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helix23

May 12 2005, 02:49

Well roadwarrior was quick on the draw and got panther to me very fast.

I couldn't wait to install

specs:

iBook p1 blueberry clamshell
300mhz g3
128mb pc100 ram (soon to be 320mb)
6gb hard drive
24x cd-rom

Going from mac os 9.2 to mac os x 10.3

i am very happy

it is currently updating my software right now

and it is running very smoothly considering its specs and will soon be even smoother when my 256mb ram chip arrives

pics:

user posted image

setup is a little cramped right now but i shall reorganize

roadwarrior

May 12 2005, 16:36

Glad I could help you out! That iBook will be a good tool for learning OS X, much better than trying to run PearPC on an x86 box, especially since you got it for free (not counting the OS and the RAM you bought).

The_Decryptor

May 12 2005, 16:50

Very cool.

just one question though, why did you go panther over tiger, tiger should run a bit quicker than panther.

roadwarrior

May 12 2005, 17:01

QUOTE(The_Decryptor @ May 12 2005, 11:50)

Very cool.

just one question though, why did you go panther over tiger, tiger should run a bit quicker than panther.
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I'll answer that for him. Simple really: Tiger won't install on his machine for two reasons, no DVD drive and no FireWire. Besides that, he didn't want to spend a lot of money on the OS and I gave him a good deal on my old copy of Panther.

kyro

May 12 2005, 17:04

wow. nicee .

MMike6

May 12 2005, 20:48

example of good community work

helix23

May 12 2005, 23:41

Yeah, its great.

only few things I could figure out

1) When I made a new account, so there is mine, the admin one, and another secondary, when I turn off the computer or reboot, it goes straight to logging in mine. Both accounts have passwords. And if I want to switch accounts I have to log out and go to the other.

Is there a way to make sure that when it boots up, it shows both accounts, and you can choose which one you want?

2) When I take screenshots with shift + command key + three i think, and the pdf file shows up on my desktop, I cant use iPhoto to resize it. I open iPhoto and drag the picture .pdf into the iPhoto window and it shows the green circle with the plus sign but iPhoto says it is unreadable or may not contain vaild data

helix23

May 13 2005, 02:34

no one can answer my questions?

EDIT*

I solved the first one

nuggetman

May 13 2005, 12:12

open the PDF in preview
file > export
save as a jpeg
try iphoto again

GraphicConverter in your applications folder should also be able to open the PDF, shrink it, and save as JPEG

roadwarrior

May 13 2005, 15:37

QUOTE(helix23 @ May 12 2005, 18:41)

1) When I made a new account, so there is mine, the admin one, and another secondary, when I turn off the computer or reboot, it goes straight to logging in mine. Both accounts have passwords. And if I want to switch accounts I have to log out and go to the other.

Is there a way to make sure that when it boots up, it shows both accounts, and you can choose which one you want?
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System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Options button (below accounts list). Turn off "Automatically log in as" and turn on "Fast User Switching".

MonkeyClaw

May 15 2005, 05:58

QUOTE(roadwarrior @ May 12 2005, 12:01)

you dont need a dvd drive for tiger, they do have a cd version... but yea no firewire, thats the thing preventing me from installing it on my imac...

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