From dave at davesevick.com Sun Aug 1 00:19:25 2010 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:19:25 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Tuesday Aug 3 - Apple User Group meeting at MacOutfitters of Cranberry - 7-9PM Message-ID: <59883D7C-4F9C-49FD-AD08-4D36D6AC36CC@davesevick.com> Dear Mac folks and newcomers to Mac, You are invited to our next meeting of the North Pittsburgh Macintosh Users Group ..... known as the NPMUG since 1996. An idea started on the back of a napkin at the University of Pittsburgh over lunch with Dave Wagner, my Apple colleague. It was fish and fries on the menu that day. I had ketchup and Dave stuck with his standard tartar sauce, no bun. But I digress. Here we are 14 years later. 2,590 computers have been refurbished for re-use back into our local communities and elsewhere. Led mostly by Bob Donaldson. And ahhhhhh the memories of .... Mac OS 6.3 on the Mac Plus Mac OS 7.5.3 on the Centris 650 Mac OS 8.5.1 on the Power Computing 225MHz tower Mac OS 9.2.2 on the PowerBook 333 Mac OS X 10.1 Cheetah on the iBook 466 Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar ran on the Titanium PowerBook Mac OS X 10.3 Panther on the G4 PowerBook Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger also on the same PowerBook Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on the MacBook Pro Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on the same MacBook Pro Mix in a healthy dose of OS X Servers and Palm software. Top it off with the robust, cross-platform, best selling platform of the iOS 4 and you have a colorful ( some would say a six-color ) Apple legacy of loyal users that are hard pressed to move on to other platforms. And we are not going to change this ... we are sticking with Mac OS on our recycled Apple machines. I have been evaluating the possibility of moving our OS9 installs to Linux on Machines that cannot run OS X ... and Mac OS 9.2.2 still wins as a better overall experience. Debian Yellow Dog Edubuntu Ubuntu All of these run much better on Intel processors and there is little support left for PPC machines. Linux InstallFest happened today at the Northland Public Library .... and I had a great time mixing our Macs with the Linux folks. http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20100731 We'll talk about how several people helped us make the decision .... and our significant and stable Apple history influenced us. -------------------- We will go around the room and listen to users' questions as the first step ( many thanks to Peter Carras for the methodology ). We'll talk about the iPhone 4 and new iMacs .... http://www.apple.com/imac/ We have some updated news on computer recycling and a big "Nicaragua Packing Day" .... where 320 iMacs need boxed for a major shipment. ------------------- Nightcap at the restaurant of your choice ! Several within walking distance. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(There is a comment at the end if you notice it, "Get a Macintosh!") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bji8AVf_cXM ====================== Watch this commercial from Apple from BBDO http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/ads.html Title: Crowd Control Agency: BBDO West Download QuickTime Movie | Read more about this ad This is one of my favorite Apple commercials. It summarizes everything us Mac evangelists have been complaining about for years. It starts out with a man trying to run a presentation using Windows 95 to a huge audience. Of course, he can't get it running, and several people in the audience suggest he type several arcane DOS commands. "They said this would be easy," he says. Indeed, that is exactly the point. There is still only one way to go when you want ease of use and reliability: Macintosh. computeReach http://computereach.com is now in possession of 320 iMac G3 computers destined for villages, schools, libraries, and farms all over Nicaragua. We will be signing up volunteers from several places around Pittsburgh to be a part of the big "Nicaraguan Packing Day". Details soon. The goal is to be out of our temporary location at 1010 McKee by the end of August. Super Thanks to Tucker Trainor for a full day of work moving over 200 computers , packing, boxes and tons of equipment from Easter Seals to McKee's Rocks with Dave Sevick yesterday in a rented U-Haul van. Snapshots of the new Goodwill building in Lawrenceville were shared .... what a massive facility ! Skype and iChat and AOL IM were demonstrated as solid and reliable peer-to-peer apps that work between Mac and PC. Quicken and QuickBooks for Mac .. the pros and cons of Intuit's Apple support .... were reviewed. YouTube is a quick and effective way to "Broadcast yourself" on the web. We use the example of an impromptu video of a baptism at Calvary UMC captured on