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I ended up doing a clean install and the system has been solid ever since.

Repair Disk option off the DVD gave my drive a clean bill of health. Doing Permissions Repair now. I believe I've tried Safe Boot (with the shift key) but the finder continued to lock up. I'll check com.apple.finder.plist I let the machine do it's thing for 30+min, finder never released. I'll...

I just did a Archive and Install option on Leopard, machine does boot, but right as the finder should pop, i get the beach ball of death. cmd-opt-esc shows the finder is not responding. Forcing quiting it get a bit further, my startup items launch, but soon after that finder stops responding...

Can anyone provide me with the command that would allow me to stop and start the network interface in OS X 10.4 Back in the day this command used to work: /system/library/startupitems/networkextansions/networkextensions stop /system/library/startupitems/networkextansions/networkextensions...

As much as I like dabbling in terminal to get TFTP working, here is a great GUI app that does it all for you.. TFTServer 3.1 (http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Network-Admin/TftpServer.shtml) works with 10.2 and later. I just used it to update some Dell switches under 10.4.8. Well worth the $12...

dont' know how comfortable you feel using the terminal, but this command should do it: cd /private/var/log/ sudo rm -f windowserver_last.log you will be prompted for your machine password. GL

the cost of Apple Remote Desktop is what's stopping me. Hope Apple provides us with something soon. Gotta love Remote Desktop Connection that comes built in with XP.

Can I get some suggestions on what to use allow me to remotly view my Mac desktop at home? Currently I'm using VNC, (with OSXvnc), works, but it's slow overall, I have to go 8bit color to make up for the redraw. Also how do I change the resolution without going full screen on the VNC client...

that directory is for your Virtual memory swap files. The only way you can delete them is in terminal with sudo command. But I'm not sure if you should be deleting them. How much memory do you have on your system?

Very odd behavior I've experienced when dealing the /etc/hosts file. I wanted to modify the host file. I checked the ping prior to the change, made the modification to the /etc/hosts file and instantly my next ping command took the hosts file change in effect. All worked as I expected...

can't save it as an app since I would have to modify the the folder location in the script. It it possible to write a script that will do what ever action you want on the highlighted folder?

has anyone found any utility that would make the process quicker? The script is nice, but I won't have it on my when I go on a friends Mac.

Mikuro, thank you for the script. That worked out well.

What ever happened to the Get Info command that it would show number if items inside the folder? Yesterday I tried copied a folder and wanted to make sure everything came across. the Get Info command no longer tells you how many items are in the folder!? How would I find out if the two...

The best tool I found for location large files is OmniDiskSweeper. It will help you locate folders that for some reason have gotten out of control. Most likely it could be one of your log folders.

ty macbri, that is exactly what I was looking for.

What is the equivalent in Unix to the Route Print command in Windows? I would like to see the entire routing table.

Does anyone know where I can find a version of Firefox version 1.07 that is optimized for the G4 7450 processor? I see a few websites hosting nightly builds of firefox, but that is the beta version of firefox 1.5. I'm not too thrilled about using beta software. I would like to find a true...

I'm trying to create a modified Preset so that all my users will use one of my printers set for duplex and using tray2. Currently all print dialog boxes default to a preset called Standard. We can create a new preset and set it as default for each app. but we would have to do this for each app...

has anyone figured out if OS X can access DFS shares?