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You could try using "EasyFind" to locate the...	993 Views / 15 Replies
You could try using "EasyFind" to locate the "com.apple.dock.plist" file (it took all of 5 secs to find it on my system. Easy Find is available on Macupdate.com - do a search for it. I suspect your...
Posted by David Lee, on May 14, 2009 at 04:24 PM, in macOS

I can't help you with the actual instal...	896 Views / 4 Replies
I can't help you with the actual instal procedure, never done that, but basically you could just put the drive in there and connect the data cable and the power cable. If the drive is not secured...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 18, 2009 at 05:28 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks so much, will give that a try. And log out...	610 Views / 6 Replies
Thanks so much, will give that a try. And log out immediately after trashing that file. ---- logging out -- OK! That worked and problem solved! (This is one reason I love this forum, everyone has...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 3, 2009 at 05:58 PM, in macOS

The reason the model of G5 is important is that...	2,154 Views / 7 Replies
The reason the model of G5 is important is that there are 4 models, and the first three used different PCI slots than the last model, which uses PCIe (PCI Express). You can use the freeware...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 3, 2009 at 04:52 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks everybody for the advice. My local Apple...	617 Views / 5 Replies
Thanks everybody for the advice. My local Apple product store had a relocation sale with great prices on Hitachi HDs so I bought a pair of 500GB SATA drives (Yeh I know they are not famous for low...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 3, 2009 at 04:26 PM, in Mac Desktops

Help with erroneous finder prefs	610 Views / 6 Replies
I cloned a drive to a new HD using CCC and then replaced the old source drive with another new HD, naming it the same as the resected HD, and immediately ran into this problem. Booting from the new...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 3, 2009 at 04:17 PM, in macOS

ACARD in a Powermac G5?	413 Views / 1 Replies
I have an ACARD PCI 133 (non-raid version) and a 400GB Hitachi/IBM ATA HD drive that I would like to use in a Powermac G5 (late 2005 model with 2 HD drive bays (SATA). Is this possible, I mean, are...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 28, 2009 at 11:45 AM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks everyone for the advice. I just purchased...	1,326 Views / 12 Replies
Thanks everyone for the advice. I just purchased 4 GB (2GBx2, non ECC) and with the existing 1GB I now have 5GB. As I have never had more than 1.5GB in an old Quicksilver tower this feels like...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 26, 2009 at 03:37 AM, in Mac Desktops

Cool and quiet HD for Powermac G5	617 Views / 5 Replies
I have always used Hitachi-IBM HDs up to date (ATA) but now I am looking to buy a HD for my "new" PM G5 (serial ATA) and would like to keep the noise level as far down as possible and heat as low as...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 26, 2009 at 03:34 AM, in Mac Desktops

What "slimy" feeling?	1,326 Views / 12 Replies
Thanks for the input. However, I must ask what prompts you to describe OWC in association with that "slimy" feeling. I have purchased several items from OWC and even with the fact that I am in Japan,...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 22, 2009 at 08:29 PM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks mduell, that is what I suspected because...	1,326 Views / 12 Replies
Thanks mduell, that is what I suspected because OWC sells both types for this machine, but wasn't sure. Much obliged.
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 22, 2009 at 03:30 PM, in Mac Desktops

ECC necessary for this G5?	1,326 Views / 12 Replies
Does anyone know if ECC memory is really necessary or advantageous for the late (last) 2005 PPC G5 2.0 GHz model? Mactracker says the type of memory required is PC2-4200 ECC but the system profiler...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 22, 2009 at 06:51 AM, in Mac Desktops

First, what OS are you running? Leopard or Tiger?...	586 Views / 1 Replies
First, what OS are you running? Leopard or Tiger? Are you entering the IP address number as this "afp://192.168.1.12" or similar? Are you sure file sharing is enabled in the Systems Preferences...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM, in Mac Desktops

Nice. What keyboard it that? Looks goods.	1,291 Views / 15 Replies
Nice. What keyboard it that? Looks goods.
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 11, 2009 at 02:26 PM, in Mac Desktops

G4s, Safari, Prebinding & Tiger	597 Views / 3 Replies
An extension to the crashing with Safari 3.2.x: Have you tried using the following terminal command? sudo update_prebinding -force -root / The resulting error message, something like "too many...
Posted by David Lee, on Nov 29, 2008 at 03:32 PM, in Applications

Another question, diagnostics/repairs?	1,633 Views / 23 Replies
Without firewire, without a Diskwarrior update (that can take a LONG time), how do you diagnose, or repair a HDD in one of the new Macbooks? Yeah, besides removing the disk and hooking it up to...
Posted by David Lee, on Oct 18, 2008 at 06:17 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Use cable select	1,493 Views / 3 Replies
Be sure to use the cable select option by setting the jumpers on the HD before you connect the drive to the cable. You know that the rear set of drives uses a 100 ATA bus and the front set uses a 66...
Posted by David Lee, on Aug 29, 2008 at 08:55 PM, in Mac Desktops

