Mac Forum / General / Networking / January 2008

Is there an alternative to the Apple USB Modem? Something a little
cheaper? It's for a MacBook.
Thanks.

The MI5 idiot used to be pretty easy to filter out.  Nearly all of his
posts could be killed by matching simple filters like:
    "from" contains "MI5Victim@mi5.gov.uk"
    "subject" contains "MI5 Persecution"

Does anybody know a way to give a tag (like "round",white"....) to
many pics in a folder in iphoto simultaniously? it takes time to do it
pic fo pic.....
Thanks for help!

As many of you know, the ability to dial from within applications was
lost when OS X was released. I suppose Apple thought that using Internet
Connect via Applescript would suffice, but they broke that in OS 10.3.
I have a small Filemaker contact database that I works well to dial ...

The MacOS 10.5.1 update seems to have included bugs related to
networking performance.  When 10.5.1 and Cisco's VPNClient 4.9.01 (100)
are combined, the problem can become fatal.  The first symptom is that
the Network control panel can not set the TCP MTU.  It remains stuck at

I have a good friend who is sharing a house with  another person who already
has a connection to the internet via Time Warner cable service. My friend
would like to know what is the least expensive way for them to also get
connected.

I'm setting up QoS on my router and I'd like to shape the most active
used ports. Is there built into OSX (I'm on 10.5.1) an easy way to keep
a record of what ports are used and how frequently/how much over a set
time period? Or a nice third part app? It will not be used often so ...

I recently switched from Eudora to the Mac Mail which came with OS X.5
Mac Mail worked well but all of a sudden it won't send. Any solutions?
In the meantime I have gone back to Eudora.

Kinda OT, but Safari 3.0 will require Leopard to run.  It will also run
on Windows XP and Windows Vista.

I heard On the news this evening that Netscape is about to take it's
last breath.
I have depended on it to read my newsgroups and do my list serv.
I need suggestions as to the best newsgroups readers to use on my

<http://www.news.com/FireWire-speeds-set-to-quadruple/2100-1013_3-6223102
.html>
3.2Gbps? Eee Gads!
--Fred

I'm transferring a file from a remote iDisk folder to my Mac. The
download slows down to nothing. It stays that way. Permanently. No
timeout. EVER. To add insult to injury the cancel icon next to the
progress bar does nothing. Clearly Apple is just f.cking with me (ok,