Re: Safeguarding Volumes

2021-08-19 Thread 'Bruce Johnson' via iMac Group
h disk image in subsequent clones, or would I “Restore” each volume to permit updating the clones? I would not use disk images. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this m

Re: iMac G5

2021-05-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
SGTT11Pzf0sMd435hZorzt2R8_iYW3PntnDcgnqw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 o

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 16, 2021, at 8:22 PM, Paul Londoner mailto:paul.londo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bruce Johnson, I thought I should tell you how things have moved on for me. I never said I could afford anything like $649, or even $400! I'd never even heard of Fleabay before, but I joined and fou

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-04-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 1, 2021, at 7:49 AM, Paul Londoner mailto:paul.londo...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bruce Johnson, I've done some more research on the Apple Appstore using the facility of clicking on the link "runs on this MacBook Air" to check compatibiliy on older versions of macOS an

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
are available for purchase https://www.apple.com/shop/help/downloadable_software -- 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 the iMac Group, a

Re: Which Mac group?

2021-03-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
ogle groups all I can say is groups that I am a member of or have read using Google Chrome. I can't bring up an index listing lots of groups. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --

Re: External backup drive recommendations

2021-01-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
n the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CANYKXbnmVNsPB1Db0Attd7L%2Bu%2BKaeCHQ9C0fBR56YeQQsa0_cQ%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/CANYKXbnmVNsPB1Db0Attd7L%2Bu%2BKaeCHQ9C0fBR56YeQQsa0_cQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Bruce Johnso

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
iTunes drive from there before you can include the iTunes in the backup. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
n! me The directions are here: https://www.macworld.com/article/3153995/how-to-make-sure-time-machine-backs-up-external-drives.html Time Machine automatically puts external HD’s on the exclusion list, so you have to remove the iTunes drive from there before you can include the iTunes in the backup.

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
s a single volume and then point the internal HD and the iTunes folder on the (now) external iTunes volume to Time Machine. Time machine isn’t picky about the drive formatting it’s backing up, just the formatting of it’s drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Informati

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
have (imo) at a minimum 2X your backed up data as free space, 3X is closer to optimal. So I’d look at how much you have to back up to start, and size it from there. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely c

Re: Video editing question

2020-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
ep end make sure iMovie doesn’t do what you need; I’ts worth a try anyway, and for someone new to the process offers a gentler learning curve... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You re

Re: Backing up options for the new OS

2020-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
her or not I can back up everything using Time Machine given the way it’s all configured now? And is Time Machine the best tool for backing up, or should I continue using CCC even though it may not be compatible with the new OS right away? All thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance, as always! --

Re: Keychain loosing passwords

2020-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
word; it’s something in the way the sites are written. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: Mail vs. Gmail...?

2020-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
-7f67-4283-894b-4196723b773fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 the

Re: Mail vs. Gmail...?

2020-08-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
nsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/a5acdfd7-7f67-4283-894b-4196723b773fo%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/a5acdfd7-7f67-4283-894b-4196723b773fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
mputer labs… -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lo

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
are present on the logic board in a 2014 to host a socket for the PCIe SSD’s such as used in Macbook Air’s , the socket itself is missing :-( so on a 2014 you’re limited to a single drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions d

Re: Catalina vs. iTunes: some questions

2019-10-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
now? I’ve seen no indication that Apple’s abandoning Time Machine any time soon (although there have been under-the-hood changes with Catalina ) but external drive backups like you’re describing are straight forward Finder disk copies, so that’s not going away either. -- Bruce Johnson Univer

Re: CD/Disk Drive needed

2018-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
ibed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizon

Re: symantec

2018-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
t hand. All the best, On Jun 29, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Jun 29, 2018, at 6:40 AM, R. A. Cantrell mailto:rac...@gmail.com>> wrote: Listers, I have not owned a desktop Mac for some time. I recently acquired an iMac

Re: symantec

2018-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
or in OS X in the /Library/Application Support folder for Symantec -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for

Re: What is the lock port on my imac computer?

2018-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
It’s the spot you can attach some sort of security lock: https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204392 (see all the way at the bottom) Like this : https://www.compulocks.com/imac-security-cable-lock-cl37-four-dial-combo-lock.html -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: I need help with my 2002 imac G4 17" all in one desktop

2018-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
ome sort of client application. Your particular hot spot should have come with directions of some sort. -- 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 o

Re: Why did I receive the post about a Saudi Billionaire and the US Senate?

2018-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
I visited the iMac list page ( which Google calls a group ) I do not see anything on there about a Saudi . -- 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

Re: Migration Worked but not Keychain Local Items

2018-04-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
tp://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googleg

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

2017-12-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
friend got from an accountant she knew. The top rows and left hand column with the row numbers from VisiCalc were permanently burned into the monitor. Basically the thing spent 8-10 hours a day 5-6 days a week doing spreadsheets. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: Now this is Apple like the good old days!

