Forum: OS 7 / 8 / 9  Mar 19th, 2007 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 5,926 Re: OS 9.2.2 to OS X 10.4
Funny how that post seems more likely to be the son locked out by his Mom than the other way around. |
| Forum: Darwin, X11 and BSD Dec 12th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 2,919 Re: Annoying startup jingle
It should be noted that the chime is a sign of a successful POST (Power On Self Test), and can be quite useful for troubleshooting hardware issues. |
| Forum: OS X Aug 11th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 3,141 |
| Forum: OS X Aug 11th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,262 Re: DHCP Bad_Address Problem whith Macintoch OS X
In order for the name service to work properly, the DHCP client ID and the "Sharing name" should be the same on the Macs. And naturally they should not include spaces or non-alphanumeric characters. |
| Forum: OS X Aug 11th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 877 Re: Annoying Error Messages!
IE is a deprecated browser on the Mac and is woefully out of date (it's not had any additional coding changes since 2003). It's no longer distributed by Microsoft for use. As noted previously you... |
| Forum: OS X Jul 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,868 |
| Forum: Mac Rumors and Reports Jun 19th, 2006 |
| Replies: 34 Views: 10,608 Re: Windows on a mac?!
Not legally.
There were some kernel hacks that allowed 10.4.2 to be installed on a PC, but a "modern version" of OS X isn't installable on a regular "non-apple branded" PC. |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 5th, 2006 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,429 Re: Wireless issues with PowerMac and iMac
Well, you will need a separate cable/DSL modem.. but not a separate router. There should be instructions that come with it, if not, hit the Apple support website. But typically it'll use an... |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 5th, 2006 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,429 Re: Wireless issues with PowerMac and iMac
IMO, there's no reason in the world to get an Apple wireless router. They are massively overpriced and your AirPort cards will work with pretty much any wireless router out there. And you can get... |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 5th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 2,340 Re: Upgrading Memory On A Power Mac G4
Well, PC133 RAM should work just fine in there. So if it's not showing up, try moving it to a new slot. If it STILL doesn't show up, then most likely it's either 1) the incorrect RAM, or it's a bad... |
| Forum: Mac tips 'n' tweaks Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,758 |
| Forum: Mac Software Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,722 Re: Renaming files on Tiger desktop
Which files? It should be very easy to rename them. Just selec the file and hit Return to change to the renaming scheme. Name as appropriate and hit Return. Done. |
| Forum: Mac Software Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,988 Re: Apple Memory Brand
Mac are touchy about RAM. ESPECIALLY the G5s. I'd really avoid the cheap stuff. That being said, you can find decent RAM (and which ones you need) from any of the following sources (just to name a... |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,493 Re: powerbook in startup loop
The reboot screen is called a kernel panic.
The 3 beeps is a bad sign, it means the boot sequence FAILED the POST (power on self test).. spcifically: 3 beeps = No RAM banks passed memory... |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,158 |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 2,340 |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Jun 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,429 Re: Wireless issues with PowerMac and iMac
You should note that when you have mixed (802.11b & g) groupings like this, the wifi router will run at the slowest speed.
That being said:
The 17" 1GHz G4 iMac was the "first", after that, the 15"... |
| Forum: OS 7 / 8 / 9 May 24th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 3,191 |
| Forum: Apple Hardware May 24th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,403 Re: Dual Layer Recording
Most likely it supports DL burning.
Open Temrinal.app.. type:
drutil info
And see what you get as supported DVD writes.
yellow% drutil info
Vendor Product Rev |
| Forum: OS X May 24th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 851 Re: shuts down on download
It's crashing (whatever you're using to try and download), you should check the crashlog for clues as to why. Also, log in as another user and check to see if the problem happens there as well, or... |
| Forum: Mac tips 'n' tweaks May 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 12,049 Re: temporary internet files
No, not really.
