Sims 2, tiger

sims 2 is crashing after half hour, console says "thread 0" is crashing"
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
any ideas would be good...cheers.

Problem solved now. My RAM module got bad (showed up in Apple Hardware Test). Apple sent me a new one and now everything works fine.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!
LK
Dearest Aspyr,
I am so sad :0(
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Here are several ssh logs.
mac to mac (FAIL)
Artemis:~ phil$ ssh -vv 10.0.1.10
OpenSSH_4.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 10.0.1.10 [10.0.1.10] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_4.2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
Cannot determine realm for numeric host address
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
A parameter was malformed
Validation error
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
Cannot determine realm for numeric host address
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
A parameter was malformed
Validation error
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT received
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXREQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXGROUP
Write failed: Broken pipe
Artemis:~ phil$
Mac to linux internal (FAIL)
Artemis:~ phil$ ssh -vv 10.0.1.2
OpenSSH_4.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 10.0.1.2 [10.0.1.2] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
Cannot determine realm for numeric host address
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
A parameter was malformed
Validation error
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
Cannot determine realm for numeric host address
debug1: An invalid name was supplied
A parameter was malformed
Validation error
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT received
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXREQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXGROUP
Write failed: Broken pipe
mac to linux external (Success)
Artemis:~ phil$ ssh -vv 69.253.x.x
OpenSSH_4.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 69.253.x.x [69.253.x.x] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/phil/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3
debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Miscellaneous failure
No credentials cache found
debug1: Miscellaneous failure
No credentials cache found
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2MSGKEXINIT received
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected],zlib
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-g roup1-sha1
debug2: kexparsekexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,arcfour256,arcfour,aes1 92-cbc,aes256-cbc,[email protected],aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,[email protected],hmac-sha1-96,hmac- md5-96
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit: none,[email protected]
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit:
debug2: kexparsekexinit: firstkexfollows 0
debug2: kexparsekexinit: reserved 0
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug2: mac_init: found hmac-md5
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXREQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXGROUP
debug2: dhgenkey: priv key bits set: 130/256
debug2: bits set: 514/1024
debug1: SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXINIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2MSG_KEX_DH_GEXREPLY
debug1: Host '69.253.239.85' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/phil/.ssh/known_hosts:3
debug2: bits set: 516/1024
debug1: sshrsaverify: signature correct
debug2: kexderivekeys
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2MSGNEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2MSGNEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2MSGNEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2MSG_SERVICEREQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2MSG_SERVICEACCEPT received
debug2: key: /Users/phil/.ssh/identity (0x0)
debug2: key: /Users/phil/.ssh/id_rsa (0x0)
debug2: key: /Users/phil/.ssh/id_dsa (0x0)
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/phil/.ssh/identity
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/phil/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/phil/.ssh/id_dsa
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: Next authentication method: password
[email protected]'s password:
debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentication succeeded (password).
debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
debug2: channel 0: send open
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug2: callback start
debug2: clientsession2setup: id 0
debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 0
debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 0
debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
debug2: callback done
debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 131072
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[phil@ganymede ~]$
G5 Dual 2G Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Mac comes with a fully functioning Apache web server with all the scripting languages (except VB). You need to enable them in the configuration file.
You need some light weight UNIX administration skills to do this. Use the system restore disk to set the password for the root account.
Open a terminal screen from the Utilities folder in Applications. Type "su", press return, then enter the root password you set using the system restore disk.
Make a backup copy of the Apache configuration file with the following command (type this in with no mistakes and press the return key).
cp /etc/httpd/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.copy
Enter the following to open the Apache configuration (type this in with no mistakes and hit the return key).
/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/httpd/httpd.conf &
Locate and remove the # comment symbol from the following lines and save the file in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.
#LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
#AddModule mod_php4.c
Exit the TextEdit application and quit out of the terminal application.
Put the following web page into a file named greetings.php inside the folder Library/WebServer/Documents.
<html>
<head>
<title>Experiment</title>
</head>
<?php
echo "Greetings";
?>
</body>
</html>
Once you have made these changes, you can reboot to activate the changes.
Put the following into your browser to test the configuration.
http://localhost/greetings.php
You should see "Greetings" on a web page titled "Experiment".
MySQL is a separate server that you need to download and configure to complete your web server.
I hope this helps.
Best regards - Greg

Recently purchased Sim City 4, wont work on Snow Leopard because it requires 'Rosetta'.

