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I'm not sure about the brightness settings not remembering itself, but I am getting that weird image you are describe on shutdown as well. In fact, I've had variations of it since 10.0 when it booted up, right before the screen showed the progress window (starting services). Now in Jag since...

So as long as one knows the exact filename one can do whatever he wants to the file within the write-only directory. There's probably a good reason for it, but it seems kind of like a security flaw to me, because if you have confidential information in a drop box someone could guess the filename...

I just did something I don't think the Finder is supposed to have permission to do. Say you have 2 users on your OS X installation. You log in as yourself (an admin user), and drag a file from your Desktop to the other users /Public/Drop Box folder. So far so good, right? You're not supposed...

this is a guess, but maybe the weird colors are because you're using sub-pixel anti-aliasing of fonts? see http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/macosx-10.2/macosx-10.2-6.html#new-features about 1/4 way down the page. I think if you select the bottom three options in SysPrefs/General, OS X uses...

I thought it was just the HD spinning up - not the logic board or anything, because even though the sound does come from the inside, if you listen carefully you can hear the HD read/write heads or whatever they are unparking/moving (unless it was a coincidence when I listened). Funny thing is...

What Desktop looks like with a custom group selected:

When you select a non-Apple group/option from the "Collection" menu, then you have those options. When you select a pre-installed Apple group of images, then those options go away because System Preferences knows the right size. (It knows it shouldn't tile Faux Fur because it's a full size...

what if you don't apply the update intentionally (or aren't tech-savvy and don't know about it)? Can you be arrested by the French police;)? Je pense que j'irai jusqu'à l'un officier police et essai pour l'obliger à m'arrêter la fois prochaine que je suis en France. "Translation" provided...

I have the exact same laptop as you, and in my experience, OS X (since at least 10.1.5) recognizes firewire PC cards as soon as you plug them in - the drivers are written by apple. Just pop in the card, and menu extra for PC cards will appear in the upper right. Click on the menu and the vendor...

it's pretty easy. pop over to terminal, and type in "sudo rm " without the quotes. then find that stubborn file on your desktop, drag it into the terminal window, and push return. It will ask for your password, type it in and then it will work. (you usually have to click on the desktop before it...

ah, that's good to know. :) what happens though if you want to just limit access? is it possible, or is it a "everybody's allowed" or "nobody's allowed" vs. "my upstairs comp (IP address) is allowed but nobody else" system?

Sorry if everybody know this already, but I just found this cool new Jaguar feature after watching Phil Schiller's Seybold 2002 Keynote: You can directly access the CUPS Unix printing system from within your web browser! It's kind of like configuring a router from within your browser...

Actually, if you are talking about what I think you are talking about, the "problem" you are having is the Universal Access screen flash. If you go to the Universal Access sys pref, go to the visual tab and enable the screen flashing, then you can enable this flash for every alert. (I enable...

Apple just released the iSync beta within the last two minutes... Have fun! :)

...maybe you guys don't realize this but the iPod's HD spins down once 32 MB of songs have been loaded into it's RAM chip - the drive's heads park. This means that since the HD is not spinning, less battery power is used, and dropping/running with/etc. the iPod in that state is not nearly as...

hmm...well, I don't really know what the problem is, but judging from the replies you've got, karavite, maybe your POP/whatever mail server isn't configured properly? For some people it works, (including me although I've only tried Word documents), but for 2 people it doesn't...have you tried...

it happens more when the hard drive is being accessed, especially written to. The heat gets so bad that the screen turns black in a gradient from bottom (black) to top (clear)! I thought that was a problem with my specific iPod and added it to my kaputt battery problem when I returned my iPod to...

Ha ha ha...you think your speed sucks eh? Try running any slightly processor intensive program (like iTunes) on a $3000 WallStreet G3 300 like mine which was promised to be able to run OS X fully - I get a 5 seconds spinning beachball of death with every app's 1st launch, about 1 second for 2nd...

Sorry, but the startup sound is stored in the firmeware of the computer, not the OS. Therefore, you can only change the chime by updating (hacking? :D) your computer's firmware, not by replacing some hidden sound file...

I don't know how Mac-savvy you are, but have you checked the option in Energy Saver to put the computer to sleep? If you have and it still doesn't work, try resetting the PRAM (restart comp, hold down Cmd-Opt-P-R until you hear startup chime 2nd time (or third time, fourth time, fifth time if...