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Font Reserve has a simple mouse click to remove unnecessary system fonts. The only required fonts for a OS X installation (English language) are: AquaKanaBold AquaKanaRegular Courier Geneva Helvetica Keyboard LastResort LucidaGrande Monaco I would think you can trust Font...

You can prevent a movie from ever being loaded in the browser's cache by using a decoy movie, the QTSRC parameter, and QTSRCDONTUSEBROWSER. So the movie is held only in ram. What utility can look into your ram and extract and save the quicktime video to disk?

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You could try Diskrecall. Disk Recall - is a super-fast disk and FTP cataloger. It creates catalogs of any type of disk (floppies, hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zips, Sy-Quests, AppleShare volumes, etc...). It features an intuitive Finder-like list view for browsing disk contents, and a powerful...

Go to www.bombich.com. Everything is there on how to do it. Several methods are given. I use Apple Software restore method because it was the easiest for me to understand. With this I can get my OS X 10.1.3 with all its setting in place plus a cut down Classic and OS 9.2.2 full install onto one...

Now that you have OS X 10.1.3 just how you want it, consider making yourself a rescue disk or image of what you have now. I have screwed my OS X several times and went through the bloody re-install drama and it is a real pain. With a rescue disk I don't give a dam if OS X goes bad. A couple...

Start up holding down the Command key + S. Run fsck -y when you get the command prompt. If it says your system files have been modified repeat fsck -y until it no longer says this. Then type reboot and press return. Hope fully your system X will startup.

There is a speed inprovement if you run only in full screen mode.

They look like the instructions that were floating about for a certain 3D application having a version number 3.5. If they are, forget it. From what you describe those instructions are incomplete , and won't work.

With the release of OS X 10.1 Apple changed access to iDisk from Appletalk Filing Protocol (AFP) to WebDAV which is as slow as a wet week. To get your old speed back, from the menu bar select Go...Connect to server and enter afp://idisk.mac.com. Enter your username and password when asked, and...

RE: Unwanted Clock Date Reset. I have the same problem on my dual processor. I read one poster saying this is prevalent on the dual Mac's and is expected to be fixed in 10.1.3 Meantime you can go to VersionTracker and down load Bad Clock Detector 2.0. Its better than nothing and at least...

Maybe it can be looked as two different system problems. Problematical and Totally Hosed. Problematical: You know what your problem is, but not exactly what file and you reinstall in the manner described, and you have no problems whatsoever. Thats not unexpected. I'd give that a go if I...

If you accept that you have a corrupt system, and nobody can interpret the console messages for you, then a reinstall is obviously required. If you have one or more corrupt files in your system, finding that file(s)amongst the tens of thousands files OS X installs, is in the snowballs category...

You are chasing your tail if you are trying to use Startup Manager to change your startup system if you have Mac OS X and Mac OS on the same volume. It can't be done. You can use either of your respective install CD's (X or 9) or use Startup Disk contained in System Preferences to change...

You can probably squeeze more speed out of OS X when Classic is running by having a browse of Mike Bombich site at http://www.bombich.com/ There are some pearls of wisdom there including how to make a lean, mean and fast Classic system among other gems. Also see...