Apple Mac Mechanic

[Blackadda]

Anyone know any Apple Mac Techies, that charge resonable rates in jafaville?

I know Apple Mac and Reasonable Rates are an oxymoron, but hey thought someone may have a contact!

[riffer]

Anyone know any Apple Mac Techies, that charge resonable rates in jafaville?

I know Apple Mac and Reasonable Rates are an oxymoron, but hey thought someone may have a contact!

Try Badcat (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1134). He knows heaps about Macintoshes. He's been pulling them apart and fixing them for as long as I have. And he's a member. You can't go wrong. You there Ken?

[bugjuice]

what's wrong with it?

[Badcat]

Try Badcat (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1134). He knows heaps about Macintoshes. He's been pulling them apart and fixing them for as long as I have. And he's a member. You can't go wrong. You there Ken?

yep - i'm here.
you're too kind, Riff.
what seems to be the problem?

K

[sAsLEX]

what's wrong with it?

I think its a macintosh!

[bugjuice]

I think its a macintosh!
i know, I'm confused that it has a problem too.. :bleh:

[Blackadda]

My imac G4 800mhz (dome) locks up every now and then, I think the hard drive needs replacing? Wanted to find someone who knows how to do it and how much?

Also wanting to set up a G3 server to do back ups etc. Just after some advice.

[Badcat]

PM sent......

[GR81]

drop it from a 2nd story window!
or
Magnum Mac

[Skunk]

drop it from a 2nd story window!
or
Magnum Mac
That's the same thing down here... And you should never drop a Mac.

I've still got a working SE/30. Just trying to figure a cheap way to network it with a iMac G5.

[NSR-Dan]

when it comes to mac's, i couldnt give a tosh.

[GR81]

And you should never drop a Mac.bit like 'never shake a baby'? :P

[Big Dave]

i know, I'm confused that it has a problem too.. :bleh:


I'm more confused by the small dicks who think it's clever to post disparaging remarks about stuff that other people use or like.

[Skunk]

Jealousy, that's all. You don't see Mac users posting in PC threads...


Do you? I don't read them so wouldn't know. :laugh:

Sorted the issue Badcat?

[Blackadda]

Those of the PC community only make disparaging remarks as they really want to move to the other side but are too sacred to

Not to mention they won't have anything to do.<O:p</O:p

No removing viruses every weekend!<O:p</O:p

No updating to version 365.234!<O:p</O:p
<O:p</O:p

No pulling this out and putting that in to make it go faster, bigger better!
Apple gives you more time to ride........... :scooter:

[dawnrazor]

Anyone know any Apple Mac Techies, that charge resonable rates in jafaville?

I know Apple Mac and Reasonable Rates are an oxymoron, but hey thought someone may have a contact!

the guys iat magnum macs in newton are decent and do good work, sorted me out when ever I've had any probs.

[Biohazard]

Those of the PC community only make disparaging remarks as they really want to move to the other side but are too sacred to

Not to mention they won't have anything to do.<O:p</O:p

No removing viruses every weekend!<O:p</O:p

No updating to version 365.234!<O:p</O:p


No pulling this out and putting that in to make it go faster, bigger better!
Apple gives you more time to ride........... :scooter:

lol the reason peeps dont upgrade MAC's is that there are no worth while app's to run onit, never found a decent gamer/programmer using a Mac tbh...

Fook me and you guys take the piss out of Honda's.....Stop using Macs first:nono: ..

People in greenhouses and all that :nya: ...

[Big Dave]

no worth while app's to run onit, never found a decent gamer/programmer using a Mac tbh...

F


90% of the publishing industry and a big % of academia would argue. Horses for courses.

[Biohazard]

90% of the publishing industry and a big % of academia would argue. Horses for courses.

True, but publishers are social missfits and academia ...Dont get me started on that lot, they are so far removed from society that they wouldnt have a clue if it hit 'em on the head...hence why they use Mac's:blip:.

But, your generally right Horses 4 Pukey ....Oops I mean courses.

[Big Dave]

But, your generally right Horses 4 Pukey ....Oops I mean courses.


People who deal with big rows of numbers or code or 'systems' people tend to favour the Windows way - creatives tend to identify better with the mac gui.

You can't tinker under the hood on a mac nearly as much as a dos box. This may be a disadvantage for often repetitve work - many of the creatives that use macs start with a blank page most times anyway.

[Biohazard]

Blank page - I tend to have a blank expression :gob:

[Big Dave]

Blank page - I tend to have a blank expression :gob:

I seek the blank cheque.

[Biohazard]

I seek the blank cheque.

