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    best way to combine quicktime files?

    I have a bunch of quicktime files (from Evocam) that I want to combine into one single file with the same (or possibly different) compression characteristics. What is the best way to do this? So far, I have discovered that I can drag and drop them into iMovie but this is manual...
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    routing problem with imacDV & airport

    Installed Airport card in my imacDV. From it, I can reach all the machines on my LAN except the router to the internet and of course I cannot get out to internet from the imacDV. Details are below....but I think the problem is that from the imacDV, the gateway route is Link#5, rather than a...
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    DNS responder fails - why and how to fix it?

    Recently, I have started to get the following message on the Console. It started since I moved the mac from behind a NAT router into the DMZ. Had to do this to get iChat to work. Firewall in on and correctly set up per Apple guidelines. Symptom is that nothing that uses DNS works any more...
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    is it possible to use the synchronisation feature of idisk separately?

    I would llike to be able to synchronise data directly between two machines, without going via the iDisk (for this purpose it only adds delay and counts against my ISP quota usage). Any clues as to if/how this might be possible?
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    How do you import 2000 names & phone numbers, .....

    ....replacing the existing entries. I have about 2300 names and addresses, mostly imported from a tab separated spreadhseet of my office contacts. I want to upload the new spreadsheet, replacing all the old entries. How do I do that? When I did this previously I was using Palm...
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    overlapped extents - which files?

    I have some of the dreaded "overlapped extents" that it seems only disk warrior can fix. How can I identify the files that are affected so that I can see if I can just delete them? What do the numbers mean in the error message? Checking Catalog file. Overlapped extent allocation (file...
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    moved iTunes music and consolidated, now have 30GB vs 10GB!

    I moved my iTunes music files (10GB) onto a new bigger disk and then consolidated the directories. Everything seems to work fine - to be sure I have renamed the directories on the old disk. Now I have got 30GB of files! Scanning the directories, I do not see any obvious duplication nor in...
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    ichat AV doesn't work after failure of 1-way video chat

    I used to have no problem but now when I try to establish a 1-way video chat it fails saying that the other end failed to respond. The other end did respond and accept the call. After this it is also impossible to establish audio chat. Leaving both ends unchanged, audio chat works again...
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    How to make noip client run at startup automatically

    Getting the no-ip client to compile is pretty easy and it works as per the documentation. www.no-ip.com The only change I had to make was to uncomment the line ARCH=bsd BUT - what is the recommended/best way to get this little thing to start up automatically each time I boot the system...
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    ld: Undefined symbols _getopt_long

    I am trying to compile vmweather under OS X 10.2.6 but get the following message: [FlatScreen:OSX-Downloads/wmweather-2.4.1/src] roger% make clean rm -f *.o config.log config.status *~ [FlatScreen:OSX-Downloads/wmweather-2.4.1/src] roger% make gcc -Wall -I/usr/include -I/sw/include...
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    Gnucash - an easy alternative to Quicken

    in case anyone is interested, it turns out to be really easy to build and install and you can replace Quicken in one fell swoop. Works fine with multi-currency and looks really comprehensive with great documentation and active mailings lists. details here...
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    GnuCash anyone?

    Has anyone managed to get GNUCASH to work under OS X? On the website: http://www.gnucash.org/en/index.phtml it says that it does.....but how?
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    how to print from Palm Tungsten to Mac OS X epson printer?

    I have a Palm Tungsten and I would like to be able to print to the Epson Stylus Color 740 which is connected to my iMac by USB. How can this be done? Also, in my office, I would like to be able to print to one or more printers that are on my Windoze PC? Is there any piece of software...
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    Anyone got a link to 1984 superbowl ad?

    Can anyone give me a link where I can see the 1984 superbowl ad?
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    System preferences:Startup Disk - Network Startup

    What is it and how does it work? I cannot find any trace of it in the Apple KB.
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    SOny CD-RW disks only ejected by Superdrive on iMac flatscreen!!

    From what I could find in the Knowlege Base, it looks like CD-RW disks should be writable in the Superdrive. My Superdrive is working properly and will write DVD-R as well as CD-R....but when I insert a CD-RW it spits it out after 30-60 seconds......what is the problem??
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    how to creat bootable disk with Norton Utilities download version?

    I have downloaded Norton Utilities from Symantech (and paid of course)....but the download version has no bootable CD and there are no instructions on how to make one. Without that you can only use about half of the software!! Doe anyone know how to make a bootable CD with Norton Utilities...
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    How do you set up joystick in X-PLANE?

    Hello - I have installed x-plane 6.51 (www.x-plane.com) on OSX 10.2.3 with a Thrustmaster 2 joystick. The joystick is recognised and I can see all controls working in the Set Joystick Axis and Buttons screen but it seems not to be possible to assign the aileron or elevator to the joystick...
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