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Cool! Thanks! P.S. Do you ever sleep? :-) Dumb question please. The old G4 uses, i believe, Ultra ATA drives. At newegg I am seeing all kinds of enclosures, but nothing stating ultra ATA or just ATA. I found this statement on another forum: "In this case ATA, PATA, IDE, EIDE, parallel ATA all...

I'm sorry I can't help you here, but I had an idea/challenge for you. Years ago I used Quickeys to automate "Paste Special - Unformatted text" in Word. It was so useful. Why this is not the default "Paste Special" is beyond me. I think I might try an automater script to do the same. I think I do...

Quick background. My old g4 DP 1 ghz died. I now have a new 24" iMac. The old G4 has three internal drives - all ATA. Though I backed up everything and am okay with that, the old machine will not start up (constant kernal panics and other issues). I have a few old external FW drives. What I am...

I really didn't want to be harsh and we don't want to lose this mac user! I think he has a valid argument that there was a usability issue here. Nielsen Heuristic, "Error Prevention." That this poor guy ended up deleting system files by accident is a case of the Mac failing to give him warning...

I did just what lbj said from a G4 DP to a new iMac and was amazed at how well everything worked. I really doubted it and was all set to spend hours doing this all manually, but I gave it a shot. iPhoto, iTunes, Mail, Address Book, iCalendar, expose settings, my bookmarks in two browsers, are...

I don't want to sound like a heartless jerk, but I have to add to what chevy said. In this day and age, or any day and age, to not have complete system and file back up is really asking for it. I have two family members and two neighbors who recently lost tons of important files recently when...

Nope, it simply will not start up in single user mode or verbose mode - get a page full of kernel panic type info every time. I tried each five times. If I try to start as normal, I get a little further - grey screen, apple, spinning... but no start up. If I try to start and reset pram, I get a...

Thanks satcomer, I will give it a shot. Right now I am being extra safe and backing up critical docs and files to a few external FW drives. I have plenty of other backups, but I am somewhat anal in this way and these types of disasters aren't so worrisome thanks to being a little obsessive...

For what it is worth, I got it started from the second drive after about 20 attempts, am repairing the main drive, but I doubt this is the issue. "No Repairs were necessary" Don't let my clock hypothesis throw any of you. I was just guessing, but it does seem like hardware - right? The machine...

Trying to save/diagnose and old friend - g4 DP 1 GHZ using 10.4. I am getting repeated kernal panics and varieties of the grey screen. The last one is interesting. ApplePlatformExpert::getGMTTimeOFDay can not provide time of day RTC did not show up Security auditing service present BSM...

Hi all, I can't seem to find this clearly stated. I have Final Cut HD on OSX 10.4. This app is at least 5 years old. I have many project files with home movies and it looks like I will be getting a new iMac. I am not a pro, so I can't see buying the full blown FCP, so I am wondering if I can...

Alas, the old G4 DP 1 GHz is dying as I type. I have 4 firewire drives not to mention 3 internal drives and many files. Do the new iMacs have firewire? If so, do they have both 400 and 800 ports? I am really not up on this. My drives are old and I think are FW 400. As for my internal drives, can...

Long story of a busted internal drive on a Macbook and more, but I really do need an external CD/DVD that I can use to read/load software, but also use on a PC. USB2. Any recommendations for both a /brand model and a place to buy it? Thanks in advance! P.S. If it cal also support burning DVDs...

Gutenprint would not work for me either. I believe the trouble was the printer and Mac though. At various times I could ping the IP of the printer and sometimes it was there and others it was not. In effect, and without the proper technical lingo, the Mac was unable to "wake up" the printer...

Yoda, sorry I was off a while. I feel your pain! However, you aren't alone. I just knew calling Epson would be the nightmare you experienced so I am avoiding at all costs. Can you update me on how things went? I was going to just use USB and forget about it, but I would like ability to print...

Ugh. I might try that, or I may just go with a USB connection. I suppose I should try calling their tech support, but I think we can guess how much fun that will be. Still, thanks for the help! I have to imagine that there are good programmers out there who for the same money could have written...

Confirmed. This is what happens after a restart. Shut down machine. Started. Opened new Word file, type "test" File-Print Epson Print dialog box shows message, "Attempting to connect to host EPSON6635EA.local. for printer auto" After about a minute it times out. New overlay dialog box...

Thank you for trying to help MrMe. Forgive my frustration with sub par vendor driver developers. Shoddy work irks me. One issue of semantics if you don't mind. IMO, it isn't anything I neglected, it is something Epson negelcted since I followed their network connection instructions to the T...

DeltaMac, thank you for being observant. I am NOT using wireless and NOT using USB. I have the printer plugged in via an ethernet cable to my router - "wired ethernet." I followed the install instructions for this method. I checked the updates and they are all for intel based Macs. This Mac is a...

Hi All, I just picked up a Epson WF 600 "all in one" printer. Set up was clicking one button after another as Epson loaded my Mac with so much junk. I went for the option of plugging the printer into my router. Install went fine, test page was fine, I can scan..., but every time I print it...