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Does anybody know of a way to determine the total number of hours a computer has been up/on/operating -- since new? Is this information logged anywhere? In advance, thx.

When will we see Intel's Core i7 chip in the Apple laptops?

Hello, I have setup (a couple of years ago) connection settings for my internal telephone modem -- my computer is a powerbook G4 with OS10.4.9. Now, I would like to set up another computer with the same connection. But, I cannot recall the password. It is stored somewhere on the first...

Originally posted under "question/response:" When there is insufficient traffic on my x11 or terminal connections to a remote computer, the connection is automatically terminated. This automatic termination occurs after only a very short time --- it only occurs when I work from my mac (a...

Some of my connections reset or close regularly if I am not using them. I notice this with SSH connections through terminal or X11, as well as messenger connections (I use Yahoo messenger mostly). I am connected through airport on my powerbook g4 to a Linksys wireless router. Would...

Has anybody ever used a KVM switch to share keyboard, mouse, monitor between a Mac and a Linux system? I would like to set-up a KVM switch to connect a single keyboard, mouse, monitor to both my G4 powerbook and a Suse Linux desktop. Any help, advice, or info about your experiences would...

Do you know how I can change the format for the decimal place-holder in MS-Excel? Presently, the place-holder is a comma (,) -- this is extremely inconvenient when trying to work with data sets in multiple applications (all the others use a period). How can I change the decimal place...

Does anybody have any experience with Desktop Manager (a third party app)? http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/12682 also http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ thx

I have lost meaningful contents of my all my email messages. The messages still exist, however the text for all of my emails looks something like this: 328497 590819 331058 590819 501762 331058 501762 590819 331664 Typically, there is about 50 lines of this stuff. Associated events...

Would anybody who knows please recommend open-source/free developer studio for programming in Fortran. I have dabbled a *wee* bit with Eclipse.org and its Photran plug-in. I am looking for options please. If you know of *any* studios (regardless of whether they're available for mac)...

Could you help me to solve an annoying problem? *Most* of the time, when I try to "tab" between fields (in an online form, for instance), safari crashes. I am running a G4 Powerbook with OSX 10.4.4. Safari is v.2.0.3 thx Christopher

Is it possible (and does anybody know how) to setup a wireless hub to provide static IPs? The IPs will be WAN assigned (not local IPs). I would like to do this using either Apple or other (dlink, linksys, etc) hardware -- whichever works. thx

My bluetooth mouse has stopped working properly. 1. Bluetooth recognises the mouse -- clicks are registered and function properly. However, there is *no* tracking. 2. Firmware updater doesn't seem to work. It returns the message: "This Bluetooth device is not supported. This computer...

Often, after log-out, or simply after closing powerbook, if I plug-in or unplug the power, the computer wakes up. I must re-open then close (or select "sleep") again before moving (taking computer home/to work). Has anybody experienced this problem? It's not a disastrous problem -- simply...

I am having trouble with paper size selection in TeXShop. I'm running OSX Panther. Whenever I LaTeX my documents in TeXShop, paper size seems to be incorrect -- text runs all they way to the bottom (as if it's TeX-ing for A4 then displaying on letter size paper). This problem doesn't occur...

When I ssh to a unix server from my mac with X11, I am unable to set the display properly. From other sun stations, from PC (using an XWin program), I have been able to ssh then open terminal to run software GUI. Here are the messages I get when trying to setenv DISPLAY in x11: setenv...

Is it possible to figure out the CD key from the game CDs for Neverwinter Nights? I recently purchased a used copy of Neverwinter Nights via an online auction. It arrived without the CD key (I'm quite annoyed with the seller. These CDs are useless without the key). I simply want to try...