From randy at macattorney.com Mon Oct 1 12:45:24 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B. Singer) Date: Mon Oct 1 12:45:31 2007 Subject: [X4U] firmware update creates the fan from hell In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thursday Sep 20, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Teddi Pomaika'i Stransky wrote: > Is it possible to "uninstall" a firmware upgrade? Yes. See: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd14.html ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html ___________________________________________ From spikedds at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 2 04:51:04 2007 From: spikedds at bellsouth.net (David R.Boag) Date: Tue Oct 2 04:51:08 2007 Subject: [X4U] Airport Extreme Behavior Message-ID: <7E9DE590-F3E1-4C08-BF04-EBF959FE67C1@bellsouth.net> I just bought a new Airport Extreme yesterday. Spent a good part of the day trying to set the thing set up properly. I have my Mac Mini connected via Enet, and did most of the initial setup on that. Getting the connection to the internet didn't take too long. What took forever was setting up the wireless. I was going to try to use WPA/WPA2 Personal security for my wireless communications with my PC laptop, which has a D-Link DWL-G650 access card--802.11b & g compatible. The laptop is running W2k. (I am waiting for Leopard to be released to get a MBP 15" to replace it.) Here is what I know. And just sos you knows, I was setting the laptop up wirelessly but in the same room as the AE. When I initially tried to set up the laptop with WPA PSK security, the card would connect, but every 2 seconds, I'd lose the connection, rendering the connection completely useless. When I removed all security from the AE, I was able to connect, but even when I was only 5 feet away, I was only seeing link signal strengths of roughly 50-60%, never higher. I tried again to set up the WPA security, and got the same results. I finally changed to WEP 128-bit security and it appears to be working, although I would prefer WPA. And BTW, I called Apple support to verify my AE settings were correct. They are. Ended up spending a useless $30 on a support call to D-Link which didn't help at all. Now the interesting part: I was setting up the laptop in the same room as the AE to try to maximize the signal, but I normally use the laptop downstairs in a different room. When I have the laptop there,I actually get very good signal strength ~90% on WEP security. Still get similar results with WPA turned on. Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior from the AE in WPA/WPA2 mode? Any suggestions? I'm hoping when I get my MBP that I'll be able to set up the AE for WPA and get pretty much seamless performance, but until then, I suppose it's WEP or nothing. -- David R. Boag, DDS spikedds@bellsouth.net http://www.southatlantadental.com/ From tim_collier at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 2 13:46:40 2007 From: tim_collier at bellsouth.net (Tim Collier) Date: Tue Oct 2 13:46:58 2007 Subject: [X4U] Airport Extreme Behavior In-Reply-To: <7E9DE590-F3E1-4C08-BF04-EBF959FE67C1@bellsouth.net> References: <7E9DE590-F3E1-4C08-BF04-EBF959FE67C1@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:51 AM, David R.Boag wrote: > I just bought a new Airport Extreme yesterday. Spent a good part of > the day trying to set the thing set up properly. I have my Mac Mini > connected via Enet, and did most of the initial setup on that. > Getting the connection to the internet didn't take too long. What > took forever was setting up the wireless. I was going to try to use > WPA/WPA2 Personal security for my wireless communications with my > PC laptop, which has a D-Link DWL-G650 access card--802.11b & g > compatible. The laptop is running W2k. (I am waiting for ...2 mode? > Any suggestions? > > I'm hoping when I get my MBP that I'll be able to set up the AE for > WPA and get pretty much seamless performance, but until then, I > suppose it's WEP or nothing. > -- > David R. Boag, DDS > spikedds@bellsouth.net > http://www.southatlantadental.com/ > I can give you my personal experience with the new Airport Extreme. I have mine connected to a cable modem but have also used BellSouth's DSL modem (I have both as the cable is faster but not as dependable as BellSouth). All of our Macs except for one use the N frequency so I actually have 2 AE's both set to the N frequency only and the third is an older white oval (b/g only) one connected via ethernet cable to the newer AE at the back of the house. I'm using WPA2 Personal. We also have a PC (b/g only) that occasionally joins the network and an Apple TV. Setting the whole network up took about a half hour, if that. All of the Macs have 4 bars on the Menu Bar. We use the laptops at the back of the house and get a very strong signal. I guess it helped that I've been using a totally wireless network for about the last 4 years and that I'm using mainly Macs so I have some idea of how to actually set these things up. When I first set up the network, 4 years ago, I made quite a few mistakes but with a little trial and error, finally got it working perfectly. If you'd like further help or advice, contact me off-list. Tim Collier Mac Pro 2.66 gig http://www.timcolliermiami.com/ tim_collier@bellsouth.net From jwarms at mac.com Tue Oct 2 14:12:53 2007 From: jwarms at mac.com (Jon) Date: Tue Oct 2 14:13:12 2007 Subject: [X4U] firmware update creates the fan from hell In-Reply-To: <20071002204656.C479017A9B49@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071002204656.C479017A9B49@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: But note that the link's firmware restoration works 1) on Intel Macs only (which is ok here, I think), and 2) only if the firmware upgrade process was interrupted or was incomplete (which probably was not the case). Jon On 1 Oct 2007 12:45:24, "Randy B. Singer" wrote: > On Thursday Sep 20, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Teddi Pomaika'i Stransky > wrote: > >> Is it possible to "uninstall" a firmware upgrade? > > Yes. See: > http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd14.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071002/faa00990/attachment.html From steveself at mac.com Tue Oct 2 15:01:05 2007 From: steveself at mac.com (Steve Self) Date: Tue Oct 2 15:01:13 2007 Subject: [X4U] firmware update creates the fan from hell In-Reply-To: References: <20071002204656.C479017A9B49@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Sorry if I am repeating something from earlier, I am late to this topic... Resetting the PMU in an iMac gets the fan to calm down. I think shutdown and unplugging for 60 seconds works this. S From railfan at telus.net Tue Oct 2 15:48:14 2007 From: railfan at telus.net (M.Milligan) Date: Tue Oct 2 15:48:24 2007 Subject: [X4U] Mail problem Message-ID: <7347b484329ed37cdcd425ba22113cc5@telus.net> Lately when I open Mail, I get the pop up window to enter my password for my account. I don't know why this is happening. I've downloaded lots of email without this happening. I enter my password, hit enter and then the window comes up again. Is something wrong with my keychain? What can I do to remedy the problem? Thanks in advance for your help. ................................................................ Murray E. Milligan, Medicine Hat, AB Earth is the insane asylum for the universe. From macsys at mac.com Tue Oct 2 15:51:42 2007 From: macsys at mac.com (wilkinw) Date: Tue Oct 2 15:51:57 2007 Subject: [X4U] Mail problem In-Reply-To: <7347b484329ed37cdcd425ba22113cc5@telus.net> References: <7347b484329ed37cdcd425ba22113cc5@telus.net> Message-ID: <6CD39541-570C-4515-A290-7690C645FF7E@mac.com> Utilities/Keychain Access. You can check your keychain there, also run a check to make sure it's ok. On Oct 2, 2007, at 6:48 PM, M.Milligan wrote: > Lately when I open Mail, I get the pop up window to enter my > password for my account. I don't know why this is happening. I've > downloaded lots of email without this happening. > > I enter my password, hit enter and then the window comes up again. > > Is something wrong with my keychain? What can I do to remedy the > problem? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > ................................................................ > Murray E. Milligan, > Medicine Hat, AB > > Earth is the insane asylum for the universe. > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price http:// > www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal From lstnmt at bresnan.net Tue Oct 2 17:17:11 2007 From: lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) Date: Tue Oct 2 17:17:18 2007 Subject: [X4U] Mail problem In-Reply-To: <7347b484329ed37cdcd425ba22113cc5@telus.net> References: <7347b484329ed37cdcd425ba22113cc5@telus.net> Message-ID: <229555A5-D4CE-4EBD-B0FC-88C2A1CB0311@bresnan.net> I have an email account that I connect to via the Internet that is not my ISP. They always make me verify my password. I think if I have downloaded email from this account recently I don't have to enter my password. Not sure how long this window exists though. This is all in an effort to stop SPAM. Jens Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... On Oct 2, 2007, at 4:48 PM, M.Milligan wrote: > Lately when I open Mail, I get the pop up window to enter my > password for my account. I don't know why this is happening. I've > downloaded lots of email without this happening. > > I enter my password, hit enter and then the window comes up again. > > Is something wrong with my keychain? What can I do to remedy the > problem? > > Thanks in advance for your help. From x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Tue Oct 2 17:48:23 2007 From: x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (x4u@listserver.themacintoshguy.com) Date: Tue Oct 2 17:48:30 2007 Subject: [X4U] jar launcher pb In-Reply-To: <20070929221252.D4C211752A60@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070929221252.D4C211752A60@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <4702E6D7.5090700@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Hi, when I 2click on any xxx.jar file I get an error message saying "The jar file 'xxx.jar' couldn't be launched. Check the Console for possible error message". Trying the cl here is what I get: "MEs-Computer:/Applications me$ java -jar mac.jar Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from mac.jar" My setup: 20' iMac Core 2 Duo, Tiger 10, J2SE 5.0 Thanks for any help. BTW have sent this to several other lists, to no avail. Even a respected MacWorld guru claims to ignore Java too much in order to give a solution. -- Michel Eytan eytan@umb.u-strasbg.fr I say what I mean and mean what I say From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Tue Oct 2 23:37:58 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue Oct 2 23:38:46 2007 Subject: [X4U] Does ARD 2.2 run on Intel Macs? Message-ID: Hey ho, I've upgraded from G4 Laptop to Intel MacBook Pro and I can't get ARD 2.2 to go past the login screen. Error is "The ARD software failed to start due to an unexpected error." Is it incompatible with Intel Macs or is there something I need to do to get it working again. It is a fresh install on top of a new OS 10.4.10 Cheers, Cojcolds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071003/db772e5f/attachment.html From lists at sofstats.com Wed Oct 3 05:30:36 2007 From: lists at sofstats.com (Rod Buchanan) Date: Wed Oct 3 05:30:50 2007 Subject: [X4U] jar launcher pb In-Reply-To: <4702E6D7.5090700@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070929221252.D4C211752A60@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <4702E6D7.5090700@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <54439A1C-871F-4127-A1E3-B7355D21E621@sofstats.com> On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:48 PM, x4u@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > when I 2click on any xxx.jar file I get an error message saying > "The jar file 'xxx.jar' couldn't be launched. Check the Console for > possible error message". Not all jar files are designed to be run. They can also be libraries for use by other applications. -- Rod "I have a 72-hour rule. If I stay in Washington for more than 72 hours, I have to bathe myself in the same stuff I use when one of my dogs gets into a fight with a skunk -- stuff to get the smell out." -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Montana From simon-lists at ldml.com Wed Oct 3 05:52:51 2007 From: simon-lists at ldml.com (Simon Forster) Date: Wed Oct 3 05:53:09 2007 Subject: [X4U] Does ARD 2.2 run on Intel Macs? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 3 Oct 2007, at 07:37, Brett Conlon wrote: > I've upgraded from G4 Laptop to Intel MacBook Pro and I can't get > ARD 2.2 to go past the login screen. > > Error is "The ARD software failed to start due to an unexpected > error." > > Is it incompatible with Intel Macs or is there something I need to > do to get it working again. It is a fresh install on top of a new > OS 10.4.10 You need something. ARD 3.x would meet the need. ATB Simon Forster __________________________________________________ LDML Ltd, 62 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HZ, UK Tel: +44 20 7993 8813 Fax: +44 70 9230 5247 __________________________________________________ From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Wed Oct 3 19:04:00 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Wed Oct 3 19:04:50 2007 Subject: [X4U] Printing woes to USB device via Airport from Intel Laptop Message-ID: Hi all, I've spoken with Epson TSupp re: wireless printing to my AL-C900 Colour Laser and they didn't offer me any joy - they suggested I just connect it directly.... Simply put, I'm unable to print wirelessly from an Intel MacBook Pro through an Airport Extreme to the AL-C900. Setup: EPSON AL-C900 connected via USB to Airport Extreme. Wireless access to printer via Mac laptops. Airport Extreme is set to enable printer sharing. Details: My two G4 PowerBooks (one 10.3.9 and one 10.4.10) prints to it beautifully using the 23hEs driver - no problems! However, I've just acquired an Intel based MacBook Pro (10.4.10) and I can't get it to print to it wirelessly via the Airport. Using the newer driver 30aEs, I can set the printer up (via Bonjour) without a problem but any file printed to it returns "InterfaceType Error = -1" inside the printer window. I'm guessing it's looking for a direct USB connection and not finding it. Connecting the printer directly to the laptop via USB works fine. I tried uninstalling the newer driver and installing the older driver but I'm unable to set up a printer in the "Print Setup Utility". The Epson printer drivers are not able to be found. Connecting the printer directly via USB is not an option as the cable to the printer is hard to access and there are other machines requiring to print wirelessly to this device. Further note: I have just discovered a barely functioning workaround where I can now print wirelessly but the Printer Feature options don't show up in Print window so I have no colour control when printing. To get wireless printing working I installed the older driver and placed the file "EPSON AL-C900.gz" (from the newer driver installation) into the Library/PPDs... folder. I created a printer in Printer Setup Utility without a problem but it doesn't have the proper icon and, again, I have no Printer Feature options. ############################################## Epson's response was thus: We are sorry to inform that the Aculaser C900 printer is a Host based printer and is not supported via a wireless connection. We would recommend confirming with the Wireless router manufacturer to see if it supports host based printers. If you are able to get it to print you will not be able to access the printer utilities as the printer loses Bi-Directional support. For best use of the printer we would recommend direct connection to the computer. Regards EPSON Support ############################################## Any geniuses out there know of a better way to tackle this? BTW, the printer only has a parallel port and a USB port (no Ethernet). Well, it was worth a try! ;-D Coj From lalicata at alum.rpi.edu Thu Oct 4 01:39:41 2007 From: lalicata at alum.rpi.edu (LA Licata) Date: Thu Oct 4 01:39:59 2007 Subject: [X4U] Mail problem In-Reply-To: <20071004020447.7FC5717CE92A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071004020447.7FC5717CE92A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <7C191932-21F7-4E59-AE6C-EDB1973E619C@alum.rpi.edu> Murray, this happens to me a lot with aol and aim, plus a local net. The fix I use is to log off mail, log onto the web mail site(s) using my browser, log off, and then shutdown the mac for about a minute. (Restart is not as reliable as a shutdown) Then, all is forgiven... Lee Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:48:14 -0600 From: M.Milligan Lately when I open Mail, I get the pop up window to enter my password for my account. I don't know why this is happening. I've downloaded lots of email without this happening. From roy at ion.co.za Mon Oct 8 07:35:03 2007 From: roy at ion.co.za (Roy van der Westhuizen) Date: Mon Oct 8 08:08:57 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions Message-ID: We operate on the PAL, DVD region 2 platform. Is it possible to buy a NTSC platform video and unlock it for you on PAL. What software is required? TIA, Roy From dancurr at frontiernet.net Mon Oct 8 09:21:52 2007 From: dancurr at frontiernet.net (Dan A Currie) Date: Mon Oct 8 09:22:03 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <470A5920.6050104@frontiernet.net> Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: I am not sure but check out MactheRipper. http://www.mactheripper.org/ > We operate on the PAL, DVD region 2 platform. Is it possible to buy a > NTSC platform video and unlock it for you on PAL. What software is > required? > > TIA, > > Roy > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal > > From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Mon Oct 8 09:50:01 2007 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene) Date: Mon Oct 8 09:50:10 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20071008165001.GC368@core-age.local> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 09:35:03AM CDT, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: > > We operate on the PAL, DVD region 2 platform. Is it possible to buy a NTSC > platform video and unlock it for you on PAL. What software is required? DVD region codes is a completely different subject matter than the video format (NTSC vs. PAL vs. SECAM). Could you be more specific about your goals? -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Oct 8 10:23:37 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Mon Oct 8 10:45:46 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: <470A5920.6050104@frontiernet.net> References: <470A5920.6050104@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: I watch NTSC DVD's via VLC. I'm in PAL country. Paul Moortgat On 08 Oct 2007, at 18:21, Dan A Currie wrote: > Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: > > I am not sure but check out MactheRipper. > > http://www.mactheripper.org/ > >> We operate on the PAL, DVD region 2 platform. Is it possible to >> buy a NTSC platform video and unlock it for you on PAL. What >> software is required? >> >> TIA, >> >> Roy From winter at mac.com Mon Oct 8 11:05:38 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Mon Oct 8 11:05:45 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: References: <470A5920.6050104@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: <9F0B452C-73AA-4F96-A5D0-9E3556A61A5F@mac.com> On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > I watch NTSC DVD's via VLC. I'm in PAL country. I'm in NTSC country and I watch both NTSC and PAL DVD's via a $25 DVD player from Wal-Mart. I bought it specifically for that reason, because my expensive, name brand DVD player would only play NTSC. I should note a slight drop in quality when watching a PAL DVD on an NTSC TV. So for optimal quality go Paul's route and use a computer. The region code is a whole different problem. As Dan noted, I think MactheRipper will take care of that for you. You can then (optionally) burn it to a new DVD if you want to watch it using a stand-alone DVD player. -Mike From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Oct 8 12:49:34 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Mon Oct 8 12:49:45 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: <9F0B452C-73AA-4F96-A5D0-9E3556A61A5F@mac.com> References: <470A5920.6050104@frontiernet.net> <9F0B452C-73AA-4F96-A5D0-9E3556A61A5F@mac.com> Message-ID: <37185412-761E-4362-B287-EEA64CA4ECAD@pandora.be> I've also an old home DVD player which is 'altered' to play NTSC DVD's with region code 1. I can watch Golden Girls on it. Or via VLC on my Mac. Paul Moortgat On 08 Oct 2007, at 20:05, Michael Winter wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> I watch NTSC DVD's via VLC. I'm in PAL country. > > I'm in NTSC country and I watch both NTSC and PAL DVD's via a $25 > DVD player from Wal-Mart. I bought it specifically for that reason, > because my expensive, name brand DVD player would only play NTSC. I > should note a slight drop in quality when watching a PAL DVD on an > NTSC TV. So for optimal quality go Paul's route and use a computer. > > The region code is a whole different problem. As Dan noted, I think > MactheRipper will take care of that for you. You can then > (optionally) burn it to a new DVD if you want to watch it using a > stand-alone DVD player. > > -Mike From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Tue Oct 9 00:28:53 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Oct 9 00:29:00 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhone hack Message-ID: <3A64EE72-F71E-47FB-AA50-B586521E5B14@pandora.be> iPhone will never come to Belgium because what Apple does is illegal here. A friend went to the US an brought an iPhone with him. Now in a newspaper they say (and they did) that the hack is legal here as long as one doesn't change the soft in the iPhone. That's from Apple. Does anyone know how to hack an iPhone now it's legal in Belgium? Paul Moortgat From fxn at hashref.com Tue Oct 9 01:33:43 2007 From: fxn at hashref.com (Xavier Noria) Date: Tue Oct 9 01:34:04 2007 Subject: [X4U] shortcuts for Safari 3? Message-ID: <5BD07583-1F2F-4A91-AAC8-DEA79F6B7119@hashref.com> Do you know of any utility that provides shortcuts for Safari 3 as Sogudi does for Safari 2? That's what Firefox call "smart keywords", which are builtin there: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html -- fxn From mac at kapellos.com Tue Oct 9 06:54:47 2007 From: mac at kapellos.com (alexandre) Date: Tue Oct 9 06:55:02 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhone hack In-Reply-To: <3A64EE72-F71E-47FB-AA50-B586521E5B14@pandora.be> References: <3A64EE72-F71E-47FB-AA50-B586521E5B14@pandora.be> Message-ID: <209C0FD6-0E88-42BA-884D-27510BBA24A1@kapellos.com> paul, entering "iphone hack" in google should give you about 6'960'000 results, the top one being: www.iphonehacks.com try your luck! personally i'm waiting for v2 and for apple to stop this sim-lock sh*t? yes, i might be waiting a long time! On 9 oct. 07, at 09:28, Paul Moortgat wrote: > iPhone will never come to Belgium because what Apple does is > illegal here. A friend went to the US an brought an iPhone with him. > Now in a newspaper they say (and they did) that the hack is legal > here as long as one doesn't change the soft in the iPhone. That's > from Apple. > Does anyone know how to hack an iPhone now it's legal in Belgium? alexandre :: 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.4.10 :: :: 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.10 :: From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Fri Oct 12 17:01:20 2007 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene) Date: Fri Oct 12 17:01:24 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhone hack In-Reply-To: <209C0FD6-0E88-42BA-884D-27510BBA24A1@kapellos.com> References: <3A64EE72-F71E-47FB-AA50-B586521E5B14@pandora.be> <209C0FD6-0E88-42BA-884D-27510BBA24A1@kapellos.com> Message-ID: <20071013000120.GG368@core-age.local> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:54:47AM CDT, alexandre wrote: > > entering "iphone hack" in google should give you about 6'960'000 results, > the top one being: > > www.iphonehacks.com > > try your luck! personally i'm waiting for v2 and for apple to stop this > sim-lock sh*t? yes, i might be waiting a long time! Between SIM locks and ringtone restrictions, is anyone else tired of hearing people blaming Apple for perpetuating bad cell phone practices forced upon them by cell phone carriers? -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From roy at ion.co.za Sat Oct 13 00:20:11 2007 From: roy at ion.co.za (Roy van der Westhuizen) Date: Sat Oct 13 00:20:25 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions Message-ID: <0F2AA41F-9C82-4AB1-BD26-C572956FE57F@ion.co.za> Thanks for the advice re Mac The Ripper, Dan, Michael, Paul and others. Eugene, the film I am after is only available on/in the NTSC format. So simply put, I want to buy it and play it in South Africa. To the best of my knowledge, we are region 2, not one. Our TV's are PAL. How that affects playing NTSC format I don't know. Possibly I can select 'Region 1' on the machine. Regards, Roy From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sat Oct 13 00:52:00 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Sat Oct 13 01:27:16 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhone hack In-Reply-To: <20071013000120.GG368@core-age.local> References: <3A64EE72-F71E-47FB-AA50-B586521E5B14@pandora.be> <209C0FD6-0E88-42BA-884D-27510BBA24A1@kapellos.com> <20071013000120.GG368@core-age.local> Message-ID: In the German Macwelt magazine they now explained what to do to hack the iPhone. They even included a 293 meg video and all the soft needed. In their solution one need to buy a Turbo Sim Card. Paul Moortgat On 13 Oct 2007, at 02:01, Eugene wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:54:47AM CDT, alexandre > wrote: >> >> entering "iphone hack" in google should give you about 6'960'000 >> results, >> the top one being: >> >> www.iphonehacks.com >> >> try your luck! personally i'm waiting for v2 and for apple to stop >> this >> sim-lock sh*t? yes, i might be waiting a long time! > > Between SIM locks and ringtone restrictions, is anyone else tired > of hearing people blaming Apple for perpetuating bad cell phone > practices forced upon them by cell phone carriers? > > > -- > Eugene > http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From euro at pandora.be Sat Oct 13 04:59:37 2007 From: euro at pandora.be (Hans) Date: Sat Oct 13 04:59:47 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVDs from other regions Message-ID: The best and only way is to make your player region(code) free through a hack. You can find these hacks posted on the internet. I found mine for a Denon 3900 without any problem. Various sellers also list them on eBay. From jkcorcor at cox.net Sat Oct 13 07:22:39 2007 From: jkcorcor at cox.net (Jack Corcoran) Date: Sat Oct 13 07:22:49 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive Message-ID: HI, My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up weekly with a 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to the same on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to boot from the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this was supposedly possible. Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another explanation? Any/all help appreciated. Jack C From landrey at mac.com Sat Oct 13 07:33:09 2007 From: landrey at mac.com (Art) Date: Sat Oct 13 07:33:30 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9FEFAA6D-C180-4413-A8BA-9CB82EF46A65@mac.com> On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up > weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to > the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to > boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this > was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another > explanation? > Any/all help appreciated. Use SuperDuper! From wayne at troutnc.com Sat Oct 13 08:18:27 2007 From: wayne at troutnc.com (Wayne Clodfelter) Date: Sat Oct 13 08:19:02 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4710E1C3.2050601@troutnc.com> Jack Corcoran wrote: > HI, > > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another explanation? > Any/all help appreciated. > > Jack C > > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal > > most backup/cloning apps have a checkbox or other selection means for making the destination volume bootable. Does yours, and are you choosing to make the destination drive bootable? -- Regards, Wayne Clodfelter From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Oct 13 08:31:26 2007 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Sat Oct 13 08:31:38 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is a lot more to a disc being bootable than it used to be in the OS9 days, when you only needed a Finder file and some basic System files in a folder at the root of the drive. In OSX, there are many interdependencies that have to be set. So simply backing up the folder structure from one disk to another won't do it. However, D?j? Vu's website does indicate that it should be able to create bootable disk clones. I'm assuming that you have explored all of the program's preferences to make sure that there isn't a "make bootable" button somewhere, like there used to be in Carbon Copy Cloner? Michael On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > HI, > > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up > weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to > the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to > boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this > was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another > explanation? > Any/all help appreciated. > > Jack C From ronsteinke at mac.com Sat Oct 13 10:38:06 2007 From: ronsteinke at mac.com (Ronald Steinke) Date: Sat Oct 13 10:36:34 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <195ACA6F-7D89-409B-9D54-E1D5EB94B73B@mac.com> On 13 Oct, 2007, at 7:22, Jack Corcoran wrote: > However, I am unable to boot from the Maxtor altho it was my > impression that when using Firewire this was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another > explanation? I have no experience with a Mini, but I would ask whether or not it CAN be booted from an external FireWire case. I have read that some Macs can boot to a FireWire external drive and others can boot to a USB external drive. I have booted iMac Rev A,B,C, & Ds to a USB external and also some early G4 tower models, but have never had a Mini to play with, so I have no suggestions there. I have booted my G5 PowerPC tower at home to a FireWire box, but haven't tried it with my USB box yet. That box stays at work and I never remember to bring it home to use in an experiment with my G5. I guess that isn't all that important to me to try or I would remember. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071013/53e7a36e/attachment.html From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Oct 13 11:21:12 2007 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Sat Oct 13 11:21:24 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: <195ACA6F-7D89-409B-9D54-E1D5EB94B73B@mac.com> References: <195ACA6F-7D89-409B-9D54-E1D5EB94B73B@mac.com> Message-ID: I believe you have to have an Intel Mac to boot from an USB drive. On Oct 13, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote: > I have booted my G5 PowerPC tower at home to a FireWire box, but > haven't tried it with my USB box yet. That box stays at work and I > never remember to bring it home to use in an experiment with my G5. > I guess that isn't all that important to me to try or I would > remember. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071013/1d2ccec6/attachment.html From XPressoBean at mac.com Sat Oct 13 11:46:31 2007 From: XPressoBean at mac.com (Linda) Date: Sat Oct 13 11:46:45 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/13/07 9:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this was > supposedly possible. Most backup programs have an option you must activate to create bootable backups. Otherwise the data is transferred but the backup isn't one you can boot from. You should be able to boot from a FireWire disk, but there has to be a *bootable* system on the disk to do so. From baltwo at san.rr.com Sat Oct 13 12:32:31 2007 From: baltwo at san.rr.com (John Baltutis) Date: Sat Oct 13 12:32:47 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: <20071013184643.BF81919075C0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071013184643.BF81919075C0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 10/13/07, Jack Corcoran wrote: > > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another explanation? > Any/all help appreciated. Easiest test is to erase the Maxtor and install the OS onto it; then, see if it'll boot the machine. From XPressoBean at mac.com Sat Oct 13 12:51:10 2007 From: XPressoBean at mac.com (Linda) Date: Sat Oct 13 12:51:21 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/13/07 2:32 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > Easiest test is to erase the Maxtor and install the OS onto it; then, see if > it'll boot the machine. Knowing of course that doing this means you're erasing your backup! You may want to make a good backup in a safe location, first. From jkcorcor at cox.net Sat Oct 13 13:03:14 2007 From: jkcorcor at cox.net (Jack Corcoran) Date: Sat Oct 13 13:03:24 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive Message-ID: Michael, My brain is fried. I haven't explored the dejavu pref's to see if there is a 'make bootable' button...but will do so now. Thanks. Jack C --------------- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:31:26 -0500 From: Michael Elliott Subject: Re: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed There is a lot more to a disc being bootable than it used to be in the OS9 days, when you only needed a Finder file and some basic System files in a folder at the root of the drive. In OSX, there are many interdependencies that have to be set. So simply backing up the folder structure from one disk to another won't do it. However, D?j? Vu's website does indicate that it should be able to create bootable disk clones. I'm assuming that you have explored all of the program's preferences to make sure that there isn't a "make bootable" button somewhere, like there used to be in Carbon Copy Cloner? Michael On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > HI, > > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up > weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to > the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to > boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this > was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another > explanation? > Any/all help appreciated. > > Jack C From jessup at san.rr.com Sat Oct 13 13:42:09 2007 From: jessup at san.rr.com (Daly Jessup) Date: Sat Oct 13 15:26:38 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: At 10:31 AM -0500 10/13/07, Michael Elliott wrote: >There is a lot more to a disc being bootable >than it used to be in the OS9 days, when you >only needed a Finder file and some basic System >files in a folder at the root of the drive. > >In OSX, there are many interdependencies that >have to be set. So simply backing up the folder >structure from one disk to another won't do it. > >However, D?j? Vu's website does indicate that it >should be able to create bootable disk clones. > >I'm assuming that you have explored all of the >program's preferences to make sure that there >isn't a "make bootable" button somewhere, like >there used to be in Carbon Copy Cloner? Google searching leads me to believe that DejaVu does not make bootable backups. For instance, from Roxio's forums: I strongly suggest that the original poster explore SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner for this purpose. I am not very familiar with Carbon Copy Cloner, but I know for sure that SuperDuper lets you write bootable backups, and lets you create schedules for the backups. And I have NEVER had a clone fail to be bootable except once, and that time, repairing permissions on the external drive resolved the issue immediately. Plus you can do "smart updates" to the clone, so that in the future, the backups are MUCH faster than the original full clone. I actually do a full clone of my drive to one external once a week, and a "smart update" to a different external every week. So far, so good. For all I know, Carbon Copy Cloner is just as good, and it's free. I understood from your original post that you are backing up to a Firewire drive. You should be able to easily make a bootable backup, if you use the right software. Daly ---------------------- From randy at macattorney.com Sat Oct 13 18:38:03 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B. Singer) Date: Sat Oct 13 18:38:15 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5DEF8192-CD47-4B92-B110-ABB1E478D11A@macattorney.com> On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:22 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > My basic eqpt is a Mac-Mini (non Intel) which I am backing up > weekly with a > 200gig Maxtor drive operating from the enclosure's Firewire port to > the same > on the computer. The backup application is Dejavu. > > The backup procedure works faultlessly. However, I am unable to > boot from > the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this > was > supposedly possible. > > Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another > explanation? Yes, it definitely is possible. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58606 In the Bombich Forums is a thread on how to properly prepare your external HD before cloning to it so that it will be bootable (which is critical): http://forums.bombich.com/viewtopic.php?t=4084 ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html ___________________________________________ From michaelelliott at mac.com Sun Oct 14 15:04:20 2007 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Sun Oct 14 15:04:27 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7156DF70-4992-40B4-8090-FB719F80C81A@mac.com> Yes, well, but their official product website DOES state that it can make bootable backups. On Oct 13, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Daly Jessup wrote: > Google searching leads me to believe that DejaVu does not make > bootable backups. For instance, from Roxio's forums: forums.support.roxio.com/lofiversion/index.php/t4647.html> From jessup at san.rr.com Sun Oct 14 17:31:42 2007 From: jessup at san.rr.com (Daly Jessup) Date: Sun Oct 14 18:46:04 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: <7156DF70-4992-40B4-8090-FB719F80C81A@mac.com> References: <7156DF70-4992-40B4-8090-FB719F80C81A@mac.com> Message-ID: I had written about DejaVu from Roxio: >>Google searching leads me to believe that DejaVu does not make >>bootable backups. For instance, from Roxio's forums: >> At 5:04 PM -0500 10/14/07, Michael Elliott wrote: >Yes, well, but their official product website DOES state that it can >make bootable backups. I must be blind, but could you provide a link to that website? I cannot find it under products, backup, or anything. I'm sure it's there, but it is eluding me. Daly ---------------------- From randy at macattorney.com Sun Oct 14 19:43:51 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B. Singer) Date: Sun Oct 14 19:44:04 2007 Subject: [X4U] Booting from external backup drive In-Reply-To: References: <7156DF70-4992-40B4-8090-FB719F80C81A@mac.com> Message-ID: <68737493-09FF-4F2B-8AE8-2A64F5867CE5@macattorney.com> On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Daly Jessup wrote: > At 5:04 PM -0500 10/14/07, Michael Elliott wrote: >> Yes, well, but their official product website DOES state that it >> can make bootable backups. > > I must be blind, but could you provide a link to that website? I > cannot find it under products, backup, or anything. I'm sure it's > there, but it is eluding me. Deja Vu $25 http://propagandaprod.com/dejavu.html They do claim that you can make a bootable backup with it. Deja Vu was wildly popular until SuperDuper came out. The folks who used it raved about it. As far as I know, there is still no released (non-beta) version of Deja Vu that runs natively on an Intel-based Mac. ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html ___________________________________________ From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Mon Oct 15 07:41:31 2007 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene) Date: Mon Oct 15 07:41:47 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: <0F2AA41F-9C82-4AB1-BD26-C572956FE57F@ion.co.za> References: <0F2AA41F-9C82-4AB1-BD26-C572956FE57F@ion.co.za> Message-ID: <20071015144131.GI368@core-age.local> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:20:11AM CDT, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: > > Eugene, the film I am after is only available on/in the NTSC format. So > simply put, I want to buy it and play it in South Africa. To the best of my > knowledge, we are region 2, not one. Our TV's are PAL. How that affects > playing NTSC format I don't know. Possibly I can select 'Region 1' on the > machine. Region codes are an evil abomination created by the film industry designed to restrict the distribution of DVDs between different "regions" of the world. So, for example, a "Harry Potter" DVD made for the U.S. market will not play in Europe or Asia because the region code between the U.S. DVD and the non-U.S. DVD player do not match. NTSC/PAL/SECAM are analog video formats used around the world. They differ in the number of scanlines, fields per second, horizontal/vertical refresh rates, and other stuff. Region codes have nothing to do with video formats, and vice versa. For example, both U.S. and Japanese DVDs are NTSC, but the former region code is 1 and the latter is 2. And while the United Kingdom also belongs to region code 2, they use PAL. Your most practical solution, as mentioned by other posters, is to buy one of those Asian DVD players that let you to switch region codes and also handle different video formats. A quick Google search brought up plenty of hits. Here's one (just an example, I am not associated with these people at all): http://www.dvdoverseas.com/dvd.htm -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From macmonster at myrealbox.com Mon Oct 15 11:27:26 2007 From: macmonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Mon Oct 15 11:27:42 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: <20071015144131.GI368@core-age.local> References: <0F2AA41F-9C82-4AB1-BD26-C572956FE57F@ion.co.za> <20071015144131.GI368@core-age.local> Message-ID: <86A8FA5E-48D3-403F-90D8-FF0828D59186@myrealbox.com> On 15 Oct 2007, at 15:41, Eugene wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:20:11AM CDT, Roy van der Westhuizen > wrote: >> >> Eugene, the film I am after is only available on/in the NTSC >> format. So >> simply put, I want to buy it and play it in South Africa. To the >> best of my >> knowledge, we are region 2, not one. Our TV's are PAL. How that >> affects >> playing NTSC format I don't know. Possibly I can select 'Region >> 1' on the >> machine. > ... > Your most practical solution, as mentioned by other posters, > is to buy one of those Asian DVD players that let you to switch > region codes and also handle different video formats. A quick > Google search brought up plenty of hits. Here's one (just an > example, I am not associated with these people at all): > > http://www.dvdoverseas.com/dvd.htm Hi Eugene, Whilst I find myself very much in agreement with your post, I'm compelled to remark that I find this supplier's headline prices seem a little steep, especially considering shipping. I'm sure you only provided them as an example, but I'd just like to point this out so that Mr van der Westhuizen doesn't consider them a baseline price. Here in the UK it's quite easy to pick up a region-free DVD player for as little as ?20 ($40). My mother bought one for c ?22 from an online supplier but many of those in Tescos and other supermarkets can be de-regionalised, too. I am sure this is the case for all the cheapest players. If Mr van der Westhuizen is prepared to do a little homework he could surely find a web-forum used by South African DVD / movie enthusiasts and find out which models currently on offer in his country's high street can be deregionalised. Typically this involves entering a 4- digit code using the remote and the unit is then region-free for life. He will surely be able to find one for less than $60 US. Alternatively, he could go into any supermarket or cheap electrical retailer, see what models they list & Google the results, appending the words "region free". For example I looked up the cheapest two players at Tesco.com (UK supermarket) which are priced at ?17.69 & ?22.97 respectively and discovered that both can easily be made region free. http://www.google.com/search?q=Tesco+Value+DVD306+region+free http://www.google.com/search?q=Technika+DVD1031+region+free As you say, the NTSC / PAL format isn't important - modern tellies will happily play either, as will all DVD players. So the region- encoding is the only important matter. If Mr van der Westhuizen is only interested in one particular movie then the cheapest solution is to buy the DVD and use MacTheRipper, Handbrake or whatever to remove the region-encoding. I don't need to do this myself, so can't remember how it's done, but I have done it in the past "as an exercise". I'm sure it only took me an hour or two, and I'm sure most of that time is waiting for jobs to finish on the computer (so it is time that is not wasted, but can be spent doing other things); there are plenty of guides to this on the net - one could easily find them with Google. Stroller. From ralph at avatarbiz.com Mon Oct 15 14:06:38 2007 From: ralph at avatarbiz.com (Ralph) Date: Mon Oct 15 14:06:47 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhone hack Message-ID: <4503408F-E96F-49E5-8B90-AA7A47D08900@avatarbiz.com> Eugene wrote: > Between SIM locks and ringtone restrictions, is anyone else tired > of hearing people blaming Apple for perpetuating bad cell phone > practices forced upon them by cell phone carriers? Yes. Power users might be happier if they got a Blackberry. More power to them. The iPhone isn't designed to be the ultimate hacker's device: it's a consumer product that brings more powerful features to a broad consumer market. The vast majority of cell phone users don't care about screwing with the innards of their phones: they just want an appliance that works and doesn't require a PhD in computer science (or equivalent work experience). If you want to hack your iPhone, go for it -- but don't expect any more sympathy or support from Apple than you'd get from Sony when you have trouble with your "modified" DVD player! Ralph Jones Avatar Community Business Center Fairfax, California ralph@avatarbiz.com From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Wed Oct 17 07:46:40 2007 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene) Date: Wed Oct 17 07:46:40 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions In-Reply-To: <86A8FA5E-48D3-403F-90D8-FF0828D59186@myrealbox.com> References: <0F2AA41F-9C82-4AB1-BD26-C572956FE57F@ion.co.za> <20071015144131.GI368@core-age.local> <86A8FA5E-48D3-403F-90D8-FF0828D59186@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: <20071017144640.GJ368@core-age.local> On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 01:27:26PM CDT, Stroller wrote: > On 15 Oct 2007, at 15:41, Eugene wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:20:11AM CDT, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote: >>> >>> Eugene, the film I am after is only available on/in the NTSC format. >>> So simply put, I want to buy it and play it in South Africa. To the >>> best of my knowledge, we are region 2, not one. Our TV's are PAL. >>> How that affects playing NTSC format I don't know. Possibly I can >>> select 'Region 1' on the machine. >> ... >> Your most practical solution, as mentioned by other posters, >> is to buy one of those Asian DVD players that let you to switch >> region codes and also handle different video formats. A quick >> Google search brought up plenty of hits. Here's one (just an >> example, I am not associated with these people at all): >> >> http://www.dvdoverseas.com/dvd.htm > > Hi Eugene, > > Whilst I find myself very much in agreement with your post, I'm compelled > to remark that I find this supplier's headline prices seem a little steep, > especially considering shipping. I'm sure you only provided them as an > example, but I'd just like to point this out so that Mr van der Westhuizen > doesn't consider them a baseline price. > > Here in the UK it's quite easy to pick up a region-free DVD player for as > little as ?20 ($40). My mother bought one for c ?22 from an online supplier > but many of those in Tescos and other supermarkets can > be de-regionalised, too. I am sure this is the case for all the cheapest > players. I agree wholeheartedly, especially with the fact that the supplier I listed is pricey. I don't know what the markets are like in different countries for multi-region DVD players. But with a bit more research, I'm sure there are cheaper alternatives in every country. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Wed Oct 17 16:21:17 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Wed Oct 17 16:21:30 2007 Subject: [X4U] Vista lies Message-ID: <4D1B9EEE-1009-4B09-ADB9-83E4A0A775E6@pandora.be> The Dutch consumer organization advices the customers to ask for Windows XP instead Vista when they'll buy a PC. They've 5000 complaints about Vista. M$ respond that there are 1 million PC computers with Vista and 8 to 9 million with XT. (16.5 million people in Holland) This can't be. When they launched Vista they had support for 1.5 million devices, now 2 million. I wonder why there're so many printers and scanners not supported. XP will stay 6 months longer available because so many companies refuse to work with Vista. While it's so good???? If this isn't ammo against M$. Paul Moortgat From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Wed Oct 17 17:46:37 2007 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Wed Oct 17 17:46:49 2007 Subject: [X4U] InfoWorld about Leopard Message-ID: <0407852B-8147-48B9-B1D4-75CDB49D5FC1@pandora.be> Paul Moortgat From roduncan at telus.net Thu Oct 18 10:38:29 2007 From: roduncan at telus.net (Rod Duncan) Date: Thu Oct 18 10:38:41 2007 Subject: [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request Message-ID: If you have the AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 archived could/would you email it to me. Or if it is too big drop it onto my .mac account. You could email me off the list. The History: Decided to upgrade my original Graphite Airport base station (in use since 1999) to a more recent, but still used, Airport Extreme base station. Purchased from an online store which purportedly declared it as a refurb. Needless to say, it was more used than refurbed and arrived without the installer CD. This wouldn't be a problem except you need the original software included on the CD to upgrade the Airport Utility software. It isn't available for download from Apple. Earlier in the year, there was an upgrade called the > AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 < it turns out you can find this original v.5 software inside the content packages. Once you have this original software the ability to upgrade to v.5.1 can be done. Apple, in all its selfish wisdom, has also removed this original update for download. ?? Full Instructions on how to extract: http://useamacintx.googlepages.com/gettingairportutility or... http://homepage.mac.com/james.clay/iblog/B894479528/C2040813928/E20070505184135/index.html Thanks, Rod -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071018/73d2f253/attachment.html From rashton at telus.net Thu Oct 18 12:22:06 2007 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Thu Oct 18 12:23:39 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhoto Version 7.1 Message-ID: <720B148E-5C28-4D37-977B-523B5E8D2649@telus.net> Every time I go to run iPhoto it goes into slide show. I hit the escape key which stops the show and puts it back into iphoto but then it goes into slide show almost right away. The only way to stop the slide show is to do a force quit. I can't even do iphoto>quit. Any help would be appreciated. Bob From tombulat at comcast.net Thu Oct 18 12:54:14 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Thu Oct 18 12:54:20 2007 Subject: [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request Message-ID: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> >Earlier in the year, there was an upgrade called the > >AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 < it turns out you can find this >original v.5 software inside the content packages. Once you have this >original software the ability to upgrade to v.5.1 can be done. >Apple, in all its selfish wisdom, has also removed this original >update for download. ?? I recently bought an Apple Airport Extreme base Station refurb, but the software included was v4.2 The Update you are referring to requires v5.0 What hardware was v5.0 of the Apple Software supplied with, and how come it is not readily available? Curious, and so long for now, TOM From healyzh at aracnet.com Fri Oct 19 15:08:49 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Fri Oct 19 15:09:01 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard Message-ID: <200710192208.l9JM8nn9027832@onyx.spiritone.com> So, Leopard will be released this next week. I'm curious what people are doing to prepare. As we currently have a G5 2x2 (my system) and a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook (my wife's) I'm planning on getting the family pack and upgrading her system immediatly. I need to get ClarisDraw running under SheepShaver, or another emulator, before I upgrade my G5. I've given up on trying to move off of ClarisDraw, at least for the time being, and will instead try to simply run it under emulation. I need to look at some sort of external storage solution for a Time Machine vault. The problem being I need 1.5-2TB for the vault if I'm going to protect everything, and still have multiple versions of files. I'm open to *cheap* suggestions for this. Can the vault be spread over multiple external drives? I gather this is something that I can plug into the G5, and it can be used by both the G5 and MacBook? I am also looking into upgrading both systems to iLife '08 (family pack) and adding a family pack .Mac membership. I'm not sure about either of these though, as we're happy with iLife '06, and I have my own mail and web servers. I'm actually fairly excited about 10.5, unlike 10.4 it has several features I want. While it takes away the ability to run Classic Mac app's, I'll loose that when I finally upgrade to an Intel based system anyway. Besides once I find one of my older copies of the OS and get SheepShaver or another emulator working, I can finally run some software I've not been able to run in years. :^) In spite of my excitement, I'll likely hold off on upgrading my own system until sometime around the 10.5.1 - 10.5.4 timeframe. I like stability more than I like new features. Zane From netkat at comcast.net Fri Oct 19 15:12:58 2007 From: netkat at comcast.net (nk) Date: Fri Oct 19 15:13:08 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard In-Reply-To: <200710192208.l9JM8nn9027832@onyx.spiritone.com> References: <200710192208.l9JM8nn9027832@onyx.spiritone.com> Message-ID: <56e438790cae47b09a671286a2ce819f@comcast.net> On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > So, Leopard will be released this next week. I'm curious what people > are > doing to prepare. my preparation is bidness as usual. staying with Tiger as everything works beautifully and is paid for. Any upgrade to the os will happen for me the next time I upgrade my hardware, and that could be a few years off. If ever! Apple did a great job designing both computer and OS, and I'm going to use this rig until it goes up in smoke! cheers! nk From healyzh at