my iPhone 3GS and placed up on the web the same day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGctOtAD_f4 Video and audio not great .... but the event was recorded ! We talked about Zimbabwe and the thankfulness of one town called Chapanduka ... where ONE iMac serves over 1,000 people. See our Aug newsletter for the full story. Many thanks for attendees that shared their Mac experiences "Peter Carras" style as we went around the room with everyone speaking their mind: Sarah Brim Tom McCluhan Tucker Trainor Dru Cox Pier Benci John Gralewski Aristide Niyungeko Dave Sevick And finally .... please join Peter Carras and the County of Westmoreland Mac Users Group ( COWMUG ) at the Monroeville Public Library this Thursday ( tomorrow ) Aug 5 from 7-9PM. http://web.mac.com/cowmug/COWMUG_/Welcome.html Nightcap was held at Monticello's of Cranberry. :-) Dave ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Apple Certified Support Professional Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sign in at the reception desk just inside the door for a visitor's badge, then go through the door immediately to the right. Make the first left turn, and the entrance to the CRC is at the end of the hall. You'll need to sign in at the CRC security desk and go through the metal detector. We're on the far right side of the big room. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Thu Aug 5 20:05:30 2010 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:05:30 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Post Gazette talks about Goodwill as being "on schedule for November occupancy" in 2010 Message-ID: <7B3D8BB5-C0DB-4B31-9EFD-4564F4DDEA99@davesevick.com> Goodwill expects November move to Lawrenceville Thursday, August 05, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Pennsylvania announced it is on schedule for a November occupancy of its new headquarters in Lawrenceville at a news conference on the site Wednesday. The two-building property includes a former pharmaceutical warehouse and a newer building beside it. Both are owned by the Rubinoff Co. Craig Dunham, principal at the Rubinoff Co., said Goodwill has a lease-to-buy option on the properties. Last fall, in announcing the move from its seven-story building on the South Side, Michael J. Smith, president and CEO of Goodwill Southwestern Pennsylvania, said that moving was a more financially prudent option than modernizing the property on 2600 E. Carson St. The new Goodwill headquarters at 135 51st St. will accommodate administrative offices, a large portion of programming, work force development and production workshop. Meanwhile, Burns & Scalo, which bought Goodwill's South Side headquarters among other nearby properties, plans to convert the building into an 87-unit apartment building with sidewalk level retail, president Jim Scalo said. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10217/1077880-53.stm#ixzz0vmsYF300 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100805/e2d4a112/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Sat Aug 7 11:45:48 2010 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:45:48 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 6, 2010 Message-ID: <6C3D2D91-63F2-40BB-B082-95EDB50C136F@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Dave Sevick and new volunteer Raj Pael for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center yesterday. Another new volunteer, you say? Yes, indeed, we DID make him de-manufacture an eMac! A fervent belief in common misery is the foundation of a good organization :-) On the other hand, with Fitz absent, Charlie took on the task of replacing an optical drive in another eMac. Sadly, he had to do it twice as he put in another faulty one from out inventory. Now he can't understand what all the fuss is about working on an eMac. Fitz is off the hook! We added 10 Macs to our refurbished inventory and de-manufactured 8 Macs, and two 17-inch Apple Studio Displays Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,600. I'll skip the weekly speech and just point out we have a continuing deficit of USB mice and keyboards. A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. We will have another workday next Friday, August 13. We hope to see you there! Robert A. 