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slowdown after motherboard replacement	382 Views / 0 Replies
hi all, i have a pbg4 (1.67 ghz, 1.5 gb ram) bought about 2 years ago (still under extended warranty). ever since i got the machine i've had issues (usb recognition problems without restart, no...
Posted by ged, on Sep 18, 2007 at 05:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks

no, i'm looking for the files that store...	682 Views / 6 Replies
no, i'm looking for the files that store information relating to system preferences -> location. this is information that makes it easy to store information on how the computer gets it's IP address....
Posted by ged, on Jul 6, 2006 at 06:43 AM, in macOS

where are 'network locations' saved?	682 Views / 6 Replies
hi all, to troubleshoot some problems with my computer, i recently wiped clean my powerbook and reinstalled tiger. no problems except for my network locations, which i've had to redo from scratch....
Posted by ged, on Jul 5, 2006 at 08:07 PM, in macOS

my powerbook totally messed up my firewire...	1,406 Views / 14 Replies
my powerbook totally messed up my firewire dockdrive-connected hard drive sometime soon after i bought it (the powerbook). after i spent several days recovedring the data from the drive, i switched...
Posted by ged, on Jun 20, 2006 at 05:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks

keyboard backlight problems	672 Views / 1 Replies
hi all, ever since i bought my PB 1.67 last july, i've been having all sorts of weird problems with the sleep light (but not with actual sleep), backlight, firewire etc. (both under panther and...
Posted by ged, on Jun 13, 2006 at 07:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks

mail.app preferences?	614 Views / 1 Replies
i just got tired of entourage repeatedly crashing on me for no perceptible reason and switched to apple's mail. and now i know why i didn't do this any sooner! i can't seem to find where to modify...
Posted by ged, on Sep 26, 2003 at 03:30 AM, in Applications

pb hardware (& applecare) question	478 Views / 1 Replies
i have a pismo (512 mb ram, 10.2.5) with 3-year applecare that runs out this july. given this, i'd like to take care of certain issues soon, and i want to know if the following problems might be ...
Posted by ged, on Apr 27, 2003 at 05:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks

list of connected users	541 Views / 1 Replies
in os9, the 'file sharing' control panel had (well, has i guess) a window with a list of connected users. is there something similar for x (gui or cl) that i'm missing? i've been using x for a...
Posted by ged, on Apr 1, 2003 at 08:02 PM, in macOS

i had this problem with the first few versions...	1,042 Views / 6 Replies
i had this problem with the first few versions (10.0 to 10.1.x), where every time i logged out, it would forget everything. hasn't happened with the last few iterations of the os. anyway, to reset...
Posted by ged, on Dec 26, 2002 at 06:34 PM, in macOS

firewire disk format	519 Views / 1 Replies
i 've posted a message about this in the peripherals forum as well, but this one is on a slightly different tack. basically, i have a firewire disk that i formatted as ufs. it worked fine...
Posted by ged, on Nov 7, 2002 at 01:01 AM, in macOS

firewire ufs problems - help!!	553 Views / 1 Replies
i recently purchased a firewire (oxford 911 chipset, 120 gb western digital) hard drive. for various reasons, i formatted it as a ufs disk. immediately after formatting, i unmounted and remounted the...
Posted by ged, on Nov 7, 2002 at 12:10 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

how to organise pdf files by keyword?	1,787 Views / 2 Replies
hi all, being a scientist, i have many hundreds of articles from various journals stored as pdf files. i'm looking for a way to organise them by keyword so that i can simply do a search of that list...
Posted by ged, on Oct 16, 2002 at 03:13 AM, in macOS

> System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects > ...	827 Views / 4 Replies
> System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects > > Uncheck "Play feedback when volume keys are pressed." dammit! how the hell did i miss that? thanks, ged
Posted by ged, on Sep 20, 2002 at 01:51 AM, in macOS

how to stop sound feedback?	827 Views / 4 Replies
anyone know of a way to prevent the sound level feedback whenever the volume up and down buttons are used? i find this to be insanely annoying. after all, i have a very good indicator of the sound...
Posted by ged, on Sep 20, 2002 at 12:56 AM, in macOS

> Trash the Chimera folder in...	696 Views / 3 Replies
> Trash the Chimera folder in Users/username/Library/Application Support/ that worked. thanks a ton! -ged
Posted by ged, on Sep 16, 2002 at 07:11 PM, in Applications

chimera error	696 Views / 3 Replies
hi all, i'm running a pismo with ~500 mb of ram and 10.2. because the older version of chimera was crashing after i upgraded from 10.1, i installed the new chimera (0.5). now it refuses to open,...
Posted by ged, on Sep 16, 2002 at 06:39 PM, in Applications

