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I'm using OS X 10.4. I've got a dedicated server (linux) that I host all of my sites on and I'd like to be able to mount them to do things like backing up local files so that I can have them accessible from anywhere. I tried just doing ftp://ftp.website.com but it never asks for...

As a new OS X user from Windows I'm finding the Command+DownArrow key combo utterly retarded as a way of opening a file. Every other program I use in OSX uses Enter for entering the program. Ahhh the logic. I need to remap this key. Do you think its possible? Also I want only Delete to...

Hi, I have upgraded to 10.3.4 from 10.2.8 and upon restart finder didn't respond. My desktop icons including the Hard drive icon disappeared. I can start application from the dock icons though. I have seen some similar problems in your forum, but unfortunately none of the solutions work for...

I recently posted a question describing a problem I was having when viewing files in column view in the finder: when I click on a file, which would usually cause a pane to the right to open showing a preview of the item and information on the file, the finder hangs and I see an spinning disc...

We have several Macs spanning 7.6.1 thru Tiger on systems as old as a Power PC 8500 to G5's. Occassionally we will come across a CD that Tiger Finder doesn't appear to recognize. Either the CD won't show mounted at all or it will mount/run but will not eject. In both instances, the Finder...

How do I go to the bottom of the Finder column instantly with a keyboard shortcut? Option+Spacebar takes me to the top. Any logical thinking person would deduct that Shift+Option+Spacebar would take me in the opposite direction. But no. ?????????

OS X 10.4.2, Mac G5 Tonight, my finder automatically brings itself to the front every minute or so, interrupting everything I am doing and opening closed wondows. Its quite disruptive. I've never seen anything like it in all my Mac days. How do I kill this spontaneously generated function...

It seems so bizarre that I have to hit Command + Down Arrow to open something in the Finder by the keyboard. The logical thing is to hit Enter. It opens most everything else everywhere else. So can I remap it? Just for Finder? Then I guess I need to remap the Enter key (since that's used for...

I'm using a 17" flat screen G4 iMac . I recently made all of the latest Apple software updates to 10.3.9 (security, Java, iTunes 5 and Safari). Before that, I repaired permissions. Afterwards, I fsck and repaired permissions again. No problems. After a couple of days I noticed the...

I have a iMac G5 and I'm running OS X 10.3.9 Suddenly I can't burn CD. I put a blank CD in the drive and it doesn't show up on my desktop. I have already gone to the System Preferences and checked that I have Open Finder when I insert a blank CD. The weird thing is that the blank CD...

When I access a server (Novell 5) all is well, I see the volumn, authenticate in mounts to desktop, appears in Finder window but as soon as I click on it to see files, they list in window and then beach ball of death, finder is crashed, have to reboot. Happens everytime. I was accessing this...

This started soon after I updated safari to the latest version. About twice a day safari will hang up on a page and when I click on the finder to do a force quit, I get the spinning beachball and am forced to hold the power button down to shut everything off. I've waited before and it just...

I added a folder across the network yesterday, and the computer is attempting to connect upon startup. I am stuck at the window reading "connect to file server" and when I attempt to click to the "connect" button, I get a spinning beachball. I can access all of my programs (or those that I've...

What the heck is the key-command to get to the search/find little space on the right side of each finder window?!? Its so frustrating that clicking it often doesnt' work! Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? Thanks much!

dear, I have an ibook tangerine. I have installed the necessary firmware and than mac os system 10.2.1. there was no problem during installation. Afterwards I have restarted the compouter and saw that the finder is not responding and no HD sign on desktop and not possibility of reaching it. I...

I have 3 hard drives & and no optical devices which show up fine in Finder. I'm plugged into a 2 port Linksys VOIP router but there is no other computer online now. In Finder I see: Primary Master IDE hard drive > All files as normal Primary Slave IDE hard drive > All files as normal...

Hi Prior to 10.4, when I set the width of a column in the Finder, it would 'remember' it. So, if I viewed a folder, looked elsewhere, then came back, the Finder would display the width of the column as I had set it. Now, when I click another folder, then look elsewhere and click back the...

Just moved from the dark side of XP & am a proud owner of a Powerbook!! But, my teething troubles with the trackpad has resulted in me removing the user/application folder in my finder window. I only realised I had done this a while after when I noticed the Apps folder was gone - after I'd...

I dont know what happened...but my finder is all screwy... when i open the finder window....it doesnt have the network icon on the top left. furthermore.....when i select network from the Go menu bar....nothing appears in the network.... i have not changed anything that i know...

Title says it all. Finder keeps starting and stopping. This happens across multiple users. Configuration: Mac Mini - 1.42Ghz Processor - 1Gb RAM - 80Gb HD - DVD-R - Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse (only) - OS X 10.4.2 Not sure what happened. But this is driving me insane. I can run...