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  1. Racer D

    slow upload

    I have a linux machine 2mbit/384kbit adsl connection and 2 machines connected to it. on linux machine itself and a windows machine internet works fine, I get upload speeds of around 30-40kb/s but on my g5 imac & OS X.4.2 my upload seems to have some strange problems. It varies from 0-16kb/s...
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    afp not working / Network empty in finder

    I have some strange problems with 10.4.1 here... my afp share that used to work (even on 10.4.1) won't connect anymore mount_afp: the mount flags are 0000 the altflags are 0020 mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error -5014, errno is 32 (with terminal) Sorry, the operation could not be...
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    [HOWTO] - simply turn Finder's showing of hidden files on or off

    I know there have been ways of doing this since like forever, but it always took an opening of one app (terminal or some prefpane) and relauncing finder. I've found a way to make it even easier ;) 1) navigate to /Applications/AppleScript and launch Script Editor 2) copy & paste this code...
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    fullscreen KDE on os x

    I just installed KDE from fink, and xdarwin from binaries. I edited my ~/.xinitrc and ran XDarwin, selected fullscreen and it loaded KDE. all good. But with one glitch. The windows have no border around them, meaning I get no titlebar. When running rootless XDarwin uses OS X's aqua...
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    how to remove "Quit" from app's dock-menu

    I'm having some weird problems with x-chat aqua's quit behaviour. In short, when I right click it's icon in the dock and select quit it does bad things ;) (detaied info) So, I'd like to know, is there a way I can remove the quit function in the dock for this one app (it's cocoa)? I know you can...
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    iPod battery tips

    I just got my iPod (me happy) and I'd like some tips on what to do to make my battery last for some time. I've read how iPod battery doesn't last long (year and a half) so I'd like to know how to "use" my iPod for the battery to last longer. Is it ok if I keep the iPod in the dock whenever...
  7. Racer D

    sound system

    So, I've got my G4 iMac, which needs a new sound system (currently plugged into a 20 year-old stereo = bad). So I'd like to hear your suggestions. Mostly I need speakers for listening to music First of all, what are the benefits of plugging my speakers via usb rather than via normal audio...
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    [HOWTO] - make automatic backups

    in this howto I'd like to explain how to do backups of your files onto a samba share. I will show you how to do this free, without the use of some programs you have to pay for. Instead I created a shell script to do this for you. first of all, you need to have access to a samba share in...
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    pdf from multiple images?

    I'd like to create a pdf from a few jpg images (one image = one page). Is there some freeware I could use to do this? I tried CombinePDF but it makes kinda big files (3mb pdf from 600kb of images). any others?
  10. Racer D

    panther crashing too much lately

    panther (as well as jaguar before) used to work very stable for me. but for the last month or 2 it has been crashing every now and then. Today I reinstalled it (used the old preferences files and reinstalled some apps) and it just crashed. It always happens when the computer is quite "busy"...
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    automatic backups onto samba drive?

    I decided I need to backup my documents regularly and now I'm looking for ways on how to do it. What I'd like is some application / script, that would check for differences between a folder on my disk and a folder on a mounted share and if there have been differences made it would copy the files...
  12. Racer D

    spectrum analyzer program?

    U know on the "screen part" of iTunes (where song titles appear when they play and duration") if u click on an arrow u get those bouncing bars? Well does anyone know of a proggy, iTunes plugin, konfabulator widget etc that would do the same? U know like the effect on some radios that looks...
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    where is my "address book card" on the disk?

    well a simple question. my address book card seems to crash my address book, so I'd like to remove it or create a new one (obviously not from the address book) so does anyone have any idea where on disk I can find it? (what file) thanks
  14. Racer D

    Mail.app won't show new mails in dock

    You know the feauture where mail.app shows how many new emails you got in it's dock icon? Well I've just lost it :( I don't really remember what I did, but I can't find it in the preferences. what can I do? and please don't say trash the preferences file, I don't wanna loose my preferences :\
  15. Racer D

    movie tool with "bookmarks"

    I would need a player, that plays .mpg files and supports bookmarking them. meaning I can set a time in movie (like from 35min:34sec to 42min57sec) and when I want to see that part, I'd just click on a bookmark or so and it would play it for me. know what I mean? does anyone know of a player...
  16. Racer D

    command line calculator

    this might be a simple one, but I can't find it anywhere. I'd like a calculator that I could execute from shell. I've tried some calculators which take me to their special shell when I invoke them. and I have to exit them to get back to my shell. I'd like something that would work like ls or cat...
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    where does os x store what program to use for a certain file type?

    well, like the topic says, where? I've been wondering this since I got my mac but never found an answer. I know I can change that with get info, but there must be a file that stores this info. it is unix after all ;) oh and some files defy these rules. u can change with what app to open for...
  18. Racer D

    editor like dreamweaver but fast?

    Does anyone know of a html editor like dreamweaver, but more mac optimized and maybe smaller (smaller = faster?). I just need some basic feautures like inserting images, tables, backgrounds, maybe rollover images etc. And please no comments about how I should edit the code by hand, I know how...
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