aracnet.com Fri Oct 19 16:28:11 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Fri Oct 19 16:28:22 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard In-Reply-To: <56e438790cae47b09a671286a2ce819f@comcast.net> from "nk" at Oct 19, 2007 03:12:58 PM Message-ID: <200710192328.l9JNSCLM029561@onyx.spiritone.com> > Any upgrade to the os will happen for me the next time I upgrade my > hardware, and that could be a few years off. If ever! I finally upgraded to 10.4.x a few months ago, it took my wanting to run something that required 10.4 to force my hand. This is in spite of buying 10.4 the day it was released. > Apple did a great job designing both computer and OS, and I'm going to > use this rig until it goes up in smoke! You've got that right, in another 2-3 weeks I hit the 4 year point on my G5 2x2, and any speed issues have been resolved by adding more RAM (currently at 5.5GB). The only software that feels slow is the current version of Adobe Acrobat. I hope to get at least two more years out of this system before I replace it. While I'd like a nice 4 or 8-core Mac Pro, I can't justify it with as well as this system works. My G4/450 felt slow when surfing within a year or two of purchasing it, and IIRC, I replaced it after 4 years. Zane From baltwo at san.rr.com Fri Oct 19 16:54:14 2007 From: baltwo at san.rr.com (John Baltutis) Date: Fri Oct 19 16:55:49 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard In-Reply-To: <20071019232821.C1B1619D660A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071019232821.C1B1619D660A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > >> So, Leopard will be released this next week. I'm curious what people >> are doing to prepare. I've beta-tested Panther, Tiger, and Leopard and highly recommend the upgrade previous version option. It's the fastest option, deletes all earlier OS components that aren't needed, adds the new OS components, and doesn't create a Previous System folder.There's no messing around with the Migration Assistant, reinstalling applications, or moving stuff from the Previous System folder that the installermisses. For preparation, get abootable, external HD, and make a bootable backup/clone before upgrading/updating. See the below links. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall anything. From jleo at projectsupport.com Fri Oct 19 17:08:55 2007 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Fri Oct 19 17:10:49 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: <20071019232821.C1B1619D660A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: So I'm in the market for a new notebook, and of course it comes down to the classic conundrum: Macbook vs Macbook Pro. As far as I'm aware, here are the pros to going Pro: Faster CPU Better video adapter FW 800??? Cooler looking What else am I missing? Thanks, Jesse From XPressoBean at mac.com Fri Oct 19 17:17:11 2007 From: XPressoBean at mac.com (Linda) Date: Fri Oct 19 17:17:26 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/19/07 7:08 PM, Jesse Leo wrote: > What else am I missing? Here's a list offered by Jim Saklad on another Mac list: > Differences include: > Size of screen > Resolution of screen > Speed of CPU > Speed of bus > Speed of graphics > Availability of higher-speed (7200 RPM) drive > Available RAM > Presence of keyboard illumination > Presence of ExpressCard slot > Presence of FireWire 800 port Hope that helps. peace, Linda From neil at laubenthal.net Fri Oct 19 17:26:48 2007 From: neil at laubenthal.net (Neil Laubenthal) Date: Fri Oct 19 17:27:02 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Larger screen size both inches and pixels. Backlight keyboard. Card slot. Drawback . . . the metal case is probably actually less durable than the polycarbonate one on the MB and it really gets too hot to actually sit it on our lap. I use a CoolPad with mine. Speedwise he Pro is a bit faster; but not enough so you'll notice without a benchmark. It's got dedicated video so performance is better there. That's about it for the main differences . . . for me the slightly better performance and larger screen size made the difference . . . but then I only replace my laptop every 3-4 years or so . . . and I have a high enough salary where I could afford either. If the budget only supports the MB . . . then you won't be unhappy with it. On Oct 19, 2007, at 20:08, Jesse Leo wrote: > So I'm in the market for a new notebook, and of course it comes > down to the > classic conundrum: > > Macbook vs Macbook Pro. > > As far as I'm aware, here are the pros to going Pro: > > Faster CPU > Better video adapter > FW 800??? > Cooler looking > > What else am I missing? > > Thanks, > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal From roduncan at telus.net Fri Oct 19 17:28:28 2007 From: roduncan at telus.net (Rod Duncan) Date: Fri Oct 19 17:28:35 2007 Subject: [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: > >Earlier in the year, there was an upgrade called the > > >AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 < it turns out you can find this >>original v.5 software inside the content packages. Once you have this >>original software the ability to upgrade to v.5.1 can be done. >>Apple, in all its selfish wisdom, has also removed this original >>update for download. ?? > >I recently bought an Apple Airport Extreme base Station refurb, but the >software included was v4.2 > >The Update you are referring to requires v5.0 > >What hardware was v5.0 of the Apple Software supplied with, > >and how come it is not readily available? > >Curious, and so long for now, TOM Hey Tom, In fairness to Apple (something they aren't always with us - fair that is) v5.0 didn't come with this particular model of Extreme base station. I already was running v4.2 with my earlier Graphite model. However, from what I have read the Airport Utility v5.0 and the subsequent v5.1 upgrade provide a much nicer interface to the Airport base station software, at least from the reports I've read. The v5.1 upgrade is available but if you don't have the original CD with v.5.0 you have nothing to upgrade and the v5.0 isn't available for download. ?? Just don't understand why Apple wouldn't provide the full software package for download. Obviously, it would only be for existing Extreme base station users. Not like anybody else would be interested. Instead of leaving the aforementioned > AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 < (which had the v5.0) they go and pull it from available downloads ?? Again, if anyone has the Airport Utility v5.0 or a copy of the AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 archived would sure appreciate a copy. You could email off the list. Thanks, Rod From tombulat at comcast.net Fri Oct 19 18:21:46 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Fri Oct 19 18:21:54 2007 Subject: Re(2): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> >Just don't understand why Apple wouldn't provide the full software >package for download. Obviously, it would only be for existing >Extreme base station users. Not like anybody else would be >interested. Instead of leaving the aforementioned > >AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 < (which had the v5.0) they go and >pull it from available downloads ?? > >Again, if anyone has the Airport Utility v5.0 or a copy of the >AirPortBaseStationUpdate2007001 archived would sure appreciate a >copy. You could email off the list. > Hi Rod, Glad you responded. I've been over to Apple surfing around their forum. Here's what was suggested.... DL AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg at... o Double-click AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg to mount and display it's contents. o From the AirPortUtility window, right-click on "AirPortUtility.pkg." o Select "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu. o In the "AirPortUtility.pkg" window, double-click on the "Contents" folder to open it. o In the "Contents" window, double-click on the "Archive.pax.gz" file. This will create a new folder on your Desktop, named "Archive." Both the AirPort Utility and the AirPort Disk Utility will be inside Archive/ Applications/Utilities folder. You can copy or move them to your Applications folder. I haven't tried it yet, but if you do let me know if it works. So long for now, TOM From lists at mac.com Fri Oct 19 18:51:47 2007 From: lists at mac.com (Neil) Date: Fri Oct 19 18:52:02 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard In-Reply-To: References: <20071019232821.C1B1619D660A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <4D0DAC2F-E771-4700-B916-4BDFC0EA5710@mac.com> On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:54 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > I... highly recommend the upgrade > previous version option. Is that the default selection on the install disc? The boot drive on my old Quicksilver G4 died, so I ended up it and reinstalling my applications. It feels faster now, so I was thinking of taking the opportunity to do the same to my G5 when I install Leopard. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071019/6b1a50a9/attachment.html From tnoel at mac.com Fri Oct 19 21:18:23 2007 From: tnoel at mac.com (Thomas W Noel) Date: Fri Oct 19 21:18:51 2007 Subject: [X4U] iPhoto Version 7.1 In-Reply-To: <720B148E-5C28-4D37-977B-523B5E8D2649@telus.net> References: <720B148E-5C28-4D37-977B-523B5E8D2649@telus.net> Message-ID: <1D4B8AE0-F8F8-4BCB-8C5E-37A436B14530@mac.com> Sounds like a corrupt preference file. Delete "~/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.iphoto.plist On Oct 18, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Robert wrote: > Every time I go to run iPhoto it goes into slide show. I hit the > escape key which stops the show and puts it back into iphoto but > then it goes into slide show almost right away. The only way to > stop the slide show is to do a force quit. I can't even do > iphoto>quit. Any help would be appreciated. Bob > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp:// > www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal This message is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. From macmonster at myrealbox.com Fri Oct 19 23:03:36 2007 From: macmonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Fri Oct 19 23:03:48 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1139461D-887B-4100-979C-7321F6EE7473@myrealbox.com> On 20 Oct 2007, at 01:26, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > ... > Drawback . . . the metal case is probably actually less durable > than the polycarbonate one on the MB ... Modded up. The regular 13" MacBook is the perfect size for me. I had the 12" Powerbook, and with the widescreen the extra inch is all in width - the MacBook's keyboard just feels less cramped than my Powerbook's one did. For me dual-head operation used to be the most compelling feature of the "pro" models, but Apple now include this on the plastic MacBook. Here the price difference between the MacBook & the Pro is ?500 - $1000. There's no way I can justify that for a speed bump and for screen resolution I'm not really interested in. The 13" MacBook is perfectly portable. Stroller. From roduncan at telus.net Fri Oct 19 23:38:41 2007 From: roduncan at telus.net (Rod Duncan) Date: Fri Oct 19 23:39:05 2007 Subject: Re(2): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: >Hi Rod, >Glad you responded. I've been over to Apple surfing around their forum. > >Here's what was suggested.... >DL AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg at... >Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/ >061-3643.20070813.60P1c/AirPortUtility521.dmg> >o Double-click AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg to mount and display it's contents. >o From the AirPortUtility window, right-click on "AirPortUtility.pkg." >o Select "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu. >o In the "AirPortUtility.pkg" window, double-click on the "Contents" >folder to open it. >o In the "Contents" window, double-click on the "Archive.pax.gz" file. >This will create a new folder on your Desktop, named "Archive." Both the >AirPort Utility and the AirPort Disk Utility will be inside Archive/ >Applications/Utilities folder. You can copy or move them to your >Applications folder. > >I haven't tried it yet, but if you do let me know if it works. > >So long for now, TOM Hi Tom, Thanks for the heads up. You know, I had already downloaded this particular 521.dmg Airport Base Utility. But before I had popped open the contents folder and pried out the necessary applications I had read from someone else, who had posted on-line, that you required the original v5.0 software to upgrade from. Well... instead of ignoring the advice and now it turns out - inaccurate. I went looking for v5.0 to upgrade, posted here and the rest, as you know, is history. In short, the Airport Base Utility 5.21 works properly. Doesn't give us anything we didn't already have with v.4.2 except a much cleaner looking interface to set up the Extreme base station and to review and/or change settings. Regardless, I ran the the new utilities even though I really didn't need to but being an Apple type never really happy unless I break something or screw it up. Fortunately it didn't. Have a look at it. Much nicer and cleaner looking. Thanks for this, Rod From jessup at san.rr.com Sat Oct 20 00:01:46 2007 From: jessup at san.rr.com (Daly Jessup) Date: Sat Oct 20 00:05:47 2007 Subject: Re(2): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: At 23 38 -0700 10/19/07, Rod Duncan wrote: >>DL AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg at... >>>Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/ >>061-3643.20070813.60P1c/AirPortUtility521.dmg> >>o Double-click AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg to mount and display it's contents. >>o From the AirPortUtility window, right-click on "AirPortUtility.pkg." >>o Select "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu. >>o In the "AirPortUtility.pkg" window, double-click on the "Contents" >>folder to open it. >>o In the "Contents" window, double-click on the "Archive.pax.gz" file. >>This will create a