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Her Filevault protected home directory (name.sparseimage) could be hidden, but I think that they are usually visible in the MACHINENAME-->USERS--> folder, as long as you are not logged into that account. You can try a search for hidden files with .sparse or .sparseimage in the filename, just...

The way you descibe this machine looking for network servers and remote disks at startup, refusing to boot from unauthorised startup disks (firmware password enabled), plus your 'Friend' not knowing either the password(s) or having the Install Disk, sounds very much like your 'friend' acquired...

Ah... I see it requires an ActiveX Plugin. Didn't those still work on the Mac version of IE5.x? (Which, unfortunately, DOESN'T allow spoofing).

Firefox, Omniweb, and a few other browsers allow you to spoof (fake) the browser ID so sites that request a particular browser – VERY bad form on the part of the web developers of that site – can be tricked into letting you in. It's pretty rare that the sites ACTUALLY need to use something...

The Shared directory in the Users folder is accessable by all users on the computer. Copy or move the files there, and she will be able to access them from her account and copy or move them to hers.

If it's happening while you are rebooted into Single User Mode (reboot while holding down Apple S at Startup), then it's not an OSX software issue, as it hasn't been loaded at that point. It might just be the case that you don't like the way Apple's keyboards work. I personally like a...

You should find that in her user directory there are none, or (usually) only a couple of folders, plus the Filevault encrypted disc image, which will be named something like Username.sparseimage (an expanding and contracting disc image format that contains the bulk of her home directory...

You have segmented files - Get a joiner application such as SplitAndConcact. It's Donationware (free but you are encouraged to donate if you like it), and works very well and is very easy. Here is the link to it on Macupdate.com http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/9545

Unfortunately this is one of the things that Linux and even Windows (Blergh) does way better than Mac OSX, as OSX doesn't appear to cache it's file icons, and seems to chug whenn it DOES redraw them (each time). It's been something that's frustrated me whenever I see how well it work kon the...

First of all, welcome to Freehand hell. FH10 (FHX) and Freehand MX was the downhill slide for Macromedia. (I've used it commercially for more than 5 years). CMYK images are be fine in FH, but don't use the Export PDF function in FH as it is just a nasty one that macromedia cludged together, not...

The default installs often aren't perfect. The permissions often need a repair. I personally do a clean install as soon as I pull the machine out of the box.

Apparently some Windows Media Player video files won't play back if they are played from a directory with non-ASCI characters in the name (eg: ü î á). This 'may' explain why it plays from the Mail.app temp directory (where mail attachments are stored when they are downloaded), but not from...

Out of curiosity, are you using any third party USB sound cards like the Griffin iMic?

Don't forget the encoding process which happens when you attach a file to an email message. Depending on the encoding method (eg, AppleDouble, UU etc), you can have varying file sizes - but ALL will be larger than that of the original file.

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I'm trying to create a Automator action to bundle a selection of files to a new folder. The Automator workflow will prompt me to select an arbitrary selection of files or folders (from a single location), create a new folder (which it will prompt me to enter a name for), then move the selected...

Seeking a working Quicksilver Logic board (it will be replacing a blown one in a 733MHz model, though any from the Quicksilver range will do). Happy to pay up to around US$250 incl. shipping to New Zealand. Anyone have this part?

Assuming that MPlayer is able to view the stream you are connecting to, go to the file menu and select "Open Location" an paste the URL into the window that appears. If MPlayer isn't able to display the particular WMV video or audio format in the stream, you'll have to try the (horrible) Windows...

Since Quicktime supports Applescript, my initial suggestion would be to make a drop folder with an applescript attached that performs the encoding, or if you are using OSX Tiger, create an Automator workflow that does the same. The settings you will need to use are available in this article...

Remember that Mac OSX can only READ NTFS, so while your PC volume on that partitioned drive will show up under OSX and files will be readable, you won't be able to change, save or write in any way to that volume. If you only intend to WRITE to that volume from your PC, then that's fine. But...