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From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 07:04 Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: > Yeah the BT keyboard will work fine on that, the iG5 has BT built in, a > friends even got one on his iMac G4 1.25 with my old usb BT adapter from > 2002. Ah. Options... I'll try the BT mouse with the iG5 over here... -- Peter
From: Chris Ridd on 20 May 2010 08:17 On 2010-05-20 12:06:28 +0100, Jim said: > On 2010-05-20, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> BetterTouchTool >>> >>> <http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=1722> >>> >>> One of those 'eternally in beta' projects but seems to work very well. >> >> Thank you very much. Reassuring. > > BetterTouchTool turns the Magic Mouse from a device that's in the "if only > it did <foo>" category to one that's a pleasure to use. > >>>> I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they >>>> will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and >>>> irritating to stop one or both of them working? >>> >>> Nope, they work just fine. >>> You -might- need to download new versions to be safe. >> >> I would anyway, going to 10.6.3, and they're trivially small. > > You should be fine. The one thing I'd suggest doing is changing the Flip4Mac prefs so that WMV files get opened in the foreground by Quicktime Player. The default's to open them /really slowly/ in the background. This is done in the Flip4Mac pref pane under Player > Advanced. -- Chris
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 20 May 2010 08:28 On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:48:54 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Apparently they come bundled with a wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse. >I really, really want to go on typing with my Matias TactilePro, still >far and away the best keyboard I have ever used. I presume that plugging >the USB into the iMac should do it, Yup. >The iG5 will go to Geneva this summer, with its lovely Logitech mouse; >as I can't (as far as I know) use the wireless keyboard with it (or can >I?) The wireless alu keyboard requires 10.5.7+, and Bluetooth. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1809 Cheers - Jaimie -- If you own a jackhammer, every problem looks like hours of fun
From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 08:34 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > The one thing I'd suggest doing is changing the Flip4Mac prefs so that > WMV files get opened in the foreground by Quicktime Player. The > default's to open them /really slowly/ in the background. This is done > in the Flip4Mac pref pane under Player > Advanced. Interesting. My Flip4Mac prefs on the iG5 don't have an Advanced tab under Player- and they seem to open pretty quickly in what looks like QT player. I'll have a look. I have 2.2.1.11. It says there's a free upgrade, to 2.3?, but wants to charge me $29 for it. Odd definition of 'free'. As it is, it plays everything I'd like it to play, so I think I'll hang on till I have the inteliMac. -- Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 08:49
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > The wireless alu keyboard requires 10.5.7+, and Bluetooth. Thanks... Bluetooth isn't available via the networking tab of System Prefs, so I guess it's not avaiable on this iG5, full stop. As for 10.5.7+, before I take the iG5 away to Geneva, I have a retail DVD with sys 10.5 on it which I've not yet installed, but I will do so before I go and leave ADSL behind. -- Peter |