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Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.

From	micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.
Date	2016-04-01 22:06 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ne8ufblttdbv2j2f0vti2n0akkfhrpgvlc@4ax.com> (permalink)

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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?

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?

Is there any way to bring up the email and files if I can't read the
bottom third of the screen? 

There would probably be financial and insurance information, and he left
a widow, who is rather old also and not working.  And we're not even
sure where his assets, if any, are.  His will lists 4 items and 2 of
those he doesn't have anymore, so there may well be those he does have
which aren't in the will.  

2 out of 4 times, it displayed a screen (1/3) with Finder in the upper
left.

If I can't get the computer working is there a way to export the email
and files to a flash drive, for example, without much access to the
screen.   Or a way to remove the harddrive and run it as an external
drive on another Mac?  Or better yet, a PC?  (I'm running out of space
on my desk.) 

Better yet, is there a way to connect an external monitor in place of
the one that's part of the Imac.  It seems clear to me the problem is
the monitor and not the driver.  (Please ignore the last paragraph and
give me your opinion on that.)  

Periodically the screen goes black and when I move the mouse the image
reappears.   This time a little of the bottom row of icons showed
through the haze, but 10 seconds later that part it was gone. 

Is there a way that I can speed up the mouse movement? 

Thanks a lot.

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Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-01 22:06 -0400
  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
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 17:46 +1200
          Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:42 -0400
            Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-03 10:19 +1200
              Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:36 -0500
                Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-04 13:13 +1200
                Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Kadin2048 <Kadin@address.invalid> - 2016-04-04 01:22 +0000
          Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:34 -0500
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 07:41 +0000
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 07:39 +0000
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 00:56 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:33 -0500
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 15:49 +1200
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 00:50 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-04-02 18:36 +1300
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:23 -0400
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 16:53 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 17:45 +1200
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:31 -0400
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-03 09:58 +1200
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2016-04-02 08:12 +0100
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 20:47 -0700
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 20:52 -0700
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-03 20:51 +0000

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