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matisse
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Crimpie: thanks. you're always so nice.
khanom:I know zero about html but I have people I can ask to help (unless you feel like tackling it,being bored and all).
There are a couple of options that people have built that just involve replacing the slideshow assets folder with the one that they have done
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4526950#4526950
However they didn't look good on my 12" powerbook.
Kent: you've obviously mistaken me for someone that has a clue. All I did to make this site was do a bunch of clicking, dragging and typing in text boxes. I hadn't even noticed that text jump you mention until you pointed it out. I can't modify that. As for the embedded text, I'm sorry to sound clueless, that is a photo put on the "background" and the text is over top of it (holy crap I think I sound like Lois in this post. someone give me a cyanide capsule). When it gets converted to html, I'm not sure how iWeb handles it. What would I look for in the html code to check? I thought the background looked good. if the text is imbedded the arternative would be to get rid of the background..so tell me more about why this is B.A.D.
Knotty: thanks for the nice words. Another question for you. Any suggestions for resolving the conflict between Norton Antivirus 10.1.2 (I know, I know but the university makes me have antivirus software and it is better than that POS Sophos that they have a site licence for) and Mac backup? Mac Backup won't complete the backup until I disable autoprotect.
Thanks all for your help.
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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deuce, BootCamp is free. you can get the "beta" for tiger now here : http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/publicbeta.html (I don't know what's so beta about it. It's basically just an assistant to partition your drive for you and contains a disk image of the the windows drivers for your Apple hardware. it's been used by thousands of people including myself and works great), or it'll come ready to go with Leopard.
Nature, since you've already cracked the case easily enough, you might check to see if there's a bunch of dust built up anywhere in there. If not that, then could be the thermal paste thing...
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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Knotty: thanks for the nice words. Another question for you. Any suggestions for resolving the conflict between Norton Antivirus 10.1.2 (I know, I know but the university makes me have antivirus software and it is better than that POS Sophos that they have a site licence for) and Mac backup? Mac Backup won't complete the backup until I disable autoprotect.
Well, first I'd ask them to point out a mac os x virus that's ever been found in the wild. They'll have a hard time with that one.
After that, get *anything* other than norton. That sh#t basically *is* a virus. Slows down everything, some apps won't run, and pops up random windows all the time.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2007 - 03:55pm PT
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Forest wrote:
After that, get *anything* other than norton. That sh#t basically *is* a virus. Slows down everything, some apps won't run, and pops up random windows all the time.
LOL!!
Sue - are you actually running Norton on a Mac? I honestly didn't know there was a version for OS X...
Are they really forcing you to run it? If so, how?
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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What's the easiest way to keep Aperature and iphoto's folders the same?
My powerbook G4 won't run unplugged. Is battery shot?
What causes the freezups that require a fource quit?
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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I'll chech what you say about the battery next time I start it up.
What causes the freezups that require a fource quit?
In what application(s)? safari, mail, finder, you name it. This is happening on a new (less than 1 year old) imac.
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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command-option-escape? Yes, for individual apps.
I do run system updates most the time, but maybe I missed something?
OS X 10.4.10
yes
no
I'll look closer at the software. I can probably remove some I'm not using, and make sure the rest is up to date.
Thanks for the advice.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2007 - 11:51am PT
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N0_One - Aperture and iPhoto both use a unique database system for storing photos
(one reason I've never been attracted to either). I would strongly suspect there
should be a simple import command for iPhoto users upgrading to Aperture.
Your battery indeed sounds like it's toast. An easy way to get to System Profiler is to
click the in the menu bar (top left of screen) and select About This Mac (top of list).
Click More Info and it takes you directly to System Profiler. Click on Power and you will
see the original capacity, current capacity, and most importantly, number of charge/discharge cycles.
Lithium Ion batteries are said to be good for 500 or so cycles - much less if the battery stays plugged in all the time.
Also note that Lithium Ion batteries have a very finite lifetime whether they are used or knott.
I think 5 years is what they say. Use 'em or lose em! is what I say...
OK - now for the hard part. What you describe sounds pretty unusual. Normally it's
a specific app that gives you trouble, and can often be fixed by trashing a corrupted preference file
or repairing disk permissions (via Disk Utility)
I'll give you the standard Applecare routine along with some tricks I've picked up...
As Khanom mentioned, unplug everything from the computer, This includes printers,
iPods, USB hubs, EVERYTHING. If problems persist, Open Disk Utility (Utilities folder in Applications folder),
select your hard drive, and click repair disk permissions (do knott click repair disk).