Ah that is truly the Golden Fleece you seek.

[Badcat]

True, but publishers are social missfits and academia ...Dont get me started on that lot, they are so far removed from society that they wouldnt have a clue if it hit 'em on the head...hence why they use Mac's:blip:.

right, and gamers and coders are much cooler.
we're in your awe.

[Badcat]

You can't tinker under the hood on a mac nearly as much as a dos box. This may be a disadvantage for often repetitve work - many of the creatives that use macs start with a blank page most times anyway.

that was true with sys 9 BD, but with OSX being a glossy cap over UNIX,
there plenty of tinkering available for the geekily endowed.

k

[Big Dave]

that was true with sys 9 BD, but with OSX being a glossy cap over UNIX,
there plenty of tinkering available for the geekily endowed.

k


I stand corrected.

I never embraced resedit or scripting anyway.

Far more apps-centric. I love solving them - flash and 3d and video packages have always been like big jig saw puzzles. How the pieces are made never appealed.

[Blackadda]

I have to agree, Magnum Mac are pretty good, however they are certainly not cheap?

Was hoping to find someone a little more user freindly price wise:yes:

[bugjuice]

you know apple have a good support section on the site that tells you how to do stuff like swap the HD etc..? I'm sure BC has explained it all, it's not hard. Just find a new one to replace it with, try to back up as much as poss onto CD (or external drive) and replace it.. eaaaaasy.
or if you need a hand, shout.. someone must be near by..

BD, completely confused :wacko:

[Big Dave]

BD, completely confused :wacko:

Situation normal.

[Rashika]

funny how this arguement just goes on... and on... and on...

meanwhile us mac'es just smile politely while the PC's crash and carryon working, cos we can :nya:

waaaaaaahhhhh I wanna mac at home.... sick of my fkn Pc crashing for inexplicable reasons.. one of those nice new shiny iMacs or even a Macbook pro would be dandy

[Badcat]

you know apple have a good support section on the site that tells you how to do stuff like swap the HD etc..? I'm sure BC has explained it all, it's not hard. Just find a new one to replace it with, try to back up as much as poss onto CD (or external drive) and replace it.. eaaaaasy.
or if you need a hand, shout.. someone must be near by..

BD, completely confused :wacko:

the dome imacs are a nightmare to swap drives into - trust me. i've done it.
we'll get blackadda sorted.

k

[Badcat]

funny how this arguement just goes on... and on... and on...

meanwhile us mac'es just smile politely while the PC's crash and carryon working, cos we can :nya:

waaaaaaahhhhh I wanna mac at home.... sick of my fkn Pc crashing for inexplicable reasons.. one of those nice new shiny iMacs or even a Macbook pro would be dandy

mac minis are sweet and a good price if you already have a screen and keyboard etc....
some harvey normans have G4 ones for less than $1000 new...

K

[Rashika]

mac minis are sweet and a good price if you already have a screen and keyboard etc....
some harvey normans have G4 ones for less than $1000 new...

K
yeah but problem is I have a crappy monitor...which I use for both the PC and the 9 year old G3 mac I still use (which by the way runs OSX well and all the CS suite as well)....wonderful how even very old mac technology can run the lastest software. Ok so it does have lots ram, but still. :innocent:

I went looking yesterday for a replacement for the PC and the old mac (which altho running, is prob due for retirement, shes been a good old girl)...
Think I have decided on the iMac 20inch intel chippie thingy, at $3500 (incl extra Ram) its pretty good. The Macbook pro at $6000 is just too pricy, and dont really like the screen that much. Working with graphics, gotta have a good screen. Will even get a video capture device for free at the moment thru Magnummac chch... that WAS the only reason i was keeping the PC
SOOOO cant wait to toss that bloody thing

[Big Dave]

yeah but problem is I have a crappy monitor...which I use for both the PC and the 9 year old G3 mac I still use (which by the way runs OSX well and all the CS suite as well)....wonderful how even very old mac technology can run the lastest software. Ok so it does have lots ram, but still. :innocent:

I went looking yesterday for a replacement for the PC and the old mac (which altho running, is prob due for retirement, shes been a good old girl)...
Think I have decided on the iMac 20inch intel chippie thingy, at $3500 (incl extra Ram) its pretty good. The Macbook pro at $6000 is just too pricy, and dont really like the screen that much. Working with graphics, gotta have a good screen. Will even get a video capture device for free at the moment thru Magnummac chch... that WAS the only reason i was keeping the PC
SOOOO cant wait to toss that bloody thing

I find myself tempted too.
And then I think, apart from a minor web site access problems - everthing is still working fine on OS9.2 and my 450mhz G4.

