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  1. camgangrel21

    'Admin' option won't save to user

    I would try before a reinstall of the OS to take and start up from the install CD. Then onec on there take and use the user acount tool and see if you can reset your acount or make one. I know that in OS 10.4 you can do this. I know that this tool is in 10.3 but I don't know if the adding part...
  2. camgangrel21

    .m2v directly into Toast?

    No what is going on here is that your file has been encoded in the worng file type for DVDs. So whats going on is it is try to reencode your movie file as a Mpeg 2 file and then brake it in to packets of data that any DVD software or hardware can read and play back. So it will take a...
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    Newbie with a classic problem

    you will have to reinstall the copy of OS 9. Makeing shere that you check the box to just reinsall a new copy of the syatem folder.
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    need help, welcome video loop

    you don't need a 2nd mac to run Xpostfacto. I know I'm runing 10.4.6 on my 1998 G3 233 Mhz 512 MB of RAM PowerBook. What you will need to do is get your hands on a copy of OS 9 then reparton your drive in 2. The old stuff of haveing to have the OS X side being 7.5 GB big is gone as of Xpostfacto...
  5. camgangrel21

    Upgrade Bash?

    there are some apps out there that will do that but there pain in the ass. Because you have to use X11 after that . I don't know of anything that will update the BASH shell under OS X with out massing the whole OS up. Apple with update the Shell when they see fit when they do OS updates.
  6. camgangrel21

    Ipod mini 2nd gen Q?

    I found the drive by doing a foogle lookup for it. Come on has no one ever had to give there iPod mini a new life come I need some feed back.
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    OSX "Waiting on boot device" error

    I'm not shere there on the last point. All I know is When I run ram out of my old pc OS 9.2.2 would work just fine with it and even os X 10.2.8 but when I got my copy of 10.4. The installer tryed to run and then forze up. After I restarted the G4 450 x 2 Mhz Power Mac. it was doing some of the...
  8. camgangrel21

    OSX "Waiting on boot device" error

    you might try takeing the RAM that you put in to the PC and moveing over to Mac and use the RAM that you where useing before. Because every new Ver of OS X has gotten more picky about the ram it uses. I know I had RAM in my old G3 mac that OS 9.2.2 loved and worked with but OS X would not use...
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    Blue and White G3, Won't Boot after 10.4.6 stall

    to get into openfirmware you need to restart the mac right as your let go of the power take and hold option key + apple key + o key and the f key all at onece. now for the stuff you need to type might need to do a seach for openfirmware. I have not had to do this on my G4 power mac for a long...
  10. camgangrel21

    Finder Crashes When Disk Image Mounted

    Will I know that with my mini and my USB Hard drive there is stuff that OS X put on that drive. that you can not see even with tremal. Try running any the apps that are made to run on linux under X11, and then do a open file and point to you hard drive. You will find files there that will start...
  11. camgangrel21

    Blue and White G3, Won't Boot after 10.4.6 stall

    it sound like you need to go in to open firmware and do a reset there. that with doing a PRAM zap might do the trick.
  12. camgangrel21

    Ipod mini 2nd gen Q?

    Will iPod mini just up and died on me no less then a hour ago now. What want to know is this. 1: What battery is a good one to go with? I'm looking at the one on the OWC site. It say that it has 50% more life then the OEM but is there one that will out last this one? 2: I'm looking at the fact...
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    Finder Crashes When Disk Image Mounted

    it sound after you have posted what you said. you may have massed up one of those hinned files on the other hard drive you posted about. this has happened on my iPod mini from time to time. I use disk warorer on it and it will fix what going on. I know Apple's Disk tool will not fix this with...
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    Won't even boot...

    best try to do is go and get your self a externl hard drives that comes close to matching you hard drive size and when your mac is working in like it should then use something like Carbon Copy Cloner and the when the mac wants to fight back just boot up form that drive fix whats going on and...
  15. camgangrel21

    Broken powerbook lid catch

    I have I have 450 Mhz x 2 G4 Power Mac and run just fine on there. and no it's not useing both CPU just part of one.
  16. camgangrel21

    iChat buddy icon not working

    don't maybe iChat is massing up. I know that AOL's under laying system is working. I only iChat for video chats thats most of the time I use AdiumX for my main chating. less bugs and a lot of cool scripts that you can run it.
  17. camgangrel21

    Finder Crashes When Disk Image Mounted

    sound as if you may have reinstall the OS. Something deep down in the Big Cat is sick. That should fix that.
  18. camgangrel21

    G3 iMac: how to format drive and upgrade to OSX?

    you need 512 mb of ram to run OS X any flaver right. you can get away with 120 MB but it will be dog as slow. But if your friend was run XP then he may not even see the slow down at 120 MB. ;-)
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    Broken powerbook lid catch

    yeah but one thing you have to watch out for on the new macbook pro's is the wireless and bluethouh don't work like on the G4 PowerBooks. Apple had to replace a coworkers laptop because of this say that they know about. Also that is what you get for going Bleeding edge tech noe just cutting...
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    iChat buddy icon not working

    it does not show you the .jif moveing but anyone other then you will see it move. I know I have one to.
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