From carwesg at aol.com Fri Dec 1 16:53:18 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (Carole Wessel) Date: Fri Dec 1 16:53:34 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? Message-ID: Bonjour dear Mac friends I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a transformer? What about the Apple Cinema Display? Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving with my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away on my freelance. I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I took my old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to work on the 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more help from you guys. Merci. Carole From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Fri Dec 1 17:17:07 2006 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Fri Dec 1 17:17:24 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Carol, Welcome to the good old continent. You'll discover that the life in France is different than in the rest of Europe. For your Mac, you should know that it will switch automatically. You only need a new power cable. Paul Moortgat On 02 Dec 2006, at 01:53, Carole Wessel wrote: > Bonjour dear Mac friends > > I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. > I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my > computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. > > However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. > Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a > transformer? > What about the Apple Cinema Display? > > Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving > with my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away > on my freelance. > > I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a > new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this > summer for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I > took my old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to > work on the 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more > help from you guys. > > Merci. > Carole From carwesg at aol.com Fri Dec 1 17:42:42 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (Carole Wessel) Date: Fri Dec 1 17:43:05 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul, Thanks for the fast response. So if I understand well, it's the power cable that goes from my computer to the wall, right? Do you know if it's the same for the Apple Display? Best, Carole On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:17 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Hi Carol, > > Welcome to the good old continent. You'll discover that the life in > France is different than in the rest of Europe. > For your Mac, you should know that it will switch automatically. You > only need a new power cable. > > Paul Moortgat > > On 02 Dec 2006, at 01:53, Carole Wessel wrote: > >> Bonjour dear Mac friends >> >> I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. >> I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my >> computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. >> >> However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. >> Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a >> transformer? >> What about the Apple Cinema Display? >> >> Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving with >> my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away on my >> freelance. >> >> I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a >> new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer >> for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I took my >> old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to work on the >> 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more help from you >> guys. >> >> Merci. >> Carole > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From randy at macattorney.com Fri Dec 1 18:55:19 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Fri Dec 1 18:58:21 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? Message-ID: <20061202025815.5264D50BC96@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Carole Wessel said: >I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. ... >I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a new >plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for >another computer and they told me the wrong answer Here it is in black and white: http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5.html > Electrical and environmental requirements ... > * Line voltage: 100-125V AC or 200-240V AC All that you need is a plug adapter, not a voltage converter. France uses a two or three round prong plug. You want the three prong grounded one. Here is one for $2: http://www.vavolo.com/productdetails.asp?mode=1&ProductID=3219 You may also want a phone adapter for France if you are going to be using your Mac's internal modem. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From jmsparks1 at verizon.net Fri Dec 1 19:17:49 2006 From: jmsparks1 at verizon.net (John Sparks) Date: Fri Dec 1 19:19:19 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Carole: Most travel shops sell a kit that plugs into the Europe style outlets,even Brookstone. I don't remember if France is on 60 Cycle or not, that would be the only problem. Good luck John On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Carole Wessel wrote: Bonjour dear Mac friends I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a transformer? What about the Apple Cinema Display? Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving with my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away on my freelance. I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I took my old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to work on the 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more help from you guys. Merci. Carole _______________________________________________ X-Newbies mailing list X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From carwesg at aol.com Fri Dec 1 19:33:32 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (Carole Wessel) Date: Fri Dec 1 19:33:44 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: <20061202025815.5264D50BC96@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061202025815.5264D50BC96@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <32ef512bc9fd9de3c83adf6f8ea3f319@aol.com> Hi Randy, Thanks for your anwer. Instead of buying the adapter, do you think I can just buy the cable with the three round prong in France? Will this work for the Apple display as well? However, I am concerned about the internal modem (did not think of it before you mentioned it). I am going to have a DSL in France. Does it mean that I can't have an ethernet cable going from my G5 to an external modem with my "American" internal modem, like I do it now with Verizon? Thanks again. Carole On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote: > Carole Wessel said: > >> I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. > ... >> I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a new >> plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for >> another computer and they told me the wrong answer > > Here it is in black and white: > > http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5.html > >> Electrical and environmental requirements > ... >> * Line voltage: 100-125V AC or 200-240V AC > > All that you need is a plug adapter, not a voltage converter. > > France uses a two or three round prong plug. You want the three prong > grounded one. > > Here is one for $2: > http://www.vavolo.com/productdetails.asp?mode=1&ProductID=3219 > > You may also want a phone adapter for France if you are going to be > using > your Mac's internal modem. > > > > Randy B. Singer > > Co-Author of: > The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) > > OS X Routine Maintenance > http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From carwesg at aol.com Fri Dec 1 19:34:58 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (Carole Wessel) Date: Fri Dec 1 19:35:15 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, Thank you, but what is a 60 cycle? best, Carole On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:17 PM, John Sparks wrote: > Hi Carole: > Most travel shops sell a kit that plugs into the Europe style > outlets,even Brookstone. > I don't remember if France is on 60 Cycle or not, that would be the > only problem. > Good luck John > On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Carole Wessel wrote: > > Bonjour dear Mac friends > > I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. > I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my > computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. > > However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. > Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a > transformer? > What about the Apple Cinema Display? > > Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving with > my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away on my > freelance. > > I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a new > plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for > another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I took my old > (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to work on the 220v > and it did not...) that's why I need some more help from you guys. > > Merci. > Carole > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From randy at macattorney.com Fri Dec 1 21:49:11 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Fri Dec 1 21:52:08 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? Message-ID: <20061202055201.1C4B250CBB8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Carole Wessel said: >Instead of buying the adapter, do you think I can just buy the cable >with the three round prong in France? You don't need a "cable." You only need a plug adapter such as the one that I gave you a link for. You can use your standard power cable. You said that you will want to be using your computer immediately when you arrive in France. So, you probably don't want to have to go hunting for the proper adapter in France. While they are available, don't forget that the entire country doesn't cater to tourists. You have to go to the right places to find an adapter. You can probably find one in the airport, but instead of paying $2 you might end up paying $22 in the airport. >Will this work for the Apple >display as well? Your Apple display plugs into your Mac and uses its power supply, so if your Mac is happy your display should be happy. >However, I am concerned about the internal modem (did not think of it >before you mentioned it). >I am going to have a DSL in France. Does it mean that I can't have an >ethernet cable going from my G5 to an external modem with my "American" >internal modem, like I do it now with Verizon? When you are connected via DSL, you aren't using your internal modem at all, only your external DSL modem. What your DSL modem needs to be compatible with French DSL, I really can't say. I can only imagine that since DSL uses the same phone lines as an analog modem in the U.S., that you will need the same French phone adapter for DSL as you use for an analog modem. See: Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From robertmacleay at mac.com Fri Dec 1 22:38:15 2006 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Fri Dec 1 22:38:29 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: <20061202055201.1C4B250CBB8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Of course, if you plan on dragging your external DSL "modem" to France, you will need to worry about electrical power for it, as well. On 12/1/06 10:49 PM, "Randy B.Singer" wrote: >> I am going to have a DSL in France. Does it mean that I can't have an >> ethernet cable going from my G5 to an external modem with my "American" >> internal modem, like I do it now with Verizon? > > When you are connected via DSL, you aren't using your internal modem at > all, only your external DSL modem. What your DSL modem needs to be > compatible with French DSL, I really can't say. From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Fri Dec 1 23:56:17 2006 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Fri Dec 1 23:56:38 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Carole, If the monitor also needs a cable, then you've to buy a second one. People here buy a block which has a cable going to the wall, and in that power lead (4, 6, 8, 12..contacts) they put cables to the devices. You only have to know if that wall contact can hold so many devices, and how much all the devices are in total in watt. The same as it in the US will be. Here y ou can see how a cable here looks like. That power lead can have a switch or not to give power to all the devices hooked to it. It's different in the UK than in the rest of Europe. So don't buy stuff for the UK. How's your French? They don't speak much other languages than French. Paul Moortgat On 02 Dec 2006, at 02:42, Carole Wessel wrote: > Hi Paul, > Thanks for the fast response. > So if I understand well, it's the power cable that goes from my > computer to the wall, right? > Do you know if it's the same for the Apple Display? > Best, Carole > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:17 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> Hi Carol, >> >> Welcome to the good old continent. You'll discover that the life >> in France is different than in the rest of Europe. >> For your Mac, you should know that it will switch automatically. >> You only need a new power cable. >> >> Paul Moortgat >> >> On 02 Dec 2006, at 01:53, Carole Wessel wrote: >> >>> Bonjour dear Mac friends >>> >>> I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. >>> I am planning to move to France this month (for good) and take my >>> computer (and my Apple Cinema Display) with me. >>> >>> However, in the USA the AC is 110, in France it's 220. >>> Can I take the computer and will it work? without buying a >>> transformer? >>> What about the Apple Cinema Display? >>> >>> Don't tell me to buy a new one there, I am going to be arriving >>> with my computer in my suitcase and will start working right away >>> on my freelance. >>> >>> I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy >>> a new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this >>> summer for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I >>> took my old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to >>> work on the 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more >>> help from you guys. >>> >>> Merci. >>> Carole From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sat Dec 2 00:11:44 2006 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Sat Dec 2 00:12:05 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: <32ef512bc9fd9de3c83adf6f8ea3f319@aol.com> References: <20061202025815.5264D50BC96@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <32ef512bc9fd9de3c83adf6f8ea3f319@aol.com> Message-ID: Hi Carole, You'll have no problem at all. Paul Moortgat On 02 Dec 2006, at 04:33, Carole Wessel wrote: > Hi Randy, > Thanks for your anwer. > Instead of buying the adapter, do you think I can just buy the > cable with the three round prong in France? Will this work for the > Apple display as well? > > However, I am concerned about the internal modem (did not think of > it before you mentioned it). > I am going to have a DSL in France. Does it mean that I can't have > an ethernet cable going from my G5 to an external modem with my > "American" internal modem, like I do it now with Verizon? > > Thanks again. > Carole > > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote: > >> Carole Wessel said: >> >>> I have a Dual 2 GHZ PowerPC G5 which I bought 2 years ago. >> ... >>> I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy >>> a new >>> plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this summer for >>> another computer and they told me the wrong answer >> >> Here it is in black and white: >> >> http://support.apple.com/specs/powermac/Power_Mac_G5.html >> >>> Electrical and environmental requirements >> ... >>> * Line voltage: 100-125V AC or 200-240V AC >> >> All that you need is a plug adapter, not a voltage converter. >> >> France uses a two or three round prong plug. You want the three >> prong >> grounded one. >> >> Here is one for $2: >> http://www.vavolo.com/productdetails.asp?mode=1&ProductID=3219 >> >> You may also want a phone adapter for France if you are going to >> be using >> your Mac's internal modem. >> >> >> >> Randy B. Singer >> >> Co-Author of: >> The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) >> >> OS X Routine Maintenance >> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X-Newbies mailing list >> X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Sat Dec 2 00:14:29 2006 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Sat Dec 2 00:14:52 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] take my G5 to France? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Dec 2, 2006, at 1:53 AM, Carole Wessel wrote: > > I did call Apple Support, they said it was fine (just had to buy a > new plug), but I had already ask them a similar question this > summer for another computer and they told me the wrong answer ? I > took my old (white) E-mac to France, they said it was going to > work on the 220v and it did not...) that's why I need some more > help from you guys. Desktop Macs can handle either voltage (120 or 220/230). You just need an adapter for the plug on the power cord. Kirk (in France) Author of: iPod & iTunes Garage http://www.mcelhearn.com/ipod.html - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more From carwesg at aol.com Sun Dec 3 19:43:54 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (Carole Wessel) Date: Sun Dec 3 19:44:10 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Thank you and merci Message-ID: Dear Randy, John, Robert, Paul, Kirk and all the others that contributed to my question Thank you to all of you for helping me. Au revoir, Carole From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Wed Dec 13 10:16:21 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Wed Dec 13 10:17:09 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] (X-Newbies) Got a question about an unwanted visitor... Message-ID: <240893.32216.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Good Morning folk... I think I?ve got a issue and could use some help! Each time that I visit ?Mac Daily News? web site and the first news item that I open up - I also get an unwanted visitor. In the form of a Vonage add (at this point I would buy a Vonage phone or there services - you would think that the ad guys would think about this before they leap) The details of this little visitor demonstrates that it a service of media,fastclick.net... Is this adware and is it on my computer or what? And how does one get free of it? I have noticed that there are a number of PC based solution but is there a Mac based solution? Hopeful Rick aka therepguy P.S. Here?s hopeing all will have a safe and Happy Holiday Season! From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Wed Dec 13 10:31:04 2006 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Wed Dec 13 10:31:11 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] (X-Newbies) Got a question about an unwanted visitor... In-Reply-To: <240893.32216.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <240893.32216.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5089766C-EE86-43EB-B971-F199CE83C9A9@earthlink.net> I don't get any Vonage ad, but then again, I have popup windows blocked. On Dec 13, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: > Good Morning folk... > > I think I?ve got a issue and could use some help! > > Each time that I visit ?Mac Daily News? web site and > the first news item that I open up - I also get an > unwanted visitor. In the form of a Vonage add (at this > point I would buy a Vonage phone or there services - > you would think that the ad guys would think about > this before they leap) > > The details of this little visitor demonstrates that > it a service of media,fastclick.net... > > Is this adware and is it on my computer or what? And > how does one get free of it? > > I have noticed that there are a number of PC based > solution but is there a Mac based solution? > > Hopeful > > Rick aka therepguy > > P.S. Here?s hopeing all will have a safe and Happy > Holiday Season! > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Wed Dec 13 12:19:57 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Wed Dec 13 12:22:02 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] (X-Newbies) Got a question about an unwanted visitor... In-Reply-To: <5089766C-EE86-43EB-B971-F199CE83C9A9@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20061213201957.57708.qmail@web81411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> J Yes I too have my popup windows blocked but cause it starts on the web site it's self the blooker doesn't help... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- J wrote: > I don't get any Vonage ad, but then again, I have > popup windows blocked. > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: > > > Good Morning folk... > > > > I think I?ve got a issue and could use some help! > > > > Each time that I visit ?Mac Daily News? web site > and > > the first news item that I open up - I also get an > > unwanted visitor. In the form of a Vonage add (at > this > > point I would buy a Vonage phone or there services > - > > you would think that the ad guys would think about > > this before they leap) > > > > The details of this little visitor demonstrates > that > > it a service of media,fastclick.net... > > > > Is this adware and is it on my computer or what? > And > > how does one get free of it? > > > > I have noticed that there are a number of PC based > > solution but is there a Mac based solution? > > > > Hopeful > > > > Rick aka therepguy > > > > P.S. Here?s hopeing all will have a safe and Happy > > Holiday Season! > > _______________________________________________ > > X-Newbies mailing list > > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! > Vintage Mac and random > > stuff: > > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From popreedy at comcast.net Wed Dec 13 12:52:13 2006 From: popreedy at comcast.net (Raymond P Reedy) Date: Wed Dec 13 12:52:22 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Got a question about an unwanted visitor... In-Reply-To: <20061213202204.0ACEB5C536A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061213202204.0ACEB5C536A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > > Each time that I visit ?Mac Daily News? web site and > the first news item that I open up - I also get an > unwanted visitor. In the form of a Vonage add (at this > point I would buy a Vonage phone or there services - > you would think that the ad guys would think about > this before they leap) I, too am getting such an "unwanted" ad. It comes with the RSS feed, mostly when viewing VersionTracker updates. Sometime it/they appear on the MacWorld feed. It also seems like they appear on the first visit of the day. Any ideas? Ray Raymond P Reedy popreedy@comcast.net All computers wait at the same speed. From shawn at yourmaclife.com Wed Dec 13 21:08:05 2006 From: shawn at yourmaclife.com (Shawn King) Date: Wed Dec 13 21:08:10 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Got a question about an unwanted visitor... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 12/13/06 3:52 PM, "Raymond P Reedy" wrote: > Sometime it/they appear > on the MacWorld feed. It also seems like they appear on the first > visit of the day. > > Any ideas? Yup - that's Macworld.com sending you that ad. As to time of day, it's probably cookie based. -- Shawn King Host/Executive Producer Your Mac Life http://www.yourmaclife.com From greenrw at shaw.ca Sun Dec 17 08:34:58 2006 From: greenrw at shaw.ca (Robert Green) Date: Sun Dec 17 08:36:02 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] External hard drive Message-ID: I am running out of space on my G4 emac and am looking for an external hard drive. My machine currently has 75 GB and is running 10.4.8. Does anyone know anything about the 250GB apple firewire/usb drives sold by Afterthemac on ebay that sell for about $100.00. Any suggestions, recommendations. Thanks. From robertmacleay at mac.com Sun Dec 17 10:06:40 2006 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Sun Dec 17 10:07:01 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] External hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Whether a super-cheap drive like this is a good idea for you depends on your usage habits. The only way to build a drive of this capacity and price is to cut corners everywhere, so many corners that you may want to invest in some duct tape to make sure the drive doesn't roll off your desk. This is not to say that, if you don't demand much of it, it will not meet your needs. If you intend to use it as a backup drive, powering it up and connecting to your eMac for an hour or two once a week, it will probably be adequate. If, on the other hand, you want to expand the storage of your eMac and have it connected all the time, you will find that: a) Drives generate heat, and heat degrades the reliability and accelerates the death of all electrical components. Cheap drive cases do not have cooling fans; good ones do, and their drives last longer because of it. b) Good cables are absurdly expensive, but it is possible to make cheap cables that still carry an electrical signal, just not well. This translates to slower throughput (resending data again and again because the transfer fails verification, if you are lucky enough to be verifying data transfers), inferior physical construction (i.e., easier to break) and again, shorter life. c) Check any vendor who caries multiple lines of raw hard disks and you will see that drives of the same physical capacity can have substantially different prices. Quality costs; the drives with 5 year warranties will be made with higher quality wearing components, like drive bearings. They will work better, cooler, and longer. And cost more. Remember my remark about cutting corners? Where do you think the factory seconds wind up? Not the seconds of the good drives, the seconds of the cheapest ones. Nobody wants to be told to spend $50-$75 extra on a component which has mostly the same specifications, but, in the long run, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Just understand what it is you are buying. On 12/17/06 9:34 AM, "Robert Green" wrote: > I am running out of space on my G4 emac and am looking for an > external hard drive. My machine currently has 75 GB and is running > 10.4.8. Does anyone know anything about the 250GB apple firewire/usb > drives sold by Afterthemac on ebay that sell for about $100.00. Any > suggestions, recommendations. > Thanks. From tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au Sun Dec 17 12:40:42 2006 From: tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au (Tony Johansen) Date: Sun Dec 17 12:40:48 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] External hard drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 18/12/2006 3:34 AM, "Robert Green" wrote: > I am running out of space on my G4 emac and am looking for an > external hard drive. My machine currently has 75 GB and is running > 10.4.8. Does anyone know anything about the 250GB apple firewire/usb > drives sold by Afterthemac on ebay that sell for about $100.00. Any > suggestions, recommendations. > Thanks. You get what you pay for with most things, but that matters more with some things than others. The difference between a cheap pair of jeans that goes to holes in 6 months as opposed to good Levi's that last for years is not all that important. However a hard drive that fails early and takes your hard work and important memories with it can be heart breaking. You may end up spending 2 to 4 hundred dollars with a data retrieval company. It can be expensive. If you must get a budget priced HD, consider one from a top line manufacturer. For example La Cie has a range called 'Porshe' that seem to be cheaper than their premium range, but still gives more confidence than the very cheapest HD on the market. Tony http://www.tonyjohansen.com A Life Of Art From Teebob44 at aol.com Mon Dec 18 19:53:39 2006 From: Teebob44 at aol.com (Teebob44@aol.com) Date: Mon Dec 18 19:54:01 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] External hard drive Message-ID: In a message dated 12/17/06 11:36:17 AM, greenrw@shaw.ca writes: > I am running out of space on my G4 emac and am looking for an? > external hard drive. My machine currently has 75 GB and is running? > 10.4.8. Does anyone know anything about the 250GB? apple firewire/usb? > drives sold by Afterthemac on ebay that sell for about $100.00. Any? > suggestions, recommendations. > Thanks. > You might also consider subscribing to Dealmac's daily newsletter. They adervertise all types of product specials, some of which have rebates. Details: Subscription Information ------------------------ http://dealmac.com/mydealmac/newsletter/> -or- go to dealmac.