The 6 year old 21" Philips montor is starting to fail however.

I think I might get one of the dell wide screens and upgrade the OS for $1500 in lieu of the iMac. But damn it's funky that wide white box eh?

And a video capture device you say? Wonder if logical solutions can match it.
Bugger.

[riffer]

I'm very happy with my latest setup. G5 2Ghz DualCore, 3.5GB RAM, OS10.4.7, Creative Studio2, 23 inch Apple Cinema Display, all completely colour calibrated to our prepress house of course.

yum yum...

[Big Dave]

I'm very happy with my latest setup. G5 2Ghz DualCore, 3.5GB RAM, OS10.4.7, Creative Studio2, 23 inch Apple Cinema Display, all completely colour calibrated to our prepress house of course.

yum yum...

I start work at lunchtimes.:nya: :yes:

[Skunk]

I'm very happy with my latest setup. G5 2Ghz DualCore, 3.5GB RAM, OS10.4.7, Creative Studio2, 23 inch Apple Cinema Display, all completely colour calibrated to our prepress house of course.

yum yum...
Having any issues with 10.4.7? Guess you're not running any RIPs or FreeHand...

[Badcat]

Having any issues with 10.4.7? Guess you're not running any RIPs or FreeHand...

remember that intel macs don't have classic support - so you CANT run OS9 apps on them.
if you are looking to a new nmachine and need OS9, a G5 is your only option.
and G5s are getting scarce....

oh, i'm told there is a 3rd party app called "sheepshaver" that will allow intels to run OS9.
good article on lowend mac on emulation for those that are interested:

http://lowendmac.com/mac2win/06/0220.html


K

[riffer]

Having any issues with 10.4.7? Guess you're not running any RIPs or FreeHand...

10.4.7 seemed to fix a lot of the problems I had in 10.4.6.

The biggie we got with 10.4.6 was Apple's reworking of the AFS protocol.

For those who don't know, Apple's File Sharing Protocol was changed in 10.4.6. Previously, there was 199 characters allocated to the MacOs9 filename in the protocol. Apple changed it without warning to 128 characters. This caused us problems in CS2 with saving, reading and packaging files, as the application asked for the OS9 name, was fed 199 characters to fit in a 128 character memory buffer, went into buffer overflow and the OS quite naturally (well not if you use a PC) refused to allow the application to do it, and quit the application.

The problem is posted on Adobe's Techdocs server - live feed here (http://rss.adobe.com/www/support/recent/recent_ps.xml) and the solution was replace the AppleShare frameworks and kexts with the ones from 10.4.5

Anyway, 10.4.7 solved that.

As for Freehand Skunk - you should know we still use it - I'm sending you enough work!

Our biggie has been printing from Freehand. Tracked down to FontExplorer's inability to clear font cache files properly. Using Suitcase Fusion has solved that.

As for the other Freehand stuff, like the type doing weird stuff sometimes, the guides which you can turn off, but not back on again, and other "interesting" stuff, well, that's always been the way with Freehand.

We're moving over to Illustrator CS2 for all that stuff - so expect more of that lovely Telecom work with mega transparencies in the future Skunk.:nya:

[Rashika]

I think I might get one of the dell wide screens and upgrade the OS for $1500 in lieu of the iMac. But damn it's funky that wide white box eh?

And a video capture device you say? Wonder if logical solutions can match it.
Bugger.
I do like the screen on the iMac, almost as good as the widescreen ones at work. :yes:
The TV/Video capture device is called EyeTV and has different ones depending on how much you wanna spend I think.


I'm very happy with my latest setup. G5 2Ghz DualCore, 3.5GB RAM, OS10.4.7, Creative Studio2, 23 inch Apple Cinema Display, all completely colour calibrated to our prepress house of course.

yum yum...
drooooooooooollllllll SHHHEEESSHH 3.5 GB Ram!? ...aint that just a BIT of overkill :shutup: So maybe needed for a RIP machine but on anything else...man you are a lucky bugger.



Having any issues with 10.4.7? Guess you're not running any RIPs or FreeHand...
ahhh the joys of being able to choose whether I update the sys software... still on 10.3XXX here, and glad to be so by the sounds of some of the issues.

[Skunk]

Our biggie has been printing from Freehand. Tracked down to FontExplorer's inability to clear font cache files properly. Using Suitcase Fusion has solved that.

As for the other Freehand stuff, like the type doing weird stuff sometimes, the guides which you can turn off, but not back on again, and other "interesting" stuff, well, that's always been the way with Freehand.