2017-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
ebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: Those lazy, crazy IIFX days of old, when Macs were almost literally worth their we

Now this is Apple like the good old days!

2017-12-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
/10kMac.png?dl=0 -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http

Re: using tv as monitor disables computer display

2017-11-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
lt;mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fr

Re: need schooling

2017-11-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
what should be in FINDER? this is my iMac 9,1 eddie On Thursday, November 9, 2017 2:12 PM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Al Poulin mailto:alfred.pou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Apple Stores quit their own One to One service

Re: need schooling

2017-11-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
apps you're talking about, or wht you’re trying to do. Welcome to the Mac :-) -- 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 the iMac Group, a

Re: Extracting audio-only from DVD audio

2017-10-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://group

Re: Merging jpegs...?

2017-09-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
cake; $40 is dirt cheap for the functionality and Thorsten has been a Mac supporter basically forever. I’m quite happy to give him my hard earned money. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You rece

Re: Malware on my iMac

2017-08-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
sts have kinda merged together in my memory... -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs an

Re: Malware on my iMac

2017-08-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
malwarebytes.com/topic/177821-anti-malware-for-mac-os-x-1075/ -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: Driver locations?

2017-08-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
ers move them to the trash and restart. If you can find an ‘Uninstaller’ for the device drivers in the installation package, this is the best because that way you can be reasonably sure all the bits-n-pieces are removed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Inform

Re: Apps and windows behaviour in OSX 10.9 Mavericks

2017-08-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On Aug 5, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > >> On Aug 4, 2017, at 11:16 PM, GMail Valter Psicof >> wrote: >> >> Hi, I just upgraded my iMac 24" Early 2009 to OSX 10.9 (from OSX 10.6), and >> I found a new behaviour I dislike. >

Re: Apps and windows behaviour in OSX 10.9 Mavericks

2017-08-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
e any app manually before shutdown. > > Ideally, I would like a behaviour like it was in 10.6: windows kept open > between restart, apps do not. > Do you know any way to make it possible in 10.9? Maybe with some Terminal > wizardry? :-) > > (googling this gave nothing) Perhaps an

Re: early 2009 iMac dead after using patcher tool to install Sierra

2017-07-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
more troubling, because even if the internal disk is fubar this should still work. All I can suggest is try resetting the PRAM (boot while holding down command-option-P-R for a couple boot chime cycles) and seeing if that works to allow booting from an external volume. -- Bruce Johnson Univer

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
g into some pretty arcane hardware driver stuff. One (kinda remote) possibility is look into using Automator to make a script to raise the brightness on login? The app you have may be controllable via Applescript. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Techn

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
d they NOT be?!? Russell Courtenay July is national what month? tinyurl.com/julybeans<http://tinyurl.com/julybeans> Sent from my iPhone -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You r

Re: Early 2009 iMac with Sierra (unsupported)-Brightness won't work

2017-07-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
n so that I can follow it and implement it. Or >perhaps someone can point me to a place that clearly explains how to fix this. If you could provide a link to this solution rather than just implying it exists, those of us who are technically proficient may be able to help :-) -- Bruce Johnson Uni

Re: FaceTime/iSight question(s)

2017-04-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
m. I assume that > will change once I get the above resolved...? > My wife and I have had issues like that in the past, solved by having the other party call back. We’ve had it happen in both directions. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

2017-04-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
of your OS from the web and all will be well if your > had isn't damaged. > I don’t believe that was available until OS 10.7; this is a G4 iMac; the latest OS it can run is 10.5. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions d

Re: imac 17 inch flat panel spin and freeze spinning will not start please help

2017-04-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On Apr 8, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: > > If that doesn’t work, press the Command-V keys immediately to see the verbose > boot screen “press the command-V key immediately while starting up”…I meant. Sorry for the confusion -- Bruce Johnson University of Ari

Re: imac 17 inch flat panel spin and freeze spinning will not start please help

2017-04-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
ediately to see the verbose boot screen. A lot of text will flow on the screen, but what we’re interested is the line where it stops. That could give an indication of the issue. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opini

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-04-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
ac I thought there was no support for that in macOS.!? How exactly does that work? The interface emulates a mouse, or graphics pad. Same principle as Wacom’s droolworthy Cintiq screen/pads. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institu

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-04-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
y website I go to for a couple weeks is going to have ads offering to sell me 19” touchscreen monitors 8-) > This should do the trick perfectly. Thanks! Bill -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely custo

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
geared towards commercial/industrial use, whereas the cheaper ones are geared towards home use; not as rugged. But if your use case is not severe one of those 21” $199 ones would work, I’ll bet. On Mar 31, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Bruce Johnson > wrote: Newegg has a bunch of them: <https://www.

