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    Size matters?

    I've been doing some benchmarks and i get troubling results: -startup (from chime to Desktop): 1:Older (big) partition: 2'05'' 2:Cloned system: 42'' -PS7: 1:41'' 2:30'' -Office X. Hard to say, but launching Entourage fron cloned system takes too times less. Word opens in 2-3 sec. I...
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    Size matters?

    No way. My big partition has been degragmented on a regular basis. It's not a defrag issue. Actually nothing i can think of, besides the partition size hypothesis. vic
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    Size matters?

    Partition size, as a matter of fact... Well, it's simple: I did a clone of my 10.2.6 system to another partition with Carbon Copy Cloner, and restarted from the new cloned system. The speed difference was amazing, couldn't believe it! Everything takes about 50% less time to launch, open...
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    CD-RW problems in 10.2.3

    Simply put: Jaguar can't really detect my external CD-RW. Everything used to work fine in OSX 10.1, though. My QPS FireWire 8x4x32 CD-RW (Samsung mechanism) has always been detected by the system, and i could burn CDs, from the Finder or Toast, no probs. Since Jaguar, things are strange...
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    Something to Impress the Dark Side

    the best way to impress people from the dark side is to put a PC box and a new iMac side by side and ask the bastards to LOOK at them... vic:cool:
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    Swap in separate partition in Jaguar?

    Hi In X.1, we all knew the trick of moving the swap file to another disk or partition to increase launching apps. in my case by 25%. Now i'm on Jaguar and i'm not sure the trick is still neded, or even possible. Thanks for answers Vic.:cool:
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    Is an iBook G3 500mhz fast enough for OS X?

    it will run fine, but get as many RAM as you can.
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    If you have Mozilla read this !

    you ain't see nothing yet. try Mozilla Gestures
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    there HAS to be something wrong with my graphics card!

    1 fps? i usually get 14-17 fps in iTunes with full screen. i have an iMac DVSE 500, with the usual ATIRage128. i use the last 10.1.5 :cool:
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    How to Record to Disk from FM7?

    I tried the demo. Great app, great sounds. But i couldn't find any Record to Disk option. May be it was disabled in the demo version? I would like to be sure before thinking to buy it! Thanks
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    Top games for mac osx

    The best game for X is Snood You have to run Classic to play it, though:D
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    Netscape or Internet Explorer????

    Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is the best
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    Scanning under OS X

    For Epson scanners, look at a recent Mac OS FixIt post. Epson scanners works in all X apps by using TWAIN drivers.:)
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    Que! Fire 4x4x24

    i have a Que! Fire 8x4x32 and it works great, both with OS9 and OSX. You don't need any drivers. In OS9, firewire drives are supported by the firewire set extensions. In OSX, all firewire drives are supported, including Que! burners. What exactly is your problem? :cool:
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    Defrag Mac from VPC?

    better use a hammer:D
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    PS7 now sees my Epson scanner!!!

    I'm not sure how i did it, but now my Epson scanner works with Photoshop 7 in OSX, through the Twain Plug-in. I'm not sure because i just tried and... my Epson Perfection 640U was seen by PS7, for the first time. What did i do? Not sure... But i can try to figure the steps. I want to share...
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    Transparent Dock Borders:how?

    Thanks, all it works perfectly, i have a fully transparent Dock now:D
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    Transparent Dock Borders:how?

    Hi all I installed the usual tip to apply Dock transparency by replacing the "left" "right" and "middle" PDF images inside Dock's Resources folder with... well.. transparent ones. But the Dock border is still there! How can i make it disappear too? I ask because i have seen on this...
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    Retrospect 5 and QPS CDRWs

    Hi I am using Retrospect 5 (updated to 0203) to try to backup my OSX partition to CDRs. The external device i use is the QPS QUE! 8x4x32 FireWire CD-RW. Everything seems fine, Retrospect detects the external writer, i can define my backup folders, but... when it starts burning, an error...
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    Stupid norton speed disk 6

    Here is a good way to optimize a OSX partition. i did and had no trouble at all. 1.Restart from a os9 partition or a os9 CD with Norton utils 6 2.Run disk doctor on OSX. Fisk all problems. 3.Defrag OSX with speed disk. it works ok if you choose to optimize to osx profile. 4.Run Disk...
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