Apple stuff - Mac, iPad, iphone
Ramasseur des pommes
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Binos,
Sorry to hear you are still having trouble. As there are two disks, are you installing 10.3 or 10.4? As I remember, 10.4 came on a single DVD.
If the Mac will let you, do another "Archive and Install". As there are two disks, it might be worth trying to avoid having to use the second one by clicking the "Customize" button on one of the installer pages. De-select anything you don't want. One of the longest parts of the Mac OS installation is the different language sets. If you just install the English one, it will take less time and may be more successful.
If you are using the original installer disks which came with your iMac, it may well be trying to install all the applications which originally came with the Mac. Again, use the "Customize" button to avoid installing all those apps again.
Good luck (and fingers crossed for you!),
AppleMacster
Sorry to hear you are still having trouble. As there are two disks, are you installing 10.3 or 10.4? As I remember, 10.4 came on a single DVD.
If the Mac will let you, do another "Archive and Install". As there are two disks, it might be worth trying to avoid having to use the second one by clicking the "Customize" button on one of the installer pages. De-select anything you don't want. One of the longest parts of the Mac OS installation is the different language sets. If you just install the English one, it will take less time and may be more successful.
If you are using the original installer disks which came with your iMac, it may well be trying to install all the applications which originally came with the Mac. Again, use the "Customize" button to avoid installing all those apps again.
Good luck (and fingers crossed for you!),
AppleMacster
Just Binos
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Mackay, Australia
Yes, I noticed the amount of time devoted to things I didn't need, but I thought I'd just do it by the book. The problem is of course, that my computer disks were for Tiger 9, 10.4.1 came via automatic updates so I don't have a disk for them.
Can I download them on to a disk from somewhere?
Can I download them on to a disk from somewhere?
Ramasseur des pommes
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From: UK
Binos,
I'm a little confused by "Tiger 9". "Tiger" was the name given to Mac OS X 10.4, which was superseded by "Leopard" Mac OS X 10.5. I assumed you meant it came with 10.3.9? (10.3 was "Panther", incidentally!). However, you would have needed a 10.4 disk to install Tiger.
AppleMacster
I'm a little confused by "Tiger 9". "Tiger" was the name given to Mac OS X 10.4, which was superseded by "Leopard" Mac OS X 10.5. I assumed you meant it came with 10.3.9? (10.3 was "Panther", incidentally!). However, you would have needed a 10.4 disk to install Tiger.
AppleMacster
Just Binos
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Once again I am proven to be a bear of very little brain. 
Now that I have put my glasses on I see that the install disc is Mac OS version 10.4.2.
So now I am completely lost.
To clear up any confusion, it is 10.4.2 but it does come on two discs.
Now that I have put my glasses on I see that the install disc is Mac OS version 10.4.2.
So now I am completely lost.
To clear up any confusion, it is 10.4.2 but it does come on two discs.
Last edited by Binoculars; 22nd September 2008 at 11:20.
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From: Mystic Orient
Help!!
I have a real funny problem:
When I click on a clickable name to download what should have downloaded after the aforementioned clicking (
sorry for the convoluted sentence there!!) the download just about begins after going on to the appropriate new URL, but, within a fraction of a second, reverts to the previous page -- and the d/l does NOT happen.
At times -- though not always! -- I can still manage to do the d/l by a Control-click.
This has especially been happening if I go to any of those free software offers etc. For example, I tried THIS but was just NOT able to achieve the d/l any which way I tried!!
For the life of me, I cannot suss out what wrong have I done!
Has anyone understood my problem? Any help??
Ta muchly, in advance!
When I click on a clickable name to download what should have downloaded after the aforementioned clicking (
sorry for the convoluted sentence there!!) the download just about begins after going on to the appropriate new URL, but, within a fraction of a second, reverts to the previous page -- and the d/l does NOT happen.At times -- though not always! -- I can still manage to do the d/l by a Control-click.
This has especially been happening if I go to any of those free software offers etc. For example, I tried THIS but was just NOT able to achieve the d/l any which way I tried!!
For the life of me, I cannot suss out what wrong have I done!
Has anyone understood my problem? Any help??
Ta muchly, in advance!
Upto The Buffers
Joined: Apr 2006
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That's because links ain't what they used to be. They're not always hard links to what it is you want to download.
I suggest getting with the program. System Preferences/Mouse and set your secondary button to "right click", or if you've got a MacBook or MacBook Pro enable two-finger right clicking. Ctrl-click went out with OS9
I suggest getting with the program. System Preferences/Mouse and set your secondary button to "right click", or if you've got a MacBook or MacBook Pro enable two-finger right clicking. Ctrl-click went out with OS9
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From: Mystic Orient
Thanks, Shunter.
Am using an iBook G4 laptop, OSX 10.4.11: though I do own a Mighty Mouse, have never used it: I find the trackpad a lot more effective and easy to use.
And, the Control click gives a drop-down menu where one can click on "Download file" etc.