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
” $199 ones would work, I’ll bet. On Mar 31, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: Newegg has a bunch of them: <https://www.newegg.com/Touch-Screen-Monitors/SubCategory/ID-514> Most are 16:9 aspect ratio, though... On Mar 31, 2017, at 9

Re: Touch-screen monitor question

2017-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
gle Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson Uni

Re: USB Digital Video Converter

2017-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
ough info to hunt down the drivers, or at least the OEM. if mac drivers exist… But, as Michael Shaw says any non-slot loading optical drive will also work with those 3” cd’s. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have op

Re: Forgot Keychain password

2017-03-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
aptops where I work: I set up the mac with our standard IT support local account, install all the required apps, printers, VPN, etc, then delete that file and hand it to the end user. They can set up the account name they want and password, so we never have to write those down ;-) -- Bruce Joh

Re: Forgot Keychain password

2017-03-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
some point you do recall the old password, you can retrieve the saved items in it. -- 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 the iMac Group, a

Re: Replacement For Bias Peak?

2017-02-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
Fission is one <https://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/> . No experience using it, though other RA apps I’ve used in the past are great ‘it just works’ programs... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely

Re: iTunes won't burn a playlist in order

2017-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
ht order? > As always, my thanks in advance! Here’s a possible solution <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2532221?start=0&tstart=0> (I vaguely remembered doing this to fix one of mine, back in the day when I still burned CD’s…) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona Col

Re: Mysterious Question Mark (?) Appears Sometimes

2017-02-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
roup" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
7;m okay. Should probably burn a new disc just on principle. > > Thanks! > > Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or > dirty optical drive in the Mac. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmac

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
n principle. Thanks! Was this on the same machine you had that DVD error on? Might be a failing or dirty optical drive in the Mac. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this me

Re: CD won't import

2017-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
iTunes? Maybe try importing it first via Audacity thence into iTunes? Make a disk image of it and see if THAT imports? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message bec

Re: Error 36 while copying a file

2017-01-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
legroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 the iMac Group, a grou

Re: MediaHuman Audio Converter?

2017-01-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
t that program, but Audacity can do this. I know it imports FLAC. <http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_exporting_to_itunes.html> ffmpeg is a simple install on the Mac; they have an OS X installer : https://ffmpeg.org/download.html -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
o real chance of recovering decades-old NMR studies or Xerox Star docs (we had two of them in the College when I got here in ’91. Amazing machines. ) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You recei

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
a!” I feel like the Data Security Dalek: "DE-MAGNETIZE! DE-MAGNETIZE!” 8-) -- 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 the iMac Group,

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> wrote: On Jan 4, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Zeke Ulrey mailto:sansuig900...@gmail.com>> wrote: I'm two hours south of Spokane, WA. Anyone know of a functioning 500Mhz or higher G3 iMac, anywhere? (E

Re: Working G3 iMac?

2017-01-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
Should fit without too much modification (although you will likely need to disassemble it) and connect to the internal VGA port. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message bec

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

2016-12-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Re: Running Snow Leopard Server

2016-12-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
in wrote: > > Thank you Bruce, > > And could I install the client SL to run my legacy FMP instead of using the > SL server? > > Thanks > Al Poulin > >> On Dec 2, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Bruce Johnson >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 2, 2016,

Re: Running Snow Leopard Server

2016-12-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
it, directly. You will be able to install SL Server in VB, Parallels or VMWare Fusion VM's -- 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

Re: Macs and viruses

2016-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
e. It was educational for them; and prompted a few questions like: "What would happen if this happened to my home computer?” “You would have to pay the ransom, or just restore your latest backup. You DO have a latest backup don’t you?” “Oooohh” :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona

Re: Macs and viruses

2016-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
are solution, and it sounds like your wife is well versed in the ‘delete key’ method of dealing with them :-) Backing up your stuff is important, because drive failure, computer failure, damage or theft is much more likely than a malware infection. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: How to keep the thing from going to sleep

2016-11-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for thos

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-10-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
r cartridges, locking out refilled carts. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs

Re: iMac 24" Early 2009 - Power consumption info

2016-10-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
the Mac may well not be optimized for power consumption. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using App

Re: Can't import a CD to iTunes

2016-10-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
player that had a USB port to allow you to use it as a CD-ROM drive and it worked. Do the CD’s play in a normal CD player? Maybe it’s a damaged disk. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --

Re: Printer recommendations?

