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OK if I were to do a full installation of Mac OS X would my user preferences be deleted? My finder is acting screwy and I think I need to reinstall it but theres no simple way of doing that (at least I think because I posted here and none of you even replied) Would I have to create the...

Ok, my Finder has gone bad. Ever since I started using my floppy again. One day the Finder just crashed when I was copying to a floppy when it came back none of my settings were there. Since then it's gotten worse another hard reboot and all my toolbar cusdtomization was gone and all the icons...

What the heII is up with Apple? Why are they still selling the old iMacs for $799+ shouldn't they now take these computers and make them a very low end computer for home users who just want to surf the net and get e-mail? I think that these machines (I own one) are great this ones got me through...

OK Fink is brand new to me ... and if you've read any of my other posts you would know this whole unix thing is new to me to but I'm trying. I've installed some programs from fink (I think) now how do I use them? where are they stored? and what happens if I messed up and didn't install some part...

Could I use an alias to set it up so that when I type something like cd /downloads it would be the same as typing cd ./downloads? and if so how would I go about that would it be something like alias cd / - cd ./? and if not how would I make it do that ? Nate Coffield

When ever I try to do a 'make' it never works. What am I doing wrong. _______ make: **** No Targets. Stop. _______ Thats what I get every time I try to do a make. I was trying to install ircII. I'm pretty new to the whole *nix scene so excuse me if this is a stupid question. Nate...

Anyone know of a good (good = free) IRC client for XDarwin. I'm brand new to this stuff and it would be nice if the apps site had step by step instructions if i doesnt have an installer. Thanx for any suggestions I'm off to search google

OK simple question with a simple answer i just dont know what it is. On the Powerbook 540c does the ac adapter charge the batteries or do i need a charger i have looked all over online and have found nothing about a charger and only one site having the adapter. Thanx in advance.

Well I know this isn't exactly the best place to put this but I was just wondering about applications for Linux. I hear so much about the great open source gurus and all but I have know idea where to go searching for them. So here is my request, if you would please list any *free* programs...

OK well I was just wondering if there was any way to get Darwin to work on a Compaq Presario. It's kinda old. I was wondering if it would be hard to find drivers and stuff, what windows system I could use and if I would be better off with Red Hat 7.0? Well any help would be greatly appreciated...

OK I have an old 6400 sitting in my basement that I'm dying to use. MY screens broken but if i had some good instructions on how to install Darwin and some type of GUI program (isn't it called XWindows or something?) I would love to do some simple programming on it. Is there a FAQ on how to do...

Ok so Mozilla is supposed to be themable right? If so where can I find some good themes and which ones are you using?

OK I bought a book.... to help me learn java. I chose java because it is multiplatform (so i figured the book would be good for macs too) and now im getting some error messages when i go to compile the code on the command line. 5 errors and all are "Cannot resolve symbol" I was wondering is...

I'm not sure if any one else has asked this but if I have Apple's Developer tools installed how do I compile a java program in the command line? Any help would be appreciated.

OK guys this one has puzzled me for some time now .... My psychology teacher told me his VST Floppy worked fine with OS X he just plugged it in and it worked .... when i plug mine in it lights up sounds like its reading the disk but i see no floppy in the computer window ... help guys :\

OK well after reading some of the posts on the boards here I've decided to start learning to do OOP and I figure the best way to do that would be with Java it seems like a very good start point. But there is one problem.... I hate using sites that expect you to be using a peecee or some other...

Hey guys when I bought OS X I went ahead and installed the developers tools. I had already had a years worth of C++ in high school (I never really paid attention though) and I wanted to learn it again. Now I can't figure out how to get a string of characters instead of just one (with char) like...