Not very noticibly on my G4 933. However, what did slow it down was Dashboard. I disabled that thing!

I have looked through the forums, looked through the folders on my computer and cannot find where to install the Optimized G4 Boinc Superbench client that I downloaded from our for…

OK.... Here is what I did for Mac os X 10.4.xx. This may not be the correct or best way but seemed to work for me. If you are already running BOINC manager, select 'no new work' …

Quote: Originally Posted by Knightrider OK.... Here is what I did for Mac os X 10.4.xx. This may not be the correct or best way but seemed to work for me. If you are already r…

The client downloads automatically for all projects into the projects folder for that project. On seti at home you have an option to install a highly optimised client which is avai…

Quote: Originally Posted by OneMacGuy I cannot find the Boinc client. I can find the Boinc Manager and I can find the hdd\library\applications support\boinc data\projects folde…

Quote: Originally Posted by beadman BOINC Manager IS the BOINC Client. The SETI Client is, for example, named "seti@home-G4-a5" or something close to that. If you use the SETI c…

Team MacNN has several different flavors of optimized BOINC Manager, depending on whether you have a G3, G4, or G5, and 10.4.x or 10.3.9. The web site is here for the optimized BO…

Quote: Originally Posted by beadman As I understand it, the optimized client gives you a little higher bench marks, which helps your credit scores, but it also results in the BO…

Quote: Originally Posted by gulliver That's correct: the optimized clients (and science apps) make optimum use of the altivec engine of the G4 and G5 processors. Therefore they …

Quote: Originally Posted by OneMacGuy That is not quite true for the gain on the Intel based optimized clients. I have installed the optimized clients on probably 10 of my comp…

Quote: Originally Posted by Shaktai control clicking on the BOINC manager app to "show contents" of the package. Once you do, a window will open with a folder called contents.…

I need some help on this. I've switched from CLI to Boinc manager. However the Boinc manager is not sending the completed work units. I switched because, the prior CLI stopped sen…

for some reason, i can connect to my phone from my computer, but not the other way around. when my phone is searching for my g5, it's not recognizing it. what could i be missing…

which version of OS X needs the OS 9.2.2 thing? beacuse i wanted to install panther on my iMac G3 and i didn't know which one needed it thanks

No version of OSX needs OS 9.2.2. You boot off of the OSX install CD and then depending on your needs you select a type of install, e.g., clean, upgrade, archive and install, etc.…

Yeah, OS X doesn't need OS 9. You need to have OS 9 installed to run Classic (which allows you to run old OS 9 apps), but OS X works just fine on its own.

Don't title your thread "stupid question." Just ask the question.

Out of nowhere I no longer have sound in any browser on my mac. I have a powerbook g4 with the most recent version of OS X. Quicktime in the browser seems to work, it is all other …

Often times this can be fixed by launching GarageBand.

That did it. Amazing. I have looked everywhere on google for an answer to this. Thank you so much.

I fixed it by opening Audio MIDI Setup (in Applications/Utilities) and choosing Audio Output Format @ 44100.0 Hz & 2ch-16bit.

does anyone know if the new final cut universal version that's about to come out will work with the older g5 macs? or do i have to have a brand new intel based mac? i'm assuming …

Yes, it will work on G5 Macs (and probably G4s too).

This is why they're called "universal" binaries.