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Running OS 10.3.8 on an G5 iMac.
I have the firewall that comes with OS X turned on but I wanted
to know if this firewall has any logging capabilities. If so,
where are the logs found? I couldn't find anything obvious using

The link to the description
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 never opens.

Hi All,  I've got an iMac G5 with the
latest OS (10.4.2) and have just upgraded
(through software update) to Quicktime 7.0.2.
Since then,  MATLAB will not start - there

I don't know of a better place to start, but if there is one I will
appreciate being directed.
I am about to begin a project of digitializing a lot of slides. B&W negs
and Color negs.

How can I share several Mac OS volumes with Windows users over a network. It
is clear that I can share anything that is in the Drop Box of my Public
folder, but this is far too limited.
I am running Mac OS 10.2.8.

I created a project in AppleWorks a few years (and system rebuilds) back, and I
have just opened it back up.  The layout is all screwed up because the font I
was using, "FunctionLH", isn't on my system.  I can't seem to find this font in
my common software apps, but I must have ...

I want to upgrade Mac 10.2.8 to 10.4. When I try to install from CD it
flag error message "Need to upgrade Firmware". When i tried to install
firmware 4.1.9. It is asking for classic folder. In my mac machine
there is no Mac Os 9.0.

I'm really puzzled by the way my Beige G3 performance seems to get
worse the more I upgrade it.
I use it for audio recording and with the factory unit as-is (266/320),
could easily record 24 tracks of audio and then some.

I await the day when we shall see digital hard drives, instant on, and touch
screen macs.  Nasa has some of this technology.  My handheld PC is instant
on, touch screen, and has a digital hard drive, plus with a clamshell design
with a half Windows 98 os.  It has technology that ...

This is odd.  When I opened a terminal session today, it was reporting
my hostname as: 000393ac7634  The Finder still reports the machine
name I set; 'sudo hostname' has no effect, searching NetInfo turns up
nothing.  I'm pretty stumped.

So I got in a couple Xserves, and they lack video cards. Can I drop in
a PCI FX5200
or MX4000 from the windows world and have them work? Or do I need one
of those Sonnet PCI cards?

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2) Sign up for AutoVantage under their "Complete Offers" section.  A 30
day membership costs 1 dollar (every month after is 9.99).  If you

When using the built in fax in OS X is there a log that shows if a fax has
been successfully sent or if any problems were experienced?

My sister is having a problem with Tiger, printers refuse to print every 5th
text line. It happens on 2 different printers and it happens in MS Word and
PDF.
Any ideas? I've never heard of this one.

I am not very computer literate, but a friend just gave me a new
computer with OSx. I have been on an OS9.1, and we transferred the
entire hard drive to the new computer.
How do I find all my old emails and email folders ?? I was using