new folder on your Desktop, named "Archive." Both the >>AirPort Utility and the AirPort Disk Utility will be inside Archive/ >>Applications/Utilities folder. You can copy or move them to your >>Applications folder. >>I haven't tried it yet, but if you do let me know if it works. This does work. I should add that clicking on the "Contents" window puts an "Archive" folder in the folder you use for Downloads, and that is not necessarily the Desktop. I in fact use a folder called "Downloads" in my Documents folder, and that is where the "Archive" folder appeared. I kept looking for it on the Desktop and not finding it. So it only goes to the Desktop if that is what you have set as your download location. Otherwise, this process worked great! Thank you. Daly ---------------------- From baltwo at san.rr.com Sat Oct 20 00:26:07 2007 From: baltwo at san.rr.com (John Baltutis) Date: Sat Oct 20 00:26:22 2007 Subject: [X4U] Countdown to Leopard In-Reply-To: <20071020063917.7DAF119DECB7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071020063917.7DAF119DECB7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 10/19/07, Neil wrote: > On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:54 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > >> I highly recommend the upgrade previous version option. > > Is that the default selection on the install disc? > > The boot drive on my old Quicksilver G4 died, so I ended up [replacing] it and > reinstalling my applications. It feels faster now, so I was thinking > of taking the opportunity to do the same to my G5 when I install Leopard. If you boot a machine containing an earlier OS installation (assuming one disk, unpartitioned) with the Leopard install disk, then that will be the default option, although you won't see it unless you click on the Customize button. If you have the same OS version, say Tiger on that disk, and boot with a Tiger install disk, the default option will be Archive & Install, also only seen if you select the customize button. Once again, it's your choice, but the Erase & Install, reinstalling applications, and resetting all the preferences is very time-consuming. Running a machine without a bootable backup/clone and haviing the only disk in it fail forces that situation. Your G4 can hold multiple HDs. Put anothe in it, clone the original, and then try out the various installation options. The backup/clone can always be used to restore the original. Additionally, with external FWHDs relatively inexpensive, get one of those also. Multiple backups/clones on multiple HDs is the safe way to operate. From roy at ion.co.za Sat Oct 20 01:40:53 2007 From: roy at ion.co.za (Roy van der Westhuizen) Date: Sat Oct 20 01:41:12 2007 Subject: [X4U] Unlocking DVD for other regions Message-ID: <7DB140A3-2356-49B6-A4BC-3633D0B92B51@ion.co.za> >>> Eugene, the film I am after is only available on/in the NTSC format. >>> So simply put, I want to buy it and play it in South Africa. To the >>> best of my knowledge, we are region 2, not one. Our TV's are PAL. >>> How that affects playing NTSC format I don't know. Possibly I can >>> select 'Region 1' on the machine. >>> >> ... >> Your most practical solution, as mentioned by other posters, >> is to buy one of those Asian DVD players that let you to switch >> region codes and also handle different video formats. A quick >> Google search brought up plenty of hits. Here's one (just an >> example, I am not associated with these people at all): >> >> http://www.dvdoverseas.com/dvd.htm >> > >> Hi Eugene, >> >> Whilst I find myself very much in agreement with your post, I'm >> compelled >> to remark that I find this supplier's headline prices seem a >> little steep, >> especially considering shipping. I'm sure you only provided them >> as an >> example, but I'd just like to point this out so that Mr van der >> Westhuizen >> doesn't consider them a baseline price. >> >> Here in the UK it's quite easy to pick up a region-free DVD player >> for as >> little as ?20 ($40). My mother bought one for c ?22 from an online >> supplier >> but many of those in Tescos and other >> supermarkets can >> be de-regionalised, too. I am sure this is the case for all the >> cheapest >> players. >> > I agree wholeheartedly, especially with the fact that the supplier I > listed is pricey. I don't know what the markets are like in different > countries for multi-region DVD players. But with a bit more research, > I'm sure there are cheaper alternatives in every country. Thanks to Eugene and everyone else who replied to my query. When next in a city I will look at what is available. Regards, Roy From jleo at projectsupport.com Sat Oct 20 05:53:53 2007 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Sat Oct 20 05:54:02 2007 Subject: [X4U] Re: MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: <20071020063917.7DAF119DECB7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the info and advice. I guess it comes down to the obvious question: What will it be used for? iPhoto Ms Office Some light iMovie'ing Some Photoshop stuff Some Dreamweaver'ing (or would that be weaving?) Blogging Firefoxing Apple Mail All of these things can be done perfectly well on a Macbook, except for maybe I would miss the FW800 when importing from the video cam? Guess I could live with that. If the MBP was just a "little more" than the MB I would go for it. But it's around $1000 more. So there it is. From jleo at projectsupport.com Sat Oct 20 06:16:39 2007 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Sat Oct 20 06:16:44 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad In-Reply-To: <20071020063917.7DAF119DECB7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: So in the new iPhone ad the ballerina says she can blog and upload photos from her iPhone. Blog, maybe... But upload photos? How? http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ad14/ From ffarwell at cox.net Sat Oct 20 07:12:36 2007 From: ffarwell at cox.net (FC Farwell) Date: Sat Oct 20 07:12:48 2007 Subject: [X4U] Re): Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071020063917.296DC19DECB5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20071020063917.296DC19DECB5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On Oct 20, 2007,Tom Bulat wrote: > Thomas Bulat" > Subject: Re(2): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request > > Here's what was suggested.... > DL AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg at... > Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/ > 061-3643.20070813.60P1c/AirPortUtility521.dmg> > o Double-click AirPortBaseUtility521.dmg to mount and display it's > contents.... > HI Tom i tried this and though half way through we are good, we have a new folder on the desktop called contents not archive but in it are not the files needed its a copy of the show package contents from the installer itself so there appears to be a step missing. F.C. Farwell From atlynch at mac.com Sat Oct 20 07:18:18 2007 From: atlynch at mac.com (Lynch Andrew) Date: Sat Oct 20 07:18:26 2007 Subject: [X4U] Two Desktops in sidebar Message-ID: Hi Folks, For some reason there are two "Desktop"s in the lower portion of the sidebar in finder. If I drag them out, they poof. Then I open finder preferences, and click on sidebar preferences, Desktop is unchecked. If I click on the checkbox, one desktop appears in the sidebar, but the box remains unchecked. If I click the checkbox again, another desktop appears and the box becomes checked. I have also noticed that open/save dialogs have two desktops. I've cleaned caches and deleted the com.apple.finder.preferences. Any ideas how to solve this annoyance? -Drew From steveself at mac.com Sat Oct 20 07:33:09 2007 From: steveself at mac.com (Steve Self) Date: Sat Oct 20 07:33:30 2007 Subject: [X4U] Two Desktops in sidebar In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Perhaps also delete com.apple.sidebar.preferences I have to do this about once every two months as duplicates accumulate in the sidebar. I suspect the ultimate solution is to Archive and install or just wait to install Leopard. S From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Oct 20 08:07:46 2007 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Sat Oct 20 08:07:53 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad Message-ID: <1455B615-81A6-4399-85BA-B719F55763FC@mac.com> She might just upload pictures to her .Mac Web Gallery: http://www.apple.com/dotmac/webgallery.html Michael From tombulat at comcast.net Sat Oct 20 09:09:41 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Sat Oct 20 09:09:55 2007 Subject: Re(3): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> >I ran the the new utilities even >though I really didn't need to but being an Apple type never really >happy unless I break something or screw it up. Fortunately it >didn't. Have a look at it. Much nicer and cleaner looking. Hi Rod, Ha Ha Ha! Too true from another "Apple type"! I'll try it out soon. I just bought a second base station which I am using as a remote to extend the range into my kitchen. It seems that the Jenn-Air SS refrig was blocking most of the signal from the second floor to kitchen. This additional station pumps me up to a full signal. Am loving it, and will wait for a while before I "break it" playing around. Glad it works. So long for now, TOM From tombulat at comcast.net Sat Oct 20 09:15:57 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Sat Oct 20 09:16:18 2007 Subject: [X4U] Re): Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: References: <20071020063917.296DC19DECB5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <20071020161557.1730902091@smtp.comcast.net> >HI Tom i tried this and though half way through we are good, we have >a new folder on the desktop called contents not archive but in it are >not the files needed its a copy of the show package contents from the >installer itself so there appears to be a step missing. Hi F.C. Farwell, Odd. It worked for me. FYI, I like to open a new window and use multi columnar list view when I am hunting through layers of folders. Maybe it's misplaced. Might want to try again. So long for now, TOM From nickscalise at cox.net Sat Oct 20 14:21:50 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sat Oct 20 14:21:56 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Oct 20, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Jesse Leo wrote: > So in the new iPhone ad the ballerina says she can blog and upload > photos > from her iPhone. Blog, maybe... But upload photos? How? If her blog site allows uploading of photos through a webbrowser, I assume that Safari can do that from the iPhone. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com Sat Oct 20 14:34:09 2007 From: shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com (Shawn King) Date: Sat Oct 20 14:34:33 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/20/07 9:16 AM, "Jesse Leo" wrote: > So in the new iPhone ad the ballerina says she can blog and upload photos > from her iPhone. Blog, maybe... But upload photos? How? I use Flickr to do it. You can see them here: The 1st page are all pics either my wife or I have posted from our respective iPhones. -- Shawn King Host/Executive Producer Your Mac Life http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com From roduncan at telus.net Sat Oct 20 17:23:54 2007 From: roduncan at telus.net (Rod Duncan) Date: Sat Oct 20 17:24:07 2007 Subject: Re(3): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: > >I ran the the new utilities even >>though I really didn't need to but being an Apple type never really >>happy unless I break something or screw it up. Fortunately it >>didn't. Have a look at it. Much nicer and cleaner looking. > >Hi Rod, > >Ha Ha Ha! Too true from another "Apple type"! > >I'll try it out soon. > >I just bought a second base station which I am using as a remote >to extend the range into my kitchen. > >It seems that the Jenn-Air SS refrig was blocking most of the >signal from the second floor to kitchen. > >This additional station pumps me up to a full signal. > >Am loving it, and will wait for a while before I "break it" >playing around. > >Glad it works. > >So long for now, TOM Hey Tom, Hmm... Since I replaced my old Graphite base station with this Extreme model I think I will put it into remote service mode, too. Will set it up to extend my own wireless coverage. My outside deck, at times, seems to have a bit spotty reception. I'll use the Graphite to relay the signal. Wouldn't get much for it to sell so might as well put the old dear to effective use. Lead on Kemo Sabe. Cheers, iRod From vplewis at mac.com Sat Oct 20 17:31:21 2007 From: vplewis at mac.com (Vince Lewis) Date: Sat Oct 20 17:31:36 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: <1139461D-887B-4100-979C-7321F6EE7473@myrealbox.com> References: <1139461D-887B-4100-979C-7321F6EE7473@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: On Oct 19, 2007, at 11:03 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 20 Oct 2007, at 01:26, Neil Laubenthal wrote: >> ... >> Drawback . . . the metal case is probably actually less durable >> than the polycarbonate one on the MB ... > > Modded up. > > The regular 13" MacBook is the perfect size for me. I had the 12" > Powerbook, and with the widescreen the extra inch is all in width - > the MacBook's keyboard just feels less cramped than my Powerbook's > one did. > > For me dual-head operation used to be the most compelling feature > of the "pro" models, but Apple now include this on the plastic > MacBook. > > Here the price difference between the MacBook & the Pro is ?500 - > $1000. There's no way I can justify that for a speed bump and for > screen resolution I'm not really interested in. The 13" MacBook is > perfectly portable. > > Stroller. An issue I've not seen mentioned is the choice of matte screen or glossy on the Pro, but only glossy on the MB. If that matters to you, it could be a dealbreaker. ciao, Vince From tombulat at comcast.net Sat Oct 20 18:13:09 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Sat Oct 20 18:13:19 2007 Subject: Re(4): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> >I'll use the Graphite >to