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How to determine original location of file that is currently in the Trash?
"Any File.pdf" is in the Trash (`~/.Trash`). How can I determine its original location? (the folder where that file would move *if* one selected "Put Back" (*without* doing so)?) "Get Info" does not say ![Put Back][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/ucYce.jpg
"Any File.pdf" is in the Trash (
~/.Trash).
How can I determine its original location? (the folder where that file would move *if* one selected "Put Back" (*without* doing so)?) "Get Info" does not say
kjo
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May 29, 2012, 01:05 PM
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Leopard dock in Mojave
is there anyway to get the leopard dock to mojave without cdock. I have the dock. app from leopard system folder but I know replacing it does not work. Any of you know what code I need to modify to get the reflections and stuff with the scurve.png and indicator.png working? I currently see those ima...
is there anyway to get the leopard dock to mojave without cdock. I have the dock. app from leopard system folder but I know replacing it does not work.
Any of you know what code I need to modify to get the reflections and stuff with the scurve.png and indicator.png working? I currently see those image files mentioned above but can't seem to find the file that commands the location that places it. But like there's a file called widgets.wdgt inside the dock folder that has css and js file that tells the app where to place things, but I know that's not related to the dock.
Thanks
leopardfan1115
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May 3, 2024, 02:50 AM
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scp/rsync hangs when trying to connect to a very old Mac
I am trying to transfer files from an ancient Mac (OS 10.5.8) that has not been upgraded for years to a new (Ventura 13.3.1) machine and find that scp and rsync don't work. The old Mac is visible in my home network, and yesterday I was still able to transfer files with `scp -r -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+s...
I am trying to transfer files from an ancient Mac (OS 10.5.8) that has not been upgraded for years to a new (Ventura 13.3.1) machine and find that scp and rsync don't work. The old Mac is visible in my home network, and yesterday I was still able to transfer files with
scp -r -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa myuser@oldmac.local:Desktop/transfer .
Today this didn't work anymore after trying unsuccessfully to rsync files from the new machine to the old one. rsync always hangs with no error messages (in spite of using -v), and scp now also simply hangs.
What's going on, and how can I fix it and at least transfer files between the machines?
TomR
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Dec 29, 2023, 02:45 AM
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How to run old mac files in OSX 11?
As I moved from one Mac to the next over the years and therefore from one OS to the next, I kept copies of various files. But now that I want to look at those old files under OSX 11, I cannot even figure out under what OS they were made. Most are probably Microsoft For Mac files. Is there a way, lik...
As I moved from one Mac to the next over the years and therefore from one OS to the next, I kept copies of various files. But now that I want to look at those old files under OSX 11, I cannot even figure out under what OS they were made. Most are probably Microsoft For Mac files. Is there a way, like a site where to send a file, or is it hopeless?
**Belated Post Scriptum:** I am barely, and less and less, conversant with Mac, no more than you are likely to be with your car, even tough I have used it since the Mac 256.
I am also pushing 87 and puttin some order in my hard drive and here is a sample of the kind of document I am curious about:
I apologize for not being able to be more precise.
I apologize for not being able to be more precise.
schremmer
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Nov 1, 2023, 08:38 PM
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Create bootable Snow Leopard USB drive/stick from Ubuntu
I need to create an USB drive/stick booting Snow Leopard on an Ubuntu system. Any pointers on how to accomplish this are appreciated.
I need to create an USB drive/stick booting Snow Leopard on an Ubuntu system. Any pointers on how to accomplish this are appreciated.
Viktork
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Dec 16, 2013, 03:45 PM
• Last activity: Feb 19, 2023, 02:35 PM
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How do I change back from MacPorts Python to system default version?
I used MacPorts to install a newer version of Python on my system (10.5.8 PPC), and then used the MacPorts select command to change the default invoked version of Python to the MP version. Now I want to change it back to the system version of Python, but I can't find a command to do so in the docume...
I used MacPorts to install a newer version of Python on my system (10.5.8 PPC), and then used the MacPorts select command to change the default invoked version of Python to the MP version. Now I want to change it back to the system version of Python, but I can't find a command to do so in the documentation.
I know all the MacPorts command did was to change a bunch of links to point at the MP version instead of the system version. Unfortunately I don't know what all the affected files are.
Does anyone know the command to reverse the setting or know the list of affected links that I would have to change?
CyberSkull
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Aug 24, 2011, 10:13 AM
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What tool is best for removing pages from a password protected PDF?
