Recent content by Ian Goddard

I periodically find that I cannot empty trash. Seems it is a specific type of file that causes this - I get something like "Cannot empty trash - error 50." Choices are "Stop" or "Continue" I continue to hit continue until eventually there are some files that just will not erase. (Various...

How about storing sensitive files in a DropBox folder?

The Maddog external drive seems to be no longer manufactured - drivers are hard to get if not impossible. I downloaded PatchBurn (and also changed to a USB cable instead of the FireWire) and it is now working. Thx to Eric2006

Have you clicked the specific Mail account you are going to use? - If you have multiple signatures Mail puts them all into the "All Signatures" category at the top of the Account column. You have drag the signature you want to use to the account you are going to use

I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone main drive to 2nd drive - solved it! This solution allows me to boot from either drive and/or to to delete Microsoft Office and other drive hogs on main drive so that it runs cleaner and use these programs on second drive where I can now save files on the same...

Hi Dickster, Many thanks for your response; unfortunately the second drive does not show up in the system preferences. I am going to try ElDiabloConCaca's solution. Currently I am cloning the main drive to the second drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. This indicates that the clone will be...

I have a Mac G4 with two hard drives installed. The Main drive (original) is a 38.18 GB. The Second drive - (I added later) is a 149.05 GB. It has Mac OS X 10.4.11 installed. This Mac does not have a DVD drive, only CD-RW. Also, I have no critical data on here - I use it as a utility...

I am having a problem with text formatting in Mail. Apparently I have inadvertently changed the "style" - the lines of text are very close together. I need to increase the spacing How can I change the line spacing? In Mail; If I go to Format, Style, Styles, it brings up a box with 'Default'...

I notice a significant difference in internet "speed" between my Ethernet connection and my AirPort Extreme card. Using Speedtest.net with the ethernet connected I get about 6730 kb/s. Disconnecting the ethernet and turning the Airport on I get about 3700 kb/s. Same router, etc. I have an...

Great answer - big help - I was tearing my hair out trying to "right click" until I read your suggestion. Keeping my other finger off the left side of the Mighty Mouse works! Many thanks

OK - so I "Restored" the iPod - it wiped all the data and reloaded the Music, videos, etc. elimintating the backup. Hell of a way to run a business!

After setting my Pod to "Enable disk use" I copied my Music file from iTunes onto my iPod using Finder - as a backup. I now have 24 GB shown as "other" on my Pod. So, I now want to move that backup back onto my Mac Hard Drive BUT it does not show up in Finder - or anywhere else, when I...

All, Hey! It works - The Windows Firewall does not seem to be the problem but I can connect with the smb:// path. Who knew?? Thanks very much Assegai

I have a PowerPC G4 running Mac OSX 10.4.8. I am connected through a router to a Win XP machine. I can "see" the Mac from the Win PC but I cannot "see" the Windows PC from the Mac. I have enabled Sharing on both PC's - There are other PC's on my home network, I can access them from the...

Thanks for your help. It turned out to be more than sharing. gshali was a big help and gave me instructions on how to do it. I am adding the link here for anyone who has a similar problem. http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3000.html I can now use the printer from either PC or Mac - works...