Originally posted by benh57: <STRONG> I'ts...	1,718 Views / 121 Replies
Originally posted by benh57: <STRONG> I'ts "Hear, hear", damnit. Why does everyone think it is "here, here"? Makes you look stupid. </STRONG> irregardless of your tone, your dead right! -ged
Posted by ged, on Feb 22, 2002 at 08:21 PM, in macOS

not true. i read about this and tried it. doesn't...	1,721 Views / 17 Replies
not true. i read about this and tried it. doesn't work.
Posted by ged, on Feb 22, 2002 at 02:29 AM, in Applications

cool! i was never able to get my screen to...	518 Views / 8 Replies
cool! i was never able to get my screen to show up on a tv. but just so i know i'm doing it right, let me describe what i do: connect the apple-supplied s-video cable to the correct port on my...
Posted by ged, on Feb 20, 2002 at 05:33 PM, in macOS

> Choose Tools > Accounts > Select the...	476 Views / 2 Replies
> Choose Tools > Accounts > Select the account, click edit > click the Options tab > Under "Server Options", type ~/Mail in the "Root Folder" item. holy cow! this is bloody complicated, going...
Posted by ged, on Dec 4, 2001 at 12:43 AM, in Applications

how to specify IMAP mail path in entourage X?	476 Views / 2 Replies
in mail.app, outlook express (os 9) etc., one can tell it to go to ~/mail/, where my imap folders are created and stored by pine. but alas, i don't see any place in the entourage preferences where i...
Posted by ged, on Dec 4, 2001 at 12:19 AM, in Applications

The machine suddenly reverts to 169.x.x.x from...	447 Views / 4 Replies
The machine suddenly reverts to 169.x.x.x from the proper IP address... weird stuff was happening to me too, until i locked the network settings. try this and see. -ged
Posted by ged, on May 14, 2001 at 02:40 AM, in macOS

dvd-ram no longer recognised	317 Views / 0 Replies
hi all, ever since i upgraded to os x a month ago, i haven't been able to read any of my dvd-ram disks in os9.1 or os x. movies play fine (in 9.1 of course. but the drive must be ok) and the dvd-ram...
Posted by ged, on May 14, 2001 at 02:38 AM, in macOS

is my lombard modem problem os x-related?	323 Views / 0 Replies
well, it used to be mine. it now belongs to my sister. so the story begins when i met her last week. i decided to reformat the disk, install 9.1 (it had 9.0.4) and os x. however, x made it...
Posted by ged, on May 11, 2001 at 08:01 PM, in macOS

hey hash, thank you for starting this thread, but...	1,031 Views / 59 Replies
hey hash, thank you for starting this thread, but you can leave now. griffman, i know this might be difficult for you to do, but it would be interesting to see your benchmark tests run on 5...
Posted by ged, on May 8, 2001 at 05:47 PM, in macOS

Command-M does the job doesn't do it for me....	507 Views / 3 Replies
Command-M does the job doesn't do it for me. -ged pismo 400, 320 mb.
Posted by ged, on May 6, 2001 at 07:55 PM, in macOS

Any suggestions on an alternative mail client for...	676 Views / 5 Replies
Any suggestions on an alternative mail client for OS X? i'm still using outlook express 4.5. it really zipppppps in classic and it's much nicer than version 5.0. just tested eudora for x and it...
Posted by ged, on May 6, 2001 at 03:12 AM, in macOS

That sounds very much to me like Broadcast. I...	1,874 Views / 35 Replies
That sounds very much to me like Broadcast. I still have it, and believe it or not after all these years it still works in 9.1 http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif dude! i have been looking...
Posted by ged, on May 6, 2001 at 03:06 AM, in macOS

my poblem is not so much desktop icons moving...	518 Views / 27 Replies
my poblem is not so much desktop icons moving around as it is icons in other folders. i have the desktop set to 'snap to grid' and things are now (almost always) hunky-dory. however, almost all of...
Posted by ged, on May 5, 2001 at 08:14 PM, in macOS

Anyone else know of any other fairly blatant...	3,430 Views / 6 Replies
Anyone else know of any other fairly blatant Macintosh insertions in recent films? how about crockodile dundee in l.a.? they had an ibbok, a powerbook and an imac all given very heavy prominence....
Posted by ged, on May 4, 2001 at 12:15 AM, in Macs in the Media

Anyone else know of any other fairly blatant...	515 Views / 6 Replies
Anyone else know of any other fairly blatant Macintosh insertions in recent films? how about crockodile dundee in l.a.? they had an ibbok, a powerbook and an imac all given very heavy prominence....
Posted by ged, on May 4, 2001 at 12:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

forget about omniweb and it's sucky icons and...	556 Views / 19 Replies
forget about omniweb and it's sucky icons and switch to icab. i was using omni until 10.0.2, when i decided to retry icab (coz that's what i was using with 9.1). it is now really fast and stable...
Posted by ged, on May 3, 2001 at 11:43 PM, in macOS

