? I must have mis-spelled them; please send a correction. Vaguely I recall Bruce Dern doing something on a computer, so there must have been one. Haven't seen

Re: Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 5, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Paul wrote: From a quick read on the Internet, I found that some wireless DSL routers could work as bridges. ANY wireless router can act as a bridge if you want to go that route, I saw a Airport going on the swap list for $20 the other day. -- Bruce Johnson

Re: Is there a way to Lock email messages?

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 4, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Mike (Moon is a Harsh Mistress) True. Which (fortunately) after the cinematic horror that was Starship Troopers, they've never made into a movie, even though of all of Heinlein's novels MiaHM would seem the most logically film-able. --

Re: Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Paul
From a quick read on the Internet, I found that some wireless DSL routers could work as bridges. Since used wireless DSL routers are often available very cheap, this may be the way to go. However, like almost everything else related to computers when trying not to spend to the max, it will take

Re: Question about how Time Machine works

2009-09-05 Thread Tom
Yes, if I can work Time Machine from the Leopard installer disk, you're right, I should be able to restore to both new drives in a single step. What I would do is just install the two new, empty drives, then fire up Time Machine from the installer disk, and tell TM to restore first one disk and

Re: Another way to do wireless?

2009-09-05 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, If you are willing to tinker a bit, it can be much cheaper. I made mine for $15. I bought an Airlink AR430W from Fry's and reflashed it with the DD-WRT firmware. It works fine as a wireless bridge. Fry's dropped that brand, but there are a bunch of wireless routers compatible with

Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

2009-09-05 Thread WhyOSX
Thank you, Bruce! I could have asked wiki or google, because I knew they got the names after the pathfinder Ducks. And the robots performed a medical operation on Bruce... Vaguely I recall Bruce Dern doing something on a computer, so there must have been one. Haven't seen Silent Running in

Re: Question about how Time Machine works

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 5, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Tom wrote: Yes, if I can work Time Machine from the Leopard installer disk, you're right, I should be able to restore to both new drives in a single step. What I would do is just install the two new, empty drives, then fire up Time Machine from the installer

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/4/09 6:10 PM, Ian Prickett ian.prick...@gmail.com Broadcast into the ether: 2) Compatibility question, does any one know if the video cards for these were specific, can I use a card from a Powermac G4 QS (at least to get it up and running) after that I want to use screen sharing to

Re: facebook

2009-09-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/4/09 1:11 PM, Charles Lenington macso...@tds.net Broadcast into the ether: I keep getting invites to fagbook. What is it, is it secure, why do i want it. does it run on macs? This thread is dead. No further posting on this topic is allowed. This always happens on a holiday weekend

My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread cheryl
I am using a Quicksilver 2002, 933mhz with 896mb ram. Lately it's been running slow, especially on the internet. I went through and deleted all the game files I'm not using, etc, but it's still slow. I've run the disk utility. Is there anything else I can do? I have a lot of jpg image files

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

2009-09-05 Thread Ian
It would but the tray-load xServe has no media drive. :) I'm going to try installing 10.4/10.5 client on an ADM in the slot load then transfer it into the tray load and see if it boots, anyone know if this will work? Slot load is a 2*1.33 G4, tray load is a 2*1.0 G4. On Sep 5, 1:07 am, Clark

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Bill Connelly
On Sep 5, 2009, at 6:28 PM, cheryl wrote: I am using a Quicksilver 2002, 933mhz with 896mb ram. Lately it's been running slow, especially on the internet. I went through and deleted all the game files I'm not using, etc, but it's still slow. I've run the disk utility. Is there anything

Re: lock email

2009-09-05 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I can set up 20 user accounts on my machine but that doesn't solve the bigger problem. J On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Michael J. Amato wrote: I'm talking about a separate computer user account, desktop and all... On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 9:29

Re: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

2009-09-05 Thread WhyOSX
I have the LP of the sound track, music by Joan Baez ! On vinyl, of course. Lars On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:39 PM, WhyOSX phil.desa...@online.de wrote: Thank you, Bruce! I could have asked wiki or google, because I knew they got the names after the pathfinder Ducks. And the robots performed

RE: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread WhyOSX
There are 1.8 GHz update cards by Sonnet, but they are astronomically expensive - around 250 $ US they reach on the eBay. I'd like to have one for my G4 b/w/733MHz/1GB and can't afford it. Surely a 'full' disk is a little slower at startup, but not after it's completed. Close any application

Processor upgrade for pismo??????

2009-09-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I just bought a lot of 6 g3 powerbooks on ebay, one of which is a pismo g3 500MHZ. I know that back in the day there was processor upgrades for them. My question is, is there any still available today? -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: Processor upgrade for pismo??????

2009-09-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 5, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I just bought a lot of 6 g3 powerbooks on ebay, one of which is a pismo g3 500MHZ. I know that back in the day there was processor upgrades for them. My question is, is there any still available today? Rare, but available, scout e-bay.

