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Tom, while it's true that the concatenated RAID set does not employ striping, it's still a single file system volume, meaning that you will lose all of the directory information of you break up the concatenated set. Because there's no striping, you should have litle troble recovering the data...

Our Mac HelpMate software can do this, but there's also no reason you should become familiar with the command line. Running VNC over an SSH tunnel is a standard practice, but it is complex and 99% of end users can't accomplish that task. VPNs can certainly help, but it's a real trick to make it...

X11 is not installed by default, but it can be installed after the fact by locating the x11.pkg (usually located in /System/Libary/Installation). There's probably also an Apple Tech note about it. Although I don't know if it's possible to download a Universal .pkg of X11 at this time, it IS...

Although Adium is nice, it's somewhat simpler to use iChat, which supports AIM accounts.

Try downloading and ruuning the lookup error code funciton of Mac HelpMate. Perhaps that will give you some insight into why this is happening. Probably something due launchservices being screwed up. Mac HelpMate can assist you with resetting the launchservices database as well.

Double-check the parentla controls and make sure that the Microsoft Office Apps are enabled for your managed user account.

You need to copy the contents of /Library/Receipts over as well as the applications and the error will go away. The repair permissions process looks at the some of the *.pkg files in /Library/Receipts and uses BOM (Bill of Material) files inside to reset the permissions to the default. My...

In the prefs tab of Mac HelpMate, there's an option to show all hidden files in the Finder. Enjoy!

Things like this happen once in a while. I wouldn't sweat it unless it continually shows itself to be an issue. Optical drives do die, but replacing it wouldn't be too expensive. There's many places with excellent flat-rate repair server for Powerbooks.

SSH tunneling will work with a product called proxytunnel. You can also set up a SQUID proxy on the open ports and redirect your traffic through that. As long as you can get to the internet from your location through port 80 or 443 you'll be able to make it work as long as you have a server you...

I've heard tell that some SATA drives just don't get along with the built-in controllers for G5s. Try a different brand, and preferably the exact same model you want to mirror. It's a bad idea to use different models of the same size let alone different sizes.

What's an acd?

Download my application, Mac HelpMate. It has a setting to set the software update server in the prefs tab. Next to that is a reset button. Just click the reset button and see if that helps.

Sometimes, when I have issues copying data off of a drive running an OS, I'll have better success putting it in target disk mode to another machine and moving the data that way. Sounds like your RAID might be having an issue as well. I'd take that as a sign you might want to consider a...

First, thank the computer Gods that VLC actually exists and opens up a world of video that wouldn't be possible to watch without it. Then ask yourself how much VLC actually costs. Then, ruminate on the fact that you found one or two movies that won't play on VLC for the Mac. Have you heard...

Ditto only preserves permissions when copying from local disk to local disk. This is where you're running into issues. Try hooking up the old server in target disk mode to the new server and then use ditto (don't forget the -rsrc flag). Also, you would want to use "sudo ditto -rsrc" as an admin...

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This can be caused by a number of issues, including corrupted local folders, or sometimes I've even seen where sometimes the send mail folder sometimes gets put inside another IMAP folder accidentally. If you click on "Inbox" and do command + I (get info), it can tell you a lot about the...

Here's a nice 20 dollar shareware program that does exactly what you want as well as a whole lot more. If you want a free solution, you might try using smart mailboxes in some fashion.

Sometimes when this happens, you can use the option key to pick the startup disk and it will work just fine.