Font in trash after bootup	415 Views / 0 Replies
Running Leo w/all updates on Quicksilver 896MHz tower, and after turning off (disabling) some fonts by Fontbook I noticed a "recovered files" folder in the trash after rebooting - keeps coming back...
Posted by David Lee, on Aug 9, 2008 at 02:46 AM, in macOS

Large HD drives OK in the MMD	627 Views / 6 Replies
I found an article on the xlr8yourmac.com HP about this (link below), it is OK to install large HDs in the MMD models. Link below should be one line (it is broken here to fit in the reply box)....
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 6, 2008 at 07:01 AM, in Mac Desktops

ATA drives over 120GB	627 Views / 6 Replies
I am not positive but I think the MMD models do support drives over 120GB in size. That limitation was for older G4 towers (I think). Here is a link to the Apple page on the 1.25 MMD. Power Mac G4...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 5, 2008 at 06:07 AM, in Mac Desktops

Advice on Radeon 9600 or 9800	521 Views / 3 Replies
I have a Quicksilver 867MHz,and need a new video card. Any recommendation on either the Radeon 9600 or 9800? I cannot decipher the techno speak :confused:- is there any significant performance...
Posted by David Lee, on Apr 4, 2008 at 07:56 PM, in Mac Desktops

"unexplainable game" explained	858 Views / 9 Replies
Alsoft is definitely playing a game here, but it is certainly not "unexplainable." They refused by request for the upgraded application (I am a paid owner of version 4.0) saying they can't send that...
Posted by David Lee, on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:55 AM, in Applications

Excessive VM allocation or not?	493 Views / 6 Replies
Here is a question for those who are much more informed than I am on the new OS. My Leopard system (Quicksilver 867GHz) has 24GB allocated (per Activity monitor), while Tiger on a different machine...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 27, 2008 at 07:42 PM, in macOS

Re: "The network section has been there since the...	947 Views / 17 Replies
Re: "The network section has been there since the Mac OS X Developer Previews, well, before 10.0." I knew that, and correct me if I am wrong, but in my experience using the network pane instead of...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:35 PM, in macOS

I seem to have solved this. Opened TinkerTool,...	881 Views / 10 Replies
I seem to have solved this. Opened TinkerTool, clicked on disable desktop features, relaunched the finder and then did the reverse unclicking the disable the desktop feature item, and after...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM, in macOS

Updated via the combo updater 10.5.2 and still no...	881 Views / 10 Replies
Updated via the combo updater 10.5.2 and still no HD shown on the desktop. The finder is running and will open a new window, giving me access to everything. Any ideas what to try?
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 10:21 AM, in macOS

OS X Desktop Ran away	881 Views / 10 Replies
OK I tried an "archive and Install" and the hard drives still do not show up. I do get a new finder window from the pull down menu, so I can access stuff. Running the Combo updater now, but I suspect...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 09:49 AM, in macOS

Thanks, will try an "aechive and install" first....	881 Views / 10 Replies
Thanks, will try an "aechive and install" first. Post later on the results.
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 09:15 AM, in macOS

That's right, I can't see the disks, they may...	881 Views / 10 Replies
That's right, I can't see the disks, they may well indeed be invisible. I know they are there, TM seems to work, as do other apps, but the finder is useless. Quiting and restarting it does nothing. I...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 09:05 AM, in macOS

Help me get my Desktop back. It ran away!	881 Views / 10 Replies
I have a Quicksilver 867 running 10.5.2 with all lastest updates installed. Everything was fine this morning and I have been quite impressed with Leopard. Then I came home from work and started up,...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 25, 2008 at 08:32 AM, in macOS

Pioneer 108 capabilities?	462 Views / 1 Replies
The systemprofiler on my Quicksilver G4 shows I have a Pioneer DVD 108 drive installed and Disk burning shows (among others) +R DL. I assume that means I can burn Dual Layer +DVD disks? If so that...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 21, 2008 at 07:55 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

wireless vs ethernet	2,363 Views / 7 Replies
I have two friends with iBook G4 laptops that swear their machines run faster on wireless than with the ethernet cable. I have had a constant fight to get my Ibook g4 up to speed running Tiger too...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 20, 2008 at 09:15 AM, in Networking

Power Mac G4 Digital Audio	2,170 Views / 10 Replies
Here is a link to an Apple page with the specs for that computer. I know someone who haas one just like it and it is a very good stable machine. With a good single 1.2GHz upgrade CPU it should last a...
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 8, 2008 at 01:42 AM, in Mac Desktops

Thanks for the links: I ran the update utility...	824 Views / 2 Replies
Thanks for the links: I ran the update utility from iTunes and it told me this was a 2nd generation model :-)!
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 8, 2008 at 01:17 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