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread lyne
Slow while surfing the web, working with Photoshop Elements, watching video (didn't used to be choppy, now it is). The games I've been running are supposed to be for a faster processor, 1.8ghz, but I have more memory than required and oddly they work pretty well. On Sep 5, 4:30 pm, Kyle Hansen

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/5/09 4:27 PM, WhyOSX phil.desa...@online.de Broadcast into the ether: Slow while doing what? Surfing the web? Everything? Word? Games? --Kyle --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Chance Reecher
What kind of video has become choppy? Flash? MP4? H.264? I have a G3 iBook that used to handle Flash video quite well, but that was 2 years ago and through the Flash updates over time it has become unable to play Flash video anymore. Chance On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:40 PM, lynechelyh...@gmail.com

Re: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

2009-09-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:16 PM, WhyOSX phil.desa...@online.de wrote: I have the LP of the sound track, music by Joan Baez ! On vinyl, of course. Lars If I let the memory come into my head i will remember the songs. Something haunting and sweet and relevant too. yeah. It will take a while

Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

2009-09-05 Thread DLC
Hi all, Maybe this is an Apple joke. Just had to do a fresh install of Leopard on a G5. After a couple of glitches all went well. Booted it up and launched Safari to download the 10.5.7 Combo update. Ah! Was ist dieses ganz ungefähr? (what's all this, basically)- My Safari is completely in German

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Richard Gerome
Hey Cheryl, Have you done any updates lately??? Sometimes when you do software updates the new updates will slow things down... CoolKat -Original Message- From: cheryl chelyh...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 5, 2009 6:28 PM To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: My G4 seems to

Re: Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

2009-09-05 Thread Richard Gerome
Hey Dana, You might have to reinstall it again and choose English for your language... You might have installed it with German checked for your language??? CoolKat -Original Message- From: DLC dlcatft...@verizon.net Sent: Sep 5, 2009 9:34 PM To: G-Group

Re: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

2009-09-05 Thread Paul Kemner
I remember him pouring over a manual, I think to program the bots to work on his leg. Didn't he also do something so they could act independently? I also seem to remember a computer that handled navigation and the engines that he used to head for Saturn. Nothing with a personality, though. There

Re: Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

2009-09-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:34 PM, DLC wrote: Maybe this is an Apple joke. Just had to do a fresh install of Leopard on a G5. After a couple of glitches all went well. Booted it up and launched Safari to download the 10.5.7 Combo update. Hope this was a typo, it's now 10.5.8. Ah! Was ist dieses

Re: Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

2009-09-05 Thread Peter
Am Sep 5, 2009 um 9:57 PM schrieb Kris Tilford: On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:34 PM, DLC wrote: Maybe this is an Apple joke. Just had to do a fresh install of Leopard on a G5. After a couple of glitches all went well. Booted it up and launched Safari to download the 10.5.7 Combo update. Hope

Re: Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

2009-09-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Sep 5, 2009, at 8:34 PM, DLC wrote: Any way to get all back to U.S.of A.? Opps, I forgot, you're in German, so it's not System Preferences, it's probably Systemeinstellungen, and then International will hopefully be the same? And as Peter said, you don't select as I said, but rather

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Paul
Two simple things to try. One is to run some kind of hardware diagnostics. The second is to install your system and one or two main apps on another hard drive and run with just that for a while. If your apps run at their former good speed, that would be a clue. Then if you run Apple Software

Re: My G4 seems to be running slow

2009-09-05 Thread Bill Connelly
How much stuff do you have on your Desktop? Clean It 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

Re: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

2009-09-05 Thread Clark Martin
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I am an avid card model builder . I saw these last year. Glad you reminded me of them as they would be a cool Fall weekend project.. Good for a robot theme halloween. Whoever ran the three little guys in the movie did better acting through remote

Digital Camera

2009-09-05 Thread Stephen Conrad
OK, I am now using OS X 10.4.11 on a Quicksilver I thought I'd try again to se if I could access 2 older Digital Cameras (both are the same model) so I downloaded Macam 0.9.2 (after searching for Macam OS X 10.4.11) and the Driver for that camera (SS702, got it from a link off this list). So far

Re: Network Problem

2009-09-05 Thread Zaphod
On Sep 4, 11:25 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:37 PM -0500 9/4/2009, Fred Thiel wrote: I networked my PowerMac G4 to my G4 eMac with a wireless Belkin router. Both are running OSX 10.4.11 and personal file, DVD and Personal Web sharing are checked on both. I can see the

Re: Digital Camera

2009-09-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I am now using OS X 10.4.11 on a Quicksilver I thought I'd try again to se if I could access 2 older Digital Cameras (both are the same model) so I downloaded Macam 0.9.2 (after searching for Macam OS X 10.4.11) and