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    DVD Ripper

    Ok thanks, I thought I downloaded and reinstalled the programs. I will do this after work tonight.
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    DVD Ripper

    I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and now Handbrake and Mac the Ripper no loger works. Can someone suggest a program I could use as a replacement?
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    the dreaded file sharing help

    I think that your router may have some sort of security feature that is preventing your Macs from seeing each other. Now you said that you can do everything on the Ethernet. I would also check you firewall on each Mac. Is there any 3rd party security software on your MACs. You said you can see...
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    iTunes pic issue

    Hello, I have been having issues lately with the album art. I download a lot of podcasts and lately iTunes has been getting the art work mixed up. Normally some podcasts don't have art for each file. Others have one for each chapter. Has anyone seen this before? Any help will be great.
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    the dreaded file sharing help

    Give me the IPs of the machines and router. Internal only not public. If you run this command on each Mac and show me the output that would be great. ifconfig -a This command will display all the IPs for all your networking devices on your Mac. I hope this helps.
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    DMG of Linux RAID Will Not Mount

    Hi, My Mac can't read my Linux disks for the most part. Parallels is a VM and sometimes VM have issues mounting physical devices. I would mount the disk to a a real Linux machine (non-VM), preferably the same distro as the RAID was created with. I beleive that you should remove as many variables...
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    Found the Perfect HandBrake settings for AppleTV

    Hi, I get a lot of the lines in the videos as well. Cartoons seem to have it more the live action. When I select the Apple tv 2 preset the 2-pass option is grayed out, is there anther way to check it? I have anther issue that has not been stated here yet. When I use handbrake sometimes on...
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    Terminal and hostname issue

    This is good info, but I'm not asking for info on how to customize the shell. I don't think you read my question. I'm asking why the GUI says one this and the terminal say anther.
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    Terminal and hostname issue

    I named my Macbook one thing but when I open the terminal it says something else. Not only that it changed from the last time I was in the terminal. My user name is different as well. How is this possible? If I use the GUI on anther machine it see the the name I named it, but if I use the...
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    What does the OS X Server have/do that I can't do on a Desktop mashine?

    Thank you for the info. Me and my coworkers thought it might be like this thanks. The info was most informative.
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    [Leopard]NFS Problems With long path

    Hi I am a solaris admin and I know that UNIX in general doesn't like spaces in filenames or directories. Try to rename the files and directories and take out the spaces. You can try using _ or - instead of using spaces. Also try "FileName" instead of "file name" I have seen many issues online...
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    Share PC internet to MAC

    Your telling me you don't have a router? Go to the store and buy a router and use that to share your internet connection.
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    What does the OS X Server have/do that I can't do on a Desktop mashine?

    Me and some of the guys a work where wondering if the OS X Server was worth it. Me and my coworkers are Sun Solaris System Administrators. We see that OS X is BSD or UNIX so what does the OS X server give you that can't be added to the desktop version? You can install web, app, LDAP, DNS, or any...
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    Can i switch my pc to a mac ?

    You can not legally install OS X on a PC but you can install Windows on a Mac. Networking and file shearing can be a real pain between a Mac and a PC for Mac newbes. Yes the Mac is compatible with Windows 7 networks. I use my Mac book on my network at home and the windows and Mac computers can...
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    Airport Extreme HD support

    I have been using the Airport Extreme and was wondering if the hard drive or file server feature works with UNIX or Linux. If anyone has used it with Unix or Linux can you tell me how you did it or if there is any work arounds I need to do? Mac is BSD or UNIX so I'm thinking It should work, but...
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    Forwarding ports correctly for Vuze (torrents) on a Apple Time Capsule

    I use Vuze all the time. You shouldn't need to configure anything. Vuze can get around your firewall without configuration, most of the time. If you set up port forwarding it will speed up your downloads. Is this only happening to one file or all your downloads? If it is just one file it's the...
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    Possible to stream all audio over local network?

    Hi, Here are some options that might be able to help. you can use the apple product "AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n and AirTunes". Link below. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB321LL/A/AirPort-Express-AirTunes One thing you might want to consider is not to use VNC. Just...
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    cannot conect to wireless modem anymore

    If you have never been able to login to a wifi then you might want to take it in to the mac store. Your Wifi nic might be bad.
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    Internal HD issues

    Hi, use spinrite on the drive http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm it can some times repair the drive or get it running long enough to backup the contents on it.
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    Lost without my mac - please help!

    Hi, You might want to check the hard drive. remove it and put it in anther mac and see if you can access the HD. If you can do this copy your files off it. if you can't run a hard drive program on it like spin right. You might try connecting it to a external display like a monitor or a TV. The...
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