Recent content by Saxphile

I thought the issue was resolved in 10.4.1? It was caused by long computer names, so check System Preferences -> Sharing and make sure you name reasonably short (less than 16 I think).

Actually 10.4.1 did fix the problem, although the firewire drive is still very slow. I've confirm with a few people with similar hardware setup, and they didn't have any problems, so this is likely an isolated case (broken enclosure?). Anyway, I've decided to get another firewire case to get rid...

Just wanted to know ASAP if it has any issues. So far it runs great for me. Not significantly increase in speed, but it did fixed my firewire drive which was having problems in 10.4.0. Inputs?

I only discovered this problem yesterday, and I think it is a general issue. Since it's hard to detect the corruptions, I think I need to warn people before they merrily put all their data onto their external hard drive. My configuration is as follows: Powerbook G4 1.33G, 1G RAM, 60G HD...

The second point is interesting. I run Classic on 10.3.9 server often, and I don't really see a difference in speed (iMac G5 1.8G).

Actually the first Gen iMac G5 was the only CPU from Apple in recent years that does not have an international power supply. In the US and Japanese market it was sold with a 110V only PSU, but everywhere else it came with an international one. One possible explanation is that 110V PSU generates...

Applewhore has already answered your question, but since this is really helpful for people outside USA (like me), I'll try to make it a little more clear. If you navigate to your location in AccuWeather (Phoenix, AZ in this case), the url would be...

For people whose Spotlight didn't index everything: Force Spotlight to reindex your hd by typing this in Terminal: sudo mdutil -E / For people who had problem with the weather widget: Go to AccuWeather.com and find your location. Paste the part in the resulting URL after "&zipcode="...