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Thanks, That's what I wanted to know. I would change my OS on my external drive to match the Intel Mac mini be it Mountain Lion or Maverick. But now that there is no installer disc included. How does the downloading installer know which hard drive I want install it on???

I was told that the new Intel Macs will not let you boot from an external hard drive with fire wire. Is this true??? I was thinking of getting a Mac mini, transferring the data on my G5, then cloning it so I would have a bootable backup. Just in case the internal drive started acting badly.

Well I pulled all the sticks in the upper bank as you suggested. I saw these tiny little markings on the circuit board. They were on the right side of the slots directly above the locking mechanism. So I got my magnifier & low and behold there were those markings! So here they are: The...

OK, it will probably be awhile before I get back to you. I'll have to follow your advice after I get home from work. But I'll be back.

Thanks!!! I'll give that a try. I looked for the slot numbers on the circuit board. They are marked 4,3,2,1 then 1,2,3,4. Since the System Profiler's list was: DIMM0/J11, DIMM1/J12, DIMM2/J13, DIMM3/J14, DIMM4/J41, DIMM5/J42, DIMM6/J43, DIMM7/J44. Can I assume that if DIMM0/J11 is #1 on the...

My G5ppc. has 8 gigs of ram. But after checking "About this Mac", it shows that I now have only 7 gigs. So I checked with the System Profiler and it shows that Dimm2/13 &...

Well I finally found the solution to my problem! The application to add back my missing items was Mac Pilot/ Dock Settings/Add recent items stack on right/ click on Add Stack button. This gave the ability to make whatever list I wanted via the 5 choices (Recent Applications, Recent Documents...

Well I rebooted from my backup drive to try an experiment. After the dock loaded, I held down the control key & then clicked held the mouse to see if any options were available hopefully there might be a "Show in Finder" so I could find the location of that item. But it did not show any options.

Yes, I'm just clicking & holding. I've never tried holding down the control key and then clicking & holding. That my big problem, It's been ages since I set this up that I don't remember what software folder it came from. Is there a plist just for the items that are in the dock? If there...

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it's not a folder. This item produces a list from which to choose 5 categories: Recent Applications, Recent Documents, etc. When you click & hold the mouse over the dock icon it shows the 5 choses, then you pick the one you want. For example, if I want to...

I'm using a G5 ppc with OS 10.5.8. Recently when I booted up my Mac & many items were missing from my dock. I corrected the problem except for one item. This item produced a menu list in which you could pick any one of these items: Recent Applications, Recent Documents, Recent Servers...

It did not show up in the System Profiler. I bought another drive today, it's a Seagate & it on the desktop!!! Thanks to all with the good advice!!!!!!

Yes I did, Thanks for asking.

The hard drive is Western Digital 1.0TB model WD10EZEX. I asked the Mac salesman if this was compatible with a G5, he said it was.

The hard drive was new. I took out the drive that was not showing on the desktop & put back the older (less GB's) hard drive. I then rebooted & the older drive showed up on the desktop so that means the second bay works fine. I removed the older drive & reinstalled the new one. After...

I recently installed an extra internal hard drive into the second bay of my G5 ppc with Leopard OS. I just cloned it so I know it works. Unfortunately, when I later booted the G5 I bumped into the power cord & loosened it from the electrical outlet. I plugged it back in & turned it on again...

Well the updater did not help. I thought for sure it would & that it would be a great birthday present. I was thinking the same thing, I'll have to archive & install from my DVD. I would like to say, "Thank you" so much to all who tried to help me with this problem!!! GO "macos.com"!!!

Great idea, I never would have thought of that!!! I created a new user, logged out, & tried the 'new' user. Safari had the same results.

I restarted after Pacifist finished. I launched Safari but I got the same old message 'Safari unexpectedly quit'.

Yes Sir, I downloaded both items. I couldn't figure out how to get Pacifist to do what you were suggesting. NOW I see what to do with your help! Pacifist is doing it's thing as I type this. If I did this right, there are 3 main items to install. The .DS Store, an .fseventsd folder, & the...