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A lot of people on the G3-G5 list use/recommend them > < > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061218/de968ab6/attachment-0001.html From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Tue Dec 19 12:34:44 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Tue Dec 19 12:34:51 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] (X-Newbies) AppleWorks 6.2.9 - the end of an era... Message-ID: <279712.75880.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> With some regret, it?s time to let my fellow brethren within the mac community know of the retirement of my aging but trusted copy of Appleworks 6.2.9. In favor of the latest copy of Pages 2.02 which I have been learning and using for the last few months! The old gal was not at all pleased but has been closed for the last time. Some time over the holiday, I guess I?ll pull here off the hard drive , pack her up in her box and shelve her for a period of time. Then maybe I?ll entertain bids. I started using Appleworks, back before she was called ClarisWorks, I think that the correct spelling, - back in the days of my Apple IIc - how time flies! In fact, I was using Applework 5 something or was it 6. When I upgraded to my first Mac, the new software was by then called ClarisWorks and a couple years after that Apple Revised the Appleworks brand and I used her to this day both for personal and business usages. I must say that for the last year or so I have been using Neo Office for business almost full time. So the old girl hasn?t been seeing much work. So when I moved on to Tiger, it followed that iWork and Pages would enter my life. I must say that Pages has turned out to be everything that I had hoped Applework would have been and more! So if I?m able to get just half the life cycle out of Pages that I got out of Appleworks - It will have been worth every cent that I have or will have paid out over the coming 20+ years! I trust this rant hasn?t been to far off topic... Otherwise - Here?s hoping all will have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season! Rich aka therepguy in Houston From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Fri Dec 22 16:15:37 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Dec 22 16:15:42 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] DiskWarrior can't repair a catastrophic hard disc failure. Message-ID: <2552fa090612221615y2db282d1tf24a1d09f7c274ec@mail.gmail.com> DiskWarrior can't repair a catastrophic hard disc failure. I have been in contact with Alsoft support and have run DW 24-7 for over 2 weeks without being able to solve the problem. Is there any other product that I should try, before I hand the HD over to the professionals? I got a preliminary quote from the company here in Denmark that sells Apple products and they were talking about the equivalent of $US 1,000. Cheers, Brian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Fri Dec 22 16:19:22 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Dec 22 16:19:26 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Damaged iLife disk. Message-ID: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> I purchased a copy of iLife for my daughter when she purchased a MacBook. It was only used once and was so damaged by the slot drive that it is rejected by both PPC and Intel based OS X systems. What can I do about this? Do I have the right to demand a replacement install disc from an Apple dealer? Cheers, Brian From john.park at rogers.com Fri Dec 22 17:05:20 2006 From: john.park at rogers.com (John Park) Date: Fri Dec 22 17:04:29 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] safari, slow, slow, slow In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <24AC3705-EF51-445A-8EC5-00826124D636@rogers.com> Hi, I have a g4 1.3 hz laptop. Safari had been working fine, but now slow slow slow. Also firefox slow too. Accessing internet through wifi. But my Wife's laptop PC, isn't slow with explorer. What are the basic steps to remedy the problem? Check hard drive? Re install Safari? Anything else or other thoughts? JOHN From robertmacleay at mac.com Fri Dec 22 17:33:08 2006 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Fri Dec 22 17:33:24 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] DiskWarrior can't repair a catastrophic hard disc failure. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612221615y2db282d1tf24a1d09f7c274ec@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Sorry, but there is no software on earth that will fix broken hardware. Yes, the quote you received from the professionals is typical. Such recovery requires highly specialized equipment and a great deal of labor. On 12/22/06 5:15 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > DiskWarrior can't repair a catastrophic hard disc failure. > Is there any other product > that I should try, before I hand the HD over to the professionals? From robertmacleay at mac.com Fri Dec 22 17:40:09 2006 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Fri Dec 22 17:40:14 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] safari, slow, slow, slow In-Reply-To: <24AC3705-EF51-445A-8EC5-00826124D636@rogers.com> Message-ID: Easy things to try: Restart Safari Restart your Mac Choose Empty Cache... from Safari's menu Harder things: Check out this thread on Apple's support site: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1947737� On 12/22/06 6:05 PM, "John Park" wrote: > Hi, > I have a g4 1.3 hz laptop. Safari had been working fine, but now > slow slow slow. Also firefox slow too. Accessing internet through wifi. > But my Wife's laptop PC, isn't slow with explorer. > > What are the basic steps to remedy the problem? > > Check hard drive? > > Re install Safari? > > Anything else or other thoughts? > JOHN From wingedpower at gmail.com Fri Dec 22 18:44:50 2006 From: wingedpower at gmail.com (Wing Wong) Date: Fri Dec 22 18:44:54 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Damaged iLife disk. