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    ZFS for OSX: summer 2011

    A company called Ten's Complement is releasing ZFS for OS X this summer, 2011. ZFS has a lot of interesting features however, Wikipedia lists high fragmentation due to copy-on-write as a potential issue. Furthermore ZFS has no defragmentation tool. Is this still true or is that information...
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    Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server

    Can the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server be used as a "headless server", ie no keyboard, mouse or monitor?
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    Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server

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    email: Is there a way to group "read" messages in a folder?

    I would like to create a folder that has only messages from one person in it. I tried using "smart mailboxes" however, messages that have already been received and read can not be placed into these mailboxes. Is there any way to do what I want in Mac Mail?
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    Mail not counting unread messages properly

    I have two Imap accounts, gmail and one other and often the Mail program does not properly count the number of messages that are left unread. Frequently I will read a message in the unified "inbox" and then the same message will still be left "unread" in the gmail inbox. I'm using Snow Leopard...
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    simple sed question

    What is wrong with this bash command? $ sed -i 's/localhost/myurl/g' myfile.php sed: 1: "myfile.php": command a expects \ followed by text Why doesn't this work to replace localhost with myurl in all php files? $ sed -i 's/localhost/myurl/g' *.php sed: 1: "myfile.php": command a...
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    Snow Leopard PHP & MySQL, can't connect

    I've enabled php in httpd.conf, copied php.ini.default to php.ini, and it works fine with <?php phpinfo(); ?> However, when I attempt to connect to the running MySQL 5.1.38 database ( installed today, 64 bit version ) via php, I get an "unable to connect" error from this code: <html>...
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    difficulty joining wireless LAN, connection timeout, Canon printer driver

    I recently started having trouble connecting to my wireless LAN with a MBP ( at first running the latest version of Leopard, and now Snow Leopard with the same problems ), however all of my other computers, a uMBP-17 and two Wintel PCs had no trouble connecting at all. The symptoms included not...
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    VMware Fusion -> Parallels?

    I would like to switch from VMWare Fusion to Parallels. Are there any tools available to transplant a Windows XP installation from VMWare Fusion to a Parallels? I have a complicated environment established that took a very long time to install and I do not have time to reproduce it.
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    Which channel is my MBP using, 2.4 or 5 Ghz?

    I have a first generation MBP running 10.5.8. I am also using an Airport Extreme base station with the latest firmware. How can I discover which network channel my MBP is using, 2.4 or 5 Ghz?
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    port forwarding on airport extreme

    I am using a new airport extreme base station I purchased today and I have upgraded to the latest firmware. I need to run an application which needs port X open, tcp & udp. I need to run this application on all the computers on my network. it appears I can only open this service for one IP...
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    Mac Mail and GMail, 2 computer confusion

    I have a gmail account and I've been using Mac Mail on my first computer for a year without problems. Today I bought a second Mac and configured Mail and the new computer will not download, or otherwise let me see, messages that I have already read. Furthermore, if one computer downloads a new...
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    framerate of MBP at 2560 by 1600

    I just ordered a 17 inch MBP, 3Ghz with 7200rpm HD. I'm thinking about buying a monitor with resolution of 2560 by 1600, either the Apple or the Samsung 305T. Does anyone know what kind of frame rate I can expect at 2560 by 1600 when playing popular games like World of Warcraft, etc... ? July...
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    make a music compilation CD

    Is there any software that makes it easy to construct a music compilation CD? Maybe something that would create a CDR image from multiple music CD sources? I'd like the result to be playable in a standard CD player.
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    xorgconfig & MacBook Pro

    Could anyone post the monitor settings ( hsync, vsync ) for a MacBook Pro ( original with ATI Radeon X1600 ) ? Thank you
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    mac Mail autofill reset

    When I create a new message in Mac Mail and I type in the "To" field, auto-fill attempts to guess who I want to send the message to. This would be fine, however, there are many addresses it has stored that I no longer want to pop up as possible auto-fill selections. How do I reset the auto-fill...
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    iphone car audio system & wish for CarPod

    Sadly Apple has yet to produce the "CarPod", ie an Apple-branded car audio "head unit". So, I would like to buy a car audio "head unit" that integrates with the iPhone 3G so I can listen to the music on it as well as make phone calls through the car audio system. I was looking at the Eclipse...
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    Time Machine + 2 external HDs

    I have Time Machine running on an external USB HD. If I buy another external HD and plug that into my firewire port will Time Machine do incremental backups of the firewire HD in addition to my primary system disk?
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    Time Machine transplant?

    I need to wipe the HD on my MBP and re-install OS X Leopard. Can I use Time Machine to back up my current installation, then re-install OS X, then restore my system from Time Machine?
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    which camcorder?

    I'm looking for a Sony or Canon camcorder under $400, new, that stores footage on flash memory cards and uses a storage format compatible with iMovie '07 or '08. Any recommendations? Why doesn't iMovie directly support mpeg2 when so many cameras seem to use that as a storage format?
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