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Thanks for the reply. I can buy drives at wholesale price which is one-fifth the price of what apple would sell them for. It's just a matter of unscrewing the old drive from the drive module and screwing the new ones in..

Hi, I have got a xserve with 80gig HDD's in it. I want to upgrade the drives to 400GB ones. The Apple drive module for 400GB is really expensive. I was thinking of buying third party 400GB drives (50% off) and unscrewing the exisitng drives; just screwing the new hdds into the drive module...

I reckon this will make a cool application / plugin for OSX being able to customize the layout of the page at driver level than using printers... I mean letterheads can be expensive. E.g. we pay something like 5c per letterhead print.. but most often we email the document anyway.. I am...

It is not me who will be doing this actually. It's operator who prints out invoices from multiple systems.. they are expecting a solution that is not too technical for a simple minded operator. Anyway, thanks for your help with the word macro idea... I will have a go..

It is not me who will be doing this actually. It's operator who prints out invoices from multiple systems.. they are expecting a solution that is not too technical for a simple minded operator. Anyway, thanks for your help with the word macro idea... I will have a go..

Hi there, this can be a tough one, and I can't find a solution for it. I want to print letterhead. And when I print letterhead, I want to save the letterhead as pdf. We have a really high graphic letterhead. Currently we are having to print (physically) using a printer and then having to...

Hi there, this can be a tough one, and I can't find a solution for it. I want to print letterhead. And when I print letterhead, I want to save the letterhead as pdf. We have a really high graphic letterhead. Currently we are having to print (physically) using a printer and then having to...

Hi, I figured out a way to launch VNC using ssh and then control it remotely. It has worked out very well for me. I thought I share this tip with others as well. First of all, if you don’t know what VNC is, learn about it here: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ Basically, it’s a...

Not from shell - or inside the server. Pretty easy.. There was a clear discussion on it on some other forum.... try searching for sendmail... ( you will find it)

I have exactly the same problem. Please let me know if find a solution...

But what is a network time server? And which machine do I nominate as a network time server if my computer is already connected on the net as standalone server? Does the network time server has to be a macosx machine?

My MacOSX server's time seems to slow down. I set the date and time to correct last Sunday and today it was 20 minutes than the actual time.... Don't know why it happens. Anyway, is there anyway this can fixed? Can OSX update it's time from another server? Or else is there any command to...

I read on java in php at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.java.php When I try their example of: <?php // get instance of Java class java.lang.System in PHP $system = new Java('java.lang.System'); // demonstrate property access print 'Java...

Hi there, I have absolutely no idea about applescript. I have just began to learn because of urgency. But don't seem to find any info on how to take an screenshot using Applescript.. Can anyone help? please.......... Thanks...

Hi, I have ssh access to a MacOSX server 10.0.1. I don't have any physical access to it since it is about 900 km from I live. I need to install Filemaker in that computer. I can create a disk image of filemaker CD and upload it there. But how do I install it there? I believe...