Mac Forum / General / General / May 2006

Today I received a Giga Designs 1.8GB processor upgrade
for my single-processor G4/450 AGP graphics ("Sawtooth")
system. I followed the installation instructions to the letter,
but could not achieve success. I plugged in the power cord

I'm eager to burn some DVDs, but I fear running Toast in Rosetta will
be slooooow.
Anyone know when ?
ps - steve - sorry I doubted you about intel. My Powerbook (MB Pro) is

I am thinking of buying this hard drive (becuase it can be connected up
to a tv with no need for a computer)
It says it can play DivX, but can it play Xvid?
Description below

I've been running without the Software Update components
on my G4/450 for a long time now, and just today I brought
that software into my system. When I launch the Software
Update cp, an error message says that Software Update

Is there any freware for the mac that can do this?
I want to export all of my inbox from yahoo mail to gmail. What is the
easiest way to do this?

I have checked System Preferences -> Firewall -> Advanced -> Enable
Firewall Logging, with the intent of seeing who has connected to my Mac
over the standard AFP ports.
Looking through /var/log/ipfw.log, there is no record of any

Photo Editor Software to edit your digital photo.
It can easily blend your digital photo onto another image (a beautiful
landscape etc) to make your photo more attractive and interesting.
It's easy for beginners.

I am considering the purchase of the new MacBook and Parallels so that I can
run Windows XP sp2 on my MacBook instead of using Bootcamp.
I have a copy of Virtual PC which I had been using on my G4 Desktop and am
wondering if the copy of Windows XP that shipped with Virtual PC is ...

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 1.83 from the university bookstore
here. They had a special $100 off deal (which I since found out was
because Apple was giving the MacBook Pro a speedbump-oh well), plus a
$70 off deal on Applecare for the computer, which I purchased. The box

I thought I would try out mac mail. Then I realized that I already set
a password for it many years ago. Am I doomed from using it.

Two can do it

I recently posted a question askin g for help as to why I could print
to  the printer attached to my Mac from the Windows XP machine on my
home network when thw Mac was booted to OS X 10.2 but not when it was
booted to 10.3

After a complete iBook failure and repair by Apple I had to reinstall
all of my applications.  When I D/L they and try to install them, they
will not move to Application Folder and will only work from the Desk
Top, I know that there is a way to get them into the Application ...

To eject disc, I click on the CD icon at the bottom of the virtual
screen, select disconnect, wait a few seconds and then press the eject
key (seems a bit long winded, is there an easier way)
How do I right click? control-click doesn't work, lol.

iMAC OS X v10.4.6 here
Will it be OK to use generic USB 4 port hub (Belkin) on USB port on my
iMAC.  It was used on my win2k PC & I would like to use it rather than
purchase one advertised as made specifically for MACs.