Through research i've discovered Rosetta only works with 10.2.8. Having downloaded the installation of 10.2, i've tried partitioning an SD to install it on, but it wont work. What else can i do? I've searched long & hard to get this game on Mac OS

Chris01296 wrote:
Through research i've discovered Rosetta only works with 10.2.8. Having downloaded the installation of 10.2, i've tried partitioning an SD to install it on, but it wont work. What else can i do? I've searched long & hard to get this game on Mac OS
Ignorance is a sin on this forum punishable by the rants of those seriously ego-maniacal members.
While patience is a virtue, and to give is divine; let's take a deep breath and see if we can understand your problem and deal with a solution.
You want to run Sim City 4 on your modern day Intel Mac. It was written for the PowerPC G4 era Macs running OS X 10.2.8 or better. During the TIger-era, OS X 10.4, Apple switched from the PowerPC CPU platform to Intel and in a sweepingly brilliant move, licensed technology that they utilized under the name of Rosetta, to transparently run PowerPC software on Intel Macs. This transition was successfully completed with few hiccups!
After approximately five years of allowing PPC apps to run in Rosetta (and due to Apple's license to continue to incorporate Rosetta into future versions of OS X expiring), with the introduction of Lion, OS X 10.7, it no longer incorporates Rosetta or the ability to natively run PowerPC applications. Intel Tiger and Leopard versions of OS X automatically install Rosetta, but in Snow Leopard it is an optional install.
Your best bet at this point is: insert the Snow Leopard Install DVD, go to Options and select and install Rosetta.
While I am not sure if Sim City 4 will run on Snow Leopard, I did find this caution in Wikipedia:
Intel Macintoshes
The game has major flaws when operating on computers by Apple using Intel processors. Aspyr released a beta of a patch to fix the problems in 2007, but the patch was never finalized and many bugs remain. Some have a serious impact on playability,[19] including frequent crashes if a city exceeds 95,000 population, flawed display of the water surface, frequent blurring or replacement of objects with random other objects, and an inability to significantly accelerate the vehicle in driving mode that prevents many gameplay features from being unlocked.
Good luck!

Can I install Tiger in my NEW 21.5" iMac ?

Can I install Tiger on my NEW 21.5" iMac ?
Machine bought new - Nov. '09.
While I do like some of the features in Snow Leopard... almost all my existing software plus the Sims 2
games will apparently NOT run (or run well).

Rosetta does exactly that. It was created to run MacOS X programs that only ran on PPC macs to run on intel processors. Rosetta would translate PPC machine instructions into intel instrucions on-the fly.
Classic Mode was a whole separate operating system. Rosetta merely translates PPC to intel so it is generally invisible to the user.
I have used Quicken '05, iMovie HD, AppleWorks and Microsoft Office under Rosetta with no issues. Photoshop 7 was the only program I have that choked and would not run. I would guess that the Sims program would be most likely to not run. They might have an intel update available, I know that Zoo tycoon 2 had a patch to allow for intel processers, The Sims might, too.
Some programs have "fat binaries" with both versions. If you are curious, you can see whether you are running intel or PPC-translated by using the activity monitor.
You don't need to run Rosetta separately, if it is needed it turns itself on, so the programs install normally. In fact, some programs needed Rosetta just to run the installer, the actual software ran on the intels.
I think I have the same machine as you, I just bought my new 21.5" iMac last month. I love it by they way, a DVD that would have taken all night to burn was done in a little over an hour!

IPhone 4 and Tiger 10.4

Hi all,
Just got an iPhone4 but I'm runnig Tiger 10.4.11 on a MacBook. It tell me it's not compatible, what the **** do I do? The upgrde to 10.5 is £132 on top of the phone cost.
I thought Apple was "future proof" and I can;t make this work without spending a lot of money and I just want to use the **** Phone....
Anyone out there that can help??
Cheers!