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7097bd8c0612221844g4d10c687ubcee0d3f006b33e8@mail.gmail.com> You should be able to go to a local Apple store and have them replace it. :/ Just bring in your receipt for your MacBook and they should be able to help. Wing. On 12/22/06, Brian Durant wrote: > I purchased a copy of iLife for my daughter when she purchased a > MacBook. It was only used once and was so damaged by the slot drive > that it is rejected by both PPC and Intel based OS X systems. What can > I do about this? Do I have the right to demand a replacement install > disc from an Apple dealer? > > Cheers, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > -- Wing Wong wingedpower@gmail.com From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Fri Dec 22 18:59:10 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Fri Dec 22 18:59:21 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] safari, slow, slow, slow In-Reply-To: <24AC3705-EF51-445A-8EC5-00826124D636@rogers.com> Message-ID: <289914.63587.qm@web81405.mail.mud.yahoo.com> John Clean out Safari's History, Cache and Cookies - will make a diferents Rick =========================================== --- John Park wrote: > Hi, > I have a g4 1.3 hz laptop. Safari had been working > fine, but now > slow slow slow. Also firefox slow too. Accessing > internet through wifi. > But my Wife's laptop PC, isn't slow with explorer. > > What are the basic steps to remedy the problem? > > Check hard drive? > > Re install Safari? > > Anything else or other thoughts? > JOHN > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From john.park at rogers.com Fri Dec 22 19:44:00 2006 From: john.park at rogers.com (John Park) Date: Fri Dec 22 19:43:07 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] safari, slow, slow, slow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <775948B8-E7F1-4D57-9057-DD72E37469DD@rogers.com> Thanks Robert, changing the DNS server box to 4.2.2.2 worked! I have no idea what it did. But Safari is responding a lot better. JOHN On Dec 22, 2006, at 8:40 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > Easy things to try: > > Restart Safari > > Restart your Mac > > Choose Empty Cache... from Safari's menu > > > Harder things: > > Check out this thread on Apple's support site: > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1947737� > > > On 12/22/06 6:05 PM, "John Park" wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have a g4 1.3 hz laptop. Safari had been working fine, but now >> slow slow slow. Also firefox slow too. Accessing internet through >> wifi. >> But my Wife's laptop PC, isn't slow with explorer. >> >> What are the basic steps to remedy the problem? >> >> Check hard drive? >> >> Re install Safari? >> >> Anything else or other thoughts? >> JOHN > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Dec 23 06:45:38 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Dec 23 06:45:47 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Damaged iLife disk. In-Reply-To: <7097bd8c0612221844g4d10c687ubcee0d3f006b33e8@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090612221619p41625ea3u17e2127b1ca4e3ef@mail.gmail.com> <7097bd8c0612221844g4d10c687ubcee0d3f006b33e8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090612230645s546f528bjb8479ff42f3a9f1a@mail.gmail.com> Yeah, in this case it was through my daughter's high school, but they must be selling the MacBooks through some sort of dealer arangement. We will have to try and look into this after the holidays. Seasons greetings to all. Cheers, Brian On 12/23/06, Wing Wong wrote: > You should be able to go to a local Apple store and have them replace it. :/ > Just bring in your receipt for your MacBook and they should be able to help. > > Wing. > > On 12/22/06, Brian Durant wrote: > > I purchased a copy of iLife for my daughter when she purchased a > > MacBook. It was only used once and was so damaged by the slot drive > > that it is rejected by both PPC and Intel based OS X systems. What can > > I do about this? Do I have the right to demand a replacement install > > disc from an Apple dealer? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > -- > Wing Wong > wingedpower@gmail.com From chasm at mac.com Sat Dec 23 23:05:33 2006 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Sat Dec 23 23:05:47 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Damaged iLife disk. In-Reply-To: <20061223144551.58139669059@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061223144551.58139669059@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <0F514969-5312-44A7-99ED-C31B93911DB1@mac.com> > From: "Brian Durant" > > I purchased a copy of iLife for my daughter when she purchased a > MacBook. This was an extremely odd thing to do, since iLife 06 (the latest version) came included on her MacBook. Care to explain this a bit more? Cheers Chas From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sun Dec 24 04:28:16 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sun Dec 24 04:28:22 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Damaged iLife disk. In-Reply-To: <0F514969-5312-44A7-99ED-C31B93911DB1@mac.com> References: <20061223144551.58139669059@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <0F514969-5312-44A7-99ED-C31B93911DB1@mac.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090612240428m29b8182eo21aa77bab496c772@mail.gmail.com> On 12/24/06, Charles Martin wrote: > > From: "Brian Durant" > > > > I purchased a copy of iLife for my daughter when she purchased a > > MacBook. > > This was an extremely odd thing to do, since iLife 06 (the latest > version) came included on her MacBook. Nope, it wasn't included. In fact, absolutely nothing was included except the system and basics like Safari, Mail, etc. > Care to explain this a bit more? > > Cheers > Chas Cheers, Brian From jamiekg at wizardling.geek.nz Mon Dec 25 12:36:44 2006 From: jamiekg at wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) Date: Tue Dec 26 03:40:13 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] (X-Newbies) AppleWorks 6.2.9 - the end of an era... In-Reply-To: <279712.75880.qm@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1hqy595.14t89y41squ4l8M%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> Richard Ramsowr wrote: > With some regret, it's time to let my fellow brethren > within the mac community know of the retirement of my > aging but trusted copy of Appleworks 6.2.9. In favor > of the latest copy of Pages 2.02 which I have been > learning and using for the last few months! [snip] Why retire AW when it still works perfectly on the newest Intel Macs? Pages IMHO is a better home page layout app than a word processor. I'd rather use AW or Nisus Writer Express. Regards, Jamie Kahn Genet -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. From carwesg at aol.com Tue Dec 26 13:32:19 2006 From: carwesg at aol.com (carwesg@aol.com) Date: Tue Dec 26 13:32:38 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Airport Extreme Card for a Tower G5 Message-ID: <8C8F74C7490B43C-11E0-6684@mblk-r43.sysops.aol.com> Hi team, Finally in France, the computer worked beautiful and went from 110 to 220 with no problem; Thanks again for your help on this. HOWEVER, I installed an Airport extreme Card on my POWER MAC G5 (tower) and it's not connecting; I figured it was because the livebox was on the 2nd floor while my MAC was on the 1st floor. BUT NO : I just put my MAC next to the livebox and i still don't see the the Wanadoo line (French equivalent of Verizon). It does show the little fan in grey with the airport card turn on. I suspect it's because I did not install the card properly. it was quite hard and I try to look on the manual... it was unclear; So I went to the Apple site and the sketches were not much better... Any idea where I can find some sketches / drawings /explanations on the web to reinstall the Airport card? There are 2 holes at the bottom of the airport card to put the antenna throough, but it doesn't say if it should be in both holes or only in one. Also, once you put the antenna through the hole, you slide the card down, and it seems like the wire can't stay in place... Merci and I hope you guys had a Joyeux No?l!! Carole From blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr Tue Dec 26 22:04:00 2006 From: blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr (cyril blanc) Date: Tue Dec 26 22:04:20 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Airport Extreme Card for a Tower G5 In-Reply-To: <8C8F74C7490B43C-11E0-6684@mblk-r43.