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Very true. The basic information that I presented is pretty much still accurate, though. There are additional software offerings available for backup now, including cloud-based backup. Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper!, and TimeMachine are all still wildly popular. Retrospect has even more...

There has been a ton of misinformation about this topic on the Internet. So I researched it very carefully. You may want to have a look at: Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Item #6 and Note #1 There are a number of citations and some long-winded...

There is a situation where an out-of-control cache or log file can fill up your hard drive. http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/performance2.1.html

And, specifically, which *Macintosh OS X* viruses cause you to lose data?

I call TROLL. (And not a well informed one, at that.)

Macs don't have sound cards that support true 5.1 speaker systems. You can install such a system, but it will basically be a surround stereo system. Except for the Mac Pro tower models, you can't upgrade the sound card in a Macintosh. There are external devices that claim to allow 5.1 sound...

The fact that a speaker can handle a maximum of 2 Watts per channel instead of 17 doesn't really tell you anything, except that you don't need as powerful an amplifier to run it. It doesn't tell you how loud that speaker can play or how accurate the sound reproduction is for that speaker...

Your Macintosh came with QuickTime, and it can play several types of media files (both music and movies) as it comes, but not all types. Most AVI files won't play as your Mac comes from Apple, nor will Flash or Windows Media files. The really good news is that you can download a couple of free...

If you what both the highest quality of video and sound, and you don't need something inexpensive, you only need this one product: Kanex Mini DisplayPort to HDMI 1080p Video with Digital Audio Adapter http://www.kanexlive.com/products/item.aspx?id=3495

Read receipts are not a feature that comes built-in with Mail, but it can be added simply via an AppleScript. You can find such a script here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3081575#3081575 Or here: http://web.mac.com/vonzurgathen/iWeb/Web-Site/Welcome.html

Getting a blue screen on startup usually indicates that there is a startup (login) item installed that isn't compatible with the version of the Mac OS that you have installed. See these Apple technotes for suggestions on how to deal with the problem...

I believe that Emailchemy can do it, but that it will take a couple of extra steps. You may want to check out more of their Web site, as this is surely something that they have dealt with previously.

You might really like this product, then: CLIX (free) http://rixstep.com/4/0/clix/ CLIX (command line interface for OS X) provides a graphic interface for the command line. With one click you can find the function of a command and choose from its extensive commands database and it shows you...

Check out: Emailchemy ($29.50) http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/ Aid4Mail ($45) http://www.aid4mail.com/

My thoughts are: It is obviously a system-wide problem, because the problem doesn't go away when you reboot into another user account. There seems to be something intrinsically wrong with how your system software is handling the trash process. Thankfully, you aren't using Snow Leopard, so you...

I suspect that the file that you are trying to trash is corrupted and has a busy flag set. The easiest thing to do would be to startup from another volume and then to trash the file.

How big is your hard drive, and how much free space is left on the drive? Your drive can have quite a bit of free space showing, even as much as 40% of the drive free, but if the data on that drive is very fragmented, then there won't be enough free contiguous space on the drive for it to run...

The Mac's market share has about doubled in the last few years. According to Apple, about half of those new users are previous Windows users. That means that there are now millions of Mac users who until fairly recently only knew how to use a Windows PC, and who are basically Mac newbies...

This product from Intego will do what you want: Content Barrier http://www.intego.com/contentbarrier/

Getting a blue screen on startup is not a kernel panic, and it usually doesn't indicate a hardware problem. It usually indicates that there is a bad startup (login) item. See these Apple technotes for suggestions on how to deal with the problem...