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| | I am new to macs and need some basic advice. I have just been given a G4 with OS 9.2 that repeatedly fails to boot. I was not given any OS discs. I would like to install OS X panther. If I buy a copy of OS X, can I …  |
| | I purchased SBC/Yahoo DSL and I can't install it. Although my MAC G4 (old version, like a G3) has an ethernet port, the DSL flashes a message that it can't find it. When I go to control panels, TCP/IP, and pull down connect via, I only see PPP and Appletalk...no … |
| | Hi, I suffer from this problem quite long After I turn the computer on and every thind is downloaded, and at the task manager there are after windows startup: Explorer Ctfmon Ccapp Zlclient Rnaapp Monwow Systray Hidserv the resources are: System resources 60% User resources 60% GDI resources 78% After … |
| | [B]Intro[/B] In one of the Forums, the question was asked on how to setup a RedHat 9 server so that it manages network connectivity within the home, and provide services to Windoze clients. This tutorial will address how to setup a RedHat 9 Server that will Firewall and provide services … |
| | I have just picked up a poorly G4 (fails to boot OS 9.2 unless extensions turned off). I thought It was a corrupted OS, so I bought OS X. But when I try to install it, it won't boot from CD. If i hold down the "C" whilst truning on … |
| | Have you heard about Cherry OS? For those who don't know, Cherry OS was announced on October 11, 2004 as a mac emulation program. It supposedly allows you to install OS X 10.3 on a PC. It was announced by the company Maui X-Stream who wants 50 dollars for this … |
| | Hello, First, what is TDM? Targeted Disk Mode. Back in the day of the first Mac laptops, and I think it was System 7, you could take a Mac laptop that had a special SCSI Cable (it was missing a pin) and using a control panel setting, turn that laptop … |
| | Can anyone help me understand something. I'm using OS X 10.3.6, i want to know if can remove most or all of 9.2.2 with out hurting my current OS X. I'd like to make room on my disk. txmac45 |
 | I thought I had read info on this somewhere but can not get the right 'google' to find what I need. I have a TiBook with ethernet and wireless card. I have configured my network settings to make both active and have different IPs on each (on our LAN. 192.168.1.x). … |
| | Does any one know of a good open source Calendar (ala Entourage) for Mac OS 9.x ? |
| | My mixed network of Macs and PCs are served by a NT server, the macs run OS 8.6, 9.1, 10.2, 10.3, the OS X macs connect to the server but drop the connection after a period of time, reconnecting is easy it's just a nuisance, any help appreciated. |
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 | [font=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][size=1][font=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][size=1][font=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][size=1]Having bugs in your code may be unavoidable, but crashing [i]*is*[/i] avoidable. Barring cosmic rays playing yahtzee with your memory there is no reason why your program should ever crash. Crashing is totally avoidable![/size][/font] [font=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][size=1]What do I mean … |
| | I have a 500 mHz iMac. The CD drive used to work perfectly. Now, it will read and mount cd-roms and audio cd's, but whenever a blank disc is inserted, regardless of brand, it makes a grinding noise several times, then ejcts the disc. No error messages or dialog boxes … |
| | I am trying to run the softwareupdate command in single user mode. I have mounted the main volume and started the network so I have internet access and write acces too the file system. When I execute the command I get the following error. dydl: softewareupdate truncated or malformed library:/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagment.framework/Versions/A/DiskManagement … |
| | hey guys i was wondering where can you find the mac os x updates like 1.1.2 or higher so i cna play warcraft 3 thanks |
| | I can only use the "finder" to find file names. When I ask for "content" nothing appears. When I look at "Preferences" "Content index" I see "Status indexing" in grey, although indexing is not taking place. I can't "delete index" Suggestions, short of reinstall? |
| | Has anyone else noticed Finder in OS X (I run 10.3.6) taking a long(ish) time to find other machines in the workgroup? Granted, not long to me would be seeing them within 1.5 seconds of me opening the network browser :lol: Does anyone know what causes that? Am I the … |
| | Hi Mac newby here. Was toasting when horrid sound occured in superdrive and although it opens and closes OK it no longer reads anything. Any ideas? Am on Mac OS X.10.3.5. platform and very frustrated! Any constructive replies appreciated. Can't afford to lose eMac to doctors. |
 | As of late last night (Friday nite), 10.3.6 was released via OS X Software Update. It includes lots of minor bug fixes mostly, including the floating point calculation problem in calculator, as well as updates to Safari and ATi and Nvidia video card drivers. |
| | Hi, I have a G4 eMAC 1Ghz OS X v10.2.8. When our MAC is first booted, the screen isn't bright like normal. It is in a dark dim state, similar to standby mode when left idling. The only way to make it bright again is when we put the MAC … |
| | Hi, We are running on a eMAC G4 1Ghz OS v10.2.8. From the Diskwarrior website under Mac OS X Compatibility it states the program PlusOptimizer , "will optimize Mac OS X Extended disks while running under Mac OS 9.x." You can check for yourself here: [url]http://www.alsoft.com/PlusOptimizer/index.html[/url] However, underneath that paragraph, … |
| | I have a G4 dual 500's. I don't have a clue how to setup the network to see my linksys router. I figured the X OS was smart enough to connect to to the internet, and my network. It says my eithernet card is connected. Help a rookie. Please. |
| | Been pullin hair for over a week and am now almost bald so I decided to subscribe to daniweb forums.... hello all ! Please help me of you could: [b]My Problem:[/b] Ever since I had this system 2 weeks ago, I have been dealing with 1 very annoying problem, my … |
| | Hi Could anyone tell me how I get System OS X to count the number of images on a DVD or CD or in a folder ? thanks |