Safari stores it's cached files in ~/Librar/Caches/Safari/ and then in subfolders that are numbers 00, 01, 02, 03, etc, and then in further subfolders with similar numbering schemes.... |
| Forum: OS X May 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,079 Re: Restoring a Drive
There should not be a difference. I can't imagine you had 4GB worth of swap files. Both drives are HFS+, so the block sizes are the same. Personally I don't care for "Restore" at all. I get much... |
| Forum: Mac tips 'n' tweaks May 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 5,915 |
| Forum: Mac Software May 17th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,834 Re: Quicktime Problem
Well, I'd say that's the problem then. While I can't find anything that specifically says so.. I'm guessing that QT7 is required to view the ads. |
| Forum: OS X May 17th, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 852 Re: Help delete movies
Movies from where? From inside the Finder, or inside iTunes, or what?
What version of OS X? |
| Forum: OS X May 17th, 2006 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 5,263 Re: Don't know password
More info please...
What version of OS X are you running and what version of the Installer discs do you have? |
| Forum: Mac tips 'n' tweaks May 17th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 5,915 Re: Making Tiger lighter for a G3
I would say that Panther would be a better solution for you and your iBook. I have no idea what it's worth or what you could get for it. Check on eBay for comparision ideas. |
| Forum: Mac tips 'n' tweaks May 17th, 2006 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 5,915 Re: Making Tiger lighter for a G3
Tiger is a VERY processor intensive OS. And that means it'll run slowly on the G3. And 512MB of RAM is really the decent minimum to run Tiger. Unfortunately, you're running well below that, which... |
| Forum: Mac Software May 9th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,834 Re: Quicktime Problem
Which ones did you download? If it's the HD one.. it should work just fine with QT 7.04 on the Mac. |
| Forum: OS X May 8th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 752 Re: Security help
There's no wild viruses for Mac OS X.
There's no wild spyware for Mac OS X.
You're safe to connect it to the internet. |
| Forum: OS X May 8th, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,891 |
| Forum: OS X May 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 4,049 Re: os x 10.4 start up problems
You still didn't say if you're using AutoLogin. Anyway, there's a system wide login screen pref file at /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist, you could try moving that and then... |
| Forum: Mac Rumors and Reports May 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 34 Views: 10,608 Re: Windows on a mac?!
Well.. since the move to x86 architecture.. there've been people struggling to put Windows on it, and they succeeded, and then Apple swooped in (and undoubtedly stole the idea/process) and released... |
| Forum: Mac Software May 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 4,231 Re: iMac and Aperture
A good troubleshooting step is always to look for a software update when you have troubles like this (or even whenever you install apps in general). Apparently the Apeture 1.1 update will make this... |
| Forum: OS X May 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 4,049 Re: os x 10.4 start up problems
Are you using autologin? Sounds like you are and it's crapping out before it logs you in, which means (most likely) that you can boot in safe mode and move the... |
| Forum: Darwin, X11 and BSD May 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 5,173 Re: /etc/daily
There's no more need for this if one is running Tiger (or later), as cron has been supplanted by launchd, which operates in a more efficient manner. Launchd will run the appropriate script at the... |
| Forum: OS X May 2nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 21 Views: 5,215 Re: Booting causes deleted files to reappear
Well, that would have been your next step. I have no idea what device was having the problem, some USB device you had plugged in. As for saft, I would hope you know what it is, as you installed it... |
| Forum: OS X Apr 28th, 2006 |
| Replies: 21 Views: 5,215 Re: Booting causes deleted files to reappear
Try updating the OS again and copy & paste into a reply the relevant info from /var/log/install.log and /var/log/system.log. If you sent one earlier I never got it, but there's some heavy anti-spam... |
| Forum: Apple Hardware Apr 28th, 2006 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,580 Re: Mac G 3 Tower
Hmmm..It's definitely got a battery. According to Mactracker (http://www.mactracker.ca), it's a 3.6 to 3.9V lithium. However, I'm not sure where it is, as I scrapped my last G3 Tower at least 2... |
| Forum: OS X Apr 28th, 2006 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,992 |