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Aug 21, 2010 Place: 1010 McKee Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 ... a large warehouse we are renting until Aug 30. Time: 8AM - 4PM ( if enough people come early ....we should be done by 1 or 2 PM ) Comfort: Donuts, bottled water, iced-tea, cola @ 8AM and all day Hotdogs and snacks @ noon and all day What to bring: Lawn chair ( to take a break ) Utility knife (to cut recycled shrink wrap from a large mountain of left-overs ) Snack ... a favorite snack to place on the table to share with all ( chips, cookies, whatever ) Jobs : Shmootz Team - will create bowling-ball-sized wads of recycled shrink wrap as padding for the packed computers Boot Team - will boot all the 320 computers for quality control before packing Clean Team - will use Simple Green and Goo-Gone to touch up and remove any remaining dirt or tape Keyboard/mouse/power cord Team - assembles kits that accompany each computer Box Builder Team - Builds 320 boxes size 18x18x18 for each computer with tape guns Box Lifter's and movers - using 4-wheeled hand carts, will move the computers from packers to pallets for shipping Runners - will be available to all teams for miscellaneous jobs Label Guy and Coordinator of the Day - Dave Sevick ( job taken ! ) Thanks in advance for any help you can provide .... we really appreciate it at ComputeReach .... humanitarian computer outreach. -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Donaldson) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:38:22 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, August 13, 2010 Message-ID: <57EE4E64-BDAE-47CC-9533-A6E80CA26FC5@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Rich Fitzgibbon, Tucker Trainor, Aristide Niyungeko and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? Today we arrived to be greeted by several pallets of just-arrived Mac donations from the Elizabeth-Forward School District. We quickly shifted gears to prioritize our work day to prepare as many of the new slot-load CD G3 iMacs to round off computeReach's coming shipment to Nicaragua. Many of the G3 iMacs had broken cases, or were inoperable, but we did manage to crank out 31 of them. We de-manufactured 14 iMacs as we went along. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,631. Today's total was one of our all-time high days, handling 45 Macs. Still awaiting our attention are the iMacs with smashed cases we need to de-manufacture, and between 20 and 30 eMacs we didn't have time to evaluate. Of course, the number or keyboards and mice accompanying this donation were far less that the number of computers. Our number of USB keyboards and mice just can't keep up with the number of computers we turn out. Today's keyboards and mice will go out with previously refurbished Macs, while today's Macs will have to wait on the next keyboards and mice coming in the door. A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. ComputeReach will have a giant iMac packing event for their shipment to Nicaragua on Saturday morning, August 21, at their storage space in McKees Rocks, and volunteers are needed. Dave Sevick will be posting the details on this list separately. We will have another workday next Friday, August 20. We hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Aug 13 17:50:38 2010 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:50:38 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] I stand corrected... Message-ID: Dear Mac friends: I inadvertently omitted logging an 800 mhz G4 iBook prepared by Marty Swartz at his home workshop. It is now for sale at the ComputerWorks store. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now 2,632. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Mon Aug 16 15:13:50 2010 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:13:50 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Sophos addresses FaceBook, Palm, Apple and Cyberwarfare .... Message-ID: A lot of issues for Mac people to take notice today ...... Sophos enews: the newswire which brings you up-to-the-minute reports on virus, spyware and spam issues, new Sophos products and enhancements. Facebook "Dislike button" scam spreads virally Facebook users are falling for a scam that promises them a "Dislike" button, but is really intended to make money for cybercriminals who post from their accounts and trick them into taking surveys. Find out what to watch out for, and join Sophos's Facebook group to keep ahead of the latest attacks. Palm Pre snooping fears over 'unpatched' vCard flaw Security researchers are claiming that an unpatched flaw in the Palm Pre operating system could allow malicious hackers to bug calls and spy on users without their knowledge. The researchers found that they could construct a malicious vCard that could be sent to the victim's Palm Pre via SMS text message, Bluetooth, or by tricking the user into visiting a web link. Learn more about the threat now. Apple issues emergency iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch security patch Apple has released a security patch for users of iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch, closing the door on a vulnerability that could have exposed them to malware and other malicious attacks. Twitter attack sends disturbing "Watch Movies/Cartoons/TV Shows" spam Hundreds of Twitter accounts have been compromised in a spam campaign that tries to direct users to a website that specializes in videos of "cute young boys". Sophos reminds users to take better care of their online passwords. 