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Re: Bluetooth/iSync mobile phone support

Originally posted by Vanquish
I just bought myself a Siemens S55 (UK, could be S57 in the states?) and it works a treat! :D


It's supposed to be the S56 in the US, coming to AT&T Wireless "soon" -- in "2Q03" I believe the S57 does not have bluetooth.
 
Re: Re: Bluetooth/iSync mobile phone support

Originally posted by Le Big Mac
It's supposed to be the S56 in the US, coming to AT&T Wireless "soon" -- in "2Q03" I believe the S57 does not have bluetooth.

Yep, I just checked on the Siemens website and you're right! I suppose that the only thing you can criticise it on is the screen. I think it's the same as the T68i (101x80 pixels and only 256 col). BUT, if you're not interested in photo messaging then this shouldn't be a problem as the screen is otherwise very bright and clear.
 
My experiences and suggestion

First, my experience with 10.2.6 was good, though I haven't put my cheapo USB hub back on yet. Its main function was extending the reach of my Mac mouse, and I'm using a Logitech now. So far, so stable.

Now, the suggestion:

Since most of the problems with system updates seem to be related to permissions, why does Apple not simply make updating permissions before and after a mandatory step?

Being Apple, wtih control over the installer, they could simply check the permissions that would be most likely to go bad ...

Come to think of it, putting a permissions repair routine into cron wouldn't be such a bad idea. There are a bunch of third party patches that really, really should be part of the system.

Otherwise, Macs will only be used by power users...and all those ordinary folk, including our moms, dads, wives, husbands, or kids, will chuck 'em for the good ol' self-repairing Windows XP2 or whatever it'll be called.

(XP2 is a rather fast black and white film, by the way.)
 
sloppy joe...

i've had my emac for 8 months now, smooth sailing all the way. i updated to 10.2.6 yesterday, today i get a kernal panic while editing song names in itunes. is it just me or does it seem like the more OS updates that apple puts out, the more problems they create? i realize that it would be an ecological fallacy to assume that just because my computer has had problems after updating that the update itself is a sloppy piece of work...but taking in everything that people have written here about 10.2.5 and 10.2.6 i can't help but feel like apple has started taking a micro$oft attitude toward updates: put out whatever you can as fast as you can and deal with the mess later.
 
OS 6

Originally posted by a_kim
I want my computer to spark and blow smoke out the back when it crashes...
-Alex

Been there, done that ... on the first Mac Plus, a colleague walking past my cube mentioned to me that I could get more work done on the computer if I turned it ON. That's when we both noticed smoke comming out of the top vents. I yanked the power cord out of the wall.

And the same thing happened to it's replacement too.

I am a touch typist, so I wasn't watching the characters appear on the screen.

How I don't miss the days of OS 6...
:D
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JJ
 
Re: Re: Re: Spring cleaning...

Originally posted by 8thDegreeSavage
If your on 10.2.4 then you can repair permissions whithout using your disk.

Just goto Disk Aid in your Util folder, then choose to repair permissions...you dont even have to restart.

you have to use the jag disc if you consistently get kernel panics while running apps, including disk utility. Even on a fresh install of osx. I'm at a loss... It was working before 10.2.5
 
I am having trouble with a USB hub still. I have the LACie blueIV monitor with a built in 4 port USB hub, whenever I restart I have to unplug and plug back in the keyboard cable because my G4 wont recognize it.... Any advice?
 
Originally posted by AppleMatt
Yep thats a kernel panic. There is an Apple tech document that tells you what to copy down and send to them, if you want to.

AppleMatt
Here's the Apple Tech Note. If 10.2.6 is producing more kernel panics than it fixes, we should all be reporting these to Apple.
 
New weirdness

After the 10.2.6 update, my kernel panics have finally come to rest. BUT. Now the icons for items on the desktop disappear for no apparent reason whatsoever. Like for PS files - the preview shows as the icon, but come back to it 10 mins later, and the icon is gone. The type is still there, but no preview icon. Any clues? This is a new one on me...

