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XP under Virtual PC on a G4? 8 153 (9/8/2010 1:33:05 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc I have been running Virtual PC (6.1.2) on my old G4 (10.4.11) for years since I need a Windows environment to play a baseball simulation game I have also run for years (Baseball for Windows 5.5). I have been p... Curmudgeon

The application Word quit unexpectedly (Report attached) 9 32 (5/12/2009 2:27:27 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I am having a peculiar problem with Word 10.1.8. If I try to open the application directly, it crashes before even showing up on the menu bar and generates the following report. However, if I double-click a .... Curmudgeon

Word crashes on opening (but opening .doc files works) 0 29 (5/8/2009 3:19:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I am having a peculiar problem with Word 10.1.8. If I try to open the application directly, it crashes before even showing up on the menu bar and generates the following report. However, if I double-click a .... Curmudgeon

Duplicate file finder? 18 31 (12/22/2008 2:04:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hey, y'all! I'm looking for a simple solution to what would seem to be a simple problem. In an absolutely diabolical fashion, I lost my data drive earlier this year: I had devised a better partition scheme fo... Curmudgeon

Firefox 3.0.5 was released today 16 94 (12/17/2008 7:58:22 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I just thought y'all might like to know. Maybe it will fix my problems with specifying a default download destination folder. Maybe not . . . Cheers! Mudge -- "And if California slides into the ocean like... Curmudgeon

Firefox downloads destination glich 19 72 (12/11/2008 12:56:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I love Firefox. Really I do. But for the life of me, I cannot persuade it to respect my specified downloads destination folder. It perversely defaults to plopping downloaded files directly onto my desktop, a... Curmudgeon

Reporting back on "keyboard recommendations" 2 149 (11/18/2008 9:08:07 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc I asked for keyboard recommendations last week and I'm extremely glad I did. I was all set to order a Matias to replace my old Kensington, but received virtually unanimous recommendations from here and from my... Curmudgeon

Looking for keyboard recommendations 34 76 (11/14/2008 6:58:02 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc What's everybody's favorite keyboard these days? I've been looking at a Matias model that includes a handy USB 2.0 port. It looks nice, but requires two USB input ports, not a deal breaker but inconvenient. ... Curmudgeon

An unsoliticted rave review (and a question) 1 81 (11/14/2008 6:08:37 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc I initiated what turned out to be a lengthy and very interesting thread just about a year ago when I asked for opinions on improving my desktop audio system. My trusty old Cambridge SoundWorks system had gone ... Curmudgeon

Firefox vs. Safari (and a question) 49 79 (10/10/2008 5:32:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Just today, I switched my default browser: Safari 3.1.2 -> Firefox 3.0.3 (on a hot-rodded 1.5 MHz G4 running OS X 10.4.11). A rhetorical question: Why did I wait so long? The memory and processor footprints a... Curmudgeon

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Recommendations for Computer Speakers? 73 155 (1/1/2008 8:55:45 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc All - Sorry for the extensive crossposting, but I wasn't sure which group was best targeted by this request for information and opinions. Thanks to the generosity of my brother, I have $200 to spend at Amazon... leave (55)

Installing Leopard on < 867Mhz G4? 77 37 (1/7/2008 1:12:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I've got a B&W G3 that has a 500 Mhz G4 processor in it, and I'm trying to install Leopard onto. I've installed in onto a separate disc on a G4 (which works fine) but when I transfer the disc across and atte... MrNoSpam (149)

Toast gives up the ghost! ... No recorder found.... 2 26 (2/25/2008 4:39:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Toast gave up the ghost Hello all - My computer is an Intel iMac (2nd revision of the "white" version). I have the hard drive partitioned, with a "Boot" partition and also a "backup" partition that I "dupe"... j.albert (332)

Possible to delete tracks on Ipod? 50 27 (4/9/2008 8:05:03 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I was wondering if there was any Ipod or MP3 player that allows deletion of tracks. It would be great to download a pile of music and screen it when you're out and about. Then you transfer your "keepers" to... noemailhere (606)

How can I make alias files invisible? 62 79 (7/24/2008 3:30:59 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc This is a serious question about how to fix an admittedly quite trivial problem: Some time back, I had to restore my boot drive from my backup, and ever since then the aliases for the etc, tmp, and var folders... leave (55)

Posessives [Totally OT] 87 126 (9/17/2008 9:28:07 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc Recently in these discussions a diversion was a discussion regarding where to place the apostrophe and whether an additional "s" should be added when forming the possessive of a name. I'm amused that here I ... taliesinsoft752 (221)

Mac OS Extended versus Universal Disk Format 1 27 (10/21/2008 2:56:16 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I am using OS 10.2.8 and Toast Titanium 5.2.3 to back up some files to DVD-R's. I burned each of two backups a different way, and both methods seemed to work okay. Backup DVD #1, choosing Data -> Mac OS Exte... none53 (66)

How much free space does a 100GB hard drive need for Mac OS X to run smoothly? 28 38 (12/3/2008 2:36:42 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc Is there a minimum amount of 'spare' space needed ? (for swap files and the like?) What is the current school of thought? ... spencerkelly2012 (80)

Dead, cold G4 Powermac 533mhz 18 35 (12/27/2008 8:35:41 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My neighbor added RAM to his 533mhz G4 digital audio PowerMac and couldn't restart the computer afterward. He'd taken precautions against electrostatic discharge. He replaced the 3.5-volt battery. He reset ... bobball (47)

Network traffic monitor app 14 42 (12/30/2008 10:28:15 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc Can anyone recommend an app for monitoring network traffic? We have a cap of 5GB/month which should be far more than we need, but we keep getting notices that we have exceeded that. I suspect our ISP's monito... 14243 (3)