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Pro photographer shooting the event. Wear shorts ... expect to sweat a lot :-) If we work together .... we should be done by 1-2PM. Come early if you can .... ======================================= If there was one day we REALLY would need lots of people .... it would be this day of Saturday Aug 21, 2010 Techies and non-techies. Bring your friends. Ages 12 and up ... So I can gauge how much food and drink to buy .... please reply to this message by Wed Aug 18 **************** Nicaragua Packing Day **************** We could really use some help packing 320 iMac computers in boxes that are headed for several sites in Nicaragua in the next few weeks. We need to be boxed and palletized by the end of the day on Sat. Aug 21, 2010 Place: 1010 McKee Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 ... a large warehouse we are renting until Aug 30. Time: 8AM - 4PM ( if enough people come early ....we should be done by 1 or 2 PM ) Comfort: Donuts, bottled water, iced-tea, cola @ 8AM and all day Hotdogs and snacks @ noon and all day What to bring: Lawn chair ( to take a break ) Utility knife (to cut recycled shrink wrap from a large mountain of left-overs ) Snack ... a favorite snack to place on the table to share with all ( chips, cookies, whatever ) Jobs : Shmootz Team - will create bowling-ball-sized wads of recycled shrink wrap as padding for the packed computers Boot Team - will boot all the 320 computers for quality control before packing Clean Team - will use Simple Green and Goo-Gone to touch up and remove any remaining dirt or tape Keyboard/mouse/power cord Team - assembles kits that accompany each computer Box Builder Team - Builds 320 boxes size 18x18x18 for each computer with tape guns Box Lifter's and movers - using 4-wheeled hand carts, will move the computers from packers to pallets for shipping Runners - will be available to all teams for miscellaneous jobs Label Guy and Coordinator of the Day - Dave Sevick ( job taken ! ) Thanks in advance for any help you can provide .... we really appreciate it at ComputeReach .... humanitarian computer outreach. -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ NPMUG mailing list NPMUG at davesevick.com http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Special Offer: 38 percent off iMedia Converter for Mac ? Private: Ambassador Offer: Computer Memory, Flash Drives and Hard Drives ? Private: Ambassador Offer: Home Inventory ? Private: Ambassador Offer: iMedia Converter for Mac ? Private: Leaders Offer: IGG Software iBank 4 Newsletter Editors: Be sure to visit the special offers link to find offers and codes on one page. http://appleusergroupresources.com/?page_id=653 password: resource __________ Saundra Foderick, Editor Tom Piper, Vendor Relations Elsa Travisano, Webmaster Trish Huffman, Offers Editor Questions? Comments? Events you'd like us to cover? ugbeditor at me.com ..................................................................... Information about third-party offers and promotions was provided to the Apple User Group Advisory Board by the third party and is provided as a courtesy. The Apple User Group Advisory Board makes no representations and disclaims any liability regarding offers and promotions. 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One person who promised a gas grill now cannot come ... so if anyone is able to bring a gas or charcoal grill and cook for 30+ people ... we would be delighted. 3. 320 computers are on site and ready to go ! 4. Please watch this 4min30sec YouTube video I produced tonight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAjfXlGL6dA It covers: - Driving directions - parking instructions at 1010 McKee, 15136 - packing instructions - comforts and amenities ... and a reminder to please bring your own lawn chair and a snack to share with everyone at lunch. BIG thanks for the great response from many of you over the last week. Just need a good head count ASAP. Dave -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I just get the error message of Not Found. try again It seems that I can usually fix it by restarting the mac OR waiting...... which makes it even stranger.... if i wait, it can start up again, sometimes it will come back up before I get irritated anyway. 10 minutes? 20? dont know..... but it seems to self fix..... does anyone have a clue???? Tried changing ether net wire, no change. In Service Mary Jo The Universe has always been generous with me, offering me the best of all possibilities. Abundance is within my reach and it is grinning at us all! