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If I have a user account, called "eric" and my girlfriend has a user account, called "jill", we both have different user preferences. When I open Word, I make my changes to the preferences for Word, and it saves those changes to eric/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10). When my...

Under all versions of X, if you have no finder windows open, and click on the Finder icon in the Dock, a new Finder window will open. If you already have a Finder window open, it will bring it to the front. I hate this behavior, and was wondering if anybody knows how one could alter the dock...

This is a know issue if somebody accidentially removes certain OS X folders while booted into OS 9. You can fix this by following the directions listed in this kbase article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106908 If the URL above is bad, search the kbase for article...

I am having various issues with Panther, and I was wondering who else was having issues, and if anybody knows how to fix my main problem. Occasionally, the Finder will stop showing icons, mainly folders and the "sidebar" icons for iDisk and Network. In large icon views, there is no icon at...

File Vault is not in the Panther WWDC preview. This was clarified at WWDC, but it of course will be implemented in the final version.

Just thought you all might like to know this... Fast user switching, as it is implemented, grants full memory and CPU access to background users. This means that if you are running a render with user 1 and you switch to user 2, user 1 still uses the same resources it did before. I'm not...

Just wondering if anybody who has Panther can check to see if you can turn off the brushed metal interface and revert back to Aqua in a similar manor to other apps. In most apps, if you navigate inside the application package, you can open the projectbuilder files representing the main window...

WOW! Tons of great info and debate! While it is clear that the final verdict is still out on this one, the contributions have been very insightful. I hope the HP comparison in the last quote is correct, and that the installer just installs the correct version for your machine. Keep...

Does anybody out there have a WWDC copy of Panther? If so, can you confirm weather or not there is a preference to turn off Brushed Metal in the Finder? I hate BM (as i call it), and am curious if Apple will allow us to reset the Finder to Aqua so that it actually follows their own UI...

Fuzz - I read that, and it doesn't clearly say that OS X is 32bit, all it says is "Existing Mac OS X APPLICATIONS" not, Mac OS X. Lurk - This is exactly the type of info I am looking for. I honestly don't know much about OS design, but you statement makes sense to me. Thanks for the...

After watching the WWDC keynote live, reviewing every Panther related page on apple.com, and reading numerous other reports from WWDC, there has been absolutely NO mention of weather or not Panther is actually compiled to be 64bit native, or if it is actually running in 32bit mode like every...

Since the boot drive does'nt appear in OS X, the safest way to rename this drive is to boot from an OS 9 CD or partition (assuming your mac still supports OS 9 booting). While booted from OS 9, the invisible drive will appear normally, since OS 9 does't hide files that start with a period...

Check out these kbase articles... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106908 and http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106805 Both deal with addressing a "No Parking" sign (that does sound better than prohibitory) problem in different ways. If you've performed an...

Installing and setting up MySQL with this package was super easy, worked flawlessly, and if something goes wrong, is easy to remove to try for a reinstall. Actually, you should check out the other packages offered at their site. They have similar packages for Apache2 and PHP. I had all...

Tinkertool can only disable zoom recs when you double click an application or a file. It does not disable zoom recs when you double click on a folder (classic folder mode). I haven't found a way to do this either, so I hope someone knows!

Something I've noticed in regards to the linked post above. If you haven't run classic recently, but have installed a recent OS X update (10.2.4), you will be prompted to install Classic updates to your System Folder. If your disk image is write protected, then it will not be able to install...

With all the talk of WarChalking and the like, I'd like to be able to monitor who is connected to my Base Station. Either I'd like to monitor this live, or via a logging system. This may not be possible due to the limitations of the firmware (current), but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask...

I can't remember if this is possible, but I'd like to check the version of some unix binaries I've installed. For example, I'd like to be able to use a Terminal command to tell me what version of MySQL or GiMP or whatever, I have installed. I know you can use Fink, since that is what I...

I have successfully installed and setup the MySQL server using Fink. I know the proper terminal command to start the server: /sw/bin/safe_mysqld & How do I stop it? I've installed Xmysqladmin also with Fink, and when I try to stop the server, it times out. I've tried killing the mysqld daemon...

Thanks for the info btoneill. You mentioned setting the display to 0.0 or something like that. How exactly do you do this? My machine currently doesn't open X11 apps from Terminal.app because it 'can't open display'. If i set this correctly, when i type 'gimp' in Terminal.app, will it open...