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There are a number of themes that will give you... 4,431 Views / 75 Replies  
There are a number of themes that will give you the look and feel of MacOS X on Ubuntu. One I have been using is Munics OSX, which you can get here...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I can relate very well to this thread, wanting a... 4,431 Views / 75 Replies  
I can relate very well to this thread, wanting a small, light laptop for light use; something I wouldn't hesitate to carry anywhere. I have been a Mac user since buying a Mac Plus in 1989. I have 5...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I knew about the trickle-charge, but does the... 528 Views / 6 Replies  
I knew about the trickle-charge, but does the trickle-charge stop adding charge when the battery is 100% at capacity? If not, even a slow charge could build up if left for several days, could it not?
Posted by mfox, on Dec 6, 2006 at 05:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The reason I don't have it plugged in all the... 528 Views / 6 Replies  
The reason I don't have it plugged in all the time is I'm concerned that it will harm the battery. I do depend on the battery when I travel and I've heard that you can degrade the battery by...
Posted by mfox, on Dec 6, 2006 at 04:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
battery management running PowerBook with an external monitor 528 Views / 6 Replies  
I recently began using my 15" PowerBook G4/1.33 in a desktop-like mode by connecting it to a 20" Dell monitor and running the two monitors in non-mirroring mode. When the PB is not in use, I close...
Posted by mfox, on Dec 6, 2006 at 08:42 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Formatting an external Firewire drive for Intel Mac 519 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a FW HD currently formatted for a PPC Mac. I want to reformat it so that it can be used to start up an Intel iMac (GUID partition table). Ideally, I would like to give it two partitions, one...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 17, 2006 at 05:57 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Wireless PC card for G4 PowerBook 613 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm getting tired of the poor reception of my AirPort card and am considering getting a wireless PC card to improve that reception. The D-Link WNA-2330 was on sale at Staples, so I tried it, and was...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 6, 2006 at 02:34 PM, in Networking
Exactly what I am doing. The Samsung is under... 1,382 Views / 6 Replies  
Exactly what I am doing. The Samsung is under warranty and I just got an RMA to send it back for a replacement. I'll worry about what to do with the extra drive once I get it. And you're right...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 29, 2006 at 02:48 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks for your suggestion, reader50. It took me... 1,382 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for your suggestion, reader50. It took me awhile to get to it, but I finally followed your advice and used the Zero Out Data option. It didn't work; the reformatted drive continued to be...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 26, 2006 at 08:14 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm running 10.4.6 and version 3.03 of... 1,382 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm running 10.4.6 and version 3.03 of DiskWarrior. The partitions were formatted with HFS+ with journaling. Smart status was verified with DW. I have also now tried making the repair from an...
Posted by mfox, on Jun 25, 2006 at 10:32 PM, in Mac Desktops
Volume failure 1,382 Views / 6 Replies  
The hard drive in my Cube (a Samsung Spinpoint 120 gb) is partitioned into 2 volumes, neither of which had been showing any issues when I decided it was time to do some maintenance. I ran Disk...
Posted by mfox, on Jun 25, 2006 at 05:11 AM, in Mac Desktops
Unfortunately, everything written on that Forum... 853 Views / 2 Replies  
Unfortunately, everything written on that Forum topic is just speculation and commentary. I'm hoping to hear from someone who has actually tried it.
Posted by mfox, on Dec 5, 2004 at 12:51 PM, in Applications
font problem in Word 2004 407 Views / 0 Replies  
On my PM G5, when looking at a document in Word 2004 that has a formula in it created in Symbol font, the Symbol characters are not shown and in their place are open squares. Symbol shows in my menu,...
Posted by mfox, on Dec 5, 2004 at 09:58 AM, in Applications
iEmulator 853 Views / 2 Replies  
This is a new piece of software that purportedly does the same thing as Virtual PC, but costs only $23 (see www.iemulator.com). Problem is that you have to buy it to try it; there is no demo...
Posted by mfox, on Dec 5, 2004 at 09:55 AM, in Applications
Thanks for your reply, Mike. The single 1.8... 1,999 Views / 25 Replies  
Thanks for your reply, Mike. The single 1.8 model I was referring to is the middle-of-the-line that came out with the first G5's. With regard to PCI-X, I know it's for expansion cards and I don't...
Posted by mfox, on Jun 10, 2004 at 01:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Is PCI-X a very useful feature? 1,999 Views / 25 Replies  
Now that Apple has finally given us the speed bumps on the new G5 models, I'm trying to decide how important the PCI-X feature is, vs. a second processor. The new bottom-of-the-line dual 1.8 looks...
Posted by mfox, on Jun 10, 2004 at 12:44 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well, I ended up not doing anything very... 1,253 Views / 8 Replies  
Well, I ended up not doing anything very sophisticated; I just removed the 512 meg stick and put back in the 256 meg stick that I had accidentally dropped. I did this last night, booted up a lot of...
