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Hi I have tried Codetek and didn't really prefer it that much. Any idea if there is another Virtual Desktop solution? Also, any rumors about Apple releasing this common Unix feature? Thanx David

Hi I like my Finder windows to open in list mode sorted by Kind. Is there someway to get this to happen and then to actually organize the order of the list of items/meta-data for a Finder window? Thank you. David

Hi I set X11 to fullscreen mode. Now when I fire up X, I can't get at the upper menu to switch it back again in the preferences. How can I do this? David

Hi Question - I can see where songs can have information such as Album, Year, and rating, but if a playlist has 10 songs I have to set these values on every song even if they are in the same playlist. Isn't there someway to set these values on the playlist and have all the song inherit...

Hi I have gone into the System Preferences and in different applications and turned off the sound options. This worked for awhile, but in the last few days mysteriously the system and application sounds have returned. In some cases, the boxes for sound were check marked. Even when...

Hi I downloaded an ER modeling tool done exclusively in Java. However, it's runtime script was created for Windows (uses a batch file). Obviously it needs the Java 1.4.X runtime, but it also includes about 15 jars that need to be specified. How can a write script (similar to a .bat file)...

Hi I am running Gnome and the Sawfish window manager. I see for the Sawfish site that there is a whole themes site. The distribution from fink does not have many themes. Is there a trick or way to install the themes that are available? How can I do this? Thank you for your help...

Hi What is the difference between the C shells and the bourne shells? If I wanted to change from tcsh to bash for instance, how do I do this and is there any affect? Can I do this and still run all the software the same or does that change too? Do the variables and their values change...

Hi I want to add to my PATH. I tried setenv PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin It tells me there is a "bad modifier (/). Can someone help? Thanx David

Hi I upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.3. I use 1024 X 768. However, after the upgrade everytime I reboot it always come back at 800 X 600. How can I fix this? madisonDave

Hi I ordered my G5 with the 9800 card. I don't see it referenced in System Profiler, so I would like to find some way of getting the info from it. Is there some profiler or method to test it? Thanx. David

Hi I downloaded some files which are zipped probably via PKZip. What utilities are recommended for decompressing? Recommendations? David

Hi I am looking for great games (preferably OS X native) for 2nd through 4th graders. Thank you for suggestions. David

Any recommendations for great educational software for 2nd - 4th graders? Preference is for OS X native, but will consider Classic also. Thank you for the help.

Hi I like to use the Finder windows in Column (list) mode. However, many windows don't come up that way by default (rather in Icon mode). Also, I like to use the type and size columns and they are never visible when a window first comes up so I am resizing the windows all the time. Is...

Hi When I create a new folder, for a split second it the name bar is highlighted for editing (so you can name the new folder), then it immediately snaps out of that state before I do any user input so these folders are always named "untitled folder". I then have to click on them to change...

When I put the folder (directory) into the trash it will not delete because it says it is being used. The directory has no visible contents (including through the terminal). I have tried rm inside the directory and then rmdir of the directory and still no go (it claims that the directory is...

Hi I just encountered for the second time in two days a boot sector error on the OS X partition. I don't know if it is some OS X software I am installing or booting back into OS 9, but something is messing with the boot sector. I installed: Docking Manuvers Drop Things and a few other...

Hi Last night I installed several pieces of software including the RDBMS OpenBase. Several of them generated a Apple Event error during the de-compress and un-archiving process. I booted into OS 9 for my family after the installation. Today at the end of the day I went to boot into OS X...

Hi I want to have several applications automatically load at boot and/or login. I do not see where there is a start up directory or some such thing to either throw the app or an alias? How is this done? David Armour