Am using an iBook G4 laptop, OSX 10.4.11: though I do own a Mighty Mouse, have never used it: I find the trackpad a lot more effective and easy to use.
And, the Control click gives a drop-down menu where one can click on "Download file" etc.
Upto The Buffers
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Fair enough, you won't have the luxury of multi-touch then. But look on the bright side; if you had a traditional PC brick laptop chances are you would have thrown it in a skip by now!
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From: There and here
Kensington power adapter
A couple of years ago I purchased a Kensington 70W power adapter to give external power to ones mac when sitting in the Rolls or in the BBJ 
and it has given sterling service to date. However, the Smart Tip has broken....not so smart . There are various tips that fit into the power adapter for laptop, phone, ipod etc, various country's power sockets etc and that gives incredible flexibility.
The tip that I need is the 'N23' which sounds like a picturesque road in France, but is in reality the one needed to fit into an older (non magnetic) power connection in various Macs. I have sent a mail to Kensington because the Mac no longer appears to be catered for on their website and apart from an automated reply have heard nothing back.
I thought that perhaps as the prooning macs travel a lot they might also be in the same boat as I and could help out, as the normal (old) charger is not so good for travelling apart from in a hotel or such.
Here's hoping
SHJ
and it has given sterling service to date. However, the Smart Tip has broken....not so smart . There are various tips that fit into the power adapter for laptop, phone, ipod etc, various country's power sockets etc and that gives incredible flexibility.The tip that I need is the 'N23' which sounds like a picturesque road in France, but is in reality the one needed to fit into an older (non magnetic) power connection in various Macs. I have sent a mail to Kensington because the Mac no longer appears to be catered for on their website and apart from an automated reply have heard nothing back.
I thought that perhaps as the prooning macs travel a lot they might also be in the same boat as I and could help out, as the normal (old) charger is not so good for travelling apart from in a hotel or such.
Here's hoping
SHJ
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From: London, England
Try this page : Kensington Configurator
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From: There and here
Thanks for the quick reply McBoero.
I tried that link and all it did was tell me which tip that I needed, which is old news
I filled out the form, but all that did was tell me that as I already had an iPod adapter tip I didn't need another, again and again
However they did provide another address for contact, so a missive (pleading) help has been sent and let's hope that they reply soon.
Thanks again
SHJ
I tried that link and all it did was tell me which tip that I needed, which is old news
I filled out the form, but all that did was tell me that as I already had an iPod adapter tip I didn't need another, again and again However they did provide another address for contact, so a missive (pleading) help has been sent and let's hope that they reply soon.
Thanks again
SHJ
Upto The Buffers
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I have to say, as much as I'm starting to get to like Apple, Safari isn't a patch on Firefox. Worth giving it a try perhaps? It's worth it for the AdBlock extension alone. Gets rid of all this !!!!e over here ------------------------------>
Ramasseur des pommes
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: UK
Shunter,
Safari has an AdBlock extension also. Required no setting up to get rid of the Pprune adverts – just double-click to install.
Get it here
Works quicker than Firefox, too...
AppleMacster
Safari has an AdBlock extension also. Required no setting up to get rid of the Pprune adverts – just double-click to install.
Get it here
Works quicker than Firefox, too...
AppleMacster
Ramasseur des pommes
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From: UK
Does not cater for OSX 10.4.11, does it?
Seemed to be for the OSX 10.5 only, that one!
Seemed to be for the OSX 10.5 only, that one!
PithHelmet
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From: There and here
.tiff files
Cut 'n' pasted from the main forum......
I was doing a bit of housekeeping and deleting to free up space on the old hard drive and came upon all the .tiff files, some 20,000 of them in all. Well, on further inspection the majority are web icons of websites that the computer has visited over the last few years and two things are confusing me.
1) There are loads of sites that I have no recollection of visiting and the likelihood is small due to no interest (i.e quilting websites), so how is there a record of having visited such sites apart from someone else having used the computer ?
2) What would be the purpose of the computer keeping all these icons even though I regularly clean out the cookies and so on, so as to keep the inner workings running smoothly ? Most are between 8kb and 30kb in size, so not space hogs, but all the same.....
So, any bright sparks out there who can put me to the wise, their wisdom would be appreciated.
Thanks
SHJ
I was doing a bit of housekeeping and deleting to free up space on the old hard drive and came upon all the .tiff files, some 20,000 of them in all. Well, on further inspection the majority are web icons of websites that the computer has visited over the last few years and two things are confusing me.
1) There are loads of sites that I have no recollection of visiting and the likelihood is small due to no interest (i.e quilting websites), so how is there a record of having visited such sites apart from someone else having used the computer ?
2) What would be the purpose of the computer keeping all these icons even though I regularly clean out the cookies and so on, so as to keep the inner workings running smoothly ? Most are between 8kb and 30kb in size, so not space hogs, but all the same.....
So, any bright sparks out there who can put me to the wise, their wisdom would be appreciated.
Thanks
SHJ
