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As per Giaguara said, it sounds like a hardware fault - it only takes one component to overheat on a circuit board for (say) the video driver circuits to cut out and random things to start happening. The way to test this I think is to get a can of compressed refrigerant and spray it on the...

Hi, I have different versions of Firefox installed on my Mac as I need to make sure my sites work correctly in them. The problem that I have is that when I switch back from newer versions to older ones, my saved cookies and passwords keep getting zapped. I've temporarily got around the...

Hi, Depending on what Mac you have, the main options are really just Lightwave and Cinema 4D if you need high-quality renders. From a usability view point, I always found Lightwave much easier to model with and Cinema 4D to render with. If you have a dual-boot set-up then 3DS is obviously...

Thanks again DeltaMac :) Just to confirm, I do have a 3rd generation eMac but I haven't ever taken the cover off - the last time I removed the shielding was on a 1st gen one and (as you mention) it's different to the later ones and more difficult to put back in place. So...I tried fixing...

Thanks - that sounds like good advice. Your point about the video drivers also makes a lot of sense - a fault in the video circuits might only show up if it's trying to use hardware acceleration for desktop effects, etc. it's getting late here now so I'll take off the eMac case tomorrow and have...

Thanks for your responses - to answer them: SGilbert - the eMac was bought refurbished and already had 10.5.5 installed. I don't really want to upgrade it because I've got no way of going back if it doesn't work (of course, it doesn't work now anyway so that point is moot I guess)...

Hi, I hope someone can help me with this please: I have an eMac running 10.5.5 that won't work any more - I'm able to log-in but the system freezes up after about a minute with some hard disc thrashing going on. When it freezes there is also occasionally an odd image artifact left on the...

Hi, You sound like you know what you're doing, but I'll just suggest a few basic things first... 1. Can you log-in to your Power Mac via SSH and see the 2 TB drive in the /Volumes directory? 2. What is the output of the following command when run on your Power Mac: ls -la /Volumes 3. If...

Hi, You could either use Automator, write a shell script or use something like Perl or Python to do what you want - if you want a drag-and-drop solution then Automator is probably your best bet. I found the following tutorials very helpful...

I'll just add that eBay is probably the only place you'll find a copy of Tiger to buy these days. As DeltaMac mentions, you want the "retail" version because the model-specific ones don't like it when you try and install them on a different model. Dodg

What happens when you click on a link in your emails will be dictated by how the email client itself handles the action. If you're using something like Entourage you could probably script an action to do something close to what you need e.g. highlight the link (rather than click on it) then go...

Doesn't everyone have police out riders when they go to pick up a few groceries? That must mean I'm *extra* special then :D Either that or they substituted my car for the Knight Industries Two Thousand a few years back - either way, I'm still cool :cool: Dodg

C'mon, who wouldn't want "minty-fresh" eyes? :D While we're tangentially displacing ourselves away from the original topic, I descaled my kettle once using a proprietary cleaner (containing a highly corrosive concentration of formic acid) and then got distracted by the dog barking outside...

Ok, that sounds good...I think even *I* could manage that one. Then again, we're talking about the same person that nearly stuck a soldering iron straight in their eye - I went to rub my eyes as the fumes had gotten to me and forgot what I was holding in my hand... I've done the same thing with...

Thanks for the heads-up on that - you sound like a real pro at this kind of thing! :D Looks like I got exactly the right machine, from a maintenance perspective at least. I read that with the iSight model you have to take the screen out? I was always one of those kids that took things apart and...

Thanks for the advice - very helpful for an iMac newbie :) It's interesting you mention the hard drive sensor. Another machine of mine (unmodified) kept randomly locking up and when I checked the system profiler the hard drive was reporting excessive temperatures...when I took it out that thing...

I've just acquired a G5 iMac today (first time ever that I've been given a good machine, and not something destined for the scrapheap - go me!) and am trying to get to grips with the dreaded fan noise. Maybe it's just me and my sensitive little ears but the noise is completely intolerable and is...

I guess my question was a bit too "niche" for everyone :D I haven't really got any further with this, but I have found that the qemu-img tool can convert the qcow/qcow2 disk images to raw format, so I guess my next question is does anyone know how to convert raw format images to Virtual PC...

Hi All, I have a G4 and copies of Virtual PC 7 and QEMU 0.9.0. For some reason Virtual PC is no longer booting from any of my Windows CD (I wanted to use XP but also had 98 and 2000 to hand, and the same result) so I decided to give QEMU a go and so far so good. If possible what I'd like...

In answer to the above points: J.D. - Yes, you are magNIfIcent (and superb also). Satcomer - I think the iTunes library is fairly substantial from what I've been told, so thanks for your suggestion. MisterMe - I haven't seen the laptop yet, but there's a very good chance the Trash is...