Posted by mfox, on Mar 26, 2004 at 10:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks for advice, ybalx. Unfortunately, the... 1,253 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks for advice, ybalx. Unfortunately, the Apple Cube Hardware Disc won't work on a Cube upgraded with a 7457 chip; it gives a logic board error (a mistake according to PowerLogix), and stops...
Posted by mfox, on Mar 25, 2004 at 10:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
Stuffedmonkey, I'm wondering about your comment... 1,253 Views / 8 Replies  
Stuffedmonkey, I'm wondering about your comment of bad RAM messing up a test. Is it possible that the RAM now in the Cube is OK, but that what I'm now experiencing is corruption from the 256 meg...
Posted by mfox, on Mar 25, 2004 at 03:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
Symptom of bad RAM or bad processor? 1,253 Views / 8 Replies  
Greetings. I upgraded the RAM in my Cube about two days ago by adding a 512 meg stick. Everything was fine until that night, when I started to get write and file opening errors in Word and Apple...
Posted by mfox, on Mar 25, 2004 at 01:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
Samsung ML-1710 problem printing charts 489 Views / 1 Replies  
I recently bought this Samsung printer and in trying it out, I found it did a good job of printing text. However, when I tried printing charts (created in DeltaGraph), it printed these horrible...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 11, 2003 at 10:27 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for the replies. I hadn't realized that... 711 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks for the replies. I hadn't realized that the preference option to "share my music" applied to users of the same computer as well as other computers. Once I did that, and selected my account's...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 2, 2003 at 08:30 PM, in Applications
Two users on same computer sharing music and photos 711 Views / 3 Replies  
I just set up a new user file in Panther for my daughter so that she can have the setup she wants for her desktop; it's on an iMac G3. The original/administrator account was set up in my name. I...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 2, 2003 at 12:28 PM, in Applications
Postscript laser printer problems 491 Views / 0 Replies  
I have a Lexmark optra 310, a postscript printer that's now about 5 years old. I never had any problems with it until recently, following a system upgrade to OS X10.2.8. It now seems that certain...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 21, 2003 at 12:50 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Zigzag, I would say that the biggest difference... 941 Views / 10 Replies  
Zigzag, I would say that the biggest difference between my recordings and those of downloads is the better stereo separation in the latter. Also, the sound seems "sharper". There isn't a lot of...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 26, 2003 at 03:25 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
iMic worthwhile? 941 Views / 10 Replies  
I starting transferring music from LP's to digital format using my turntable, an amp, an a RCA stereo connector to input to my iMac G3/400, and Sound Studio to break up my recording into individual...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 25, 2003 at 09:44 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Sorry; I assumed you were dealing with... 1,008 Views / 7 Replies  
Sorry; I assumed you were dealing with DiskWarrior for OS X. If you have an internal zip drive, you could copy a minimal system to a zip disk to make it bootable, and then copy your version of DW to...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 17, 2003 at 06:10 PM, in Applications
One way to find out would be to create another... 1,008 Views / 7 Replies  
One way to find out would be to create another MacOS X boot disk using BootCD and put DW on it. A startup disk made in this way takes about 10 minutes to boot, but I've tried it and it does work. ...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 17, 2003 at 12:29 PM, in Applications
Here's a wild guess. Something got corrupted in... 1,024 Views / 7 Replies  
Here's a wild guess. Something got corrupted in a cache file that is recorded in that history - maybe it's locked and it's also future-dated. Look in the Safari caches in your home library. Try...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 17, 2003 at 06:40 AM, in Applications
It sounds like something went wrong. I've used... 1,008 Views / 7 Replies  
It sounds like something went wrong. I've used DW3 on several computers, and the whole process definitely took less than an hour on 10-40 mb drives.
Posted by mfox, on Aug 17, 2003 at 06:28 AM, in Applications
Thanks for these replies; they're very helpful. ... 658 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for these replies; they're very helpful. I did download Blaze, dru, and that may be what I need if I need anything at all. tr, will a DVD-RW also burn without additional software in the same...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 16, 2003 at 10:47 PM, in Applications
where is iDVD2 658 Views / 6 Replies  
I recently bought a Pioneer P-105 internal CDRW/DVD-RW and wanted to test out its DVD burning capability by making a backup of my data. To my surprise, I discovered that I didn't have iDVD2 on my...
Posted by mfox, on Aug 16, 2003 at 02:09 PM, in Applications
By default, your iMac's AirPort card will be... 601 Views / 5 Replies  
By default, your iMac's AirPort card will be configured to use the ethernet default MTU of 1500 bytes, which basically means that it 'talks' in packets of 1500 bytes.

