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    How to Rebuild Desktop in OS X

    I know you can't rebuild the desktop in OS X but how do I fix a problem where some files that reside on Win2000 server show without icons? They only show without icons on 1 of 3 OS X's on my network. Small text files are listed as "Unix Executable Files" in the kind column. I would have rebuilt...
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    Network Aliases point to wrong destination

    I'm running a new G5 with Tiger on a network with 30ish other Macs running OS 9.2.2 and a few Windows machines. I've gone thru the finder to log onto other Macs and then created aliases that I dragged back to a folder on my dock so I can log on to these Macs easily. However, most of the aliases...
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    Smart folder as a Search tool won't work

    I use an OS 10.4.5 Smart folder to search the hard drives of the Macs and Win Server 2000 that I have on my ethernet LAN for files/folders that contain a specfic job number. This is how I collect the files needed for archives when a job is done. This has been working OK until recently when I...
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    File naming conventions OSX/Windows 2000

    I have a couple of OS X Macs online with a Win2000 server. The OS X Macs generate an error "You cannot copy the item "xxx" because the name is too long or includes characters that the disk cannot display" whenever I try to copy files with long names to the Win2000 server. This did not happen...
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    Finder forgets keyboard?

    I've got Tiger running on a G5 and use FileMaker Pro to copy names of files from and then use the Finder to paste those names onto a graphic file (rename the file). This works as one would expect, for a while, then the finder will only paste the name onto a file icon if you use the mouse and the...
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