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| voice on CD
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I don't have an eMac but i assume they have an inbuilt microphone - if you are running a current model(OS) hopefully you have Sound Studio which will let you record your voice- I don't have a...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 14, 2005 at 06:32 PM, in Applications |
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| sorted - sort of :-)
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Thanks CatOne
I gave it a try and got a number of weird responses- I am hopeless at this Console business- found it amusing at one stage I got a messager eminding me to "respect the privacy of...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 14, 2005 at 05:55 PM, in Applications |
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| transferred Mail - now "read only"
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Hi,
I have to send my iMac (20" 1.25Ghz 768Mb RAM 10.3.7) in for service so I copied all my archived mail to a CD and transferred it to the Powerbook (12" 1Ghz 768MbRAM OS 10.3.7 -- if that is...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 12, 2005 at 02:02 AM, in Applications |
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| follow up
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August 16th - just collected the iMac from the Apple dealers--they replaced the logic board.
After weeks of keeping records of problem behaviour and again testing it with and without additional...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Aug 16, 2004 at 01:28 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| good news - bad news?
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The power cord can be deceptive -it requires a really sollid push to make sure it is fully inserted - saw this in a friend's iMac - BUT if it is this it is likely to give the odd spark or other...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Aug 13, 2004 at 09:12 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| even less differences
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The R210 and R310 are identical in quality and BOTH can print directly to CD/DVD -assuming you have the appropriate type of disc- only printable surfaces can be used- ordinary CDs etc smudge and do...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Aug 1, 2004 at 09:21 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components |
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| beware the octopus
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It is probably just me but I bought the adapters and such to use an external 17" LCD with my 12" Powerbook and I sent it back within a week-
I could not come to grips with working two screens...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on May 10, 2004 at 03:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks |
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| update
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I removed the 512 Mb RAM entirely and ran it for 2 days on 256 Mb only - not a problem - then I reinstalled it and it dropped out of Safari and iCab the first day but since then--so far- nothing...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on May 4, 2004 at 07:47 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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| down again!
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OK - 7 pm Tuesday 27th - the iCab collapsed earlier then a bit later - hour or so - Safari crashed out - and finally it did a complete restart while I was sitting across the room - in other words...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Apr 27, 2004 at 06:14 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| RAM check #1
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thanks again discotronic,
I checked it last night and it seemed very well seated ,no movement at all- today I'll see if it behaves itself and if anything happens I will try your idea of removing...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Apr 26, 2004 at 07:19 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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| RAM check?
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Hi disctronic,
I thought of thst but it was installed bythe techs at an authorised Apple dealership - -am I being naive and too trusting? - I am reluctant to fool around with anything while...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Apr 26, 2004 at 02:41 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| 21" iMac- is it sick or just unhappy?
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Hi
over the last month or so - (since I did the last upgrade to 10.3.3?) - my iMac has got into the habit of closing programmes on me -at first it was only iCab so ifigured the fault was there ,...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Apr 25, 2004 at 09:38 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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| is anyone else using an Epson 4870 scanner?
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I posted this previously under "Peripherals" section but so far no one has been able to help - wondering if this forum can advise as it is also a OS 10 problem / question
Hi,
I was wondering...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Apr 4, 2004 at 07:19 PM, in macOS |
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| success
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Thanks for the help CreepDogg and Dex 13
- I had never used the Sound Studio before - love it - why doesn't Apple promote these things better?
it is a brilliant ( read simple) piece of...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Feb 20, 2004 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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| analog audio in put on iMac
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I have a colection of old LPs I want to transfer to CD before the last of my turntables expires - mainly a few that have never been re-released on CD -- the only info in the iMac manual is "Audio...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Feb 19, 2004 at 08:20 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| LCD backlight on 17" standa alone
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My globe went on my LCD backlight on 17" stand alone screen shortly after I bought it some 2- 3 years ago - I bought it soon after it was released in Australia - at that time it HAD to go back to an...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Feb 19, 2004 at 07:16 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| software update?
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Negative to that one thanks macuzer - I did have check for updates weekly but not the automatic background option- all downloads are up to date except for Airport, Bluetooth, iCal and iPod - none...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Feb 9, 2004 at 09:17 PM, in macOS |
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| 20" iMac 10.3.2 - does restarts by itself-??
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Hi,
I purchased this 20" iMac last December- 768Mb RAM, standard 80Gb H/d and it runs quite sweetly most of the time but on at least 3 occasions over the last weeks it has done an automatic...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Feb 9, 2004 at 06:45 PM, in macOS |
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| Delivered the goods
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Just back from delivering the goods to the happy owner - set the 7200 up with two drives - installed a swag of shareware and generally tidied things up - cleaned off and reinstalled OS etc- -...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 17, 2004 at 09:48 PM, in Hardware Hacking |
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| the old "termination " trick!