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100819/5ea41c9a/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Aug 20 16:59:29 2010 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:59:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, August 20, 2010 Message-ID: <6F0AF85F-A418-40DA-A77F-BC591F6C5174@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. The donated eMacs from Elizabeth-Forward School District and Magee Women's Hospital started to work their way onto our benches today. We managed to get nine of them refurbished, but did find some with the bulging capacitor issue to pass along to Marty Swartz' capacitor replacement empire. We also start to de-manufacture the iMacs with smashed cases we found in inventory last week. Marty Swartz refurbished a 900 mhz G3 14-inch iBook, which is now in Goodwill's ComputerWorks store, and a Mirror Drive Door Dual 867 mhz G4 Tower was in our batch of 18 Mac we refurbished today. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,650. We de-manufactured nine Macs to make today's total 27 Macs handled. There were several Leopard-capable G4s (867 mhz or faster) in today's inventory. Because the ComputerWorks store's temporary location has limited space, please call them first if you are interested in one of the faster G4s; they are stored in the 2600 East Carson St. building, and need to be moved to the store for a customer seeking one. Sadly, there were NO USB mice or keyboards in the donation bin this week. A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. ComputeReach will have a giant iMac packing event for their shipment to Nicaragua tomorrow morning, August 21, at their storage space in McKees Rocks (1010 McKee St., a block off Island Ave., zip code 15136), and volunteers are needed. That's 320 iMacs, folks. Dave Sevick has posted the details on this list separately earlier this week. And they'll be donuts..... Ummmm. Donuts..... I get any coconut ones, you can have sprinkles... We will have another workday next Friday, August 27. We hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From m.bizic at comcast.net Fri Aug 20 19:07:48 2010 From: m.bizic at comcast.net (Milana Bizic) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:07:48 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, August 20, 2010 In-Reply-To: <6F0AF85F-A418-40DA-A77F-BC591F6C5174@mac.com> References: <6F0AF85F-A418-40DA-A77F-BC591F6C5174@mac.com> Message-ID: Bob Donaldson and his crew continue to amaze me in their Volunteer efforts. Such wonderful people. Bob, I like the coconut ones too! Good-by two day diet! :-) Mim xoxoox ;-) On Aug 20, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Robert A. Donaldson wrote: > Dear Mac friends: > > Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. > > The donated eMacs from Elizabeth-Forward School District and Magee Women's Hospital started to work their way onto our benches today. We managed to get nine of them refurbished, but did find some with the bulging capacitor issue to pass along to Marty Swartz' capacitor replacement empire. We also start to de-manufacture the iMacs with smashed cases we found in inventory last week. > > Marty Swartz refurbished a 900 mhz G3 14-inch iBook, which is now in Goodwill's ComputerWorks store, and a Mirror Drive Door Dual 867 mhz G4 Tower was in our batch of 18 Mac we refurbished today. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,650. We de-manufactured nine Macs to make today's total 27 Macs handled. > > There were several Leopard-capable G4s (867 mhz or faster) in today's inventory. Because the ComputerWorks store's temporary location has limited space, please call them first if you are interested in one of the faster G4s; they are stored in the 2600 East Carson St. building, and need to be moved to the store for a customer seeking one. > > Sadly, there were NO USB mice or keyboards in the donation bin this week. > > A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. > > ComputeReach will have a giant iMac packing event for their shipment to Nicaragua tomorrow morning, August 21, at their storage space in McKees Rocks (1010 McKee St., a block off Island Ave., zip code 15136), and volunteers are needed. That's 320 iMacs, folks. Dave Sevick has posted the details on this list separately earlier this week. And they'll be donuts..... Ummmm. Donuts..... I get any coconut ones, you can have sprinkles... > > We will have another workday next Friday, August 27. > > We hope to see you there! > > Robert A. Donaldson > radonaldson at mac.com > (H) 412-922-3303 > (M) 412-477-9188 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From sevick at computereach.com Sat Aug 21 15:02:45 2010 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:02:45 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Nicaraguan Packing Day a big success - some stats Message-ID: <116B098E-5CB2-4CC2-AC53-A668AD162FDB@computereach.com> Great