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    iSync and P800 no go

    I've got my P800 synced, although it did not do it first time. On the second attempt, out of *nowehere* a wizard-type helper just appeared, took me through the process, and added the (previously) paired P800 to my iSync. Maybe just try the process again from scratch after the initial pairing...
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    10.2.5 slower than 10.2.4

    Regarding my mysterious slowdown, with finder stealing all the cycles - the answer was NOT 10.2.5. I saved a Nikon native format file (.NEF) on the esktop, and had my desktop display preferences set to "Show icon preview" and "Show item info". The finder seemingly went berserk trying to...
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    10.2.5 is here boys and gals...

    I have a weird problem with a slowdown with 10.2.5 ONLY on my PowerBook. Process Viewer says the Finder 60% to 99% of cpu use. When I remove the file "com.apple.finder.plist" and restart the finder, all returns to normal (around 0-1% of processer usage), and the computer re-establishes a virgin...
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    10.2.5 slower than 10.2.4

    I have a weird problem with a slowdown as well. I've tracked it down to the Finder stealing 60% to 99% of clock cycles in the Process Viewer. When I remove the file "com.apple.finder.plist" and restart the finder, all returns to normal (around 0-1% of processer usage), and the computer...
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    PPPoE ADSL "leaking" under 10.2.4

    Yes and Yes. Most embarrassed, however. I may have found the cause. Nothing too strange . Meteorologist was installed on all 3 machines, with a set of 20 cities, each with 15 min updates of 7 days of forecasts, each of 10 or so data points. That's 3 x 20 x 96 x 8 x 10 = 460,800 data points...
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    PPPoE ADSL "leaking" under 10.2.4

    I'm in Australia, on the Telstra BigPond network. I have run ADSL shared over Airport for the past two years without any problems (not true, really - Telstra has had more down-time than my old PB5300). Typical downloads for 18 months was 20 Mb per day. Recently, this escalated massively for no...
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    New save as PDF Feature in 10.2.4

    I've looked everywhere. This new hidden feature would transform printing for me if the scripts are as they appear. Where does everyone reckon we should keep our eyes open tocatch them when they appear?
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    Changing the location of Entourage database

    I've bought PGP for OS X, and want to keep my Entourage databases secure. This means placing them in a secure PGPdisc, mounted as a separate volume. I did, and placed an alias to Microsoft User Data in my home Documents folder, but Entourage did NOT like that at all. How do you put Microsoft...
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    Very strange printing problems

    My PB400 has been working near perfectly on an Airport network, printing to an old HP 6MP laser printer for the past year in OSX. I upgraded to 10.2.2 a week or two back with no printing problems. In the past few days, however, print jobs sent by every program EXCEPT Acrobat simply do NOT...
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    Passwords for Entourage accounts will not "stick"

    Strange problem has arisen for me in Entourage. Every time I collect my mail, it asks me for every single email account password. I put in the password, check the "Remember" box, and it happily collects my mail. Next time, same thing all over again. On checking the Account information, all of...
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    iPhoto 1.1.1 doesn't allow direct export to Homepage anymore?

    :eek: Looks like it is a "permissions" thing. Yuch. Log in as root user, start iPhoto (put an alias of the iPhoto Library folder in the Pictures folder in the root home directory) and voila - the icons are back in the share pane. Unfortunately, this does NOT help when logged back in...
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    iPhoto 1.1.1 doesn't allow direct export to Homepage anymore?

    This is a longish post, but I hope it may shed light on where the icons have gone. Mine have disappeared too, and although they are not yet back, I may have an idea of what is broken. My icons for export were showing up immediately after the upgrade from iPhoto 1.0 to 1.1.1. I created a...
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    TiBookers who want Quartz Extreme, unite! (Other unsupported ones, too!)

    Absolute and full agreement. I can live with the G3 iMacs not benefiting, but I cannot believe that Apple knew nothing of the next generation OS requirements a year ago when I bought mine. Some upgrade policy, at a fair price, is essential, IMHO. How can we put pressure on them, when they...
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