Hi ScottofDoom - Same problem here - Its a major draw back here's my story...
I'm based in the UK. I bought an iPhone 4 yesterday from an O2 store.
Firstly I synced my existing iPhone 3G to make sure all is backed up ready to move to the iPhone 4.
Put the micro sim in, plugged the new iPhone 4 into my Black MacBook (Tiger OSX)
Says I need OSX 10.5.8 (Leopard) for iPhone 4 to work
On this Black MacBook I'm on Tiger, so I go to Apple store online to see how much.
Seems that the only option is £120 Box Set including iLife latest.
Luckily I have another (white) MacBook which I don't usually use for iTunes and my iPhone, which already has Leopard 10.6.3 on it, so I figure ill start using this for iTunes and the iPhone 4 from now on.. even though i liked having my older Black MacBook (Tiger) as a dedicated machine for non-work tasks.
My entire iTunes library is on an external Samsung Story hard drive, about 1.6tb of all my music, movies etc plus my latest backup from my old iPhone 3G.
Open up iTunes on the White MacBook (Leopard) and sign in with my iTunes account info, download latest iTunes update to be sure all is good.
Close iTunes
Re-Open up iTunes whilst holding down option key and point it to the existing iTunes music folder on my Samsung external hard drive
Here's where the problems start:
Only a handful of my music and none of my bought from the iTunes store music appears in the library
And all that does appear in the library has that scary grey exclamation mark meaning it doesn't know where things are.
Phone the Apple Store and wait 5 mins to speak to tech support.
The man on the phone tells me I have to import my entire iTunes library onto my internal hard drive on my white MacNook (Leopard) in order for it to work. .
But my iTunes folder is 1.5tb filled with loads of official bought stuff from the iTunes store and the only space on this MacBook is 3.61 gb! This now means that I need to somehow have a larger internal harddrive even though I have 1tb of space on an external drive.
Note. All the time during the call the man is sending me emails on how to solve the problem to try to get me off the phone and to go it alone. However none of these emails ever arrived, and its now 45mins since I was on the call to him with no sign of them.
At this point lets bare in mind, If i didn't have this other (white MacBook) computer with Leopard on it already I would have spent:
A. £120 more to get Snow Leopard Box Set on the Tiger machine (and thats if it met the minimum requirements)
B. On finding out that this computer has got nowhere near 1.5tb of space required to move the iTunes library on its internal drive, I'd go out and buy a 2tb drive
and still this would not enable the iPhone 4 to work according to Apple's tech people on the phone!!
So I'm totally stuck. It seems I need a 2TB internal drive in an old MacBook to use this new iPhone 4 - this can't be correct, surely? Please correct me and the Apple techician if I'm wrong.
I've booked an appointment at the Apple Store Genuis Bar in Regent Street next Thursday.
So for now im back to using iTunes and my iPhone 3G on my Tiger MacBook whilst the iPhone 4 goes back in it's box.
Until then, any help would most welcome.
One question that may answer it all and would be of interest:
Has anyone successfully got an iPhone 4 working when using an external hard drive for their iTunes media folder?

Deactivate SIM-Card

Hallo!
Ich benutze ein Apple iPhone 4S und bin insgesamt sehr zufrieden. Leider gelingt es mir nicht, die SIM-Karte zu sperren(!) rsp. zu deaktivieren(!).
Wenn ich über Einstellungen -Telefon - Sim-Pin gehe und den Slider nach rechts schiebe, um die Karte zu deaktivieren geht ein Fenster auf, das folgenden Text enthält:
"SIM-Karte sperren" und mich dazu auffordert, meine SIM-Pin einzugeben. Wenn ich dieser Aufforderung folge und die Pin bestätige, wird das Fenster geschlossen.
Der Slider ist wieder blau - also aktiviert und nicht gesperrt - und mein Telefonprovider wird nach wie vor oben auf dem Telefon angezeigt. Die SIM-Karte ist also NICHT gesperrt.
Was muss ich tun, um die Sperrung zu erreichen?
fragt
Uwe Bast

Hallo Ingo!
Vielen Dank für die schnelle Info!
Den Artikel kannte ich schon!
Das Problem: Selbst wenn ich genau danach verfahre, um die SIM-Karte zu DEaktivieren, bleibt sie AKTIVIERT(!).
Das verstehe ich nicht!
Gruß
Uwe

Macbook 2.0ghz and Sims 2 Universal Binary Patch

Please help.
I have downloaded several versions of the Sims 2 universal binary patch. Everytime I double-click the patch to execute it, my Macbook freezes.
Has anyone experienced this or installed the patch sucessfully?
Thanks!

Hey. Now I have my Macbook, and this exact same thing happens to me. Whats weird is that it was working before I reinstalled Tiger...