I have a set of PDF documents that each have a few extra pages. I'd like to remove the first two and last pages from each of them. Preview only lets me look at and annotate a PDF, not edit one. Can anyone recommend a (free/freeware) tool to do this? I'm using 10.5 PPC so that does limit some of my o...
I have a set of PDF documents that each have a few extra pages. I'd like to remove the first two and last pages from each of them. Preview only lets me look at and annotate a PDF, not edit one. Can anyone recommend a (free/freeware) tool to do this? I'm using 10.5 PPC so that does limit some of my options. Command line or GUI is fine.
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Ok, in Preview it seems I can delete pages by hitting ⌘⌫ on the thumbnails, but it will then not give me the option to save. I can then try printing the altered document to PDF, but I am leery of this because I don't want to loose any metadata (I have to double-check all the files to see how much metadata there is if I decide on this course).
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Just tried Acrobat at work, that doesn't work. The files are mod-protected by a password.
CyberSkull
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May 2, 2012, 01:13 PM
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Is there a way to prevent those pesky .DS_Store files from being ever created?
Is there a way (eg. a binary hack into Finder) to stop it from creating .DS-Stores on LOCAL Volumes? I am using Leopard, therefore these don't work: - [Asepsis][1] (requires Lion) - [TotalFinder][2] (requires Snow Leopard) Also, [BlueHarvest][3] slows down my computer. [1]: http://asepsis.binaryage....
Is there a way (eg. a binary hack into Finder) to stop it from creating .DS-Stores on LOCAL Volumes?
I am using Leopard, therefore these don't work:
- Asepsis (requires Lion)
- TotalFinder (requires Snow Leopard)
Also, BlueHarvest slows down my computer.
kinokijuf
(394 rep)
Nov 15, 2011, 02:00 PM
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Is there any valid reason to install Tigerbrew (Homebrew) on a modern Mac OS?
Perhaps you may be thinking that I'm asking why one *should* install Tigerbrew on their older PowerPC/Intel mac machine running Tiger or Leopard operating systems. But I'm actually wondering if there's any reason to install it onto a modern Intel mac machine. I'm running a Macbook Pro 2012 with El C...
Perhaps you may be thinking that I'm asking why one *should* install Tigerbrew on their older PowerPC/Intel mac machine running Tiger or Leopard operating systems.
But I'm actually wondering if there's any reason to install it onto a modern Intel mac machine.
I'm running a Macbook Pro 2012 with El Capitan 10.11.6, and for some reason which I do not understand, when I type the command
man brew in Terminal.app, I find the following:
Tigerbrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX
tools Apple didn't include with OS X.I'm more inclined to think that I was just curious and had no reason, rather than something less likely, like I was hacked...somehow?
Oatmeal
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Aug 28, 2021, 12:15 AM
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Cannot install Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) on PowerPC Mac
I have an old Power Mac running Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.11). It is a Dual 2.3 GHz Power-PC G5 with 8 GB RAM. I have it running Tiger since that is the last OS that supports Classic (OS 9) (via Rosetta) and the kids had many Classic programs and games that they like. As far as I know, Leopard (Mac OS X...
I have an old Power Mac running Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.11). It is a Dual 2.3 GHz Power-PC G5 with 8 GB RAM. I have it running Tiger since that is the last OS that supports Classic (OS 9) (via Rosetta) and the kids had many Classic programs and games that they like.
As far as I know, Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) is the last OS that can be run on this machine. As it has 2 internal HD slots, I installed a 2 TB SSD in the empty one in order to install Leopard on it. The SSD is partitioned into 2 discs, 1 TB each, and formatted according to the Apple Partition Map (not GUID).
When trying to install Leopard OS from an original DVD, and choosing one of the SSD drives, the installation starts and stalls after a few seconds. The whole machine freezes, and I have to do a hard reset.
I also have an original Mac OS X 10.5.6 disc (© Apple 2009) and when I try to install from it, I get a window saying "This Operating System cannot be installed in this Mac" (!!!).
I then created a bootable USB flash memory with the iso image of Mac OS X 10.5.6 downloaded from the Internet. My Mac does not see it, even if I boot while pressing the Option key.
