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I'm running 4K78 here and wasn't able to su or log in as root. the reason: by default there is no System Administrator created. to remedy the problem, boot from the CD and then create a new Root (System Administrator) user from the Menu.

Wow! that worked great! Had to reset the Root password (I don't remember the installer asking for Root-level info) and I didn't have to Log-out before being able to use the new preferences. with this hack you can set the Orientation (Top, Bottom, Left, Right) and the Pin (anchor the Dock to...

This version of the Mac OS has never been called Mac OS Ex. From the very first announcement that Apple made about the product, it was pronounced "ten." Mac OS Ex sounds too much like Mac OSSex -- which is something that Apple would like to avoid... not to mention it makes it sound like...

Well, the only USB device I have is the mouse. I went into the TIL and found a document entitled: "Power Mac G4: Screen Is Black, No Boot Tone, LED is Lit" which pretty much describes my condition. I've attempted to 'reset the logic board' by pressing the button once. No luck. I'm now...

400MHz AGP G4 Tower

Nope. In order to do that the machine has to actually attempt to boot -- it doesn't. right now, it's a very expensive door stop.

I decided that with the upcoming release of X that I would back everything up to a local server and reformat and partition the drive. After all, the machine had been in a really bad state since I installed PB -- it seemed the right thing to do. Unfortunately, while listening to iTunes and...

the radeon is good (and is probably better suited to the current Unreal-based games (Unreal Tournament, Rune, DS9: The Fallen) if you're into that sort of thing) and the GeForce 3 is looking really really cool and is optimized for future games such as Halo, Unreal 2, Unreal Warfare, etc.

The first release of Mac OS X (version 10.0) will not have DVD playback from within X itself. You can reboot into OS 9 and watch your DVDs there, however. As a rule, Apple doesn't ship unfinished software and so opted to keep DVD playback out of the initial release of X. (from what I gather...

it doesn't appear as if that website has been updated in months.

when you remove a document/application from the Dock a short animation of your item dissapearing in a cloud of smoke occurs... I've noticed that, with a little bit of work, this animation is replaceable. Introducing my new Poof! ( I call it Zing )...

I've had similar problems and I haven't been able to fix 'em yet. As it stands on my machine, if i click on a link in an email (or wherever) while in OS 9.0.4, my computer attempts to launch IE but then quits (the IE icon appears on right side of the menubar). If I have IE open already, the...

Harumph. It's a complete shift in technology -- and should have reflected that in the Naming and Numbering of the thing. I happen to remember Steve Jobs saying that Mac OS X 1.0 would "come out in the Summer of 2000 and Mac OS X 1.1 will come out in early 2001" Seems that someone changed...

From the C|Net article: That had darn-well be user defined -- I've been waiting YEARS to get rid of all the stupid spawning windows. If it's not user configurable, I'm going to be writing one hell of a nasty email to somebody. Notice the phrasing "streamlined feature" in the above...

Except that Mac OS X doesn't have anything to do with previous Mac OS releases (classic will fade away one day), so it's not a code update its a whole new product. sorry, i'm still annoyed by the whole dumb thing. don't worry, i'll get over it.

what happens after version number 10.9.99? Will it be called Mac OS X 11? idiocy.

Of course, the reason for it may have to do with people not knowing how to pronounce X. just a thought

the only grievance i had with multiple partitions with apps being in a separate place from the OS. I had a three partition system once: OS, Apps, Scratch (for photoshop). What a nightmare that was -- whenever I downloaded anything or dragged something off of a webpage it would always go onto...

OS X ships at the end of this month and the general concensus is that you should partion your drive into two equal (?) parts, with 9 on one and X on the other. having them separate will make it easier to reinstall one or the other should something go wrong.

While I can't say emphatically 'yes' or 'no' to the shipping version, in the Public Beta the fonts in X and 9 were mutually exclusive. . . that is, when in a X app you didn't have access to the 9 fonts, and vice versa.