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The cheapest thing I know of is this: http://www.eskapelabs.com/mytv.html which uses USB. Not sure if it's compatible with iMovie. Should run about $150 bucks. There's also the Sony DA1 converter, which uses Firewire, and converts an anolog signal to DV, so it should work with iMovie...

Are you sudo-ing or su-ing? Remeber that the root account is disabled by default, and you have to enable it and set a password with Netinfo Manager (under File->Security). Unless you've enabled this, su won't work, although you can execute commands as root by using 'sudo' and then your...

I do not check this forum regularly, either. So, I hope you have already found a solution, but if not, see below. Your Powerbook should have come this an "Apple Hardware Test" cd. You should probably run this to verify that this is not a hardware problem (fried Firewire controller, etc.)...

If your parents happen to have a windows machine and not a Mac, here is an SSH client that is small enough to fit on a floppy disk (or download over a dialup connection in a reasonable amount of time): http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

It looks like a Netware client for OS X is being worked on, but hasn't been released yet. See the press release here: http://www.prosofteng.com/index.php?press&datarescue_mwsf2002

I'm helping a use who recently bought a laserjet 2200D. It is connected to his G4 Quicksilver via USB. He has MacOS X 10.1.2 and 9.2.2. If he boots into 9, he can print with no problems. If he boots into X, he can print with no problems. If he starts the Classic environment within X...

it's definitely a latitude L400. They are actually a bit smaller and lighter than an iBook, but do not have an internal optical drive (and the cable for the external drives is proprietary and very very short), and they start at $1649.

One of my clients recently bought a Powerbook G4 to replace his aging PB G3. I installed Eudora 5.1 for him, and transferred his settings and mail from the G3 (which had Eudora 5.0). If he has the screen font set to particular fonts (one of them being Arial-- I can't remember the rest, but...

The security slot is for physical security. It allows you to lock the machine down to a solid object so no one can walk away with it (particularly useful in university clusters). This is a standard sized slot that most laptop locks use. I don't know about the reset button. I assume it has...

If you know the directory that the temp files are stored in (I don't), it would probably be possible to delete that directory and replace it with a symlink or alias to a directory on the other drive.

One of the options in the Energy Saver prefs is "wake for network administrative access." Does anyone know what this means? What qualifies as "network administrative access"? Also, if you are using PPPOE, the connection is terminated when the machine goes into deep sleep (if you put it to...

A switch is basically a "smart" hub that eliminates packet collisions. With a hub, if two computers send a packet at exactly the same time, a collision will occur, and neither packet goes through (and then each computer has to send a packet again). A switch will store each packet, and then...

My understanding is that the 'cp' command does not copy resource forks, only data forks. I'm not sure if any OS X system files use resource forks, but if you have any Classic applications on the drive you are backing up, you will definitely run into problems if you use 'cp'. A better...

My understanding is that the 'cp' command does not copy resource forks, only data forks. I'm not sure if any OS X system files use resource forks, but if you have any Classic applications on the drive you are backing up, you will definitely run into problems if you use 'cp'. A better...

On other sites I've read reports of icon positioning problems when the dock is placed on the right. We may have to wait for an update from Apple on this.

I'm not sure if this will work, because I am not set up to test it (don't use PPPOE at work, don't have AppleTalk network at home): Go to the Network pane of System Preferences. On the "show" menu, select "Active Network Ports". Click the new button, type in a name (e.g. "AppleTalk"), and...

In the Finder, try "Connect to Server..." on the "Go" menu. This should bring up a network browser. (apologies if you have already tried this).

In the Finder, try "Connect to Server..." on the "Go" menu. This should bring up a network browser. (apologies if you have already tried this).

It's actually on the "International" preference panel, on the "Time" tab. Switch it from 24 hour clock to 12 hour clock.

I don't think there is any way to set up the Mac to use both Airport and PPPOE. The Airport basestation has PPPOE connectivity built in. Perhaps your Netblaster has the same capability. I doubt that the Airport Base Station admin software will be able to configure a non-Apple product. How...