Recent content by The Ghost

I recommentd only Intego and only if you want to protect some specific Window users or as many Windows users as you can. I am an OS X and a Windows user. Wearing my Windows cap, my opinion is that I should be responsible for taking care of myself. So, please don't run AV protection for my...

Only in rare cases would one need to defragment an OS X drive. In fact, doing so can actually produce slow downs. Check here. And, other things equal, the SATA drive should be faster. The only way I defragment is by cloning; I just use (Tiger) Disk Utility--which is excellent for cloning. Never...

You are very welcome. Why not do what is mentioned in 2 and 7? I have done it. And, doing so is very simple.

You are very welcome. I would not do any kind of update over an improperly functioning system. If I could not get the system working, then I would do an erase and install. If you end up starting over, then consider moving to Tiger. You might as well have the latest and greatest. Tiger works well...

Install Tiger on a partition on the external firewall. Then, clone the external to your internal. And, from my message 2,

I would do the following rather complete set of basic maintenance/troubleshooting tasks. 1. Empty the trash, and clear all browser caches; 2. Repair disk and repair permissions (go here); 3. Run the 3 periodic maintenance (cron) scripts (see above link); 4. Update the prebinding (see above...

1. Having things in inactive memory is to your advantage. OS X is predicting that (i.e., allowing for the idea that) your next request for instructions is likely to come from certain recently accessed instructions. There is not necessarily a problem in having a low amount of free memory in OS X...

Under what conditions do you get the message? I never get it. Is it a function of your ISP?

To be in compliance with Apple's user agreement, I think you will have to buy Panther. Edit: Maybe you have a purchased copy of Panther for your Mini.

Personally, I would do an archive and install/preserve user and network settings with Tiger. Doing so installs a completely new version of your system, retains your settings, files, installed software, etc., and provides a disabled system folder for you to reclaim anything you end up needing. If...

It looks like your problem is solved, so, for others, after installing Tiger and then 10.4.1, I had to reset the permissions on a few files/folders. Who knows why, but really no problem.

Did he disconnect the firewire before installing? If not, then not so good. He should try updating the drive's firmware.

I have zero problems with seamless wireless connections under 10.4.1. I am in France right now, in a hotel with 3 open wireless networks, and I move back and forth with no problems. You could try setting up a different location for each network, but I have no need to do so. Go figure.

1. Having things in inactive memory is to your advantage. OS X is predicting that [i.e., allowing for the idea that] your next request for instructions is likely to come from certain recently accessed instructions. There is ... [not necessarily a] problem in having a low amount of free memory in...

An archive and install/preserve user and network setting should work just as well provided that you uninstall Tiger-incompatible apps before. Be sure and repair permissions before and after.