Difference between 1st & 2nd gen. iPod Nano?	824 Views / 2 Replies
Can anyone tell me how to tell if this iPod Nano 2GB I bought used (new in the box) is a 1st or 2nd generation model? Should be easy to tell if you knew what to look for. Any help appreciated.:cool:
Posted by David Lee, on Feb 8, 2008 at 12:57 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

RWIN and permissions	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
To ghporter: The neverending Saga continues; I have found that the MTU settings of 1488 is the optimum for my networking environment, but the actual speed of the iBook G4 is horrible compared to a G4...
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 26, 2008 at 05:05 AM, in Networking

This thread is getting rather complex, isn't it?...	4,034 Views / 99 Replies
This thread is getting rather complex, isn't it? It might be best to remember that PCs aren't called Personal Computers without reason. Everyone has their own methods, practices and so on. People...
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 5, 2008 at 11:06 PM, in macOS

For Analogika: In addition to my own experience,...	4,034 Views / 99 Replies
For Analogika: In addition to my own experience, and even given that Charles's post may well be the case, I have seen countless times when an update really messes up the permissions, as if the...
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 4, 2008 at 10:26 PM, in macOS

file sharing "icon"	947 Views / 17 Replies
Yes, that is possible, I do it all the time at work (many PCs and Macs on one LAN) and at home (2 mac connect to the same router. 1. Connect (from Mac #1) to the machine you want to access (either...
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 4, 2008 at 01:13 AM, in macOS

"You don't need to repair permissions"?	4,034 Views / 99 Replies
What about after installing something? I have seen many cases where installers, even Apple's, but mainly Adobe, and especially Flash or shockwave related installers, leave countless mistakes behind....
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:27 PM, in macOS

per: BOMArchiveHelper	999 Views / 12 Replies
Not sure if this warrants a new thread or not, but the subject matter is related. I have an old version of Stuffit deluxe. that I wanted to stop using, so I ran the uninstaller (figuring I could...
Posted by David Lee, on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:08 PM, in Applications

Finally got around to trying MTU settings at 1492...	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
Finally got around to trying MTU settings at 1492 and 1490, the 1492 setting slows the machine down as did the 1500 automatic setting, and the 1490 (just like the 1488 setting did) jumps the speed up...
Posted by David Lee, on Dec 30, 2007 at 07:52 PM, in Networking

Now that the speed has increased, still not as...	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
Now that the speed has increased, still not as fast as the Quicksilver but tolerable, I will stay with the slightly reduced MYU values, after further testing at 1490 and 1492. I think this case is a...
Posted by David Lee, on Dec 28, 2007 at 09:00 PM, in Networking

Thanks again. I tried RMAC, but it errors out...	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
Thanks again. I tried RMAC, but it errors out saying there is a PERL error. It was designed to run on 10.2 so maybe 10.4.11 is too much to handle. The Tweak page suggests a MTU of 1450, some OSX...
Posted by David Lee, on Dec 28, 2007 at 03:27 PM, in Networking

Thanks for the observations. Tried the page you...	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
Thanks for the observations. Tried the page you suggested: results for the iBook were; "upload packet less (1488) than your MTU" (set to 1500 by OS X by default but I can set it to less in manual...
Posted by David Lee, on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:44 AM, in Networking

iBook g4 slow ethernet spped	1,504 Views / 10 Replies
Let me pose a technical question for someone with a lot more knowledge than I have about ethernet networks. I have an iBook G4 (933 MHz) and an old Quicksilver updated with a Giga Designs 800MHz CPU...
Posted by David Lee, on Dec 28, 2007 at 08:39 AM, in Networking

Thanks for the info. I also saw a post on...	563 Views / 3 Replies
Thanks for the info. I also saw a post on xlr8yourmac.com about an OEM Sig card that worked too, so I guess it will work OK. Thanks again.
Posted by David Lee, on Nov 26, 2007 at 09:39 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Acard ATA working in Leopard?	563 Views / 3 Replies
Has anyone found out if an Acard ATA PCI card (6080M?) will work in Leopard? I have a Quicksilver with the 133ATA card working fine with 2 Hitachi 120GB drives with Tiger 10.4.10. Any information...
Posted by David Lee, on Nov 1, 2007 at 04:27 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

New keyboard with Quicksilver?	474 Views / 2 Replies
Anyone know if the new wired keyboard can be used with an older G4 tower (Quicksilver)? Thanks
Posted by David Lee, on Aug 20, 2007 at 02:46 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Thanks. However, while I do know how to open the...	525 Views / 5 Replies
Thanks. However, while I do know how to open the "Normal" template I am not sure what you mean by "saving it with English as the default language." Is having English turned on sufficient? With...
Posted by David Lee, on May 20, 2007 at 02:40 PM, in Applications

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