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    ZFS for OSX: summer 2011

    A company called Ten's Complement is releasing ZFS for OS X this summer, 2011. ZFS has a lot of interesting features however, Wikipedia lists high fragmentation due to copy-on-write as a potential issue. Furthermore ZFS has no defragmentation tool. Is this still true or is that information...
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    Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server

    Can the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server be used as a "headless server", ie no keyboard, mouse or monitor?
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    Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server

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    airport disables after sometime

    Does this describe your problem? http://macosx.com/forums/networking-compatibility/310129-difficulty-joining-wireless-lan-connection-timeout-canon-printer-driver.html
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    email: Is there a way to group "read" messages in a folder?

    I would like to create a folder that has only messages from one person in it. I tried using "smart mailboxes" however, messages that have already been received and read can not be placed into these mailboxes. Is there any way to do what I want in Mac Mail?
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    Mail not counting unread messages properly

    I have two Imap accounts, gmail and one other and often the Mail program does not properly count the number of messages that are left unread. Frequently I will read a message in the unified "inbox" and then the same message will still be left "unread" in the gmail inbox. I'm using Snow Leopard...
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    simple sed question

    What is wrong with this bash command? $ sed -i 's/localhost/myurl/g' myfile.php sed: 1: "myfile.php": command a expects \ followed by text Why doesn't this work to replace localhost with myurl in all php files? $ sed -i 's/localhost/myurl/g' *.php sed: 1: "myfile.php": command a...
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    Snow Leopard PHP & MySQL, can't connect

    Problem solved. Edit the /etc/php.ini file. Everywhere you find /var/mysql/mysql.sock change to /tmp/mysql.sock then restart the web server.
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    Snow Leopard PHP & MySQL, can't connect

    I suspect that there is something I need to configure for PHP to properly connect to MySQL, however I do not know what that might be. phpinfo() outputs: mysql MySQL Support enabled Active Persistent Links 0 Active Links 0 Client API version mysqlnd 5.0.5-dev - 081106 - $Revision: 1.3.2.27 $...
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    Snow Leopard PHP & MySQL, can't connect

    Yes, I did take the code from the web, however, I made sure to change the parameters to make certain they were correct for my installation. I did change the parameter values again, for posting purposes.
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    Snow Leopard PHP & MySQL, can't connect

    I've enabled php in httpd.conf, copied php.ini.default to php.ini, and it works fine with <?php phpinfo(); ?> However, when I attempt to connect to the running MySQL 5.1.38 database ( installed today, 64 bit version ) via php, I get an "unable to connect" error from this code: <html>...
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    difficulty joining wireless LAN, connection timeout, Canon printer driver

    I recently started having trouble connecting to my wireless LAN with a MBP ( at first running the latest version of Leopard, and now Snow Leopard with the same problems ), however all of my other computers, a uMBP-17 and two Wintel PCs had no trouble connecting at all. The symptoms included not...
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    VMware Fusion -> Parallels?

    I would like to switch from VMWare Fusion to Parallels. Are there any tools available to transplant a Windows XP installation from VMWare Fusion to a Parallels? I have a complicated environment established that took a very long time to install and I do not have time to reproduce it.
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    Which channel is my MBP using, 2.4 or 5 Ghz?

    I have a first generation MBP running 10.5.8. I am also using an Airport Extreme base station with the latest firmware. How can I discover which network channel my MBP is using, 2.4 or 5 Ghz?
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    port forwarding on airport extreme

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    port forwarding on airport extreme

    I can't change the port the program is using from preferences so, I can only use this one program on one computer on my LAN? Any other computer on my LAN that attempts to use this program will be blocked? Is there a way I can open a port for everyone on my AirPort Basestation?
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    port forwarding on airport extreme

    I am using a new airport extreme base station I purchased today and I have upgraded to the latest firmware. I need to run an application which needs port X open, tcp & udp. I need to run this application on all the computers on my network. it appears I can only open this service for one IP...
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    Mac Mail and GMail, 2 computer confusion

    I have a gmail account and I've been using Mac Mail on my first computer for a year without problems. Today I bought a second Mac and configured Mail and the new computer will not download, or otherwise let me see, messages that I have already read. Furthermore, if one computer downloads a new...
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    framerate of MBP at 2560 by 1600

    I'd like to know what I could expect in both cases.
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    framerate of MBP at 2560 by 1600

    I just ordered a 17 inch MBP, 3Ghz with 7200rpm HD. I'm thinking about buying a monitor with resolution of 2560 by 1600, either the Apple or the Samsung 305T. Does anyone know what kind of frame rate I can expect at 2560 by 1600 when playing popular games like World of Warcraft, etc... ? July...
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