After it runs, see if problem persists. If problem persists, Applecare calls for starting up
from either your original system disk or retail OS X disk and running Repair Disk from Disk Utility
(start up from DVD by holding down the "C" key till you get to the grey screen, then let go and wait).
Since it takes several minutes to boot-up (due to the relatively slow optical drive), if you have
another user account on your machine, first log out and then log in as that other user.
If you do knott have another user account, create one immediately, as this is a great troubleshooting tool
(System Preferences > Accounts > click Plus Sign lower left > Allow User To Administer Computer).
If problem goes away, you have isolated the issue to the Home folder as opposed to the System
(or HD Library) folder. In that case it would most likely be a corrupted pref. file or a start-up item on that side only.
If problem persists while logged into the other account, go ahead and startup from
a OS X DVD, and then open Disk Utility and click Repair Disk. If that does knott solve the issue,
restart the machine holding down the Shift key. This disables all non-Apple items from running
upon start up. If problem goes away, go to System Preferences > Login Items, and
make note of any non apple items. Delete those and restart normally.
If problem is solved, add them back (and running) one by one until issue is reproduced.
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head, but I saved the most likely (in your case, IMO,
and by far the biggest PITA culprit to nail down) for last. As Khanom suggested, memory.
The G5 iMac that I'm on at the moment (screenshot above) was acting strange, but
nothing too serious. Just random beach balls occasionally. The clincher was when I took the imfamous
[url="http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=376919&msg=376919#msg376919" target="_blank"]Extreme Geek-Alert Photoshop Test™[/url] and I got a much slower result than identical machines.
I started up from the Install DVD, (holding down the specific key to start up in Hardware Test mode.
I ran the extended test, and sure enough, it failed the RAM test. I repeated the test after removing
one of the RAM modules to isolate the bad stick. I replaced it, and all was well.
The trouble with the Hardware Test is that it only runs for 15 minutes or so, and many RAM issues will knott
be found in such a short time. However, there's a utility called Memtest
which you put in your Applications Folder and then run from Open Firmware.
As this post is already giving L.E.B a solid run for the money, please try all of the above before
I get into the exceedingly arcane––yet simple––specifics of running Memtest (and letting it run for many hours)...
BTW, I think the most common symptom of defective memory is kernel panics
(dark grey screen with many languages telling you to restart the computer).
Are you getting any of those? Also, after performing all of the above, try re-seating the RAM
(remove and replace several times in case the contacts are corroded or dirty).
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Thanks for the lengthy reply Hardman! When I get a chance I'll go through your suggestions.
Beach balls? Yes, occasional beach balls are an issue.
BTW, I think the most common symptom of defective memory is kernel panics
(dark grey screen with many languages telling you to restart the computer).
Are you getting any of those? Also, after performing all of the above, try re-seating the RAM (remove and replace several times in case the contacts are corroded or dirty).
I haven't had this happen yet.
Keeping my fingers crossed!
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Ouch!
climber
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Long live Microsoft!
Champion of us poor folks.
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pimp daddy wayne
climber
The Bat Caves
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I have a red bump on my dink. Anything you can take a look at?
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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I have a question -
Why does Abe Frohman, the Sausage King of Chicago, claim that he is posting from New York? They don't make sausage in New York.
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:34pm PT
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Hardman--got a G4 powerbook and run my stereo through an airport connection. I've got a vinyl collection which I'd love to get on to the hard drive. Any suggestions of how to go about this?
Many thanks for the valuable service you are providing here.
Cheers,
JW
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:39pm PT
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apple + OSX + Intel = DRM to the bone.
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quartziteflight
climber
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Sep 12, 2007 - 09:00pm PT
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hi sue,
I like your site. I don't really think it needs to be anything fancy, because the art is the medium in question. The delivery is solid and that's all it needs to be. I like the portraits and the fish alot...
cheers
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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Sep 12, 2007 - 09:05pm PT
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apple + OSX + Intel = DRM to the bone.
Uh... how do you figure? iTunes' DRM is not integrated into the OS in any way shape or form, if that's what you mean, and it's on Windows, too. Definitely not part of OSX nor related to intel.
So, what DRM are you referring to?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2007 - 09:22pm PT
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J. Werlin - you can buy a dedicated turntable with built-in pre-amp and USB connector for around $100.00.
Otherwise, you will need some sort of pre-amp or signal booster to send a traditional turntable output
signal to an audio-in port on your computer (turntable signal too weak otherwise).
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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Sep 12, 2007 - 09:56pm PT
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Thanks H.K.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 12, 2007 - 10:05pm PT
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Hi Hardman Knott, good to see you back.
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