imac and internet?
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jahganja7
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imac and internet?
greetings, i recieved an imac from a family member, and cant figure out how to set up the internet for it. i am trying to attach the ethernet cable to the mac, but it seems to not read it. the cable will power internet on a windows run computer. does anybody know anything about mac's and getting them ready for internet? it might be a long shot, but i have nowhere else to turn. much thanks and blessings
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dubdoudou
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leggo rocker
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Re: imac and internet?
I use Macs.
Usually, simply plugging in ethernet is quite enough, with no other effort required. The Mac will recognise you're plugged in and just accept the signal and make it available to you.
Does it have Airport wireless? If so, and you don't want to use it, turn it off.
What iMac is it, and what is the version of the OS?
If it is OS X then all the networking stuff is in 'System Preferences' which can be found just under the blue apple logo top left of your screen. Select the 'Network' icon. Location should be set to 'automatic' if another location is named that could be the problem.
At the 'show' bar select 'network configuration' - this will enable you to check that you are getting an IP address from your router.
Also make sure your router isn't set to block any machines in its security settings.
If it is an old iMac running OS 9 then give it back or get OS X on it quick!
Usually, simply plugging in ethernet is quite enough, with no other effort required. The Mac will recognise you're plugged in and just accept the signal and make it available to you.
Does it have Airport wireless? If so, and you don't want to use it, turn it off.
What iMac is it, and what is the version of the OS?
If it is OS X then all the networking stuff is in 'System Preferences' which can be found just under the blue apple logo top left of your screen. Select the 'Network' icon. Location should be set to 'automatic' if another location is named that could be the problem.
At the 'show' bar select 'network configuration' - this will enable you to check that you are getting an IP address from your router.
Also make sure your router isn't set to block any machines in its security settings.
If it is an old iMac running OS 9 then give it back or get OS X on it quick!
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jahganja7
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Re: imac and internet?
thanks for the help leggo. it is in fact running OS 9. i take what i can get you know....
can i get other mac users to copy OS X for me or how can i go about getting that on there? much thanks
can i get other mac users to copy OS X for me or how can i go about getting that on there? much thanks
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leggo rocker
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Re: imac and internet?
What is the exact iMac model and how much RAM is installed?
I might have an older copy of OS X somewhere, but it is easy to download from torrents etc as APple are deliberately careless about piracy. They don't copy protect their OS discs in any shape or form.
The great thing about old MAcs is that they continue to work for a very long time and even quite old and basic ones will happily run the very latest version of OSX.
I have two very old Apples that still work perfectly, one is a 1987 model Apple II, the other a 1990 Apple Mac Classic.
I might have an older copy of OS X somewhere, but it is easy to download from torrents etc as APple are deliberately careless about piracy. They don't copy protect their OS discs in any shape or form.
The great thing about old MAcs is that they continue to work for a very long time and even quite old and basic ones will happily run the very latest version of OSX.
I have two very old Apples that still work perfectly, one is a 1987 model Apple II, the other a 1990 Apple Mac Classic.
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Guest
Re: imac and internet?
@rocker,
i wonna switch my computer tired of pc, but i dont know if i should get a g5 or a macbook, i will use that for pro tools mainly... which one would be good?
respec
i wonna switch my computer tired of pc, but i dont know if i should get a g5 or a macbook, i will use that for pro tools mainly... which one would be good?
respec
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leggo rocker
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Re: imac and internet?
For raw power get a Powermac Quad or similar. For convenience get the MacBook Pro. The macbook will run pro tools easy. macs need much less horsepower to run apps as the OS itself isn't using up loads of RAM and processing power as in Windows (especially Vista which is a real drain on resources).
I use a 17 inch MacBook Pro and it's a brilliant machine. I converted from PCs around Y2K because I was fed up with the PC letting me down while I was traveling the world as a sports journalist. I noticed most of my colleagues, and especially the experienced ones, all used Apple and always got right to work while I fiddled with internet settings and virus checkers.
You can imagine how great it is NOT to have to muck about with drivers and stuff every time I want to plug something in. And adding software is so easy, you usually simply drag and drop an icon from the software disk into your applications folder and it's done (except if the software was written by Microsoft who seem obsessed in making the user do the work that the OS should be doing!).
Few people (too few) realise that Macs are not effected by the slew off malware like Virus and SpyBots that plague the Windows platform. So no need for anti virus software and no need to worry about opening attachments etc.
The latest version of OSX, Leopard, is about to be released in the next few weeks, so I suggest you hold off and get a machine loaded with Leopard.
I still have to use a Windows PC in one office I have to work in sometimes and it always serves to reinforce my love of Macs!
OS X was designed to be secure from ground up and yet still provides the user with by far the easiest interface known to computing man. No constant 'beware danger' nag screens, no 'illegal operations' just plain and simple productivity in a well designed wwrapper that's easy on the eye. It's ideal for power users and technophobes alike.
OS X is one of only a small handful (3 or 4) operating systems that has the highest security certification. The others are all, like OSX, variants of Unix. NONE of them are flavours of Windoze! Go figure...
I use a 17 inch MacBook Pro and it's a brilliant machine. I converted from PCs around Y2K because I was fed up with the PC letting me down while I was traveling the world as a sports journalist. I noticed most of my colleagues, and especially the experienced ones, all used Apple and always got right to work while I fiddled with internet settings and virus checkers.
You can imagine how great it is NOT to have to muck about with drivers and stuff every time I want to plug something in. And adding software is so easy, you usually simply drag and drop an icon from the software disk into your applications folder and it's done (except if the software was written by Microsoft who seem obsessed in making the user do the work that the OS should be doing!).
Few people (too few) realise that Macs are not effected by the slew off malware like Virus and SpyBots that plague the Windows platform. So no need for anti virus software and no need to worry about opening attachments etc.
The latest version of OSX, Leopard, is about to be released in the next few weeks, so I suggest you hold off and get a machine loaded with Leopard.
I still have to use a Windows PC in one office I have to work in sometimes and it always serves to reinforce my love of Macs!
OS X was designed to be secure from ground up and yet still provides the user with by far the easiest interface known to computing man. No constant 'beware danger' nag screens, no 'illegal operations' just plain and simple productivity in a well designed wwrapper that's easy on the eye. It's ideal for power users and technophobes alike.
OS X is one of only a small handful (3 or 4) operating systems that has the highest security certification. The others are all, like OSX, variants of Unix. NONE of them are flavours of Windoze! Go figure...
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leggo rocker
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Re: imac and internet?
Oh, and few people also realise that an Intel Mac will run Windows - not under emulation, but entirely natively. Or if you prefer, alongside OS X, both at once!
But then, as one of my designer friends says: If you've just bought a brand new Mercedes, why would you want to fit the wheels off an old Ford onto it?
Also remember, if you can only afford a second hand Mac, you don't need as much GHZ to produce the same results as a PC. So a 1.8ghz mac will be much much faster than a 1.8ghz Windows PC - it will be more like a 2.6ghz PC in performance.
But then, as one of my designer friends says: If you've just bought a brand new Mercedes, why would you want to fit the wheels off an old Ford onto it?
Also remember, if you can only afford a second hand Mac, you don't need as much GHZ to produce the same results as a PC. So a 1.8ghz mac will be much much faster than a 1.8ghz Windows PC - it will be more like a 2.6ghz PC in performance.