windows to mac

A number of tools are available for clearing the system cache in Mac OS. Any ideas what are the locations which are targeted by these kind of applications. I am just trying the understand how system cache is stored in Mac OS. Inputs are welcome. Also let me know if there is any harm or any...

Just like we have GUIDs for installed applications in Windows... is there a similar concept in MacOS. Please enlighten me :-)

Which is the best way to determine the names of the installed applications in Mac. One possibility is to iterate thru the applications directory, but are there other methods of doing this? Is there any file which holds the names of all installed files?

Hi all Just got myself a shiny new mac book pro to replace my aging powerPC mini, and came accross ScreenRecycler, i use Maxivista at work, and thought that this would be a good equivilent, however..... i have no clue about setting up a network for macs, SR comes with VNC, also which about i...

I know this isn't the best forum to ask this, but I thought someone here would know. I would like to have a backup program similar to Time Machine in that it make a folder with todays date and backs up all of today changed or new files. I could try to write such a program with Visual Basic but...

How is data which was maintained in the registry maintained in Mac? All I know about this is that it is done in pList files. But am not sure how the different areas of registry i.e. HKLM, HKCU is kept in the pList files in mac? Any pointers, suggestions will be helpful.

Hello, I am Mac newbie, and i like to know how to transfer from windows XP Firefox bookmarks to mac firefox and vice versa? Thank you M

I have a NAS system at home and I created a folder using the Mac. The particulars for the folder are as follows: drwx------ 1 javier_s5 staff 16384 Dec 30 11:10 Picture_Frame_old The folder is empty, however when I try to delete the folder via the gui, I get a message that says the...

We have just gotten eMac OS 10.4 (only) and really miss the picasa program on our old Windows computer. Is there a program for our eMac (Tiger)?

is there any Free alternative for windows mobile sync in MAC OS Xfor the active sync in windows.

Hi, What tool should I use to convert my PST files into Entourage / MBOX files? Is there a free alternative to MessageSave? Regards, Casper

just got a new imac, and dont like the mouse it came with, im using my old one from pc, I have two buttons on the Left and right sides that I used to use as " go back" and "go forward" buttons while I was using the internet on my old pc. is there any way to configure this mouse? i checked the...

My Windows PC died after a short illness, and I now have a Mac running 10.5. Most of my data were transferred before the PC's death, but some files are still in Norton Ghost archives on an external hard drive. Is there any OS X utility that will open and decode a Norton Ghost file? Rick

I'd love to hear from anyone who has installed Ubuntu, and has formed an opinion of its worth compared to Mac OS X.

I am sort of new to the Mac, but I have worked on Unix as well as Linux. Last night I purchased a new song from iTunes store and I could not down load it. I was getting an error. Long story short, I store all my music on an NAS box, and I was logged into that NAS as the root instead of my...

Hey I got MAC leopard working on my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop. The only things that don't work are the wi-fi and the sound card. The Wi-Fi card is an Intel Mini PCI-E Card 802.11b/g 4965AGN and the sound card is unknown but if I plug in USB speakers or a headset it works fine. Do you...

Hello all, New to this forum ;) I work on a PC, I would appreciate it very much if someone can test my Flash projector animation on a MAC, and tell me if everyhing is working fine by answering a couple of questions. 1- What to burn on a CDRom, is it the animation.app folder as is ...

How do you do it? Tried using Address Book Exporter to create the .txt files but then Entourage doesn't recognize the new files to import. Am I doing something stupid???

I have played with macs on and off for a few years but until i got this used imac (for practically nothing :) ) i used them to surf the net, the basics. the imac i have has an 833mhz processor and 512 megs of ram running osx 4.11 i think..... i am surprised how fast it is as being more...

Well, not sure where to introduce myself, so I'll just say that I'm a Switcher! I've had very little trouble switching to Mac OS X. In fact, I fired up my old windows machine last night, and I felt so lost. To those that are considering switching, it isn't a real hard process, just take the...