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Just for some very basic knowledge, I wanted to learn a little bit about perl in OS X. I just want to get my toes a little bit wet and I was wondering how to run some basic commands and/or scripts. When I type this in the terminal... #!/usr/bin/perl All I get is - "tcsh: /usr/bin/perl: Event...

I have a MDD G4 that is connected to the internet via dialup. I have a Mac Mini and want to share the internet connection. I have internet sharing enabled on my G4 but when I try to connect to a site on my Mini it doesn't work. I have 10.3.9 on the G4 and 10.4.5 on the Mini; could that be the...

I recently upgraded to FCP 5 from FCE. I started work on a project and am experienceing a weird problem. On certain frames of certain clips that I have applied effects to, there is noise (white pixellation). I have no idea why this is happening. I have exported the video, and sure enough the...

Not really sure how this happened. It seems like my colors are inverted. This happened when I was trying to reboot via cmd+option+esc key. I know I also had the terminal open. It's weird because the colors are fine when booting but change when the Finder is starting up. Any idea how to fix this?

Check out the story here: http://www.elgato.com/news/eyehome.html Sounds pretty cool and it does a lot of what the rumored iBox was supposed to do.

I've downloaded a plugin to allow GIMP files to be saves as PSDs. Only thing is, I don't know how to install it, and I can't simply drag the plugin to the GIMP plugin folder.

I have a 60GB main drive. I really haven't made any backups for it. I wanted to know what will be the best way to backup the drive. If the main drive fails, I want it to be as painless as possible to get back up and running again. Is there backup software that will periodically (weekly, monthly...

I know there are a lot of threads concerning the installation of GIMP but I couldn't find the answers I need. Anyway, UNIX stuff is pretty foreign to me so I'm in need of some help. I just installed OS 10.3 along with X11. I want to install GIMP and would like to know what is the best way...

I have a Dual 867 MMD G4 w/dual monitors. Main monitor runs off of the stock gforce and secondary runs off of the ATI Rage 128 I pulled from my B&W (yes I know the gforce supports dual monitors, but both are VGA and it only came with a DVI to VGA adapter). I want to know how I can tell UT to...

I have a brand new Dual 867 G4 running OS 10.2.2. After the machine has been running for a while, sometimes not even a day, and I try to connect to the internet via the menu bar phone jack, the phone jack will freeze along with the other menu bar items (sound, date, etc). If I hover the pointer...

I need to get a new Mac and am wondering which one to get. Apple still has the Quicksilver single processor for sale in the education section. It's significantly cheaper than a dual. Should I save my money or opt for the faster dual? Is it significantly faster than a single processor machine? Am...

This is so frustrating. I bought an XLR8 400 mhz G4 upgrade for my B&W. I applied the appropriate firmware upgrade, installed the ZIF, and booted into OS X. Now my Mac is running slower than my G3. Installed Powerlogix Cache Control software. Nothing. Zap PRAM. Nothing. Hours later I reinstall...

This is so frustrating. I bought an XLR8 400 mhz G4 upgrade for my B&W. I applied the appropriate firmware upgrade, installed the ZIF, and booted into OS X. Now my Mac is running slower than my G3. Installed Powerlogix Cache Control software. Nothing. Zap PRAM. Nothing. Hours later I reinstall...

Opened up System Preferences and, for whatever reason, there's another Internet preference pane listed under "Other." What the hell? Check out the attached pic.

Has anyone ever had iTunes screw up any of your MP3's? Recently iTunes has messed up two of my songs. Basically what has happens is that the song will be playing fine and suddenly iTunes will choke on the song and it will stutter hard and then iTunes will jump to the next song. I don't get it...

I want to get WarCraft III but have put off buying it because I don't know how well it will perform on my B&W G3. I've heard varying reports. Some say it's pretty tolerable and some say it's dog slow. What have everybody else's experiences been?

Ever since I got my DV camcorder (Sony DCR TRV240) and started using iMovie, I've been experiencing problems. The main problem is just getting iMovie to recognize the camera. If I restart my Mac (B&W G3) and try to connect, then everything usually works ok. But after a few days of being on, when...

I love WCII but I can't get it to recognize the CD under OS X - even if I play the game from the CD! I've also tried copying the CD to my HD and making a disc image but that didn't work either. Anybody know how to get this to work or where I can get a No CD patch/hack?

Just got a Sony digital camera and I'm having problems using it with iMovie and BTV in OS X (on a B&W G3 BTW). Works fine in OS 9 but not in X. At first iMovie and BTV would recognize the camera but after I disconnected and connected it again, they wouldn't. They'd just freeze or keep giving me...

I'm having a couple of problems under 10.2.1. First, sometimes when I choose connect from the modem menu the system will just sit there forever with that spinning CD icon and I'm forced to manually reboot. Also, I have two drives installed (60GB and 8GB). The 60GB is my main drive with both OS X...