Recent content by JPigford

So we've got a few computes that share a single iPhoto library that is store on an external Mac mini. It works fine in that all the computers can access and use the same iPhoto library, but the problem I'm having is say Computer One uploads photos to the library and then I fire up iPhoto from...

Okay...so you're saying if it DOES have Gigabit then it would be better to use and if it DOES NOT then the lacie drive would be better?

So I just got a new Lacie Ethernet Disk mini that I'll be hooking up to my router. I also have a "spare" Mac mini that I thought about using as a file server. Both would just be connected to the router. Which do you think would be faster in terms of access speeds? The Mac mini or the Lacie...

In the past day or so I've noticed that my mouse pointer no longer reacts to certain things or gets stuck on a specific pointer. For instance, in Safari when I mousover links that should change on mouseover (change color/underline/etc)...they don't and the cursor stays an arrow instead of...

Can't say I know a bit of AppleScript.

I have a set of folders that whenever I restart my machine they get removed (they're in the /tmp directory as they are temporary cache files). Right now I'm manually re-creating those folders whenever I restart. So how could I automatically create the set of folders on startup? I need...

What would be the best way to get PHP, MySQL, Ruby/Rails, and Apache all running happily on OS X?

I've got a Powermac G5 and my wife has an Intel Mac mini. I'm always needing to test website in IE/Win and use the evil that is Virtual PC. But since my wife's mac mini can run parallels, which would certainly run faster, is there a way I could access her computer on my desktop and test sites in...

In the past day or so I've noticed that my mouse pointer no longer reacts to certain things or gets stuck on a specific pointer. For instance, in Safari when I mousover links that should change on mouseover (change color/underline/etc)...they don't and the cursor stays an arrow instead of...

I'm not really interested in selling it. We want to keep it around to atleast watch movies on trips and what not.

We just got my wife a mac mini. Now we have a fully functional G3 iBook. Any ideas what we could do with it?

Well...I guess it is...

My PowerMac G5 is running with the following temperatures: CPU A - 141 ºF CPU B - 131 ºF GPU - 179 ºF CPU B Ambient - 123 ºF