Should I Give it Up and Go Back To Tiger?

That's the decision I'm wrestling with right now. My issues are not legion. Mostly they revolve around three things: Stability, Usability and Speed.
STABILITY:
I get odd freezes and random program crashes that have now twice resulted in having to push the power button to reboot. The mouse moves, but nothing works, no menus, can't even bring up the Force Quit window to quit an offending app.
In one day Mail crashed over-and-over until I could no longer use the computer and shut down and pulled out my PowerBook to send an email! After rebooting and fsck'ing and repairing Permissions the problem seemed to go away, but I have way too many crashes of even Apple programs that ought to be playing nicer with Leopard.
I also get a LOT more bouncing beachballs with Leopard in almost every app than with Tiger. Although my main Mac is not Intel or even G5, I should still be well within the system requirements for Leopard with a dual 1.25GHz G4 with 1.75 GB of RAM. My system drive has over 100GB open (I have four internal drives equaling 1.3TB) and I keep all of my software updated.
I do have one 2nd party PCI USB 2.0 card that doesn't require drivers and it works, but I haven't tested Leopard without that card, but I do have USB 2.0 devices that I need to run, so that alone would require a step backward if I couldn't run the USB 2.0 card because of some odd compatibility issue.
USABILITY:
Two things just irritate the heck out of me and one is a minor irritant that I probably just need to learn more about
One is the lack of hierarchical menus in the dock. Unlike a lot of people I like Stacks, but I'd like to have the option to go seamlessly from a Stack to a hierarchical menu.
The other is the inability to put a custom icon on a dock drive or folder. I have to create a dummy folder, put a blank space at the front of the name and use it as the icon for the item, but even then, all those icons behind it clutter up the look of the folder/drive and thus, the dock as a whole. There should be an option for having a SINGLE clean icon without going through odd gymnastic to get one!
I have a very small issue with the behavior of Spotlight. In Tiger, a Spotlight search's results were displayed in a more quick and orderly way, at least that how it seems to me. In Leopard when you click "show all" although it categorizes them as I have it set up in Spotlight's preferences, there isn't a clear delineation between classifications and there is no "info" button to quickly see the path and general info for the file. To see info you have to right click and choose "Show Info" unless I am missing something.
However, the addition of Boolean logic categories by option-clicking the plus sign or clicking to add categories to the search rules negates a lot of my gripe about Spotlight. I'd like to see it be as responsive as Tiger, but it's hard to argue with the ability to drill-down to exactly what you're looking for.
But, Spotlight is also MUCH slower than Tiger's Spotlight which leads me to:
SPEED:
As mentioned, I have one of the fastest G4s and a dual processor to boot and I'm nearly maxed on RAM, so you'd think Leopard would run faster, but there is a general lag in usability across the board. Not a killer lag, but noticeable and the aforementioned beachballs pop up enough to add even MORE of an irritating lag to the process. I find myself hitting "Force Quit" a LOT more often and seeing "'program x has stopped responding" in the Force Quit menu.
I like Leopard. There are some nice features that truly do improve the overall utility of the OS, so I think it's a good release, but there are just too many issues for me now, maybe because of my G4 PowerMac, it seems to have fewer issues (except for the speed thing) on my FW 800 Powerbook, but for now I want fast and logical and Tiger is all that.
I will return to Leopard if I step back because it's just too good an update to ignore and it is after all, the future of Macs, but right now Leopard is killing my productivity. On more than one occasion I've lost data before saving when a crash happened and that was a VERY rare occurrence with Tiger.
JoeL
Message was edited by: joeldm

