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Um, I actually have an external keyboard and an external mouse, but... I'm asking this question for the times that I'm NOT using them. Kent!

What can I do to make my touchpad on my new iBook G4 ignore my accidental taps while I'm typing besides turning on that option in System Prefs? It doesn't seem to make a difference if it's on or off, but I'm constantly tapping it accidentally and jumping it around. There has to be...

Well get this! I thought to myself, well, maybe OS X isn't actually changing the permissions...after all, they don't seem to be working. So I downloaded BatChmod and changed the ownership/perms on the folders that way and sure enough...it works! Well, at least I found a solution...

So the default is for what to ignore permissions on non-/ volumes? Finder ignores the perms? The subsystem ignores them? I'm going to do a test or two from the command line and see if the perms are being ignored there. Finder doesn't seem to be really consistant since I was able to...

Well, here's what's going on: I have two users on my Panther box. One is called "k3nt" and the other is called "person". If the k3nt user goes and looks at person's home folder (/Users/person) he sees that darn near everything has a red "-" on it--which is expected. If person looks at...

It looks like the sound output jack on the back of my Quicksilver is hooped. If I plug speakers or headphones in all-the-way, only the left speaker works. If I pull the plug out a little bit, only the right speaker works. Any ideas on how this can be fixed? Will it be expensive to fix...

I am going to attempt to write a Cocoa app in Objective C. I have a great deal of programming experience, but never in this framework or language. I am wondering what type of application (something fairly small would be good--I'm not going to write an MS Word compatible word processor) you...

Well, that's it, really. I can live with the interference if it's not going to hurt anything, but how on earth would I build an RF cage around the drive? I mean, have you seen just how tight those things are in the eMac? In fact, it's not really even possible to change the orientation of...

Hello All, I upgraded the hard drive in my eMac from the factory Maxtor 60 GB drive to a Maxtor 120 GB (2 MB cache model) that I picked up at the local computer store. Since upgrading the drive, whenever the drive is handling considerable disk activity, the bottom 1/2 to 3/4 of an...

A question: I used Slackware for years and never had any trouble compiling or installing any *nix type software. I got source files off of sourceforge and ./configur-ed and make-ed my way through hundreds of programs--never a problem. I even got using Slackware's developer's tools for...

6:11am PST right now, and I don't see them... Kent!

Thanks. I was looking for a free solution, but who knows. I will look at it. Kent!

I would like to build a small database using MySQL and a couple forms to go with it. I'm not sure what to use for a frontend to build the forms, though. I've never used MySQL and all my database experience has been with Microsoft Access. I would like to build the database tables using...

Can someone please give me some idea how much space 4 hours of DV (4 one-hour tapes of my sister's wedding) will take up on my hard disk? And am I looking at double that to have the imported DV and the actual iMovie that I create both sitting on the drive? That is, does the project contain...

Thanks everyone! By the way, does anyone know if there is an editor out that that will let you edit the money of a family directly--that is, AFTER the family is created, but BEFORE they buy their starting house? I saw one on the PC (can't remember what it was called) and it worked great. I...

Back in my 10.1.x days (hee-hee-hee) I had weird display problems. One of Apples updated fixed it. Perhaps you should update to 10.2.3? You never know, it might get fixed. Kent!

Can someone please answer the following questions for me regarding The Sims on the Mac: 1. First of all, is the game designed for OS X or is it a Classic game? And since you're here: 2. Are gameplay, commands, speed, etc. the same as on the PC version? 3. Do cheats for...

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What would an appropriate price for the following setup be? PM G4/450/AGP 512 MB RAM 13 GB HD ATI Rage Video 16 MB (I think) DVD drive (not a combo, just DVD) keyboard hockey puck (mouse) The monitor is not included. Thanks, Kent!

You mean, sudo rm /usr/sbin/chown. I don't think rm is setuid root. Good damn thing. ;-) Kent!