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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Can anyone tell me how do I access a Distributed File System on a Windows network? I'm trying connect to a dfs link //corp/home which is running on a Windows Server 2003 from my Powerbook G4 10.4.2. Error I get is: The operation cannot be completed because one or more required items cannot...

My powerbook is called SilverBullet, defined in the sharing Pref.Pane. When I open a new terminal window, it normally shows SilverBullet:~kon$ But for some reason when I attach my powerbook to my friends Active Directory network (DHCP, DNS, etc) and open terminal, all of the sudden my...

I wanted to start a thread that talked about some of the hidden feature I've found and read in Spotlight. Here we go! Boolean NOT ------------ First feature I've read is the ability of the Boolean NOT in Spotlight http://hiram.nl/ipsedixit/artikel/8...ot-in-spotlight...

Can anyone provide some stuff Tiger can do that I could show off to PC users to make their jaws drop? Somethings that come to mind is Expose Dashboard New Search feature FireWire Target mode 3rd party favorites are QuickSilver and LiteSwitch Other small ones would be: Genie effect...

Anyone know when Apple will get with the times and provide a second mouse button the PowerBooks? I find it a bit inconvenient to have to hit Ctrl-Click if you want to empty the trash. The OS supports a second button natively already so what’s the hold up? Apple Please!!

Has anyone figured out how to get the Network Browse button to display Macs on the network? If you go to the GO menu, the select Connect to Server, there is a Browse button there. I have never had any luck using it to find near by Mac that have file sharing on. I can enter the afp:// address...

I have a hard drive which is failing 10.3 installation even after a format/repartition. I want to verify that the hard drive has no bad blocks. Which utility can I use to verify the HD integrity? TIA

How does one access an external volume on OS X from a PC via SMB? On the PC, if I use SMB (Start / Run then \\IP\share) only my home folder is shared. How do I add an external hard drive to be avaliable as a share? I don't see any sharing options I can use to make the HD avaliable. The only...

How does Sniffer software work when it comes to switches? I understood the basic idea of a switch was to prevent the other ports on the switch from seeing the traffic on other ports. If this is true, how can one use a Sniffer program successfully? Regards, Konrad

Every time I lauch Termainal, it does the following... Last login: Wed Nov 5 22:47:53 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! Dual500:~ kon$ cd "/Users/kon/Music/Vault/" Dual500:~/Music/Vault kon$ Can anyone tell me where this line is coming from? In 10.2 it would have been in the .tcsh file...

Can anyone give me a quick review of what BitTorrent is and does? All I know is that if I get a Torrent files, I'm able to d/l the file from different peers. Very very neat! At the same time the application is always uploading. What is it uploading? TIA

Does anyone know if it's possible to mount a PC USB drive in OS X? I believe the PC drive is running NTFS. Anything I can do to access it?