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    Weird temporary files called ._filename.extension

    I do not believe that there is a way to turn them off. What the other jeff was saying is that if you format your thumbdrive (or whatever drive you are seeing them on) in the HFS+ format you would no longer see them, however the side effect of that is that you would no longer be able to use...
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    Weird temporary files called ._filename.extension

    From my limited knowledge and from what i have experienced with my thumbdrive and my windows machine at work, these come from putting files from a mac with metadata onto a drive with a non-hfs format such as a fat32 format.
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    Deleting pervious owner's account

    I second this, especially since you have no idea what the previous owner did to the system, either intentionally or not, or, maliciously or not.
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    New *imac*

    i want one! I am still using my "new" dual g4! lol
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    Good uses for old Macs

    There is another webserver program that i used way back in the day and liked it quite a bit. it is called NetPresenz.
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    MacOSX.com word association!

    Phonaesthetics
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    Sonnet processor upgrade

    For $600 bucks you could get an entry level mac mini and it would be much more powerful i think, plus you would get a warranty and a longer product life for the future.
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    Diffs & compatibility in Old OS for G3

    sounds like a good enough reason to me, but all the specs about ram confuse me really badly.
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    PISMO wont start UNLESS.....

    I am certainly not the expert on weird stuff that seems like a hardware problem, but if it was me, i think i would just try to find one of the first generation ipod power bricks that had the firewire plug on it and use that instead of my other computer. do you know the power pack i mean? One...
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    G3 Help needed

    I also forgot to mention, the Blue and White G3s are not on the official supported list for target disk mode
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    G3 Help needed

    check your jumpers on the disks. if they are both set to master or something like that they could be trying to stomp on each other. also, make sure that your optical drive fits the media you are trying to use. i.e. if you have a tiger install dvd, make sure it is a dvd drive because not all...
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    Diffs & compatibility in Old OS for G3

    just be careful about the ram you get if you want to go to 512mb. At one point I personally owned a couple dozen of these models and also the slot loaders (the generation after these). I still own two of the 333mhz ones. There are two ram slots in them. One on each side of the CPU card. The...
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    HD video on a 1.5gbz Mini?

    I have watched HD trailers from apple.com in the h.264 codec on a 24 inch intel core 2 duo 1.8(?) imac and it had plenty of extra horsepower to do some other things. it was playing it at full 1080 also becuase the screen is 1920 wide and i think it was 1200 tall. is your mini a G4 or the...
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    PM 6500/250 as a DNS server?

    MacDNS and it is an OS 9 solution. I used it for a while, and my brother was using it on his LAN up until maybe 6 months ago. It seemed to be pretty solid and easy to set up. If you are doing it because your ISPs DNS goes down frequently, then you might want to set the time to live to like...
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    Files-Now You See 'Em Now You Don't

    I believe that in the newer versions of iPhoto you can set it to where it does not import the picture to the iPhoto library, but instead makes a alias type of a link to the source picture. I don't know if this tidbit might help you find your "originals" or not, but maybe.
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    AppleTV HD movie rentals cost $16 each

    I think that your finger is pointing at the wrong "person" here. Just because you have a limit on your bandwidth has nothing at all to do with apple. If you want to point a finger you should be pointing it at your ISP.
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    eMac freezes constantly

    describe what the freeze up looks like. I am wondering if it could be the logic board issue with some of the emacs. http://www.apple.com/support/emac/repairextensionprogram/
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    Macos7.6

    if you are trying to upgrade from 7.5.5 to 7.6 you will have to have the 7.6 install cd since it was actually a pay upgrade
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    Old Mac with USB 1 and iPod?

    I have hooked up my ipod (5th gen, video) to one of the lampshade imacs (g4/700) that has the built in 1.1 ports and it worked just fine. it is currently on X.4.10 with itunes 7.5.
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    OS X GPS software

    I have route66 and it seems to work ok, but I am sure it is not the best program out there. I think I only paid like $40 for it. It seems to be a bit sluggish, but it is most likely the G3/500 ibook i am running it on. I had a Garmin III plus hooked up through a keyspan usb to serial adapter.
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