relay the signal. Wouldn't get much for it to sell so might as >well put the old dear to effective use. > >Lead on Kemo Sabe. Hi iRod, You won't be disappointed! Are you hooking to an ethernet network as I was? If so you have to give each base station (main and remote) the same ethernet address. Took me about 18 hours to figure that out on my own. ;-) So long for now, TOM PS: I went through 3 of those graphite babies. Power supplies used to be a problem. From roduncan at telus.net Sat Oct 20 21:52:45 2007 From: roduncan at telus.net (Rod Duncan) Date: Sat Oct 20 21:52:54 2007 Subject: Re(4): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: > >I'll use the Graphite >>to relay the signal. Wouldn't get much for it to sell so might as >>well put the old dear to effective use. >> >>Lead on Kemo Sabe. > >Hi iRod, >You won't be disappointed! > >Are you hooking to an ethernet network as I was? > >If so you have to give each base station (main and remote) the same >ethernet address. > >Took me about 18 hours to figure that out on my own. ;-) > >So long for now, TOM > >PS: I went through 3 of those graphite babies. Power supplies used to be >a problem. Hi Tom, Yes, I am on an ethernet network. Thanks for the time-saving heads up. I've my original 1999 model replaced on an out-of-warranty repair by Apple. There was some capacitor problem with the original production run so they replaced for free. Think it was in 2001. Haven't had a bit of trouble with the base station or power supply. Running literally 24/7. =D> Thanks, Rod From michaelelliott at mac.com Sun Oct 21 03:23:58 2007 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Sun Oct 21 03:24:10 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8F20272F-E14B-4085-BF17-E4B7D23D985C@mac.com> done via e-mail? I assume, since there is no way to select a photo from the iPhone camera in mobile Safari to send to a site? On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Shawn King wrote: > > > > On 10/20/07 9:16 AM, "Jesse Leo" wrote: > >> So in the new iPhone ad the ballerina says she can blog and upload >> photos >> from her iPhone. Blog, maybe... But upload photos? How? > > I use Flickr to do it. You can see them here: > From shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com Sun Oct 21 05:10:49 2007 From: shawn at yourmaclifeshow.com (Shawn King) Date: Sun Oct 21 05:11:10 2007 Subject: [X4U] Ballet iPhone ad In-Reply-To: <8F20272F-E14B-4085-BF17-E4B7D23D985C@mac.com> Message-ID: On 10/21/07 6:23 AM, "Michael Elliott" wrote: > done via e-mail? Correct. -- Shawn King Host/Executive Producer Your Mac Life http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com From macmonster at myrealbox.com Sun Oct 21 05:57:05 2007 From: macmonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Sun Oct 21 05:57:18 2007 Subject: Re(4): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <45BB0511-FDC2-4796-90B3-1E7FA1783DEF@myrealbox.com> On 21 Oct 2007, at 02:13, Thomas Bulat wrote: > ... >> Since I replaced my old Graphite base station with this Extreme >> model I think I will put it into remote service mode, too. Will >> set it up to extend my own wireless coverage. My outside deck, at >> times, seems to have a bit spotty reception. I'll use the Graphite >> to relay the signal. Wouldn't get much for it to sell so might as >> well put the old dear to effective use. Lead on Kemo Sabe. > ... > Are you hooking to an ethernet network as I was? > > If so you have to give each base station (main and remote) the same > ethernet address. > > Took me about 18 hours to figure that out on my own. ;-) Are you sure? I have no experience with Airport-brand wireless gear, but I'm somewhat surprised to hear that two devices might share a MAC address. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address Range extending using Airport base-stations is achieved by the standard Wireless Distribution System. When configuring a WDS network all base-stations must share the same WEP key. I think that optionally they may share the same wireless network name (SSID - eg: "Linksys" or "My Wireless Network"). Perhaps you could be confusing these? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System Stroller. From tombulat at comcast.net Sun Oct 21 12:16:51 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Sun Oct 21 12:17:04 2007 Subject: Re(6): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <45BB0511-FDC2-4796-90B3-1E7FA1783DEF@myrealbox.com> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> <20071021011309.2025183735@smtp.comcast.net> <45BB0511-FDC2-4796-90B3-1E7FA1783DEF@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: <20071021191651.1895567733@smtp.comcast.net> >Are you sure? I have no experience with Airport-brand wireless gear, >but I'm somewhat surprised to hear that two devices might share a MAC >address. >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address > >Range extending using Airport base-stations is achieved by the >standard Wireless Distribution System. When configuring a WDS network >all base-stations must share the same WEP key. I think that >optionally they may share the same wireless network name (SSID - eg: >"Linksys" or "My Wireless Network"). Perhaps you could be confusing >these? >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System Hi Stroller, What can I say except that I was just as surprised. Yes...WDS is what I set up with 2 Airport Extreme base stations. One station is main, and the other is remote, and they share the same WEP Key, and wireless network name, and internet connection dished out by my router which is doing the NAT from cable modem. Originally, I could not find an explanation of the way to configure this in the Apple Help files. Being logical (?), I originally gave them different network addresses manually. That lead to 3 hours of fiddling, followed by a good nights sleep, followed by a new approach. I picked an address within range and gave it to both of them (because they are sharing the same internet connection it seemed worth trying) and it worked. Explaining why this should work is not something I can do. Maybe someone can. If I did it incorrectly, and should change it, maybe someone can explain how to do it. Hardware details are noted above. Everything is working just fine as far as I can tell. So long for now, TOM From ColgateList at cox.net Sun Oct 21 13:04:45 2007 From: ColgateList at cox.net (Jim Colgate) Date: Sun Oct 21 13:04:47 2007 Subject: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I would guess that another issue of choice would be battery life; at least it was in the past. Jim > From: Vince Lewis > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:31:21 -0700 > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Subject: Re: [X4U] MBP vs Regular ol' Macbook > > On Oct 19, 2007, at 11:03 PM, Stroller wrote: > >> >> On 20 Oct 2007, at 01:26, Neil Laubenthal wrote: >>> ... >>> Drawback . . . the metal case is probably actually less durable >>> than the polycarbonate one on the MB ... >> >> Modded up. >> >> The regular 13" MacBook is the perfect size for me. I had the 12" >> Powerbook, and with the widescreen the extra inch is all in width - >> the MacBook's keyboard just feels less cramped than my Powerbook's >> one did. >> >> For me dual-head operation used to be the most compelling feature >> of the "pro" models, but Apple now include this on the plastic >> MacBook. >> >> Here the price difference between the MacBook & the Pro is ?500 - >> $1000. There's no way I can justify that for a speed bump and for >> screen resolution I'm not really interested in. The 13" MacBook is >> perfectly portable. >> >> Stroller. > > An issue I've not seen mentioned is the choice of matte screen or > glossy on the Pro, but only glossy on the MB. If that matters to you, > it could be a dealbreaker. > ciao, > Vince_______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price > http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal From jonnythanster at googlemail.com Mon Oct 22 09:11:06 2007 From: jonnythanster at googlemail.com (Jonnythan) Date: Mon Oct 22 09:11:21 2007 Subject: [X4U] Digital photo frame vs Mac Message-ID: Hello everybody, I've just bought a DigiVista Rock 7-inch digital photo frame, with a 2gb Kingston SD card. I'm using it with a Mac G5 OS X 10.4.9. I'm trying to load about 500 photos onto the card, but I'm having lots of problems. Copying to the card always fails, whether I do them all in one go or ten at a time. The photos are formatted as jpgs www-ready (i.e. no resource fork) using GraphicConverter. The copy fail causes the finder to spin the beachball incessantly, and the only escape is to unplug the USB card reader. If I then plug it back in and continue with the copy until I've got all the files on the card, it won't work in the photo frame (it just cycles one photo round and round). It's as if it doesn't like anything being written over on the card. If I reformat the card using Disk Utility back to its original PC format and just copy a handful of photos onto the card, it sometimes works in the photo frame, but sometimes doesn't. I'm using BlueHarvest to eliminate the .ds file on the card, as I realise this can cause problems with digital photo frames, but it only seems to help sometimes. Any ideas - either on getting the pictures copied to the card without problems, or getting the digital frame to work properly? Thanks in advance, Best, Jonnythan. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* From spikedds at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 22 09:33:37 2007 From: spikedds at bellsouth.net (David R. Boag, DDS) Date: Mon Oct 22 09:33:44 2007 Subject: Re(3): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <0BA7DEBD-BFCF-4AAF-A430-A40C40F0E396@bellsouth.net> Out of curiosity, what is the advantage of buying another base station versus just using an Airport Express as your network expander? David R. Boag, DDS On Oct 20, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Thomas Bulat wrote: > I just bought a second base station which I am using as a remote > to extend the range into my kitchen. > > It seems that the Jenn-Air SS refrig was blocking most of the > signal from the second floor to kitchen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So long for now, TOM From macmonster at myrealbox.com Mon Oct 22 09:56:51 2007 From: macmonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Mon Oct 22 09:57:06 2007 Subject: [X4U] Digital photo frame vs Mac In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 22 Oct 2007, at 17:11, Jonnythan wrote: > ... > I've just bought a DigiVista Rock 7-inch digital photo frame, with > a 2gb > Kingston SD card. I'm using it with a Mac G5 OS X 10.4.9. > > I'm trying to load about 500 photos onto the card, but I'm having > lots of > problems. Copying to the card always fails, whether I do them all > in one go > or ten at a time... The copy fail causes the finder to > spin the beachball incessantly, and the only escape is to unplug > the USB > card reader. If I then plug it back in and continue with the copy > until I've > got all the files on the card, it won't work in the photo frame (it > just > cycles one photo round and round). It's as if it doesn't like > anything being > written over on the card. > > If I reformat the card using Disk Utility back to its original PC > format and > just copy a handful of photos onto the card, it sometimes works in > the photo > frame, but sometimes doesn't. I advise trying both a different SD card & a different card reader. I have found Macs fussy about both. You don't say whether it works if you copy the photos onto the card using a PC. This may be worth a try, even if you have to visit a friend's house (you can burn the images to CD & take it 'round there). My instinct says the resource forks or the DS files aren't the problem. Stroller. From spikedds at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 22 18:26:49 2007 From: spikedds at bellsouth.net (David R. Boag, DDS) Date: Mon Oct 22 18:26:58 2007 Subject: Re(5): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <20071022164906.2036121211@smtp.comcast.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> <0BA7DEBD-BFCF-4AAF-A430-A40C40F0E396@bellsouth.net> <20071022164906.2036121211@smtp.comcast.net> Message-ID: <3E5D285F-E832-4410-ACB0-4358A42EBCAB@bellsouth.net> Tom, Here is the Apple Store link for the Airport Express: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/ RSLID?mco=71CEF0&nplm=M9470LL/A You might want to look at this for future reference. Your point about having a backup is a decent one, although if one goes down, you're still going to have to get another one. Hope this helps for future reference. DRB On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Thomas Bulat wrote: > Hi David, > I am unfamiliar with the Express, and got my "Airport Express > expander" under > very favorable circumstances. > > Also, thought having a back up around would be a good thing. > > Maybe someone who knows about the Express will comment. > > So long for now, TOM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071022/bf83c14c/attachment.html From tombulat at comcast.net Mon Oct 22 18:47:39 2007 From: tombulat at comcast.net (Thomas Bulat) Date: Mon Oct 22 18:47:50 2007 Subject: Re(7): [X4U] Airport Extreme Software Request In-Reply-To: <3E5D285F-E832-4410-ACB0-4358A42EBCAB@bellsouth.net> References: <20071018195414.1225521273@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020012147.1983279048@smtp.comcast.net> <20071020160941.1351568101@smtp.comcast.net> <0BA7DEBD-BFCF-4AAF-A430-A40C40F0E396@bellsouth.net> <20071022164906.2036121211@smtp.comcast.net> <3E5D285F-E832-4410-ACB0-4358A42EBCAB@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <20071023014740.263491966@smtp.comcast.net> >You might want to look at this for future reference. Your point about >having a backup is a decent one, although if one goes down, you're >still going to have to get another one. > Hi DRB, Thanks for thinking of me. I was surfing the Apple forum and found a chart that shows the differences between the two, and they are quite significant. Feature Extreme Express 56K modem Y N LAN port Y (I need) N Audio Out N Y Antenna Port Y N # of clients 50 10 Airport Express would not be for me, no matter what. So long for now, TOM From lists at marksmandesign.ca Tue Oct 23 07:34:24 2007 From: lists at marksmandesign.ca (Mark Des Cotes) Date: Tue Oct 23 07:38:29 2007 Subject: [X4U] Extract audio from a DVD Message-ID: Hi all, I have to create a small animated movie loop of a local film festival's logo. This logo will appear on the big screen at our local cinema before each movie during the festival. They gave me a DVD showing me the animation of their old logo. I have no problem creating the animation but they said they wanted to keep the soundtrack that plays in the background of their old animation. What's the best way to extract audio from a DVD (AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders)? Mark Des Cotes Owner-Graphic Designer Marksman Design Mailing adress: 7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338 Cornwall, Ontario K6H 7L2 Canada 613-936-6876 From gold_eagle at mac.com Tue Oct 23 08:21:57 2007 From: gold_eagle at mac.com (Frank Eves) Date: Tue Oct 23 08:22:12 2007 Subject: [X4U] Extract audio from a DVD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:34 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > What's the best way to extract audio from a DVD My new personal favorite is WireTap Studio http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/ Frank http://www.MangosteenEnergyDrink.com From dlabore1 at comcast.net Tue Oct 23 08:30:26 2007 From: dlabore1 at comcast.net (Doug LaBore) Date: Tue Oct 23 08:30:40 2007 Subject: [X4U] What time of the day will Leopard be available on Friday Message-ID: What time of the day will Leopard be available on Friday? In the past they?ve not released new Mac OS until 6:00 PM in the evening so I wondering if I can show up at 9:00 AM and get a copy ??? Doug LaBore Bloomington Minnesota Home: dlabore1@comcast.