Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / January 2006

When I am in classic mode and trying to print...if I go into the chooser and
select my printer, the set up button is greyed over and I can't select a
port.  This ultimately stops me from printing.
If I reboot my computer and start in os 9.2 I can print anything and the

I have a Cube configuration as follows:
G4/450Mhz
DVD player
1GB memory

I have older G3 IMAC currently running os 10.4
I have some older programs that require classic mode os 9.2.
Just wondering if anybody knew a web site or has instructions on how to
install both os 10.4 and the classic v9 os on the same hard disk so I can

I managed to score myself a relatively cheap G4 400 MHz Powerbook. The
unit is in near perfect condition for it's age.
Anyway, when I try to start the unit up - nothing happens. No noise, on
screen flicker, no nothing. Not a peep.

I repaired permissionswith Apple disk utility. There were many to be
repaired. Next day I did it again and the similar long list appeared
again and again. Do I have a chronic problem somewhere please ?
OS 10.4.3 on a 867 G4

Any schoolies in here who can offer an alternative to using motorised
markbook?  The NSW board of studies has never bothered to upgrade it to
accommodate Mac os X, and I really need an alternative.
Mandy

I have both a mac and a PC.
I purchased the Pro version of Quicktime for Win XP.  It all worked fine,
but recently it started to do silly things, so I uninstalled and
reinstalled.  I then entered the registration for the Pro version, and was

Can someone please help!!!!
Bought a new printer today (Canon Pixma 4200).  We need to share any printer
we buy between our G4 iMac and a Win XP computer.  It's all hooked up, runs
a treat BUT (and there's always a "but"!) I can't print anything from

Having just been bitten by buying a printer that prints beautifully from os
x, but where the manufacturer hasn't created drivers for printing from
classic mode (and the software i need to print from has not been written for
mac os x), can anyone suggest a good quality colour ...

I was just reading a previous post something to do with updating and space
left on the main HD.
I have about 15GB left  from a 160GB HD (well 152 the time it is formatted)
and would like to know the less space you have on your HD, does it affect

Talk about getting it wrong!
Sydney 8.30pm Jan 1, it's sweltering, but the weather widget says it's
13 degrees...!

Just d/l'd the updates via software update for 10.4.3 combo & java and
got an error message that the files were somehow corrupted...anyone
else find this?
cheers,

As per subject heading...
Can pay by direct deposit, email me with your asking price and details.
Or, if you know of an alternative method or source for these scarce
adaptors, I'd like to hear from you!

I clicked on "Mac Help" on my eMac to ask how to burn a CD but it came
up with an empty box. So I clicked on the little House image, and it
came up with "Mac OS Help" with info on the right. I clicked on the
"Look up topics easily" under the  "index" heading, and nothing happens.

I currently have an external 80gb USB hard drive formatted under Win
XP. I seem to be able to use it whenever I also log on to my Beige G3
(running OS X) - I share keyboard and mouse and hard disk though USB
hub. I can acess all my Wibdows Itune files and seem to have no trouble