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Hi. I need to backup my system settings, application settings (like rules and signatures for Mail.app and stuff), and installed applications. That's it. That's all I want to backup, so that if I need to reinstall Mac OS X, i can restore the backup over. I don't want to backup my entire HD...

Hi. I'm getting an iPod for myself (yeah, my first iPod), and I was wondering if I really need to buy a FireWire cable with it? I mean I already have a FireWire cable that came with my Sony mini-DV camera (sony calls it iLink, though). Will that cable connect to the iPod dock? Or do I have...

A while ago, I tried installing YDL 2 on my G3 Wallstreet. Didn't work, so I gave up, and my Wallstreet's been eating dust since. Now I wanna put it to _some_ sorta use! I just want to get _any_ flavor of linux working on the book! Could anyone please suggest a distro, and provide a...

I just upgraded to Tiger (I made a clean install, dont wory :) ), and ever since that, I have been unable to start up Safari! I click on Safari, and that black 'opening' arrow appears below the icon in the dock, then it just disappears, and asks me if I want to reopen Safari. I'm having to use...

Hi. I've got a Wallstreet PowerBook G3 233MHz. I wanted to install Fedora Core 4 on it, just to get my hands clean with it. How do I boot the first CD :P I've currently got OS 8.1 running on the PB. Thanks in advance!

Hello. What software can I use to convert a .ASF video to a 3GP video? Thanks in advance!

Hi. I just installed Fedora Core 2 on my x86 computer, and I wanted to set up a network in these ways: 1. I could connect the mac to the internet, and have it shared over to Linux OR 2. I could connect linux to the internet and have the connection shared to the mac. Now I would like...

Hi. I'm an engineering student at a university in Pakistan. I recently received a microprocessor project, where I simply had to interface an experimental board to a PC via parallel port. Now that just seems too easy: connect the right wires to the right places via the 8255 PPI. Now I want...

Hi. Just a few days back, I finished downloading GNUstep (over dialup! :o). Now the OS boots from the CD just fine! But i can't darn install it on my harddrive! Now thats just useless! I tries that sudo thing on their website (gnustep.org) but that didnt help me. Anyone here care to lend a...

Hi! Whoooooohooo!! (i just saved up enuf to buy me an iPod! :D) now the question is, that the iPods that were updated this wednesday, weren't really, next-gen, right.. so I'm guessing Apple's gonna be releasing a next-gen iPod within the next 4-5 months? If that's the case, then I'd really...

Hi. My original ComboDrive just failed me a few weeks ago, so today I went to the local Authorized Apple Service somthing( ;) ) and had it replaced by a Sony DRU-710A which is, in plain english, a DVD-RW drive (supports both +R and -R, so no troubles there). So, the problem is that iTunes...

Hi. My original ComboDrive just failed me a few weeks ago, so today I went to the local Authorized Apple Service somthing( ;) ) and had it replaced by a Sony DRU-710A which is, in plain english, a DVD-RW drive (supports both +R and -R, so no troubles there). So, the problem is that iTunes...

Does anyone know how I can get MAIL to download my mail over a proxy? I use Mail for gmail, and it was fine when I was on dial-up. But I just went on a LAN, and I need to access it thru a proxy server. Thanks in advance.

Hi all. Heres the deal: My brother has a windows 2K machine, and I have a mac running panther. Now i wanted to share my brothers internet connection, so I connected both of our computers using a direct ethernet cable. I set my brothers IP to 192.168.0.1 and mine to 192.168.0.2 . I turned on...

I just got a CDMA connection, and the internet connection that comes with it works FINE (as in fine and fast!) on my Windows XP machine... but it wont show up with my OS X. What's wrong? Thanks in advance!

Hi. I just created a community website for my old school friends to share memories and stuff with each other. Well, they all use Windows (and IE :(), so I designed the website on a Windows machine (another reason was that I forgot my laptop CHARGER at home while on vacation, and only had...

Hi. Im running a G4 iMac (complete specs in signature), and recently, the combo drive has been giving me pains. Whenever I try burning a disc, it shows me the entire (and painfully long, by the way) burning process, and it fails out on verify. It says the disc I just burned 'might not be...

Hi. I just installed YDL 2(dayton) on my old old old old powerbook (i wud've installed 4, but i just wanted to get the most basic, fastest thing going). Well, installation went well: I usually went for the default stuff, installed it on a separate partition than Mac OS, chose the 'HOME/OFFICE...

Hi. I'm just learning PHP, and I tried it out with forms, but it doesnt work. I mean the php script doesnt read the variables from the previous page! for an example, if in the calling HTML page, <form method='post' action='test.php'> <input type='text' name='fname' value='Absar'> <input...