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Objective C does indeed do what [D]COM does. Java (javabeans,EJB) does it too. Both far more elegantly that COM MS has seen the light here and followed the Java model with .NET/C# so you may see that as an endorsement.

This is an often overlooked things. I used to love the shelf on NeXT and for a while lamented it's passing in OS X Finder, but of course, you can drag folders to the toolbar, navigate someplace else, then drag items on to that same folder on the toolbar. Finally, you drag the folder off the...

One button was ok in the beginning when UIs were very simple and the user had few choices. These days, software usually has so many options that gathering the context-sensitive ones on a context-sensitive pop-up menu is really very useful. If a user is not particularly...

OK, might as well join the crowd: -- iMac DV SE, 400mhz G3, 256 MB MS optical wheel mouse Wacom Intuos A5 USB (doesn't work with X or even Classic) USB Zip 100 Freecom Traveller USB (doesn't work with X) Epson 640U USB scanner (doesn't work with X) HP deskjet 970cxi USB (works with X!)...

Why are so many people here compelled to write their Mac specs at the end of every post? I haven't read any site FAQ; perhaps it's a requirement.... Just wondering.

Indeed, sudo chflags -R nouchg / will remove locks on all files in whole file system, but I would recomend restricting it to specific directories. as in sudo chflags -R nouchg my_dir

fetchmail collects mail from a remote place and delivers (by default) to an SMTP server running on your local machine. If you don't have an SMTP server running (you won't by default) then it can't deliver the email. Have a read of the fetchmail man page for more info.

I didn't know about chflags - useful to know - thanks whoever posted that. Another way is to use a tool from the developer CD /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a l lockedfile will remove the lock attribute from lockedfile (that's a lowercase 'ell' after the -a There is a companion...