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071023/7d87b07f/attachment-0001.html From nickscalise at cox.net Tue Oct 23 09:24:16 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Tue Oct 23 09:24:29 2007 Subject: [X4U] Extract audio from a DVD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20071023122416.9R5M1.99728.root@eastrmwml21.mgt.cox.net> ---- Mark Des Cotes wrote: > I have to create a small animated movie loop of a local film > festival's logo. This logo will appear on the big screen at our local > cinema before each movie during the festival. They gave me a DVD > showing me the animation of their old logo. I have no problem > creating the animation but they said they wanted to keep the > soundtrack that plays in the background of their old animation. > What's the best way to extract audio from a DVD (AUDIO_TS and > VIDEO_TS folders)? If the DVD is not encrypted, you can use MPEG StreamClip to rip directly from the DVD and export to Audio. If the DVD is encrypted, you would need something like MacTheRipper to copy it to your hard drive first. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From XPressoBean at mac.com Tue Oct 23 09:24:35 2007 From: XPressoBean at mac.com (Linda) Date: Tue Oct 23 09:25:06 2007 Subject: [X4U] What time of the day will Leopard be available on Friday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10/23/07 10:30 AM, Doug LaBore wrote: > In the past they?ve not released new Mac OS until 6:00 PM in the evening so I > wondering if I can show up at 9:00 AM and get a copy ??? Most likely not, unless you can convince someone where you show up to do so. The Apple Stores are holding an event at 6 p.m. to put it on sale. See for Apple's countdown to availability. From healyzh at aracnet.com Tue Oct 23 09:27:38 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Tue Oct 23 09:27:54 2007 Subject: [X4U] What time of the day will Leopard be available on Friday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: At 10:30 AM -0500 10/23/07, Doug LaBore wrote: >What time of the day will Leopard be available on Friday? > >In the past they've not released new Mac OS until 6:00 PM in the >evening so I wondering if I can show up at 9:00 AM and get a copy ??? I think someone is more excited about this release than me. :^) I was actually wondering the same thing. Sadly you just hit something home for me, it's Friday. Thanks to my job there is no way I can pick up a copy as soon as it's available this time. :^( Oh well, it's not like I've had time to get ready for it. :^( Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | From socgranny at gmail.com Tue Oct 23 11:03:50 2007 From: socgranny at gmail.com (Mary Russell) Date: Tue Oct 23 11:03:59 2007 Subject: [X4U] Digital photo frame vs Mac Message-ID: > > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:11:06 +0100 > From: Jonnythan > Subject: [X4U] Digital photo frame vs Mac > To: > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello everybody, > > I've just bought a DigiVista Rock 7-inch digital photo frame, with a 2gb > Kingston SD card. I'm using it with a Mac G5 OS X 10.4.9. > > I'm trying to load about 500 photos onto the card, but I'm having lots of > problems. Copying to the card always fails, whether I do them all in one > go > or ten at a time. Having you tried "saving" instead of copying. That's what I did on mine and it worked. It will take awhile with that many but what ever works. Mary -- The best way to get a grip on life is to just let go. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071023/3ed6b413/attachment.html From alsan at speakeasy.net Tue Oct 23 11:53:50 2007 From: alsan at speakeasy.net (Al Grappone) Date: Tue Oct 23 11:54:03 2007 Subject: [X4U] Extract audio from a DVD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7FB88760-567F-4A1F-A024-A23067B9A306@speakeasy.net> On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:34, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > What's the best way to extract audio from a DVD (AUDIO_TS and > VIDEO_TS folders)? Try WireTap Pro. From healyzh at aracnet.com Tue Oct 23 14:54:46 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Tue Oct 23 14:55:09 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? Message-ID: <200710232154.l9NLsnEv020304@onyx.spiritone.com> Has anyone seen any info on if the "Time Machine" feature in 10.5 will work with NAS (network attached storage)? Or is it limited to an external disk? Zane From Robert at Ameeti.net Tue Oct 23 14:58:17 2007 From: Robert at Ameeti.net (Robert Ameeti) Date: Tue Oct 23 15:02:59 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? In-Reply-To: <200710232154.l9NLsnEv020304@onyx.spiritone.com> References: <200710232154.l9NLsnEv020304@onyx.spiritone.com> Message-ID: At 2:54 PM -0700, 10/23/07, Zane H. Healy wrote: >Has anyone seen any info on if the "Time Machine" feature in 10.5 will work >with NAS (network attached storage)? Or is it limited to an external disk? Apple says that a drive attached to the AirPort 802.11n works with Time Machine so that would say that network drives are good. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From lists at sofstats.com Tue Oct 23 15:44:57 2007 From: lists at sofstats.com (Rod Buchanan) Date: Tue Oct 23 15:45:06 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? In-Reply-To: References: <200710232154.l9NLsnEv020304@onyx.spiritone.com> Message-ID: <4CE60E6C-E285-4AEF-A5AB-83360884BC68@sofstats.com> On Oct 23, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote: > At 2:54 PM -0700, 10/23/07, Zane H. Healy wrote: > >> Has anyone seen any info on if the "Time Machine" feature in 10.5 >> will work >> with NAS (network attached storage)? Or is it limited to an >> external disk? > > Apple says that a drive attached to the AirPort 802.11n works with > Time Machine so that would say that network drives are good. There was a story on MacWorld.Com today saying Apple has removed any mention of the Airport-attached drive option from the Time Machine page. It now says: "You can designate just about any HFS+ formatted FireWire or USB drive connected to a Mac as a Time Machine backup drive. Time Machine can also back up to another Mac running Leopard with Personal File Sharing, Leopard Server, or Xsan storage devices." -- Rod "Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" -- Tom Clancy From healyzh at aracnet.com Tue Oct 23 15:48:27 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Tue Oct 23 15:48:32 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? In-Reply-To: from "Robert Ameeti" at Oct 23, 2007 02:58:17 PM Message-ID: <200710232248.l9NMmRRO021716@onyx.spiritone.com> > At 2:54 PM -0700, 10/23/07, Zane H. Healy wrote: > > >Has anyone seen any info on if the "Time Machine" feature in 10.5 will work > >with NAS (network attached storage)? Or is it limited to an external disk? > > Apple says that a drive attached to the AirPort 802.11n works with > Time Machine so that would say that network drives are good. Interesting. I was also looking at the info page on "Time Machine" and it mentions backing up to another Leopard Mac with Personal File Sharing, Leopard Server, or XSan. So far all of this seem to indicate that while you can do it, you have to do it to Apple Hardware/Software. I've been hoping to use a very low power Linux box and a RAID card to build my own NAS device. Unfortunately, it sounds like that probably won't work. Zane From nickscalise at cox.net Tue Oct 23 17:40:03 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Tue Oct 23 17:40:14 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? In-Reply-To: <200710232248.l9NMmRRO021716@onyx.spiritone.com> References: <200710232248.l9NMmRRO021716@onyx.spiritone.com> Message-ID: <0160E152-FDA6-4E06-B2BC-392EED0108F4@cox.net> On Oct 23, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: >> At 2:54 PM -0700, 10/23/07, Zane H. Healy wrote: >> >>> Has anyone seen any info on if the "Time Machine" feature in 10.5 >>> will work >>> with NAS (network attached storage)? Or is it limited to an >>> external disk? >> >> Apple says that a drive attached to the AirPort 802.11n works with >> Time Machine so that would say that network drives are good. > > Interesting. I was also looking at the info page on "Time Machine" > and it > mentions backing up to another Leopard Mac with Personal File Sharing, > Leopard Server, or XSan. So far all of this seem to indicate that > while you > can do it, you have to do it to Apple Hardware/Software. > > I've been hoping to use a very low power Linux box and a RAID card > to build > my own NAS device. Unfortunately, it sounds like that probably > won't work. MacInTouch has updated their Leopard FAQ and they state you can use any old NAS storage. Q: Can Time Machine back up to a NAS (network attached storage, such as Buffalo Linkstation, Western Digital Netcenter, AirPort Disk etc) A: Yes. Time Machine will create a sparse (expandable) disk image on a network file volume. It should work with NAS devices. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From healyzh at aracnet.com Wed Oct 24 09:06:18 2007 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Wed Oct 24 09:07:06 2007 Subject: [X4U] Time Machine and NAS? In-Reply-To: <0160E152-FDA6-4E06-B2BC-392EED0108F4@cox.net> References: <200710232248.l9NMmRRO021716@onyx.spiritone.com> <0160E152-FDA6-4E06-B2BC-392EED0108F4@cox.net> Message-ID: At 7:40 PM -0500 10/23/07, Nick Scalise wrote: >MacInTouch has updated their Leopard FAQ and they state you can use >any old NAS storage. > > > >Q: Can Time Machine back up to a NAS (network attached storage, such >as Buffalo Linkstation, Western Digital Netcenter, AirPort Disk etc) > >A: Yes. Time Machine will create a sparse (expandable) disk image on >a network file volume. It should work with NAS devices. Thanks, lots of good info there! Though I find it interesting they recommend against putting it on a RAID set. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | From jleo at projectsupport.com Wed Oct 24 12:09:19 2007 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Wed Oct 24 12:09:31 2007 Subject: [X4U] Transfer Applecare to new owner In-Reply-To: <20071024160709.6886A1A6E72A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Hello, I am going to be selling my Powerbook G4, and I believe there is still some life left in my Applecare. Anyone know the proper way to transfer it to a new owner, if this is even allowed? Thanks, Jesse From kirkmc at mac.com Wed Oct 24 12:18:05 2007 From: kirkmc at mac.com (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Wed Oct 24 12:18:20 2007 Subject: [X4U] Transfer Applecare to new owner In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9FC4CB2C-411B-4987-95C2-B528FC2E7136@mac.com> On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Jesse Leo wrote: > > I am going to be selling my Powerbook G4, and I believe there is > still some > life left in my Applecare. Anyone know the proper way to transfer it > to a > new owner, if this is even allowed? Just give them the contract and have them call Apple to register. I've sold many used Macs with AppleCare. Kirk Author of: Take Control of Customizing Microsoft Office http://www.mcelhearn.com/tcoo.html - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more From jleo at projectsupport.com Wed Oct 24 12:26:07 2007 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Wed Oct 24 12:26:17 2007 Subject: [X4U] Tiger install tricks? In-Reply-To: <20071024160709.6886A1A6E72A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Hello again, We're trying to install Tiger on an older model Powermac, which does not have a DVD drive. Our external firewire dvd drive broke, so I was wondering if there are any other tricks for getting this done. For example, would it be possible to somehow mount the DVD drive of another Mac to show up on the target Mac, and run the installer that way? Alternately, we DO have an external firewire harddrive. Is there any way to get the installer files to work from that drive? I think that's how the guys at the genius bar do it. Any advice you guys have would be great. Thanks, Jesse From macsys at mac.com Wed Oct 24 13:15:44 2007 From: macsys at mac.com (wilkinw) Date: Wed Oct 24 13:16:03 2007 Subject: [X4U] Tiger install tricks? In-Reply-To: