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    can't find unarchived files

    It appears the specific file I was trying to open is defective as other files are opening and being sent to the right location.
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    can't find unarchived files

    I am trying to unarchive some .bin files. It appears that they are being unarchived (Archive Utility window opens and says "Unarchiving (file name)..." and shows the progress bar completing the task), but I cannot find the unarchived files anywhere. I set Archive Utility to place the opened...
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    bypass dead imac hard drive and boot from external hard drive?

    that looks like what i'll have to do. how do i know if a hard drive is mac compatible? are they all and just have to be formatted? i read in a forum somewhere that hitachi drives are excellent replacements. true? what about this one? HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB...
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    bypass dead imac hard drive and boot from external hard drive?

    actually i'm still using 10.4 for this imac, and i've been trying to connect via usb. i'll try firewire.
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    bypass dead imac hard drive and boot from external hard drive?

    Still no dice. A little more background info, this Acom drive I am trying to use was the only DiskWarrior could find when I was salvaging my data from this imac. It wouldn't find the two Western Digital drives or the Vantec NexStar either. So I know it can be found. After using it to transfer...
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    bypass dead imac hard drive and boot from external hard drive?

    Thank you. I tried that already, and when I reformatted the external hard drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), the external hard drive wouldn't show up at all. Any other ideas?
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    bypass dead imac hard drive and boot from external hard drive?

    My imac G5 isight's hard drive is dead. I would like to install OS X on an external hard drive and just use that as the hard drive for this machine. My questions are: Can I boot from an external hard drive via USB and just run everything off the external hard drive? If so, how should I format...
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    2005 imac ppc isight "restart computer" message

    Well, here goes... A few weeks ago software update said a new version of OS 10.4.x.x was available, so I started to install it on my imac ppc with isight, purchased in 2005. Then I got an error message saying it didn't install so the package or whatever was sent to the trash bin. Didn't think...
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