And no, it's not someone else playing a joke on me - I'm the only one here.
 
Re: New weirdness

Originally posted by Mudbug
After the 10.2.6 update, my kernel panics have finally come to rest. BUT. Now the icons for items on the desktop disappear for no apparent reason whatsoever. Like for PS files - the preview shows as the icon, but come back to it 10 mins later, and the icon is gone. The type is still there, but no preview icon. Any clues? This is a new one on me...

Run your maintenance utilities, defrag hard drive, BOOT TO OS 9.X AND REBUILD ALL DESKTOPS...

repair permissions, repair permissions, repair permissions...
 
Re: Re: New weirdness

Originally posted by JJTiger1
Run your maintenance utilities, defrag hard drive, BOOT TO OS 9.X AND REBUILD ALL DESKTOPS...

repair permissions, repair permissions, repair permissions...

tip o' the hat to you - just repairing the permissions worked fine. You'd think with all the posts in this thread about permission repairing, I'd have tried that sooner. But hey, I've been busy...
 
Zip Drive

Originally posted by FuzzyBallz
Tried to use Zip 250 USB, didn't work. Doesn't recognize it. Runs fine on OS 9.x though.

got to: http://www.iomega.com/software/

Download and install the latest drivers.

Unplug/re-plug the device to see if it starts working again.

REPAIR PERMISSIONS, REPAIR PERMISSIONS, REPAIR PERMISSIONS
REPAIR PERMISSIONS, REPAIR PERMISSIONS, REPAIR PERMISSIONS

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JJ :D
 
I tried to install 10.2.6 on a Power Mac G3 (Blue & white).
The machine ... cratered. Not shure how to proceed.
It starts booting, no sound, I get the apple screen with the rotating gear, I here some disk accesses, but that rotating gear just goes around & around & ...

How do I get the machine back?
 
Repair Permissions

Originally posted by Flynnstone
I tried to install 10.2.6 on a Power Mac G3 (Blue & white).
The machine ... cratered. Not shure how to proceed.
It starts booting, no sound, I get the apple screen with the rotating gear, I here some disk accesses, but that rotating gear just goes around & around & ...

How do I get the machine back?

Please don't kill the messenger...

Startup your computer from the Installer CD. Got to the Menubar and Run DiskUtility. Select your hard drive/partition and then

REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS


You (may) have to start over with the Jaguar CD, then update to 10.2.6 with the combo updater.

You (may) have to reformat your hard drive and start over from scratch.

Have you tried starting up while you hold down the Shift key? This will give you a "Safe Boot". If this works, then

REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS


... ya-no, I ought to automate this:
"I've got a problem with OSX, what do I do?"

REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS REPAIR PERMISSIONS
 
Did that Permissions thing (too many times :rolleyes: )

It seems that 10.2.6 does not agree with Power Mac G3 350 MHz (Blue & white)

I can at least get to a blank blue screen with mouse pointer , yay :rolleyes:
Reminds me of working with windows, but windows does have some text.

Rolling it back to 10.2.5, this has been a > day job.:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by Tim Flynn

It seems that 10.2.6 does not agree with Power Mac G3 350 MHz (Blue & white)

You really don't expect anyone to believe that, now do you? :p

If 10.2.6 is incompatible with THE B&W, then there would be a malestrom of hate mail to Apple, and to every forum in the Mac known universe.

Admit it, you messed up something somewhere, but you refuse to accept your responsiblities. You prefer to blame the computer.

Pobody's Nerfect. I accept responsibility for my mistakes.

Sometimes, the Mac needs a thorough flushing and a re-install of everything.

Sit down calmly, have a hot beverage. Have you ever reformatted the hard drive?

Reformat you hard drive to flush out all of your mistakes. Install 10.2, then install the 10.2.6 combo. Then install all of your personal applications.
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.... Would you like some cheese with that whine? :eek:
 
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