So I have not been able to install Leopard on a machine which is supposed to be able to run Leopard. Any help will be appreciated.
eduardo
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Jul 3, 2021, 07:19 PM
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Old owner deleted all applications including install.app and now I cant do anything
I can't open any .pkg files because install.app is gone and I dont have any install media because it wasnt originally my Mac. Pls help I just want to get 10.5.8 running iMac6,3
I can't open any .pkg files because install.app is gone and I dont have any install media because it wasnt originally my Mac. Pls help I just want to get 10.5.8 running
iMac6,3
LanerJ
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May 17, 2021, 03:42 AM
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OSX 10.5.8: spurious "cannot be copied because there is not enough free space"
I'm trying to rehabilitate my G5 tower - OSX 10.5.8 - two HD in the bays. The problem: - Both the boot disk (1TB) and the second disk (300GB) have a lot of space on them. - The 1TB has 800GB free, the other has nothing on it (290+GB free). Yet when I drag a file "foo" from the 1TB to the empty drive...
I'm trying to rehabilitate my G5 tower
- OSX 10.5.8
- two HD in the bays.
The problem:
- Both the boot disk (1TB) and the second disk (300GB) have a lot of space on them.
- The 1TB has 800GB free, the other has nothing on it (290+GB free).
Yet when I drag a file "foo" from the 1TB to the empty drive, it fails with:
> The item "foo" cannot be copied because there is not enough free space
Copying from the 1TB to the same 1TB drive (in another place) works fine!
I've run Disk Utility on both and repaired all the permissions, but I still get this error.
What is the deal? Any ideas?
I'm willing to erase the startup volume, but I have to find a Leopard disk somewhere!
MonkeyWidget
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Jan 9, 2016, 02:18 AM
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Is it possible to run Leopard on late 2011 Macbook Pro
Not asking about Snow Leopard but Leopard. Have install disc. Trying to figure out how to install on partition. Currently Mac is running High Sierra on main drive. Need this to run some software.
Not asking about Snow Leopard but Leopard. Have install disc.
Trying to figure out how to install on partition.
Currently Mac is running High Sierra on main drive.
Need this to run some software.
Michael
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Dec 16, 2020, 01:06 PM
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Client torrent for broadcatching
I would like to drop Vuze that I've been running for many years now on my G4 Mac mini in favor of a more lightweight torrent client. These two features are mandatory: - Watched folder - RSS scanner for automatic downloads Any recommendation?
I would like to drop Vuze that I've been running for many years now on my G4 Mac mini in favor of a more lightweight torrent client.
These two features are mandatory:
- Watched folder
- RSS scanner for automatic downloads
Any recommendation?
systempuntoout
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Nov 12, 2010, 04:03 PM
• Last activity: Oct 9, 2020, 09:33 AM
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Reinstall Safari version 5
Apologies in advance if any of the details seem incorrect, I am helping my friends dad and am not a mac user myself. Background to problem: His System: Mac OS X v10.5.8 Original Browser: Safari v5 Recently he has been unable to access some websites and was informed by one company that he needed to u...
Apologies in advance if any of the details seem incorrect, I am helping my friends dad and am not a mac user myself.
Background to problem:
His System: Mac OS X v10.5.8
Original Browser: Safari v5
Recently he has been unable to access some websites and was informed by one company that he needed to update his browser.
He downloaded Safari v7.0.4 to find that it could not be used with leopard.
to quote
>The main problem is, that in the process of downloading v7, v5 was deleted & now I have no access to any website.
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>I have dumped v7 to 'trash' but still cannot retrieve v5.
I checked the compatibility and it looks like he needs to go back to Safari 5.0.6 (I'll worry about OS update later)
Whats are my options to get Safari 5 working again on his machine?
Also is there any way for me to remote to his machine without him having a browser?
Thanks
Joe
JoeOD
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Sep 2, 2016, 11:59 AM
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Installing Leopard in target mode from Catalina
I have two working instalments of Catalina and I have a an old Power book G4 12 inch that I need to install a new OS on. As far as I can understand the latest OS I can install is Leopard (10.5) and I had one old dmg that I used many years ago to install from and I have also downloaded from different...
I have two working instalments of Catalina and I have a an old Power book G4 12 inch that I need to install a new OS on.
As far as I can understand the latest OS I can install is Leopard (10.5) and I had one old dmg that I used many years ago to install from and I have also downloaded from different repositories online that has old OS versions.
I've tried to install from several different USB keys but the computer fails to recognise it as a start up option, not when booting holding down alt key and selecting it as a startup option (with it doesn't see it as)
My last try to do it with was to do it as a target mode from my one of my Catalina machines where I have a firewire card but will that at all be possible.