work today by all volunteers ! Volunteers - 45 Start time - 6AM End time - 2:30PM Boxed and palletized iMacs - 82.5% 264/320 done Remaining computers to box - 56 .... we ran out of shmootz ! Photos coming soon. THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100821/f82c4763/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: computereach_1x3.gif Type: image/gif Size: 10619 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100821/f82c4763/attachment-0001.gif From baxtermcc at me.com Mon Aug 23 18:52:47 2010 From: baxtermcc at me.com (Bob McCullough) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:52:47 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iMac G3 Message-ID: <5EFE63C5-6976-4D99-BF75-BE014DE67B43@me.com> Is a 400MHZ iMac G3 capable of running Leopard? Thanks, Bob From markd at borkware.com Mon Aug 23 19:00:45 2010 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:00:45 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iMac G3 In-Reply-To: <5EFE63C5-6976-4D99-BF75-BE014DE67B43@me.com> References: <5EFE63C5-6976-4D99-BF75-BE014DE67B43@me.com> Message-ID: Not officially. Leopard dropped G3 support (and slower G4 processors) Some folks have been able to get parts of it working, but don't expect it to perform well, and it sounds like some of apple's installers will not proceed if run on a G3. ++md On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Bob McCullough wrote: > Is a 400MHZ iMac G3 capable of running Leopard? > Thanks, > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100823/7c3a12df/attachment.htm From relhmbvc at ctc.net Mon Aug 23 19:11:17 2010 From: relhmbvc at ctc.net (Henderson/Van Cura) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:11:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iMac G3 In-Reply-To: <5EFE63C5-6976-4D99-BF75-BE014DE67B43@me.com> References: <5EFE63C5-6976-4D99-BF75-BE014DE67B43@me.com> Message-ID: Bob - As an old Beige user (albeit with a Sonnet G4 process upgrade), I have been able to make it to Tiger with the help of XPostFacto (from OWC). However, it is my understanding that a few people have been able to take an upgraded G4 like mine to Leopard but it requires borrowing bunches of kext files, etc. from Tiger and doing the install from another computer since the Leopard DVDs won't boot up even for an install. Even though you have an iMac, I think the answer is essentially the same. I believe you will be better off getting a new computer. Dick Henderson On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Bob McCullough wrote: > Is a 400MHZ iMac G3 capable of running Leopard? > Thanks, > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From baxtermcc at me.com Mon Aug 23 19:25:36 2010 From: baxtermcc at me.com (Bob McCullough) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:25:36 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] In search of an eMac with bad logic board caps Message-ID: <70108BC4-1CC3-4DAC-A145-905B68777326@me.com> No really I am! I have a very nice eMac with a bad power supply, the logic board has no visibly bad caps. The logic board was a straightforward pull. I'm looking to find an eMac with a functioning power supply and swap my logic board, HD, optical drive, etc. My system specs below, the closer the better. Thank you, Bob McCullough 1.42 GHz / 1GB / 80 GB/ DVD/ ATI graphics From dave at davesevick.com Mon Aug 23 22:16:40 2010 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:16:40 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] TEXAS MAILBOX Message-ID: <2F437774-3466-4345-BF52-6735C7E550A2@davesevick.com> We get lots of these at the Goodwill computer recycling center. If you have a passion for constructive recycling ... like this .... please let us know ! Thanks .... Dave -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It will be a Grand Opening, meaning Apple will be handing out free T-shirts and perhaps other goodies, as it is customary for the company. ?The Apple Store Ross Park is the best place to learn about all the latest products from Apple," the announcement reads. In a manner typical to the Cupertino-based electronics maker, Apple continues its description mentioning the latest introduced gadget - the iPhone 4, "featuring FaceTime which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple?s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone,? the company states. Apple adds: ?Customers can experience Apple?s entire product line hands-on including the magical iPad that lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more.? The Cupertino-based company doesn?t forget to mention the newly updated iMac line (featuring Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7processors) as an attraction. Addressing fans of its popular portable media player, the iPod touch, Apple indirectly