We're moving over to Illustrator CS2 for all that stuff - so expect more of that lovely Telecom work with mega transparencies in the future Skunk.:nya:
In Frustrator! Oh, shit... I quit.

No issues with Freehand with 10.3.9 at all. No font issues either when matched to Font Agent Pro using Libraries. You just don't get any. Period.

Rashika: Got an iMac G5 at home (the last of them...) :)

[Rashika]

In Frustrator! Oh, shit... I quit.
HA! what a great name for it...why have i never thought of that?


No issues with Freehand with 10.3.9 at all. No font issues either when matched to Font Agent Pro using Libraries. You just don't get any. Period.
no issues here either, and use it for most of our work...very fiddley stuff we do here, extremely technical and no other software even comes close to being able to do it. As much as I love Indesign for my Gd stuff, it just doesn't cut it for work...and as for Quark errr well less said about THAT the better.


Rashika: Got an iMac G5 at home (the last of them...) :)
Thats ok, I think I will love anything I eventually get...gotta be better than the fkn PC!

[Big Dave]

In Frustrator! Oh, shit... I quit.

No issues with Freehand with 10.3.9 at all. No font issues either when matched to Font Agent Pro using Libraries. You just don't get any. Period.

Rashika: Got an iMac G5 at home (the last of them...) :)

I use both.
I like freehand better for technical drawing and illustrator when I want a more natural 'hand drawn' look or have to deal with a lot of type.

[twinkle]

meanwhile us mac'es just smile politely while the PC's crash and carryon working, cos we can :nya:

waaaaaaahhhhh I wanna mac at home.... sick of my fkn Pc crashing for inexplicable reasons.. one of those nice new shiny iMacs or even a Macbook pro would be dandy

funnily enough the only computers i've had crashing on me for no reason were macs :rolleyes:

[Blackadda]

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[Skunk]

Thats ok, I think I will love anything I eventually get...gotta be better than the fkn PC!
I can see we'll have a bit to talk about during the Battle of the Buckets...

[Rashika]

funnily enough the only computers i've had crashing on me for no reason were macs :rolleyes:
I guess you haven't been getting the blue screen of death on the pc lately then huh? Cant remember when the mac last died on me, as for the PC done it 3 times tonight already. And the mac gets a major workout everyday... processing all sorts of humungous files at times

I can see we'll have a bit to talk about during the Battle of the Buckets...
yesserree indeedy! Thats gonna be heaps of fun ;)

[twinkle]

blue screen of death? can't remember the last time I saw that :blah: But then again I never bought windows ME :second:

[Rashika]

blue screen of death? can't remember the last time I saw that :blah: But then again I never bought windows ME :second:
me neither...this POS is running XP, when it decides to go that is and not just stop for no reason that I can see

[twinkle]

It shouldn't be crashing with XP much. The problem should be easy enough to track down and fix using the error messages and the info on the blue screen of death.

[Rashika]

It shouldn't be crashing with XP much. The problem should be easy enough to track down and fix using the error messages and the info on the blue screen of death.
yeah thats what I figured... XP always better people tell me, and for the last 3 years it has been. Funny how all this shit started over the last 5-6 weeks about the time I told my flatmate to stop using my computer after he abused the privilege.... and i also asked him (he who has just finished his course on computers/IT stuff) and he doesn't have a clue what is might be :rolleyes: , not surprising as he is pretty damn clueless anyway.
I will start writing down the info again, but generally it goes something like this:
(0000000000,00000000x,0000000,00000000x) and seems to be different each time....not very helfpul huh?
Does it often when I am moving or copying a document, but sometimes for no reason... I will be reading a message on Kb and it will just stop??
No wonder I get frustrated with Pc's.... they seem to have no fkn logic to them. :angry:
Macs system folder is a blessing, everything in one place, altho OS10 does get me more confused at times, with things in funny places.

[twinkle]

those blue screen of death stop messages are usually hardware related, and just suddenly after three years its most likely the hard drive on its way out.

If you haven't done something similar already you can scan the hard drive for bad sectors. Best done with the hard drive manufacturers utility, If you don't know what brand of hard drive you have it can be done from the recovery console http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/
you want to run chkdsk, type chkdsk c: /r into the recovery console. see if it finds any problems.


If it did turn out to be the hard drive they are quite cheap and easy to replace, it's updating windows after the reinstall thats the killer :angry:

[Rashika]

If it did turn out to be the hard drive they are quite cheap and easy to replace, it's updating windows after the reinstall thats the killer :angry:
it is possibly the harddrive...altho I did get the motherboard replaced about 8 months ago.
I will try the test anyway and see if that is the issue, ta for that!