| | Norton has been great to Mac till Norton Utilities 8 for OS X, or so I've heard. What progams would you guys recommend that would offer something like speed disk and disk doctor for OS 10.2.8? |
| | hi evryone. i have a network question , i have network base on win2k active directory. i share my network with mac workstations ( os 10.x ). my problem is that i want that every time that any user from the AD domain will print to the share printer in … |
| | I recently bought a G4 Powerbook with the newest version of X (Panther). I wanted to install Bryce 5 and some games on my notebook and can't. I went to the Bryce 5 support faq and it told me: QUESTION: How Do I Install Bryce® 3D on a Macintosh? ANSWER: … |
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| | Everybody here, please download the Everest software. I dont have the link but Catweazle posted it around here somewhere. Tell us what Everest says about your PC, below is a sample setup on my PC, just get the report from the Everest program: --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003, 2004 … |
| | Hi, I am running Quarkxpress under Classic 9 on a G4 using OS/X 10.3.5 and am having a real problem. Whenever I try to use either version of Quark under Classic (I have both 4.1 and 5.0) I get a message saying "Please insert the disk "Scher 8_5." I don't … |
| | I have a G4 that came with OS 9 and recently loaded OS X, but now none of the programs seem to be recognized. Can't print, use DVD player etc. Can anyone help me?  |
| | Can anyone help, I have managed to delete my calculator. I have an iMac and it runs on OS x 10.2. I have tried reinstalling the software, but to no avail. I had a look at 'Restore' and that is pretty scarry. The thought of losing everything on my computer … |
| | With OS X, I use the Sherlock app to look up local movie listings. However, what I recently noticed was that my OS X no longer displays the movie trailers. Just a blank square appears and when I click the play button, nothing happens. Does anyone know what codec is … |
| | hi. i have an external firewire drive. i would log in as "admin" and set the permission that i = admin is the owner with read and write rights, group has only read rights and others has only read rights (or no access). once i log in as a different … |
| | At my office, my computer has MS OS 8.6 - I need to upgrade my OS to at least 9.2.2 for software that I need to load. I tried to load MS OS X and before it installed completely a message came up....I will not be able to run classic … |
| | I started putting music from cds into itunes, then after about 8 cds my mac os x 10.2 stopped reading them, it will read other cds but not music ones. Can anyone help? |
| | Hi everyone...just signed up today. I recently have swapped from PC to Mac and, as Editor/Budding Designer producing a tabloid newspaper, I can't believe I took so long to finally buy a Mac -- G4 dual (from a friend...journos are always broke!!). I'm soon moving to smalltown living, trying a … |
 | [code] Graphics In Pixel Part II A 'Now we are going to get it' By Aaron (a.k.a FireNet) [url]http://xlock.hostcubix.com[/url] [/code] Introduction ------------- The long awaited part 2 is finally almost here.This is mini section elaborates on what Part I said.I broke up up Part II because it was getting too … |
| | Hey all, I got a few problems and have no where else to turn! Yesterday I tried to startup Digital Performer 4 and got an error message saying that the MIDI was not working. Tried other softwares which use MIDI as well and got the same message. I'm pretty sure … |
| | It all started when I forgot my password, I booted from osx install cd and now I have a flashing blue screen, no hd icon. And when I try to force quit, I have about 20 finders and the only option is relaunch???? I managed to boot to classic but … |
| | i have a mac G4 with OS X 10.2 (jaguar) and a couple of days ago i went to go on the comp and my brother had it in OS 9 but it had been sitting there unused for a while and began to index the computer. When i went … |
| | Hi Folks, I've now had my powerbook for a week or so, and am very happy with my choice. I can now understand all those people who say they *love* their Apple :) . However I have had one problem that I would welcome advice on. The problem has now … |
| | Can anyone explain what I steps I would need to take to insert a jpeg image into a Microsoft Word document? I use Mac OS X. Thank you. |
| | HI! I own an Imac and I'm running on OS X 10.2 I use Netscape Communicator as email client and I had had no problems until now. Whenever I'm trying to send e-mail from any e-mail client I get a message saying I could not connect to my SMTP server. … |
 | We all know about those annoying nag screens that shareware/trialware programs pop up on program startup. I was wondering how these programs register their existence in my OS X system. When I delete trialware from my system and install again, the software intrinsically knows that I have installed the software … |
| | OS X 10.3.5, PBG4/550, PalmDesktop 4.2.1. 1. each time on quit from PalmDesktop I get the Msg "File Busy" cannot sync my Palm V pda anymore and by opening PalmDesktop it's recovering "unsaved data" (also with 10.2.8 - worked flawlessly for a long period and then suddenly the problem) 2. … |
| | I just bought an HP Deskjet 3650 printer. Whenever I try to install the driver, the installation fails. An alert with this message appears: "Error Creating Folder... Access Denied" Using the Disk Utility, I repaired the permissions but that hasn't solved the problem. Any ideas what I can do? I'm … |
| | [b]Software [/b] Computers contain hard drives, storage mediums for one's own documents as well as software programs. Software for computers are manufactured by numerous companies and individuals and made to work with a given operating system. Currently, Microsoft has a nearly complete monopoly on operating systems, bringing us all versions …  |
| | Hello, Dani, our System Administrator, has created a new forum called Mac Tips and Tricks. I'd love to write about a number of things concerning the Macintosh, but being at the administrator level for so many years, I may be a bit out of touch on what new people would … |
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