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    Help needed with NTL cable modem, OS X and iMac

    Dazzla I don't know if this will be any help as I'm not sure that you have the same set-up as me. I'm using a broadband connection via an ethernet cable through NTL's cable TV box which gives me a 512K connection. Like you I sometimes need to connect a Windows XP laptop up instead of my iMac...
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    User Switchin on the Fly (without quitting app)??

    I know exactly what you you want but the bad news is its impossible (as far as I know). OS X will only allow one user to be logged in a time and when you log-out all of your open applications are quit. Annoyingly enough apparently Windows XP can do just what you're asking (although I've never...
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    USB maybe not so universal!

    I've been given a 'Seagate DiskStor' usb external hard drive which is really intended for Windows PCs, but thinking that USB (1.1) is universal I figured that it might well work on my iMac (600, OSX 10.1.2, 9.2.2). I've tested it on a PC and after going through the usual Windows rituals of...
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    Placement of folders

    Many thanks simX, I've just noticed it's also doing the same thing on another directory. I'll try changing the permissions and see what happens.
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    Placement of folders

    This sounds very similar to a situation I had (have?) with my set-up (10.1.2). The root level of my system partition (System, Applications, Users etc.) wouldn't remember icon placement-every time I cleaned it up and neatly lined up the folders, they would not remain in place following a restart...
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