Is there a preference setting that will control this? I couldn't find one. Right now, the uninterruptible automatic sequence is: I download an application. It...
Good news. Problem solved. I can now run the Disk Utility/Permissions Repair without problem, after downloading iTunes 6.0.4. I am using OS X 10.3.9 on my...
I've got a theme I really like, but the text area is just too darn narrow for my tastes - so many things don't fit right in there. I use Ocadia as my theme,...
Check out the Apple web site to see the new iPod Hi-Fi. It lists for $349 (or $329 for students, or $321 for Government or Raytheon employees). Carl...
I'm a little hesitant to post this, because it doesn't work well enough for me, but there's a little more competition for the Adium instant messaging client...
better break things down for us. On Dianne's powerbook - what do her network settings look like? is it just set ot the defaults, like dhcp, no proxies or...
I recently got an airport extreme for my wife¹s powerbook. Got the powerbook to connect wirelessly to the internet, but can¹t get my G4 to connect thru the...
This one looks more serious than the others. http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20060221/tc_macworld/safari20060221 But I'm betting I'll see this in Software...
I picked up my Mac Book Pro today. so far what's screaming fast: - spotlight - quitting apps tested Photoshop Elements under Rosetta on the MBP vs. on the...
Macintosh While it had been expected that porting Linux to a Mactel (an Intel-processor Mac) would happen relatively quickly and despite rumors that Red Hat...
Previously, after installing iTunes 6.0.2 on my iMac G4 (with OS X 10.3.9) it prevented Disk Utility/Repair Permissions from working. The workaround was to...
MacHACers, I¹ve been trying to help two friends of ours get their new G5 iMac set up and running with an Airport Base station. We got their DSL set up and ...
Back around the time OS X 10.4 was released someone on MacHACers posted a message detailing the differences of networking 10.4 with the older versions of OS X...
I mentioned in the repair permissions thread that I too, had lost my ability to repair permissions. The reason I wanted to perform this generally useless...
When I tried to repair permissions (using Macaroni) I got this: *** malloc[807]: Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x430c6e0; This could be a double...
There's a trojan horse for the Mac out in the wild. don't panic though, it takes an active participation on the part of the user to get infected. The way it...
I'm curious... Do you read any magazines about portable computing? If so, which? Do you read any websites about portable computing? If so, which? And for Mac,...
Microsoft has announced 34 Office suites, programs, servers, services and tools—13 of which are new —that form part of its 2007 Microsoft Office family of...
You can get the latest Firefox (for Mac OS X) at: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/mozillafirefox.html It is Version 1.5.0.1 (posted...
Can I do the following? Create an alias of the Documents (or Music or Picture) folder in the user directory and have it point to the "real" directory on...
This topic comes up infrequently, thought its time for a refresher since the software has been updated. Some Mac files get generated with a resource fork...
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Thursby Software's DAVE as a Mac-to-PC alternative. They also have a new product that fully supports ActiveDirectory....
Hi folks, I need some advice. I have a close friend who's a Windows user and she wants to get a Mac. She recently opened up her own Physical Therapy practice...
One thing I forgot to mention that may affect things is that when she had the drop put into her office, the office manager said that they had to add another...
Thanks Allison, Charles and unix fan, Lots of very good information. First off, I don't believe she will be saving any data or doing any interaction with the...