confirms the availability of more than 225,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. ?Every Apple Retail Store offers a range of free services designed to help customers get the most out of their Apple products, including face-to-face support and advice at the Genius Bar, hands-on workshops and special programs for kids,? Apple continues. In usual manner, the Mac maker brags about the its One to One program, Personal Setup assistance, Personal Training sessions and Personal Project support. For those interested in attending the grand opening the full address is:1000 Ross Park Mall Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Donaldson) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:34:33 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 27, 2010 Message-ID: <88661EB0-F071-426D-A623-99A8298EDF2C@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. Today was a lesson in just how different our Friday World is from the one many people live in. While many hang on every little detail of things such as the latest on Lindsay Lohan's plight (and I'm sure that's NOT you), we tend to fixate on more mundane things. Our colleague Tucker Trainor has a very high metabolism. So high, he would probably be treated badly at Weight Watchers. I guess it's all that bike riding everywhere, including to Goodwill on Friday's. So when we lunch on Friday's, our excess portions tend to gravitate to Tucker's plate. Particularly the home fries. Especially John Hamill's home fries. We often wonder just how much he could eat if given the opportunity. Today was this opportunity. The home fries just kept getting shoveled his way. And disappearing. The final count: four servings, yes four, contributed by his fellow diners. For the record, he did utter, "Enough..." For those of you who participated in computeReach's giant iMac packing session in McKees Rocks last Saturday, rest assured we were able to save nine of the ten iMacs that failed the boot test. The lone wolf apparently suffered a failed CRT. And for the record, there were coconut donuts. In addition to tweaking those nine computeReach iMacs today, we refurbished eight more Macs and de-manufactured another 16. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,660. Today's gem was a very clean 1.42 ghz G4 eMac which we loaded up with one gigabyte of RAM. Three rolling bins of Mac donations came in during the week, which we hardly touched as we had to clear space in our work area. In the three bins, there was just ONE keyboard and no mice visible. Here's hoping there's something at the bottom underneath all the Macs... A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. There are many G4 Towers and eMacs in storage. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. I guess we should note the opening of the new Apple Store in Ross Park Mall at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday). If you see Rich Fitzgibbon, please shoot a photo for us. We're not that desperate for a black t-shirt, but HE is. Seems he has a collection to maintain... We will have another workday next Friday, September 3. We hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From m.bizic at comcast.net Fri Aug 27 18:58:33 2010 From: m.bizic at comcast.net (Milana Bizic) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:58:33 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 27, 2010 In-Reply-To: <88661EB0-F071-426D-A623-99A8298EDF2C@mac.com> References: <88661EB0-F071-426D-A623-99A8298EDF2C@mac.com> Message-ID: <6315D581-E4DF-4D86-8B77-D31546A5C2A0@comcast.net> I just love, love, love Bob's updates! Tucker, you deserve all those goodies for how hard you work! Can't believe another week has gone by...... it just seems to fly! All the best, everyone..... Mim P.S. I was going to hit SEND, when I thought, "No, I want to thank them all once again for all they do! Fabulous guys!" Its hard to believe you're all REAL!!!! I just had someone else email me that times have changed and that one day we might see a whole spaceship being built from volunteer labor. You guys would be the first to do so!!!! On Aug 27, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Robert A. Donaldson wrote: > Dear Mac friends: > > Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. > > Today was a lesson in just how different our Friday World is from the one many people live in. While many hang on every little detail of things such as the latest on Lindsay Lohan's plight (and I'm sure that's NOT you), we tend to fixate on more mundane things. > > Our colleague Tucker Trainor has a very high metabolism. So high, he would probably be treated badly at Weight Watchers. I guess it's all that bike riding everywhere, including to Goodwill on Friday's. > > So when we lunch on Friday's, our excess portions tend to gravitate to Tucker's