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C8F74C7490B43C-11E0-6684@mblk-r43.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: Hello Welcome in France. Using the Livebox is very tricky as it is very well protected against pirates ! Can you see the livebox it in the Apple talk menu ? Did you authorized it ? If you need more help my phone number is 01 46 31 86 96 Best Cyril On Dec 26, 2006, at 10:32 PM, carwesg@aol.com wrote: > Hi team, > HOWEVER, I installed an Airport extreme Card on my POWER MAC G5 > (tower) and it's not connecting; > Carole ----------------------------------------------------------- My Mail is filtered by Personal Antispam. Join the Independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra (Q.L.S.O.) and Symphonic Choir Forum for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Dec 27 04:44:29 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Dec 27 04:44:37 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. Message-ID: <2552fa090612270444y34481e37v89a0a682fdf8ea81@mail.gmail.com> I have tried installing the Logitech Control Center for my Logitech Click! optical, USB mouse, but regardless of version (newest or original CD), the LCC refuses to detect my mouse at all and detects my standard, white Apple keyboard as a Logitech keyboard. On restart, I can move my mouse, but lose the ability to click on menus, objects on the desktop or in the dock. I am using OS X 10.4.8. Has anyone else experienced this problem or have a solution? Cheers, Brian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Dec 27 09:07:08 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Dec 27 09:07:16 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Firefox plugin replacement for command "I" in Safari? Message-ID: <2552fa090612270907s5e223492t2af0cf6e8b1a92d8@mail.gmail.com> I prefer to use Safari instead of Firefox, but I really miss the ability to create e-mails in Mail from a web page that I am viewing, with command "I" in Safari. Anyone know of a plugin for Firefox that will do the same thing? Cheers, Brian From greenrw at shaw.ca Wed Dec 27 16:47:42 2006 From: greenrw at shaw.ca (Robert Green) Date: Wed Dec 27 16:47:53 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive Message-ID: <091D6349-4E35-483A-9EA7-AD6E7411FE0C@shaw.ca> I have two questions. First of all I am running 10.4.8 and have just installed a new western digital my book external hard drive. If I want to defragment the internal hard drive using idefrag how do I boot from the new drive so that I can defrag it. The second question is can I move the itunes library to the new drive so that itunes recognizes where it is. The library is currently about 19 GB. From ncicchek at optonline.net Wed Dec 27 18:11:08 2006 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Wed Dec 27 18:11:28 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612270444y34481e37v89a0a682fdf8ea81@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090612270444y34481e37v89a0a682fdf8ea81@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <47EEE193-24A5-4F7B-88C0-400057EDFFB2@optonline.net> On Dec 27, 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > I have tried installing the Logitech Control Center for my Logitech > Click! optical, USB mouse, but regardless of version (newest or > original CD), the LCC refuses to detect my mouse at all and detects my > standard, white Apple keyboard as a Logitech keyboard. On restart, I > can move my mouse, but lose the ability to click on menus, objects on > the desktop or in the dock. I am using OS X 10.4.8. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem or have a solution? > > Cheers, > > Brian Try using it without the control center software. The OS should control it without software. John -- There are three ways to get something done: 1. Do it yourself 2. Hire someone to do it 3. Forbid your children to do it. From ncicchek at optonline.net Wed Dec 27 18:17:46 2006 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Wed Dec 27 18:17:51 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive In-Reply-To: <091D6349-4E35-483A-9EA7-AD6E7411FE0C@shaw.ca> References: <091D6349-4E35-483A-9EA7-AD6E7411FE0C@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <495566AC-6911-46E2-B79D-62AC4AD6FD17@optonline.net> On Dec 27, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Robert Green wrote: > I have two questions. First of all I am running 10.4.8 and have > just installed a new western digital my book external hard drive. > If I want to defragment the internal hard drive using idefrag how > do I boot from the new drive so that I can defrag it. The second > question is can I move the itunes library to the new drive so that > itunes recognizes where it is. The library is currently about 19 GB. 1. Macs aren't bootable from USB drives. 2. You can move your iTunes to any location or drive. Create a new folder, then launch iTunes and select the new folder in iTunes preferences. Let iTunes copy your old library's contents to the new folder and your playlists will remain intact. John -- This message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons. From wilann at telusplanet.net Wed Dec 27 18:41:17 2006 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Wed Dec 27 18:41:43 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive In-Reply-To: <495566AC-6911-46E2-B79D-62AC4AD6FD17@optonline.net> References: <091D6349-4E35-483A-9EA7-AD6E7411FE0C@shaw.ca> <495566AC-6911-46E2-B79D-62AC4AD6FD17@optonline.net> Message-ID: On 06-Dec-27, at 7:17 PM, John McGibney wrote: > > 1. Macs aren't bootable from USB drives. Not so, see this article http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384&lsrc=osxh amongst others. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Dec 28 03:38:15 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Dec 28 03:38:24 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. In-Reply-To: <47EEE193-24A5-4F7B-88C0-400057EDFFB2@optonline.net> References: <2552fa090612270444y34481e37v89a0a682fdf8ea81@mail.gmail.com> <47EEE193-24A5-4F7B-88C0-400057EDFFB2@optonline.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090612280338n1dd6e097t8510119678f8efd4@mail.gmail.com> On 12/28/06, John McGibney wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I have tried installing the Logitech Control Center for my Logitech > > Click! optical, USB mouse, but regardless of version (newest or > > original CD), the LCC refuses to detect my mouse at all and detects my > > standard, white Apple keyboard as a Logitech keyboard. On restart, I > > can move my mouse, but lose the ability to click on menus, objects on > > the desktop or in the dock. I am using OS X 10.4.8. > > > > Has anyone else experienced this problem or have a solution? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > Try using it without the control center software. The OS should > control it without software. > > John Yeah, I get the basic functions under OS X, but I am unable to change what the buttons do. The scroll wheel and the fourth button don't do anything as far as I can see, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a mouse with extra buttons :-( Brian From ncicchek at optonline.net Thu Dec 28 19:53:30 2006 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Thu Dec 28 19:53:42 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. Message-ID: <0778C6D7-7B93-44BB-BA21-3FC47CABBD3A@optonline.net> new logitec driver available as of today. John -- Only when the plumbing is stopped up do you realize that a flush is better than a full house. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061228/f357445c/attachment.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Fri Dec 29 12:07:22 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Dec 29 12:07:26 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. In-Reply-To: <0778C6D7-7B93-44BB-BA21-3FC47CABBD3A@optonline.net> References: <0778C6D7-7B93-44BB-BA21-3FC47CABBD3A@optonline.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090612291207p78dcaa8ds603ad6fcc8da6ba3@mail.gmail.com> Hi John. That is the one I have been trying. I got it directly from Logitech some days ago. Cheers, Brian On 12/29/06, John McGibney wrote: > new logitec driver available as of today. > > > John From ncicchek at optonline.net Fri Dec 29 15:59:19 2006 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Fri Dec 29 15:59:28 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Logitech Control Center problems on freshly installed OS X system. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612291207p78dcaa8ds603ad6fcc8da6ba3@mail.gmail.com> References: <0778C6D7-7B93-44BB-BA21-3FC47CABBD3A@optonline.net> <2552fa090612291207p78dcaa8ds603ad6fcc8da6ba3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Try downloading USB Overdrive. It supposedly works with ALL USB devices and lets you custom program any function for any button. I used it for unsupported USB joysticks with great success years ago. John On Dec 29, 2006, at 3:07 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > Hi John. That is the one I have been trying. I got it directly from > Logitech some days ago. > > Cheers, > > Brian > > On 12/29/06, John McGibney wrote: >> new logitec driver available as of today. >> >> >> John > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -- I know that God won't give me anything I cannot handle, I just wish He didn't trust me soooooo much! From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 08:22:30 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Dec 30 08:22:39 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Rating backup software. Message-ID: <2552fa090612300822x38de26d3v21a7828cf7015ff1@mail.gmail.com> As I recently experienced a catastrophic hard disc failure, I have become very conscious about backing up my system. The question is - which software is best? At this time, I have Intego's Personal Backup X4 and was wondering if there was anyone on list that provide some feedback on what they thought of the software. How does Personal Backup X4 rate for example, compared to SuperDuper? Cheers, Brian From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Sat Dec 30 09:38:55 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Sat Dec 30 09:39:00 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Rating backup software. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090612300822x38de26d3v21a7828cf7015ff1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20061230173855.28390.qmail@web81408.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Brian OS X "Panther" (10.3) & "Tiger" (10.4) both offer basic built-in backup solutions. Apple calls there solution "Backup". And it doesn't cost you a dime! For that matter, I would say that for most users "Backup" will meet our run-of-the-mill needs. I run a business using it and it works great. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- Brian Durant wrote: > As I recently experienced a catastrophic hard disc > failure, I have > become very conscious about backing up my system. > The question is - > which software is best? At this time, I have > Intego's Personal Backup > X4 and was wondering if there was anyone on list > that provide some > feedback on what they thought of the software. How > does Personal > Backup X4 rate for example, compared to SuperDuper? > > Cheers, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From randy at macattorney.com Sat Dec 30 13:04:14 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Sat Dec 30 13:08:27 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive Message-ID: <20061230210824.B189A6CA3BC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> John McGibney said: >1. Macs aren't bootable from USB drives. That is a common misconception. Several Macs were able to boot from USB drives under OS 9. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58430 And all Intel-based Macs can boot from USB drives. http://rentzsch.com/tidbits/intelbasedMacBootIncompatibility Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From randy at macattorney.com Sat Dec 30 13:18:52 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Sat Dec 30 13:22:59 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Rating backup software. Message-ID: <20061230212253.A68FB6CA479@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Brian Durant said: >As I recently experienced a catastrophic hard disc failure, I have >become very conscious about backing up my system. The question is - >which software is best? At this time, I have Intego's Personal Backup >X4 and was wondering if there was anyone on list that provide some >feedback on what they thought of the software. How does Personal >Backup X4 rate for example, compared to SuperDuper? I highly recommend this e-book: Take Control of Mac OS X Backups by Joe Kissell PDF format, 138 pages, 860K download Price: US$10 (Free 34-page sample available) http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/backup-macosx.html This e-book compares all of the Mac OS X backup programs. Basically I think that you will find that Personal Backup X is quite a bit more full-featured than SuperDuper. In particular, it allows both cloning and archiving, while SuperDuper only allows cloning. Richard Ramsowr said: >OS X "Panther" (10.3) & "Tiger" (10.4) both offer >basic built-in backup solutions. Apple calls there >solution "Backup". And it doesn't cost you a dime! If I'm not mistaken, "Backup" is an Apple program that isn't exactly free. You can download the program for free, but you have to pay to join .Mac to use Backup: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/backup.html However, there is a free cloning feature built into recent versions of OS X. The Restore tab in Apple's Disk Utility (OS X 10.3 and 10.4, but not 10.2) works almost exactly like Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes an exact bootable clone of your disk. The only options are to erase, or to leave alone the data on the destination disk, and to do a checksum integrity test of the data being copied. However, this feature does not offer syncronization of files, to update your clone, and it is significantly slower than using CCC or SuperDuper. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html