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I bought my Mac well over a year ago - actually more like two - and never got the subscription. Recently I got some scammy looking email from Macworld and I wrote back and said "hey, this looks like someone's trying to scam my info, posing as Macworld. And by the way, where's my free sub?" After...

Okay - here's my favorite two: "Move message to" menu (like Entourage) that lists the last 10 or 20 folders I moved something to, so I don't have to drag/drop into the mailbox pane (which is easy to goof up). Mail's "Move to" is okay, but I don't need the whole tree of all my mailboxes -...

I notice whenever Mail.app can't get a good 'hook' into the 'net when it's checking mail, it'll automatically take any or all of my accounts offline. For instance, sometimes when my machine's just woken up, or if I'm over at the neighbors surfing with a weak wifi signal. Then I have to manually...

Using two laptops in an office setting, on a (ahem) "borrowed" wireless access point - my iBook works great, her 12" AlBook doesn't. Both machines show plenty of bars in the Airport menu item, both show an IP number from the base station. But I can surf the web and get email, she can't. Every...

One thing I love about Entourage is you can edit received messages (in my case, it's usually to change the subject heading to something more relevant, for easier reference at a future date). Don't seem to be able to do this in Mail - or am I wrong? - Bob

Thanks Cheryl. I bet that's my problem - I bet I didn't check the box to install OS 9 drivers. That would explain the message I got. However, things do seem to be working okay with my drag-copied version of OS 9. The sites you suggested - the middle one has nothing related to OS X or OS 9 at...

Hmm - not for sale on Apple's site or MacConnection. Suppose I can keep floating the same drag-copy around from machine to machine... Is there not a Classic install on the full-install version of the Panther disks?

I recently installed Panther on my G4 Quicksilver 933 (using the "Upgrade" disks - I first installed Jaguar, then did an erase & install to get a nice clean disk). I tried installing Classic (OS 9.2) from the original disk that came with my G3. It said it couldn't install on the disk unless I...

My wife wants to add a USB hub to her Quicksilver G4. I'm assuming she'll want a powered one - any tips on which are good and which ones to avoid? Having not dealt with these I have not a clue... - Bob

My wife's 12" PowerBook's hinge seems to be sticking. It makes a horrible cracking sound whenever she adjusts the screen. It doesn't actually seem to be that tight, like it's really binding up, but it definitely isn't right. Any insights on this? Common? Easy fixes? She's got Applecare so no...

I was configuring MySQL using Marc Liyanage's instructions and, though I'm on Panther and should have been in the bash shell, it turns out i was in the tcsh shell. I was trying to set up the shortcut so I didn't have to type the whole directory path when I wanted to issue a command to mysql...

I'm trying to change the password I set up for my root MySQL user. What I've read says the syntax is: shell > mysqladmin -u root old_password new_password but I keep getting the error: 'Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)' So I must not be typing...

Works! Epson hasn't released a new driver - this is the one built for, I think, 10.1.x - but it works. Available from Epson's site and via link from Apple's OS X drivers page.

I want to sync my address book, calendar and mail between my iBook and my desktop G4. This would be done when they're in the same room, connected via either wifi or ethernet. I get the idea it can't be done, but the iSync help file isn't all that clear to me. Or perhaps a .mac account is...

Huh - I didn't check anything - just did a full install and watched it install a whole horde of Epson, HP, Lexmark and other printer drivers. I'll hunt around on the drive and see if it's there somewhere. - Bob

Yeah, I know about Transfer. I have to say that after using Entourage it's pretty clunky. Entourage has a "Move" menu that keeps the past 20 or so destination mail folders sorted in order of recent access. Much handier than having to go allllll the way dowwwwwn the Transfer command's directory...

Ah - figured it out. The message disappears from the source mailbox and when I look at the Inbox, it isn't there. But, when I go back to the source mailbox, it's still there - so it didn't really move, only appeared to. Silly - it should "bounce back" if not allowed. Anyway, no lost mail so I'm...

Just got Panther/10.3 running solidly on my G4, and find that my Epson 1270 with Axis 1440 ethernet print server is not showing up in the Epson Appletalk category in Printer Utility like it used to in 10.2. I recall this being a large-ish pain last time. Anyone know of a solution for...

Well, it was the RAM alright. Pulled it out. Erased dest. disk. Did erase-install of Jaguar, then erase-install of Panther. All seems well now (except for not being able to print - but that's for another thread). I do have an OS 9 installer after all, and my machine will boot into 9. So are...

Arden: OS 9 ?!?!? I doubt I even have a raw OS 9 installer around anymore. I don't see why that would be necessary. OS X installer should have the necessary drivers, I would think. Bobw: G4 (Quicksilver) 933 mHz original 60 GB drive 80 GB LaCie (pulled out of firewire box and installed in...