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Technogeekery updates
1: My iBook G4 really doesn't like writing DVD+R - it's fine with DVD-R. Maybe some of the newer ones had drives that can do both, this one doesn't.
2: iBook also doesn't know about the microscope camera, even with the macam program running. So it goes - I can use it with a PC for now, maybe bring my microscope in here and use it with the spare desktop machine.
3: Is there any reason other than "you don't need to worry about it" why you can't see what the USB ports etc. are up to?
4: Is there any particular reason why Apple don't give you any information at all about the progress of a job such as writing a DVD when you do it? Such as how long it's likely to take? First time of trying, not overwhelmingly impressed.
5: Re 2 - 4 above, am I missing something obvious in the way of an additional program / menu I ought to be looking at for this stuff?
2: iBook also doesn't know about the microscope camera, even with the macam program running. So it goes - I can use it with a PC for now, maybe bring my microscope in here and use it with the spare desktop machine.
3: Is there any reason other than "you don't need to worry about it" why you can't see what the USB ports etc. are up to?
4: Is there any particular reason why Apple don't give you any information at all about the progress of a job such as writing a DVD when you do it? Such as how long it's likely to take? First time of trying, not overwhelmingly impressed.
5: Re 2 - 4 above, am I missing something obvious in the way of an additional program / menu I ought to be looking at for this stuff?
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2-3. See #5.
4. It should give you a progress bar, though I don't remember if it has a time estimate.
5. System Profiler. Easiest way to get to it is to open 'About this Mac' from the Apple menu and click on the More Info button. Shows all USB & FW devices, etc.
What version of Mac OS X are you running?
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re version - 1.3.9
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3: Exactly what do you mean by what the ports are up to? A lot of info ends up in /var/log/system.log, particularly problem reports.
4: On my 10.3.9 machines the DVD burning alert box has a foldout triangle that brings up a progress bar. Might be different in Tiger, I guess.
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Didn't notice a triangle, doesn't mean it wasn't there. Don't want to waste another DVD finding out right now, but next time I burn one I'll check.
Re "what the ports are up to", I mean whether anything is plugged in and if so what the system thinks it is, that sort of thing.
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