Hello:

I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.

Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
without my knowledge or consent.

Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
would show me the desktop.

All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
"booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?

Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...

Can anyone offer an explanation?

Thanks!
--Guy
Thurston, OR

In article <BF322B39.69BE%gwkuddles@comcast.net>,
Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>
> Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
> without my knowledge or consent.
>
> Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
> up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
> about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
> would show me the desktop.
>
> All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
> What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
> "booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>
> Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
> speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
> than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>
> Can anyone offer an explanation?
>
> Thanks!
> --Guy
> Thurston, OR

I know that Mac OS X v10.4 has a "fake" progress bar - i.e. it only
estimates the boot time and doesn't actually reflect the processes
happening "underneath", haven't heard that the same thing has happened
with 10.3.9 (see
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050614201205203> for
more info).

Anyone else still on 10.3.9 notice the same thing? My wife's 10.3.9 eMac
is still giving the progress messages. Can you open up the About the Mac
dialog box and click on the version number - this will show the
Buildnumber - maybe that'll give a clue to someone about what's going on.

Regards

Sean

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sean McNamara mailto:sean@macassist.com.au
MacAssist Ph: (02) 8920 0866
Authorised Apple Solutions Reseller Fax: (02) 8920 0877
ABN 95 758 412 281 Mobile: 0414 270 132

In article <BF322B39.69BE%gwkuddles@comcast.net>,
Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>
> Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
> without my knowledge or consent.
>
> Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
> up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
> about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
> would show me the desktop.
>
> All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
> What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
> "booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>
> Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
> speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
> than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>
> Can anyone offer an explanation?
>
> Thanks!
> --Guy
> Thurston, OR

I know that Mac OS X v10.4 has a "fake" progress bar - i.e. it only
estimates the boot time and doesn't actually reflect the processes
happening "underneath", haven't heard that the same thing has happened
with 10.3.9 (see
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050614201205203> for
more info).

Anyone else still on 10.3.9 notice the same thing? My wife's 10.3.9 eMac
is still giving the progress messages. Can you open up the About the Mac
dialog box and click on the version number - this will show the
Buildnumber - maybe that'll give a clue to someone about what's going on.

Regards

Sean

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sean McNamara mailto:sean@macassist.com.au
MacAssist Ph: (02) 8920 0866
Authorised Apple Solutions Reseller Fax: (02) 8920 0877
ABN 95 758 412 281 Mobile: 0414 270 132

Sean:

The build number is 7W98

Thank you for your help!

--Guy


>> Hello:
>>
>> I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>>
>> Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
>> without my knowledge or consent.
>>
>> Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
>> up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
>> about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
>> would show me the desktop.
>>
>> All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
>> What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
>> "booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>>
>> Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
>> speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
>> than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>>
>> Can anyone offer an explanation?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Guy
>> Thurston, OR
>
> I know that Mac OS X v10.4 has a "fake" progress bar - i.e. it only
> estimates the boot time and doesn't actually reflect the processes
> happening "underneath", haven't heard that the same thing has happened
> with 10.3.9 (see
> <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050614201205203> for
> more info).
>
> Anyone else still on 10.3.9 notice the same thing? My wife's 10.3.9 eMac
> is still giving the progress messages. Can you open up the About the Mac
> dialog box and click on the version number - this will show the
> Buildnumber - maybe that'll give a clue to someone about what's going on.
>
> Regards
>
> Sean

Sean:

The build number is 7W98

Thank you for your help!

--Guy


>> Hello:
>>
>> I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>>
>> Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
>> without my knowledge or consent.
>>
>> Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
>> up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
>> about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
>> would show me the desktop.
>>
>> All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
>> What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
>> "booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>>
>> Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
>> speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
>> than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>>
>> Can anyone offer an explanation?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Guy
>> Thurston, OR
>
> I know that Mac OS X v10.4 has a "fake" progress bar - i.e. it only
> estimates the boot time and doesn't actually reflect the processes
> happening "underneath", haven't heard that the same thing has happened
> with 10.3.9 (see
> <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050614201205203> for
> more info).
>
> Anyone else still on 10.3.9 notice the same thing? My wife's 10.3.9 eMac
> is still giving the progress messages. Can you open up the About the Mac
> dialog box and click on the version number - this will show the
> Buildnumber - maybe that'll give a clue to someone about what's going on.
>
> Regards
>
> Sean

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:48:41 -0700, Guy Kudlemyer
<gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>
>Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
>without my knowledge or consent.
>
>Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
>up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
>about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
>would show me the desktop.
>
>All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
>What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
>"booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>
>Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
>speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
>than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>
>Can anyone offer an explanation?
>

The progress bar is for entertainment only. If there's no problem what
are you obsessing about?

-G

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:48:41 -0700, Guy Kudlemyer
<gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

>Hello:
>
>I have a Mac Mini running OSX 10.3.9.
>
>Recently, it "changed its protocol" (for lack of a better term) on me
>without my knowledge or consent.
>
>Used to be, when I turned it on, a progress bar would appear as it booted
>up, mentioning things like, "Waiting for network initialization", something
>about a "Firewall", etc. The progress bar would reach then end, and then it
>would show me the desktop.
>
>All of the sudden, the progress bar goes 1/2 way, then the desktop shows up.
>What happened to the other half of the progress bar, and all that other
>"booting up" that it used to need to do? Why did it change?
>
>Nothing else seems to be different (that I've been able to tell), as far as
>speed or anything else. I just find it weird that it now boots more quickly
>than it used to, and wonder what it's now NOT doing that it used to do...
>
>Can anyone offer an explanation?
>

The progress bar is for entertainment only. If there's no problem what
are you obsessing about?

-G