Am I wrong in the assumption in that Catalina can only do guid formats and will it even recognise the Leopard OS since its 32 and not a 64 OS.
Does anyone know of anyway I can do this or a smart workaround for this.
Thank you in advance.
Karl
Karl Petersson
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Oct 5, 2020, 08:22 AM
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macOS Catalina: Opening simultaneously multiple folders very slow (when compared to Mac OS X Leopard)
In macOS Catalina, always in List View, when I select say 10 folders and press `ctrl-o` to open them, it takes approximately 10 seconds to open them all. Roughly 1 folder per second, whatever the folder and whatever its content. Closing them with `cmd-alt-w` is almost instantaneous though. When I co...
In macOS Catalina, always in List View, when I select say 10 folders and press
ctrl-o to open them, it takes approximately 10 seconds to open them all. Roughly 1 folder per second, whatever the folder and whatever its content. Closing them with cmd-alt-w is almost instantaneous though.
When I compare that to say Mac OS X Leopard, the same quantity of folders open (and close) almost instantaneously. I searched the web and found nothing regarding this matter. Any ideas on how to have on macOS Catalina a speed similar to the one of Mac OS X Leopard?
pdeli
(695 rep)
Aug 13, 2020, 02:39 PM
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Bluetooth network is unavailable error on PowerBook G4
I've got 2 PowerPC Macs, one is a 2005 Mac mini G4, the other is a 2002 PowerBook G4 Titanium. Both have Airport and Bluetooth cards installed and they work fine and both are OS X 10.5.8. The Mac mini's BT card is built-in Apple and the PB's BT card is 3Com's PCMCIA card and its drivers are [http://...
I've got 2 PowerPC Macs, one is a 2005 Mac mini G4, the other is a 2002 PowerBook G4 Titanium. Both have Airport and Bluetooth cards installed and they work fine and both are OS X 10.5.8.
The Mac mini's BT card is built-in Apple and the PB's BT card is 3Com's PCMCIA card and its drivers are [http://www.traud.de/bluetooth](http://www.traud.de/bluetooth)
Because their Airport cards have limited range as they've got only one antenna, I've tried to connect to Internet over my Android 7 phone's 4.5G and Bluetooth and Bluetooth-Tethering.
On Mac mini G4 I've managed to easily connect to the Internet using Bluetooth Network method but on PowerBook, I get **The Bluetooth network is unavailable** error
On the Console, a new line appears (shortened and simplified)
[Req OpCode 1104 from: kernel_task (0) ... timeout: 10000] Bluetooth warning: An HCI Req timeout occured.
When I try to send a file from Powerbook to Android 7 phone, using the send file option at the Bluetooh icon, I can easily send files.
How to do a Bluetooth Network connection over this Android 7 phone?
Terry
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Mar 24, 2020, 12:31 PM
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Mac Os "cannot be installed on this computer"
So I got a second hand macbook(A1342, mid-2010) and I need to install mac os on it so I can upgrade the firmware(it had cloud ready installed on it) so I downloaded a snow leopard dmg file(it said for dvd btw) and used etcher on my Linux machine to burn it to a usb after extracting the img. It boote...
So I got a second hand macbook(A1342, mid-2010) and I need to install mac os on it so I can upgrade the firmware(it had cloud ready installed on it) so I downloaded a snow leopard dmg file(it said for dvd btw) and used etcher on my Linux machine to burn it to a usb after extracting the img. It booted fine into the installer but then it said Mac OS cannot be installed on this computer. Do you have an ideas?
I've just a little stumped right now.
And extra info
I only got a Linux and Windows computer rn
The Linux one has a disk drive but the Windows doesnt
And I don't have the original installation disc
404
(31 rep)
Dec 17, 2019, 08:40 AM
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Software update on obsolete system: is it real?
I've got an old PowerPC Mac Mini running Leopard that I keep around to run legacy software. Today, for the first time in years, Software Update opened up, offering to upgrade Airport Utility from 5.2.2 to 5.6.1. Is this a genuine update, and if so, why is it showing up now, more than a decade after...
I've got an old PowerPC Mac Mini running Leopard that I keep around to run legacy software. Today, for the first time in years, Software Update opened up, offering to upgrade Airport Utility from 5.2.2 to 5.6.1.
Is this a genuine update, and if so, why is it showing up now, more than a decade after support for both the OS and the hardware ended?
Mark
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Oct 25, 2019, 01:39 AM
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