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    Leopard (10.5) Finder not responding

    I ended up doing a clean install and the system has been solid ever since.
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    Leopard (10.5) Finder not responding

    Repair Disk option off the DVD gave my drive a clean bill of health. Doing Permissions Repair now. I believe I've tried Safe Boot (with the shift key) but the finder continued to lock up. I'll check com.apple.finder.plist I let the machine do it's thing for 30+min, finder never released. I'll...
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    Leopard (10.5) Finder not responding

    I just did a Archive and Install option on Leopard, machine does boot, but right as the finder should pop, i get the beach ball of death. cmd-opt-esc shows the finder is not responding. Forcing quiting it get a bit further, my startup items launch, but soon after that finder stops responding...
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    How do your reset the network interface in 10.4?

    Can anyone provide me with the command that would allow me to stop and start the network interface in OS X 10.4 Back in the day this command used to work: /system/library/startupitems/networkextansions/networkextensions stop /system/library/startupitems/networkextansions/networkextensions...
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    OS X as a tftp server

    As much as I like dabbling in terminal to get TFTP working, here is a great GUI app that does it all for you.. TFTServer 3.1 (http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Network-Admin/TftpServer.shtml) works with 10.2 and later. I just used it to update some Dell switches under 10.4.8. Well worth the $12...
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    Hard drive space disapearing

    dont' know how comfortable you feel using the terminal, but this command should do it: cd /private/var/log/ sudo rm -f windowserver_last.log you will be prompted for your machine password. GL
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    solutions for viewing remote desktop

    the cost of Apple Remote Desktop is what's stopping me. Hope Apple provides us with something soon. Gotta love Remote Desktop Connection that comes built in with XP.
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    solutions for viewing remote desktop

    Can I get some suggestions on what to use allow me to remotly view my Mac desktop at home? Currently I'm using VNC, (with OSXvnc), works, but it's slow overall, I have to go 8bit color to make up for the redraw. Also how do I change the resolution without going full screen on the VNC client...
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    Hard drive space disapearing

    that directory is for your Virtual memory swap files. The only way you can delete them is in terminal with sudo command. But I'm not sure if you should be deleting them. How much memory do you have on your system?
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    change in /etc/hosts file stays... caching?

    Very odd behavior I've experienced when dealing the /etc/hosts file. I wanted to modify the host file. I checked the ping prior to the change, made the modification to the /etc/hosts file and instantly my next ping command took the hosts file change in effect. All worked as I expected...
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    Where did number of items in folder go?

    can't save it as an app since I would have to modify the the folder location in the script. It it possible to write a script that will do what ever action you want on the highlighted folder?
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    Where did number of items in folder go?

    has anyone found any utility that would make the process quicker? The script is nice, but I won't have it on my when I go on a friends Mac.
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    Where did number of items in folder go?

    Mikuro, thank you for the script. That worked out well.
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    Where did number of items in folder go?

    What ever happened to the Get Info command that it would show number if items inside the folder? Yesterday I tried copied a folder and wanted to make sure everything came across. the Get Info command no longer tells you how many items are in the folder!? How would I find out if the two...
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    Hard drive space disapearing

    The best tool I found for location large files is OmniDiskSweeper. It will help you locate folders that for some reason have gotten out of control. Most likely it could be one of your log folders.
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