Does anyone know how to set that up? i'm...	491 Views / 3 Replies
Does anyone know how to set that up? i'm pretty sure there's nothing to set up. it automatically detects what you're using when you plug in somewhere...
Posted by ged, on Apr 26, 2001 at 11:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks

not supported: pc cards, sound and brightness...	909 Views / 27 Replies
not supported: pc cards, sound and brightness control through the keyboard etc both work fine on my pismo. brightness gives me a 9.1-like bar and volume doesn't, but works anyway. and since i...
Posted by ged, on Apr 26, 2001 at 02:03 AM, in macOS

i think norton 6 is the recommended one for mac...	591 Views / 12 Replies
i think norton 6 is the recommended one for mac os 8.6 and above. if so, running this version may solve your problems. norton also checks your drive for errors. try that also with version 6. if...
Posted by ged, on Apr 18, 2001 at 07:42 AM, in Mac Notebooks

> it is still quite painful to 'loose it all'...	479 Views / 10 Replies
> it is still quite painful to 'loose it all' so to speak. "loose it all" is indeed how it is spoken. but it is not the way it is written. it should be "lose it all".
Posted by ged, on Apr 6, 2001 at 11:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

> What does this string of nonsensical w's and...	369 Views / 7 Replies
> What does this string of nonsensical w's and g's and y's mean? christ, man, did you even try to look for it elsewhere? i wish people would be less post-happy.
Posted by ged, on Mar 29, 2001 at 07:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Originally posted by eep!: beefytron, you...	736 Views / 38 Replies
Originally posted by eep!: beefytron, you missed out one word 'sorry' http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif i think we should forgive him fot that. a troll actually came back and...
Posted by ged, on Mar 24, 2001 at 08:16 PM, in macOS

> Originally posted by OoklaTheMok: >...	641 Views / 30 Replies
> Originally posted by OoklaTheMok: > Blast! Guess I'll have to move to New Jersey instead. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif you might want to rethink that. custom license plates are...
Posted by ged, on Mar 22, 2001 at 06:06 PM, in macOS

this still doesn't solve the problem of wanting...	548 Views / 11 Replies
this still doesn't solve the problem of wanting to use window shade with different windows in the same app, and it also requires lots of moving of the mouse. if you're going to go move your mouse up...
Posted by ged, on Mar 22, 2001 at 02:05 AM, in macOS

ah, now i get it! the snow in the background... ...	660 Views / 41 Replies
ah, now i get it! the snow in the background... it was the three feet of snow we received in ny that induced this craziness. shine on, brother... -ged
Posted by ged, on Mar 8, 2001 at 02:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks

and speaking of download time, is os x going to...	479 Views / 37 Replies
and speaking of download time, is os x going to come on two cds? if they're going to give us 9.1, os x and third party appps, it could add up. and besides, apple's specs page says you need 1 gb of...
Posted by ged, on Feb 8, 2001 at 01:23 AM, in macOS

another tip (or "tax workaround") which works...	732 Views / 49 Replies
another tip (or "tax workaround") which works best for .edu people. i've posted this before on another thread, but here it is again: order from the apple store. get it shipped to a friend (or...
Posted by ged, on Feb 2, 2001 at 03:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks

> Originally posted by RDJL27: > Check...	441 Views / 4 Replies
> Originally posted by RDJL27: > Check out the review of both here on Macnn this review resides at: http://review.macnn.com/reviews/mwspeakers/mwspeakers.phtml
Posted by ged, on Feb 2, 2001 at 03:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks

> Originally posted by Ravensign: > for...	684 Views / 18 Replies
> Originally posted by Ravensign: > for public consumption, not snuck out and hoarked off of hotline. ladies and gentlemen, you are witnessing the birth of a word: "hoark." ravensign, send it in...
Posted by ged, on Jan 23, 2001 at 05:03 AM, in macOS

> and then to "Files", and he showed what I...	319 Views / 3 Replies
> and then to "Files", and he showed what I find a GREAT example of why the > Apple menu should be changed....he didn't know where it was!!!! He went i was thinking aout this some days ago......
Posted by ged, on Jan 22, 2001 at 11:37 PM, in macOS

> for some reason my itunes extention wont...	2,696 Views / 4 Replies
> for some reason my itunes extention wont load at statup, the progrma seems to run fine anyway though, anyone know why its not loading? oh and i have 9.0.4 could it be the "burn cd" extension...
Posted by ged, on Jan 22, 2001 at 04:37 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

> I keep the MacOS, Apple's updates, 3rd party...	12,142 Views / 55 Replies
> I keep the MacOS, Apple's updates, 3rd party updates for my devices all on > one cd. In the event of a catastrophic dump, I can rebuild the entire > thing from one source. it helps to also...
Posted by ged, on Jan 22, 2001 at 04:34 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

> Not a non-G4 CPU, just one (well, maybe two)...	512 Views / 26 Replies
> Not a non-G4 CPU, just one (well, maybe two) of the sixteen 733mz V'Gers Motorola has been able to make so far..... http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif or maybe the one G5... i can't...
Posted by ged, on Jan 21, 2001 at 04:24 AM, in macOS

i'm with all of you on this. the system now takes...	8,505 Views / 42 Replies
i'm with all of you on this. the system now takes up only (!!!) 70mb of ram, as compared to >90-95mb under 9.04. wake from sleep is faster, apps open a tad faster, general handling is snappier. etc....
Posted by ged, on Jan 21, 2001 at 02:31 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS

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