Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.

From	Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Date	2016-04-01 21:25 -0700
Message-ID	<2016040121255630105-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> (permalink)
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Subject	Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.

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On 2016-04-02 03:27:41 +0000, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> said:

> In message <ne8ufblttdbv2j2f0vti2n0akkfhrpgvlc@4ax.com>
>   micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> Perhaps you remember that I've posted here a few times over the last 10
>> years, questions for my friend who had a Mac.
> 
>> Well, he died.  Rather suddenly, 3 weeks ago.  He was 78 but strong as a
>> bull until 7 weeks ago.  Examples on request.
> 
>> His brother was here going through his stuff, but he didn't have time to
>> learn to use a Mac, so I'm supposed to do that for him.  He's left town
>> now and there are two Imacs.
> 
>> One has a large flat screen, Mac 6.3 G4,  Does that say how old it was?
> 
> Is it a white base with an articulated arm? But I don't think that can
> run 10.6.3 (there is no such thing as 6.3).

I believe he is talking model number not OS.
I suspect this is the suspect:
<http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_1.25_20_fp.html>

> The G4s stop at 10.5.8. If it is a single white unit about 2 inches
> thick with a wide white chin, then it is a G5 iMac, but still limited to
> 10.5.8.
> 
> If it is aluminum, then it is an Intel iMac and wed need more details.
> 
>> At any rate, the incoming and outgoing email on it stopped about Jan.
>> 16, but I know he emailed me after that.
> 
>> Then he had another, with a smaller screen, also Imac, not nearly as
>> heavy, it seems.   I got that connected an hour ago, and so far, the
>> middle third vertically of the monitor image is cloudy, and the lower
>> third is even worse. It has a very clear line between the top, which is
>> mostly blue, and the middle, which is white with various vertical lines.
>> Right now the bottom third looks like the middle, but there is a black
>> line at the border.
> 
>> OS X, it says in a splash screen in the middle of the screen.   Is that
>> older or newer than the first one?
> 
> Impossible to say. You've said the equivalent of "I have this car, it
> runs rough and it's a Ford. What year was it made?"
> 
>> Is there any way to bring up the email and files if I can't read the
>> bottom third of the screen?
> 
> An external screen is a possibility, but more details are needed.
> 
> People will need FAR more information on these machines.
> 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201634>
> 
> Report back with model numbers and people can provide more guidance.

He might just be better off pulling the HDD and extracting the data, or 
hook up a another display as it does support a 2nd display for 
mirroring via mini-VGA.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 03:27 +0000
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-04-01 21:25 -0700
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 01:05 -0400
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