Thanks for the responses!
I always do a clean install, backing up, formatting the drive, etc. I find it reduces the number of issues overall.
I was going to do a dual-boot setup with Tiger originally, but I've had such good luck with OS X updates that I wasn't concerned. But since I've had these problems, I hadn't revisited that option so, since I eventually will return to Leopard that may be a good solution.
However, I just read elsewhere after writing this as one of you mentioned, that the 10.5.2 update is slated to be a big release with a lot of fixes, so that may be worth the wait before doing anything precipitous.
There is one very odd thing, though . . . I have an iPhone and while I could sync without a problem initially, recently I've had some issues syncing until now I can't sync at all. I took the iPhone in and they swapped it out for a new phone, but I came home and had the same issues, so before returning to the Apple store I tried it on my PowerBook (running Leopard) and sure enough, it synced with no issues!
So I'm wondering if there isn't some problem that may be hardware-related that is causing me to have more issues on the PowerMac side than on the PowerBook side? I think I need to strip the PowerMac down to its original components, basically unplug everything but the keyboard and mouse, remove that USB card and see what happens.
It ran fine under Tiger so I'm not happy about having to do this, but hey, it's the price of progress and at least it's not that "other" OS!
BTW, I think it's funny how some tech writers are trying, straining to compare the issues that some of us are having with Leopard with the Vista release which was an unmitigated disaster!
I'm content to work through it until I find the same stability I had under Tiger with this new cat . . . let's hope the new update does the trick. Anyone heard a release date for 10.5.2?
Thanks for the suggestions!
JoeL

HT1688 I have a damaged I-Phone and I need the contents of my calendar off of it. I did not have Mobile me at the time. Can I swap out the sim card from the broken phone to a new phone and recover this calendar?

I have an older I-Phone (3G) that for some reason the body of the phone has split in two. This phone was a business phone and it had a lot of important information on it. I have a second phone that is also a 3G. On the broken phone there is a lot of important information that I need in my calendar. Im not worried about anything else but the calendar. I didn't have the Mobile Me account at that time or I would be having this problem. Does anybody know if I can ust switch out the sim cards. I just need to recover the old calendar, so im hoping that the calendar will transfer when I switch the sim card into the good 3G. If that doesn't work does anybody know of anyway that I can retrieve this information off of this phone?

Nothing is stored on the sim card on an iPhone. If you backed up to your computer the backup will contain your calendar events. Otherwise, if your phone isn't functioning there is no way to back up or extract your calendar at this point.

3GS doesnt recognise sim. Status switches between 'no sim' or 'searching' ? If it does find the network it only keeps it for a minute or two. Please any suggestions welcome.

IPhone 3GS doesn't recognise sim card. Status either says no sim or searching. If it does find network it's only for a minute or two?? Any ideas?

YEs sorry I should of said. I tried a different sim in my phone and the same thing happened and tried my si
IN a different phone and it works ok. I've also tried restoring it to factory settings.

Client Upgraded from Tiger to Leopard Can No Longer Connect to Tiger Server

I just finished upgrading a G5 2GHz DP Powermac from Tiger to Leopard. This was an Archive and Install upgrade with importing the old settings. After verifying the account migration, including .Mac connectivity, and fixing all 3rd party software compatibilities/upgrades, I tried to connect to our Tiger 4.11 server by clicking on the server's Icon in the Shared section of the Finder Sidebar. The finder then switches to browse the the server for shares: "Connecting..." is displayed under the tool bar, with a "Share Screen..." and "Connect As..." buttons to the right.
At this point the "Connecting..." remains displayed with the spinning circle in the bottom right of the Finder window.... spinning. This situation continues for several minutes until is seems the system gives up.
If I click on the Path button on the Tool Bar, and go up to the Shared level, ALL the Shares on the Network are displayed, including all the Tiger Client machine shares. I can click on the triangle beside the Tiger Client's icon, and all the drives and home directories on the Mac are listed. All the client shares can be accessed without any issues. NOTE: There are no other Leopard clients on the LAN.
Prior to the Leopard upgrade, this client could connect to the Tiger server as well. All the other clients on the LAN can access the Tiger server also.
On the Leopard client I have tried clicking and the "Connect As..." button and using the menu "Connect to Server" and specifying the server's IP, and I get the same "Connecting..." message with a "non-connecting" result.
I can only assume that somehow the Account Name and password are not being passed correctly. But, using "Connect As..." should resolve that. However, "Connect As..." does not give me a user/password window!
If I check the AFP Access log on the Server, the only messages displayed are "Mounted Volume..." No messages in the error log, and no messages in the "Connections" section.
Can anyone help me figure out why the Leopard client can not connect to the Tiger Server?
My apologies if the description of my problem is a bit disjointed. I have been thrown into server admin and am learning "Trial by Fire".
Any help or suggestions on how to resolve this issue will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gary
Message was edited by: Gary Sumlak