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Thank you Dr Boar -- I tried every combination of the first three pins last night - none worked - then this morning on reading your message I tried terminating pin 6 -- and it fired up - at last ! ...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 16, 2004 at 05:53 PM, in Hardware Hacking |
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| still trying
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Thanks druber ,
I located the "pins" - a set of seven pins on the underside front of the drive (it is an IBM DPES 31080 - 1 Gb) and also did some more searches for info -I found a schematic which...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 16, 2004 at 07:08 AM, in Hardware Hacking |
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| NOT the batery
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Hi Amorya,
not sure what the problem is but a 6200 will start up even without a battery in place only a few models are affected by a dead battery - the old 6200 ( I owned one ) is not one of...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 16, 2004 at 02:15 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS |
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| cannibalising old 7200/90 macs
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I have been given the task of putting together a working unit from 5 old CPUs for a friend- I can get the basic unit up and running OK but I thought to maximise the unit I would fill up all the RAM...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jan 15, 2004 at 05:40 PM, in Hardware Hacking |
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| worth a try
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Sometimes just unplugging and re-connecting the camera . or restarting iMovie or turning the camera off and on - may help.
Sometimes also the plug may not be seated correctly - all pretty basic...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Dec 31, 2003 at 03:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks |
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| 20" iMac - in front of me
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I walked into the Apple dealer in Adelaide (South Australia) yesterday to check it out - with no intention of buying it - just curious - they had two on display and two for sale - long and short ...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Dec 6, 2003 at 07:14 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| variable lighting on LCD
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If you are getting variable lighting on LCD display look at your small power light in the frame of the display - is it steady or pulsing ?- if it is pulsing try to work out its pattern - it will...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Dec 3, 2003 at 07:13 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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| Macs - finger lickin good :-)
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Hi Big Mac,
I second your signature - locally I am either "the macman"- or the less friendly "the nutter" and seem to have become the last resting place for many old Macs - I have about 11...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Dec 16, 2002 at 04:33 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS |
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| reinstalling Mail
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A friend called me the other day- the MAIL software on her eMac - running OS 10.1.5 - had disappeared- literally, the whole application has gone.
We tried to reinstall from the Software discs but...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Dec 14, 2002 at 06:33 PM, in macOS |
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| Epson 2100 and OS 10.1.5
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Well my friend contacted Apple, Epson and the retailers he bought the Epson from on Saturday and generally played the usual merry-go -round of phone numbers but still no success- is there anyone else...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Nov 18, 2002 at 02:09 AM, in macOS |
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| Print center ; error -108
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I have just spent two hours with a friend and his new Epson 2100 printer trying to get it to operate under OS X - it works in OS 9 - I tried some of the tricks I read about before ( trashing the...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Nov 16, 2002 at 03:24 AM, in macOS |
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| can you use airport without a base?
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If you have an airport card in , say a G4 that is connected to the internet via a modem can you use an iBook with an airport card in it to access the internet simultaneously using just the one...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Nov 13, 2002 at 06:38 PM, in Networking |
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| end of the saga???
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I was wrong - the tech was premature in his info last post - what he thought was a simple matter of installing earlier OS 9 updates was not so - some how the hard drive itself was corrupted - the...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Oct 11, 2002 at 04:14 AM, in macOS |
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| The answer - I hope
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I am posting this in the hope that if anyone else has this problem it may be of help -and save them the $99 per hour I am facing-- :-)
it seems that when the power failure corrupted my bios and the...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Oct 2, 2002 at 03:51 AM, in macOS |
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| slowly
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Slowly coming to the realisation my G4 has major problems - ran the Apple Hardware Test CD - Version 1.1 for Power Macs and it came up with an "Error Detected" for Mass Storage the first time - I...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Sep 23, 2002 at 07:43 PM, in macOS |
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| update
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I contacted my dealer's tech today and he advised me to use the RESTORE disc and not the instal ldisc - which I did but this took me back to OS 9.1 then he said I would not be able to use the...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Sep 18, 2002 at 01:42 AM, in macOS |
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| unable to install OS X from CD
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Last weekend something "ate" my PowerMac 733 ROM file - either Warcraft 3 or the power failure while I was playing it - either way I got a message saying "The MacOS ROM file is missing or damaged....
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Sep 17, 2002 at 04:53 AM, in macOS |
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| Mac OS ROM file missing
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Bummer! we had a power failure yesterday while the Mac was in use and I am not sure if it is that or the fact I started playing Warcraft III or just gremlins at work but I am now getting a...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Sep 16, 2002 at 05:32 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS |
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| iPhoto won't run -error 35?
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Hi , trying to help friend Jamie with his new LCD iMac 700 and iPhoto just would not boot up - crashed in the first few seconds - think I got the number correct (35 or -35) anyway as he was running...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Aug 21, 2002 at 07:49 AM, in Applications |
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| Print Center refuses to add printer
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Hi,
I have been trying to assist a local fellow with his new LCD iMac and we are experiencing problems getting his Epson 810 recognised under OS 10.1.2 - he has downloaded the latest drivers...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jul 24, 2002 at 09:07 AM, in macOS |
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| Mail - removing messages from server
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I know - here I am again asking the most basic of questions -I had this iMac set up to remove messages from the server as received some time ago but then I ended up using three different machines to...
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| Posted by MoontaMacman, on Jun 2, 2002 at 09:08 PM, in Applications |
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