Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2006

The Final Cut installer says:
"Your computer does not have the hardware required to run this
software.  See the Read Me for details."
Below the Read Me is my hardware config.

I'm back from a trip to Macworld today with some snapshots and a few QT
videos.
http://civilizedexplorer.phanfare.com/album/29500

I assume it's possible to connect, say, a Mac Mini (via its DVI output)
directly to an HDTV. Has anyone here done this? What's it like? What
kind of resolutions can you get? Is it worth it? I've tried Googling on
this topic but I haven't found much in the way of actual testimonials,

Hi --
I have an iMac G3 running (or "attempting to run") Mac OS 9.2.2 that has
suddenly gone radioactive on me, and I can't figure out the problem. I'm not
that well versed in troubleshooting Macs; any help will be greatly

I have a G3 1GIG Memory that I had 9.1 on that had been upgraded to 9.2.2.
and then to 10.3.89.  When I tried to install 10.4 it wouldn't install.  I
got the the finish install and when it reboot I got a circle with a line
through it.  Could not get this to work.  Decided to do a ...

I just put a new Pioneer DVR110D in my old G-3 266, 320mb, OS 9.2.2 and OS
10.1; also have extra ATI Mach 64 PCI card as well.
reads ok as a CD-rom and DVD files only but won't play any DVD movies.
Apple DVD player 1.3 says can't find hardware in OS9 and can't find DVD

I have an iMac G5 with a superdrive.
Is there any way I can learn how many discs it's burned or how often
the burner has been used?
Does my particular drive have a serial number I can find using software

I have a dual 1.25 Mac G4, (Shiney CD Bezel) and I wonder if there is
a card that will definitively run a dual DVI pipe to the 30", ie.
Display and run it capably from this machine.
Any advice would be helpful. :?:

It has been less than a month since I switched to OS X and I already
miss my old Beige G3. I had to give it up for OS X. Which means that I
also had to give up the A/V capability. That's the part that hurts.
That was a great machine. Is there a newer A/V Mac that will run OS X?

Okay, the deal is I have a PowerMac G4 Version 2.1 with a Combo Drive.
I am upgrading to Mac OSX 3.0 so I can do certain things in iMovie and
acquire a better browser.  (My constraints on the iMovie project about
which I've been inquiring are that at least 40 people have been ...

I found only one FireWire SD card reader but couldn't find any review of
it. Any experiences with it?
Addonics Mini DIGI Drive 7-IN-1 Flash, e.g., at Amazon
Thanks, PaulN [my beige G3, Titanium PB, and eMac have USB 1.1]

Does anyone know if there are any updates to OS 9.1 that will support
writing to DVD's?  I just purchased a DVD drive (Mad Dog's latest
firewire external) with the intention of moving up to OS X (it seemed
like a good excuse to add a DVD reader/writer to my G4, which only has

I recently installed OS X on my G3 (333Mhz, 128MR RAM, 6 Gb HDD). The
install went smooth as silk. The machines boots into OS X with no
problem. The problem I have is with the "utilities"  in the
"applications" folder. The "disk copy" gives an invalid checksum with

I am trying to upgrade my HDD in my G3 iMac 333MHz. It is my
understanding that you can use any standard IDE HDD to upgrade the HDD
on the 1st generation iMac G3s. I heard something about a size
limitation that the iMac can recognize but I thought that was fairly

I have recently aquired my first working mac, well two of them
actually, I got one out of a skip and after going to all the effort,
I told a guy and he gave me his old one too! ;)
it is a powermac 8500 and I have managed to upgrade it to 512mb of