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Hey there I think maybe some of you can help me, I just received a PowerMac Performa 6400/180 from 1996, the thing is working wonderfully hardware-wise, HOWEVER (there's always one) it's running a broken install of Mac OS 8.5.1 (boot but it's missing a lot of system files, it seems I can't read HFS+ formatted CDs burned from my Macbook running Lion). I would love to downgrade to 7.6.1, however I can't really transfer files to it as Apple dropped support for HFS Standard in OS X for a few versions... Assuming I have the required files for installation of 7.6, how can I transfer files to the Performa 6400? I tried booting of a Network Access 7.5 Floppy, but the Performa 6400 can't boot from it. It also seems I can't transfer any files by CD using ISO 9660, as every files comes off corrupted (error type -39) I have access to: MacBook Pro running Lion PC with Windows 7 64bit PC with Windows 98SE PC with MS-DOS 6.22 Note that I have a USB floppy drive. Thanks to people who can help me with my antiquated question.
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Olivil posted:Hey there I think maybe some of you can help me, I just received a PowerMac Performa 6400/180 from 1996, the thing is working wonderfully hardware-wise, HOWEVER (there's always one) it's running a broken install of Mac OS 8.5.1 (boot but it's missing a lot of system files, it seems I can't read HFS+ formatted CDs burned from my Macbook running Lion). I would love to downgrade to 7.6.1, however I can't really transfer files to it as Apple dropped support for HFS Standard in OS X for a few versions... Assuming I have the required files for installation of 7.6, how can I transfer files to the Performa 6400? Managed to add HFS support to Lion using MacFuse and fusehfs, transferred the 19 7.5.3 system files to the Performa, made a disktool2 bootable floppy, tried to install 7.5.3, says the installer is not compatible. I know I need the System Enabler 410 v1.1 (which I have, and I transferred it to the Performa) however does any one know if it's possible to ''add'' a system enabler to the installer or force the installation, I'll add the system enabler to the system folder through the boot floppy?
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Sep 27, 2011 23:05
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I just made the switch completely, had a MBP and a Windows desktop that I replaced by an iMac 27 inch. I was simply wondering if there was a way to get xbox controller support in games that support it. I don't really want to mess with games that don't I just want the game to recognized the game pad. It's wired if that makes a difference. Thanks! Edit: found EXACTLY what I was looking for, just install this and restart. Edit 2: Actually, while it does makes the controller works, software won't recognize it as an Xbox Controller, so you have to remap controls manually. Not a big deal but it would be nice to make it work that way. And since the triggers on the controller are treated as axis (they're analog) well, they're recognized by the driver but not by the game. Olivil fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Jan 1, 2012 |
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Dec 31, 2011 22:41
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My Mid 2010 Macbook Pro came with Snow Leopard, which I upgraded to Lion, which means there is no recovery partition. If I boot off a DVD made from Lion install files and perform a clean install, will this partition the drive with a bootable recovery partition like Macs that comes with Lion preinstalled?
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Jan 2, 2012 22:49
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Yeah thinking about it I had some trouble installing Lion due to my partition table, had a Linux partition and it messed things up. Thanks for the link, I'll look into it!  Holding CMD-R at startup does nothing. Is there another way to get the partition other than a clean install? Olivil fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 3, 2012 |
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Jan 3, 2012 00:40
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You Am I posted:Hold down the Option key and see which bootable partitions appear It's not, I'll probably reinstall, I've never done a Time Machine restore before, but after installation, will I be able to restore specific apps or will it just restore EVERYTHING?
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Jan 3, 2012 05:38
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Tippis posted:It comes with an optional install package for a poo poo-ton of printers, but it only seems like it install maybe a poo poo-kilo of them by default. Where can I get this?
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Jan 8, 2012 05:20
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Anybody else having crashes in MplayerX? Especially when changing focus, it seems way more unstable than VLC. My eye candy 
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I just switched back to VLC after at least 8 months of MPlayerX because it shut down on me at least a hundred times now, both on my iMac and my MBP.. This seems to happen mostly on shared HD videos on my LAN, either I will change focus or skip something by clicking on the timeline and it will just close itself.
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Jan 17, 2012 09:12
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I'm constantly switching between 2 output devices in the Audio MIDI Setup (built-in speakers and headset through an iMic). Is there something in the menu bar that I can simply click to switch the default output device?
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Jan 22, 2012 04:14
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Martytoof posted:Yes, hold down Option on the keyboard and click on the volume meter in your menu bar. This is perfect, thanks!
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Jan 22, 2012 04:34
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This is half mac half android but I'll still ask. What would be the best way to share a Volume full of .mkv and .avi to play on my android phone over Wi-Fi? I don't really care if it's streaming or simply sharing the files, I simply want to play the videos from my hard drive on my cellphone without transferring them.
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Jan 24, 2012 04:40
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knucklehead posted:This is late but the answer is http://www.plexapp.com This is great, thanks! Can also stream music.
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Why did they change the clickable cursor in safari? What else did they ruin? WHAT ELSE?
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duep posted:Hey guys, Install MacPorts and $ sudo port selfupdate $ sudo port install gmake
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Feb 5, 2012 16:22
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duep posted:MacPort comes precompiled. And gmake did it's job very well. Great if it worked! MacPorts is pretty great whenever you need something Apple "forgot" to package in OS X (like cowsay).
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I had a problem with adding mp3 in iTunes today, said I didn't have the permission to write on Macintosh HD. I repaired the permissions in Disk Utility, it repaired a couple of thing, but I still had the problem. I then tried a couple of things before finding the solution was to simply apply my permission to ~/Music/ to enclosed items. (Still don't know why that broke) All is well, but now I'm having problems with some apps. Dropbox is asking me for permissions everytime I log in, and fails to sync. Sparrow will always tell me I have 1 unread email, BootChamp asks my password and then tells me it couldn't change the boot volume to my Windows partition. I tried to uninstall all these using AppCleaner and reinstall, but to no avail... What can I do to reset my permissions? I have a Time Machine backup but it's not a complete backup so I'd like to fix it as opposed to a restore.. EDIT: Solved my Dropbox issue by creating a new account, installing dropbox, and closing that account. (????) Same with the BootChamp issue. It seems it's a problem with helpers, like, in my account the apps don't seem to have the permissions to create them or something. How to fix that? Is there a way to say, give this account the same rights as this other account? Just found out I can't install anything from the Mac App Store (Unknown Error) Olivil fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Feb 11, 2012 |
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Feb 11, 2012 21:56
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priznat posted:I have the same problem after doing the 10.7.3 combo update. My iTunes library is on a NAS and it won't let me download apps anymore and gives me that error. I tried the apply all contained permissions thing in finder but I don't know if I can use disk utility to repair permissions on a network drive? I will try it out when I get home. Or would doing a chmod -r a+rw on /volumes/media/iTunes also work? Quite sure you can do it on any mounted partition. You could also try diskutil repairpermissions /volumes/media/iTunes but I guess that will do the same as the button in the pretty menu. As for my problem, backed up what wasn't backed up by my time machine and restoring to yesterday, my account permissions are hosed. edit: Talking about 10.7.3 annoyances, anybody can fullscreen in VLC 1.2.0rc1? Since the update it's broken. Olivil fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Feb 12, 2012 |
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Feb 11, 2012 23:11
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TACD posted:Disk Utility actually doesn't touch your home folder permissions. For those, you need to boot off your Recovery partition (assuming you're using Lion), go to Utilities > Terminal, type 'resetpassword' and in the window that appears you can choose your user account and hit 'Reset'. I did this, and it didn't help. For the record what I had to do was to right click on ~/Music/, choose Get Info, be sure my permissions are what they should be, then click Apply to enclosed items. It worked but still asked me for the root password to move stuff to trash, only in my ~/Music/ folder, so I did a sudo chown -R $USER ~/.Trashes No issues anymore..
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Feb 12, 2012 14:38
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Yes, this is the issueosx daily posted:Macs that are NOT expected to support OS X Mountain Lion Olivil fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Feb 17, 2012 |
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Feb 17, 2012 01:09
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Torael_7 posted:Is this just a "developers don't port things over very well" sort of thing? Don't forget most games aren't ported by the original development studio but by porting companies (Aspyr for instance), and honestly, most of their ports are bad.
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Feb 17, 2012 14:53
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Can I install 10.8 in its own partition? So that way I can play with it but not mess with my lion install?
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Feb 18, 2012 16:43
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I think the idea is to unify the first party apps for the user. it also makes sense if they're synced through iCloud, instead of enabling "Sync between iCal and Calendars" you'll enable "Sync Calendars" and you'll have the same thing presented in the same way on your 2 different platform.
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Feb 18, 2012 21:56
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Is there a DownThemAll alternative for safari?
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Feb 20, 2012 01:39
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I'd recommend Alfred too, switched from quicksilver when it was still in beta and I've yet to be disappointed.
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Feb 26, 2012 02:19
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Tippis posted:I never came across any compelling reason to go for Alfred over Quicksilver — what tipped you over? Quicksilver was wonky with Lion at first, it's not a problem anymore, but I never switched back. Bought the Power Pack too.
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Feb 26, 2012 04:13
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I need to work on a project with someone using Visio 2010. Is there a compatible alternative for the mac? Or is the best solution to install a VM with Visio?
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Mar 1, 2012 13:40
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Cyne posted:OmniGraffle can import and export Visio files, but it's been a while since I've used it so I'm not sure how current its support is. Definitely worth checking out though. yep this does the job, thanks
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Mar 1, 2012 14:59
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chimz posted:That book is really old, and only useful if you want to do super low level stuff with OS X. A better choice would be Advanced Mac OS X Programming. I didn't read this book however I read some of The Big Nerd Ranch books, and they've all been excellent, so I recommend buying this!
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Mar 4, 2012 00:27
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Love InterfaceLift, another wallpaper source I love is Wallbase
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Mar 11, 2012 23:43
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Neurophonic posted:It's part of the developer tools package on the disc in Lion. As of Mountain Lion, it's a download. Pretty sure they're dropping support of Apple maintained X11 in favour of the community maintained XQuartz for Mountain Lion
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Mar 14, 2012 02:01
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Fren posted:It's probably the first-worldiest thing ever that I would just buy TotalFinder if they were Safari-style tabs and not Chrome-style. You could try emailing the dev, you never know...
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Apr 2, 2012 08:18
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Martytoof if you need software for OS9 and "other stuff", you can always try MacintoshGarden.
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I have no experience at all but I heard single-G5 computers run better with 10.4 than 10.5.
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