When using PPPoE, there's an...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 26, 2002 at 09:51 AM, in Networking
Thanks for your reply, Glenn. The AirPort on the... 601 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks for your reply, Glenn. The AirPort on the client running OS 9 is version 2.0.4, whereas the host is running AP version 2.1 on Jaguar. The firewall in the Sharing panel of the host has been...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 24, 2002 at 09:30 PM, in Networking
Are certain websites blocking remote connections? 601 Views / 5 Replies  
My AirPort-equipped iMac is running OS 9.2.2 and is talking to a Cube running Jaguar and set up as a Software Basestation. The Cube is connected to internet through a Sympatico high-speed connection....
Posted by mfox, on Nov 24, 2002 at 08:45 PM, in Networking
Printer share through AirPort 605 Views / 2 Replies  
I just bought an AirPort card for my iMac, and was able to get an internet connection and computer to computer network without much trouble. The iMac is running OS 9.2.2 and is talking to a Cube...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 24, 2002 at 08:40 PM, in Networking
Linksys USB wireless & AirPort 846 Views / 6 Replies  
I just bought an iMac G3/400, which I want to connect wirelessly to my Sympatico high-speed connection. My G4 cube is connected to the high-speed modem and it has an AirPort card that I have used as...
Posted by mfox, on Nov 11, 2002 at 11:02 PM, in Networking
"ATI posted a *new* updater of their drivers. It... 763 Views / 11 Replies  
"ATI posted a *new* updater of their drivers. It seems as though the October release from last week was causing some people some problems. You may want to try this before reformatting."...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 30, 2002 at 11:05 PM, in macOS
"Yes, the word 'freeze' here is very important.... 763 Views / 11 Replies  
"Yes, the word 'freeze' here is very important. If you're getting the SPoD, then it is *probably* an application/service (i.e. software) related issue. However, if the computer just up and stops:...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 29, 2002 at 07:39 PM, in macOS
instability in Jaguar 763 Views / 11 Replies  
Greetings. When I first installed Jaguar on my G4 Yikes tower (320 megs RAM, PowerLogix G4/550 upgrade), I did it with the "archive and install" command, and everything was great for more than a...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 29, 2002 at 03:35 AM, in macOS
Thanks, Philipmarch, that worked! I can't ... 623 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks, Philipmarch, that worked! I can't believe how easy it is to connect this way in 10.2. In 10.1 it was such a pain that I stopped using my AirPort card altogether.
Posted by mfox, on Oct 16, 2002 at 11:14 PM, in Networking
Airport software basestation in Jaguar 623 Views / 2 Replies  
Greetings. I was under the impression that the Airport Software Basestation was brought back from OS 9 when Jaguar came out, but in going through both Airport Setup Assistant and Airport Admin...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 16, 2002 at 09:43 AM, in Networking
Thanks for all these suggestions! I had no idea... 908 Views / 7 Replies  
Thanks for all these suggestions! I had no idea that there were all these PCI cards out there that can communicate through Airport. The software base station on my Cube will be run through OS X,...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 15, 2002 at 12:35 PM, in Networking
Wireless for old PCI Mac to connect to Airport software basestation 908 Views / 7 Replies  
Greetings. I have an Airport card in my G4 Cube which I have used as a software basestation to my Pismo. (The Cube is directly connected to my gigabit modem supplied by Sympatico for my high-speed...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 14, 2002 at 10:40 AM, in Networking
Enabling root account 753 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks everyone for responding. All of these suggestions work, but I did find it handy to be able to log in as Root. I now know how to do this, and the procedure was slightly different between 10.1...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 5, 2002 at 05:01 AM, in macOS
Thanks for both suggestions. I had tried earlier... 753 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks for both suggestions. I had tried earlier the individual file approach, and for some reason, it didn't work. I also knew about the Terminal "sudo" approach, but I find it convenient to log...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 4, 2002 at 01:20 PM, in macOS
can't login as Root in Jaguar 753 Views / 8 Replies  
Greetings. I wanted to log into my Mac as Root in order to trash some stubborn files. In OS X10.1 I could do this with my "Administrator" password (same password as my account; I'm the sole user). I...
Posted by mfox, on Oct 4, 2002 at 08:35 AM, in macOS
advice on upgrading a G4/400 PCI 494 Views / 0 Replies  
I have a Yikes tower with a Radeon 7000 video card, and am considering either upgrading the machine with a G4/550 and/or an ATA-66 or 133 PCI card; or simply trading it up for a model with AGP...
Posted by mfox, on Sep 28, 2002 at 08:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
DVD performance with Jaguar on Pismo 557 Views / 4 Replies  
I am presently running MacOS 10.1.5 on my Pismo, which I use from time to time to play DVD's through the TV. I'd like to upgrade to Jaguar, but I've seen references in other forums to DVD playback...
Posted by mfox, on Sep 27, 2002 at 06:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Trade-up? 730 Views / 7 Replies  
Thanks to all who responded. I'm surprised that there wasn't more enthusiasm for the first generation TI from present owners. None of the applications I use rely on the Altivec chip, so I'm not...
Posted by mfox, on Sep 27, 2002 at 06:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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