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I am building an installable package (.pkg) with PackageMaker 1.1.11 (that's the one that comes with Panther). The package is for installing things both to /Applications and to some folders in /Library (/Library/StartupItems and a new folder that I'm putting in /Library). I do (obviously) not...

Here's a neat trick: If you use shell scripts, such as: #!/bin/sh <your shell script here> you can actually make them double-clickable from Finder, so they *almost* work like fully-fledged Applications. You will need to be an administrative user to do these things: - Create your...

I'm sure these things have only been asked a thousand times (I just couldn't find the answers): I am running Panther (Mac OS X ver. 10.3.2.[at present]). I am using the (default) bash shell. I am *starting* to write shell scripts. I would like to "install" some shell scripts, so that...

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is inviting proposals for new sponsored top level domains. This may be wishful thinking, but isn't that a chance to push for a .mac top level domain (TLD)? I for one would VASTLY like the idea of having a domain of something.mac...

Hi all, I have a bootable (Wintel) PC CD. I would like to do the following: - image the CD on my Mac. - make some changes to the image (substitute some folders). - burn the thing again so it's PC bootable again. I would preferably do this without purchasing extra software. I have...

Hi, I recently installed BitchX via Fink. Now every time I open BitchX, the ANSI coloured character graphics aren't displayed right. If I compare this to DOS, it's as if I didn't have an ANSI driver installed. It's basically all over the place. Any ideas? Any help would be much...

At http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/specs.html you will find that Apple STILL ADVERTISES iTools AS A FEATURE of their products! As per the attached screenshot (84KB), Apple says on the Mac OS X (10.2) Jaguar specification page: "Use integrated iTools services including a Mac.com email...

Hi, did I mention I wrote instructions on how to set up a free Dictionary on your Mac? (w/ a DICT server for OFFLINE use). At www.ropersonline.com under the "Mac OS X DICT Howto" section. (Sorry, no direct link available - am using URL Framing.) If you ever look up words, then this...

Currently, with Mac OS X 10.1.5, if I close my iBook in OS X, it goes to sleep. Unconditionally. There is no way I can prevent it going to sleep and keep it running w/ just the screen dimmed and closed. (If you know a way, pls email me. q@ropersonline.com) On this Apple page, under I/O and...

I've been running 10.1.5 w/o hassle. Then I took the most recent security update (2002-08-02) via Software update. Now it no longer completes any logout, shutdown or reboot. It goes to an all blue screen (the finder, menu bar, background pic and dock all disappear) and there it just...

daft question re pico: does anyone know if pico gets installed by default with a standard OS X install? Or only when the BSD subsystem gets installed? I don't remember and I don't want to rebuild my Mac. Thanks a lot Jens

logout/shutdown script I am running JDictd (http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc/Java/JDictd/) from tcsh in Terminal on Mac OS X (:=Darwin=FreeBSD/Mach). I am trying to get it to exit cleanly silently upon Mac OS X system shutdown. My idea was that if there was a logout script in...

This may sound crazy, but I think we shound start a grass roots movement and together build a community of Mac users who believe in the following: - The digital divide should be narrowed, not broadened. - Volunteer work beats the commercial model. - There are tangible benefits for everyone...

I don't know what I would possibly have done wrong, but for some reason I can no longer view PDF's inside a web browser (embedded view via plugin vs. starting the Acrobat reader app). That goes for any browser under Mac OS X. Instead of opening the Acrobat Reader 'embedded' as a plugin to the...

I would be extremely keen on seeing a OS patch/upgrade that lets me operate my iBook w/ the lid closed. Think about it: You're running some numbercrunching task or download, you want to leave you machine, the natural thing would be just to close the lid (think dust, think carring it...

Hiya, I want to list all files missing a certain pattern and/or filename pattern on the entire drive. In DOS I would type (for instance): dir \t*.doc /s /a which should find all doc files whose filename starts with `t'. How to I do that in a unix shell. Can it be done w/ ls at...