plate. Particularly the home fries. Especially John Hamill's home fries. > > We often wonder just how much he could eat if given the opportunity. Today was this opportunity. > > The home fries just kept getting shoveled his way. And disappearing. The final count: four servings, yes four, contributed by his fellow diners. For the record, he did utter, "Enough..." > > For those of you who participated in computeReach's giant iMac packing session in McKees Rocks last Saturday, rest assured we were able to save nine of the ten iMacs that failed the boot test. The lone wolf apparently suffered a failed CRT. And for the record, there were coconut donuts. > > In addition to tweaking those nine computeReach iMacs today, we refurbished eight more Macs and de-manufactured another 16. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs is now an even 2,660. Today's gem was a very clean 1.42 ghz G4 eMac which we loaded up with one gigabyte of RAM. > > Three rolling bins of Mac donations came in during the week, which we hardly touched as we had to clear space in our work area. In the three bins, there was just ONE keyboard and no mice visible. Here's hoping there's something at the bottom underneath all the Macs... > > A gentle reminder the ComputerWorks store is now open in its temporary quarters in Goodwill's retail store at 2700 East Carson St., just a block from the former location on Pittsburgh's South Side. It's a bit smaller that the previous store, but they still carry everything they used to display, you just may have to ask for it if you don't see it. There are many G4 Towers and eMacs in storage. When you enter the store, turn right and head for the back of the store. > > I guess we should note the opening of the new Apple Store in Ross Park Mall at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday). If you see Rich Fitzgibbon, please shoot a photo for us. We're not that desperate for a black t-shirt, but HE is. Seems he has a collection to maintain... > > We will have another workday next Friday, September 3. > > We hope to see you there! > > Robert A. Donaldson > radonaldson at mac.com > (H) 412-922-3303 > (M) 412-477-9188 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From ronladams7 at gmail.com Sat Aug 28 15:14:35 2010 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:14:35 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] A lesson in Marketing... Message-ID: <5F73025E-ADB0-473C-855B-8A594F4C8401@gmail.com> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20014991-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100828/7fba500d/attachment.htm From sevick at computereach.com Sat Aug 28 18:47:06 2010 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:47:06 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Pittsburgh Documentary Photographer Andrew Russell follows the Nicaragua Packing Day 8-21-10 ... a video Message-ID: <66BC826E-5107-46C5-AC3E-202887DEBF15@computereach.com> The following YouTube video contains the excellent work of Andrew Russell, Pittsburgh Documentary Photographer. http://andrewrussellphotography.com If you like the work, please let him know. arussell at tribweb.com On behalf of the Goodwill recycling team and our ComputeReach team ... we are delighted he could catch our volunteers at work with such skill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRuaSf74a_s Many thanks to the folks that were able to come: Rachael Conway David Tucker Trainor Lynn Sevick John Crowe Larry Hopkins Pamela Smith Dave Sevick Nancy Clark Bob Donaldson Marty Swartz Bill Kemp Anthony Ciocco Bill Murphy Bob McCullough Michala McCullough Dan Brill Don LeDonne Rick Fitzgibbon Gerrie Fitzgibbon Gesica Ferrar John Hamill Ken Sevick Mary Callison Leo Ciocco Suzanne Sheets Nan Newell Nancy Dolan-Brady Rev. Eleanor Williams Rev. Larry Homitsky Ron Smedley Susan Hunt Susan Jackson-Dunsey Andy Russell Ralph Duckworth Rose Gantner Mim Bizic Luseal Brown Dontrell Summers Todd Summers Ali Gelormiso Joshua Smith Jennie Smith Paul Zigerelli -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100828/62360170/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: computereach_1x3.gif Type: image/gif Size: 10619 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20100828/62360170/attachment-0001.gif From sarahbrim2 at mac.com Tue Aug 31 21:15:51 2010 From: sarahbrim2 at mac.com (Sarah Brim) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:15:51 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] The iPod's Amazing Evolution Message-ID: <6D515D57-FCE0-4FE5-A5BA-8BD439A82C29@mac.com> Hi Mac friends, This is an interesting read from business insider on the ipod. http://www.businessinsider.com/ipod-evolution-2010-9?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Business+Insider+Select&utm_campaign=BI_Select_083110_Personal Regards, Sarah B