Recent content by RyanA

I'm using mail with three IMAP accounts, all of which are using the same SMTP account. It's my own mail server, so I know this works. My problem is that randomly, messages will not send. I'll resend, and resend, and eventually they will go, but I have not been able to generate a repeatable...

I don't think that's the case, actually. I've had no problems with thumbdrives and such, but I've never been able to do the removable hard drive thing with that player on the PC either. It's totally tied to Rio's crappy, crappy software.

That's what I figured... I was hoping there was some kind of hack for it, but I still have the PC, so no big deal.

I've recently just switched to Mac, and I'm in the middle of trying to make all of my existing peripherals work on my PowerBook. I can't seem to get the computer to even recognize my MP3 player. I've plugged in the USB and I get absolutely nothing. Does anyone have any experience with...

I've just recently switched to Mac, and I'm looking for a decent FTP client. I used to use FireFTP on Windows, and I'm using CyberDuck right now. For some reason, I can't seem to get it to list the directory contents. Everything logs in fine, but it just won't list. Has anyone had that...

Wow - this is all great information. Thanks to everyone who responded. However, as a lifetime PC user, I have to ask: what do you mean I don't need a virus scanner? Are there no Mac viruses?

Okay... I don't have a Mac yet, but in 3-6 days I will be the proud owner of a lovely Mac PowerBook G4 15". So here's the thing: I have a PC, which is pretty much loaded to the tits with open source software. Just about everything I do is on open source software, because I'm a big fan of...