OK. A quick update.
After waiting for about 10 minutes for the rotating circle in the bottom right corner to stop, I was able to click on the "Connect As..." button. It took another 10 minutes, but the Connect As window eventual popped up. I entered the Userid and Password (saving to Keychain) and was able to see all the sharepoints on the the server. I browsed all the connected drives and folders without issue.
I then disconnected from the server. Reviewing the AFP logs on the server shows messages for the connection Login and Logout.
I then tried to reconnect to the server, and again another 10 minutes wait, although this time the Leopard client eventually connected automatically with the proper User, as per the AFP logs confirms.
Although, the client can now connect to the server, for it to take 10 minutes will be unacceptable to management, not to mention the end user. Tiger clients can connect in a couple seconds!
Is there a way to reduce the Leopard login time to, say, a couple seconds, like it does with the Tiger clients?
Again, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gary

Matias Keyboard No Longer Recognized by Leopard PB G4 But By Tiger

In February I took a month long trip with my Leopard-based PB G4 and Matias folding USB Keyboard. Everything worked together fine until after my return in early March when I noticed that the keyboard no longer worked with my laptop. Since my return I have received the normal Apple-push updates to my system. I tested the keyboard on my daughter's Dell laptop and it worked fine. I checked the keyboard with a friend's Leopard-based MacBook but to no avail. I called Apple Tech support and they initially informed me that it was not a Leopard issue because all third-party hardware should be automatically recognized by the computer. They also walked me through doing a reset of the computer to bring it back to original operating configuration. I contacted Matias who had their senior engineer look into the USB-capable keyboard and said they are not aware of any problems between the keyboard and Leopard. They also did not have a patch to push to me to get it connecting again but I will be keeping in contact with them about this. I brought my computer into an Apple store only to have them confirm that the keyboard is not being recognized by the USB drives, but there was nothing else they could do for me. I had the USB drives checked out a seperate computer store authorized to work on Apple computers and they both worked fine. At home, nothing that runs through the USB ports is NOT being recognized, everything works fine. While at the same computer store I found an older iMac using Tiger (10.4.7) and successfully tested it there after going through the normal syncing process. But on NONE of their Leopard-based Macs did it work which leads me to believe it is somehow related to either Leopard or an update everyone has received. While the folding keyboard may have only cost $99, I am hesitant to spend $75 for a service call at an authorized repair shop, and they advise me to re-consider having to visit them. Only because it is a great travel accessory for me to work on longer papers and projects rather than the laptop's own keyboard do I want to get this one working with my computer rather than buying another one. So my questions are, 1) how do I individually disable the updates received since March to determine which one is affecting recognition of the keyboard, and 2) why would the keyboard continue to work with Tiger and Dell but not on any Leopard-based Mac? Apple Tech's comments are primarily "it's not a Leopard issue, I should go somewhere else" to get it checked out.
The updates since March are:
Battery Update 1.4
Airport Client Update 2009-001
Airport Utility 5.4.1
Time Capsule and Airport Base Station Firmware Update 7.4.1
Front Row 2.1.7
iPhoto 8.0.2 Update
iLife Support 9.0.2
iWeb 3.0.1
iWork 09 9.0.1
iTunes 8.1.1 for Mac
iMovie 8.0.2
Server Admin Tools 10.5.6v1.1
Any assistance from the community would be greatly appreciated.
Rick

Hi, Richard. In answer to your first question, you don't and can't disable the updates you've installed unless you use Time Machine to back up your Powerbook's hard drive. If you do, you can step back in time to just before the last software update, and restore that configuration to your hard drive. Then repeat the process for each previous update. This will be ungodly time-consuming.
If you don't use Time Machine, all you can do is reinstall everything from scratch up to the last point at which you're sure your keyboard was working properly, and then add the subsequently-released updates one at a time until you discover the one that renders the keyboard useless. Then reinstall everything all over again from scratch except that one update.
If I were you and were facing this incredibly tedious diagnostic process, I'd either return to running Tiger or buy a different keyboard.

ITunes restore iPhone SIM Card no longer works.

Ok, I had all my contacts and information backuped onto my computer so I could easily transfer them from my 16GB 3G to my new 32GB 3GS. After being restored and synced with my computer my SIM Card no longer works. It wont let me place a call or text. When I un-plug the SIM Card and then plug it back in a message comes up saying invalid SIM and then disappears. Also it either has 1 "bar" with the rest flat and no AT&T logo or 3G, or says No Service.

Sounds like you need to call AT&T.
Phil

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