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If you need to edit a root-owned system configuration file, it is possible to do so with a graphical text editor, for example. Carbon Applications Older Carbon applications have to be run via LaunchCFMApp because they are in the wrong binary format for Mac OS X, so LaunchCFMApp handles the...

The command is simply open (which can also be used for opening directories). The most basic example of launching an application: open /path/to/some.app More complex possibilities also exist: open "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/foo.txt" opens the document in the default application for its type (as...

It's a part of the Dock.app application. You can't change it as you would a normal Application icon (i.e. pasting an icon in the Get Info window). Candybar, amongst others, can do it. http://www.iconfactory.com/cb_home.asp (This post belongs in another forum, not the HOWTO archive.)

You may also need to fix the default tcsh environment as well: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26337

Aquisition is not-yet-1.0 software. It has its share of bugs, one of which is an obvious memory leak. Try an alternative file sharing application.

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Attached is Gadget.

*edit* It won't fit within the forum size limitation.

http://homepage.mac.com/samchops/MACOSX/build.html

Sonnet Technologies cards are the best in terms of support and driver quality (US$90-100): http://sonnettech.com/product/tempo_ata133.html Acard (the base card for Sonnet's card) offers a more generic, cheaper offering (US$95): http://www.acard.com/eng/product/adapter/mac/ide/aec-6280m.html...

The basic syntax is: ln -s source-file target-file (sometimes you will need to use it in conjunction with sudo, depending on the location of the symbolic link. Also, don't forget to specify the path to the file also). You will find that these commands are your friends: which whatis man (telling...

Again diskutil is the utility of choice: sudo sudo diskutil enableJournal / sudo diskutil disableJournal / or for a non-boot volume: sudo diskutil enableJournal /Volumes/volumename sudo diskutil disableJournal /Volumes/volumename

Usually exponential CPU usage is attributable to FireWire devices -- support for which is very buggy under OS X 10.2-10.2.4. Does your iBook have two FireWire ports? If so, try using the other port and see if you get the same behavior. If you have a FireWire hub, try disconnecting it and see if...

DiskCopy can make a 'DVD/CD Master' disc image from any CD-ROM (which is an .iso in disguise as a .cdr.dmg).