2016-09-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, mer

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
s pictures are still part of the built-in desktop pics in Sierra… Thanks again. You know your stuff. <='o } Thanks! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this mess

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
them up to see if it worked! If you move fast and avoid corrosions you should be ok. SwampThing lasted as my primary desktop for several more years, although I did eventually update the CPU, RAM, and Video card. I only replaced it when I went to an Intel mac. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizo

Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

2016-09-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
laining about how slow they were, and swore our “Windows” (not really) network was to blame, because he was downloading 4 and 500MB NIH datasets and they were taking forever. I replaced the hard drives with SSD’s and his *network* speeds went up. because the bottle neck had been those gawdawful 5400 rp

Re: OS X backup script

2016-08-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendma

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

2016-06-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
doing the clone is a very good idea. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMac

Re: Trouble booting from external drive

2016-06-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
partition and select GUID as partition type. Also, updating the RAM in that iMac is easy and IIRC they’ll take up to 8 or 16gb. 2GB is marginal even for Snow Leopard. with 4 or 8 gb that iMac will run a LOT better. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Tech

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
o take over stolen iPhones as well. It’s a hard call. Of course from Apple’s POV it’s not hard at all; they’ll cheerfully sell you a new one! ;-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You rec

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
ed by the carrier if it’s a cellular device, although if the device is to be used on the same carrier that may not be necessary? I”m not sure about the latter, but I do know that when I got my current iPhone, the original owner had to remove it from their Apple account before I could use it.

Re: second hand Mac--no administrative password

2016-06-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
o restart the Mac. It will now come up like it’s a brand new Mac and prompt you to create your user account (which is an admin account). Nothing else will be changed, but all the files and such under the old admin account will be under that account. Fixing it so that you have access to those files

Re: Help

2016-05-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
e the problems, then the issue is something with your regular user account. Re-installing OSX doesn’t fix this; but diagnosing the issue will taske some detective work. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely c

Re: SSD over Firewire 800/400

2016-05-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
ary of the LCD vertical synch cable, it’s quite delicate and easy to break…make sure you get a good grip on the connector. In my case my forceps slipped off, grabbed the wires and quite efficiently ripped them out of the connector. This is complicated by the fact that you can only raise the LCD ab

Re: FW adapter choices?

2016-04-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
also has the FW800 to FW 800 cable as well for about the same price. -- 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 the iMac Group, a group fo

Re: Replace HDD iMac 2007

2016-03-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
articular vendor was out of business within a few months, so lord knows what shady gray market source they had for their HDD’s. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this mess

Re: Replace HDD iMac 2007

2016-03-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
y or the volume? It could simply be unpartitioned, and so you have to do that, but you only get that option if you select the disk, not the volume. It could also be a DOA disk…your iMac should have no problems with a SATA III drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Inf

Re: HP printer driver update problem

2016-03-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
or he found a particularly mean (and smart!) stray dog that doesn’t like PC’s :-P -- 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 the

Re: HP printer driver update problem

2016-02-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
te where it can play with all the other old printers :-/ or just use it with your old computer. -- 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 th

Re: Extending the life of an old iMac - Overheating, Windows, etc.

2016-01-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
t; I would avoid messing with Bootcamp; a VM solution like VirtualBox or Parallels is as good IMO and doesn’t require rebooting -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this m

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
Still thinking thier faulty and i dont have any pcs to > run a ramtest on. > > unless hdd + ram's bad i'm curious just how far i knackered my old iMac ;-; -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinion

Re: HD capacity needs for storing audio CDs

2015-10-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
y perform no compression at all. Using FLAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless), you can get 50% or better compression of the file, depending on the music, at the cost of considerable time spent ripping the CDs. Both are akin to .zip files, in that they do lossless compression. -- Bruce Johnson University

Re: Installing classic on Tiger o/s 10.6.8 on an o4 E-mac

2015-05-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
try this trick: <http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=486.0> Here’s the NetBoot Image link: <https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1192?locale=en_US> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely custom

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-05-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
e is getting a bit too slow, I > suspect it's going to be farewell ;-( Ah well, you can always turn it into a planter, an aquarium, or a cat bed :-) <http://kieuthings.com/2012/02/24/happy-friday-imac-cat-bed/> Might even get the cat to stop sleeping on your keyboard 8-P -- Bruce Johns

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

2015-05-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
cccloner.dmg> (Mac OS 10.2.x - 10.3.9, 10.4.2+) This version will definitely work with your OS X version. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because y

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-05-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
> On May 23, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> >> Guys >> >> Thanks >> >> First the bad news - CCC : (the authors tell me) is not compat with 10.3.9 >> :-( > > The current version isn't but there is a version that is, I used CCC a bunch > with 10.3 and 10.4. >> The Wayback Mac

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