Mac Forum / General / General / September 2005

just signed up in frustration at being unable to find a fix for this
quicktime problem...
Basically a number of mpeg clips i have will only play a fraction of
the content. I see from an old thread that a program called Rosetta

I have a type 1 PostScript font that I would like to install on my Mac
OS X box.  It's a leftover from my Mac OS 9 days.  There are two
pieces to the font: the Type 1 file and a bitmap file.
I tried dragging the Type 1 file to

I have a G4 os 10.4, which I only use 'remotely' (no monitor or
keyboard or mouse).
I have VNC and ssh installed / enabled.
When I reboot, my IPFW settings (port 25, 110, and 5903 (SMTP/POP/VNC)

A couple of problems that may be related ...
After installing Toast 6, the finder no longer recognizes when I put in
a new CD-R. It doesn't come up with the "what do you want to do?"
window; the disc just sits there.

Does anyone know why some (very few) .wmv files play correctly, while
others play as a series of stills, and others play as audio only? I use
OS 9.2. Thanks!

Is it just my imagination, or was I able to advance to the
next slide by single-clicking the scroll bar arrows at one
time? And it also seemed to me that I was able to advance
to the next slide by hitting an arrow button. And was there

I'm trying to move a hard drive from my soon to be retired Power Mac
6500 to an external USB box to use on my new iMac G5. The external box
is a Que Drive USB box that used to house a Que CD recorder. When I put
the HD in the box and plugged it into a G3 iMac - under Panther the

Which newsgroup do developers (you!) recommend for questions regarding
problems with graphics (OpenGL/GLUT) in Tiger?
Thanks, Karen

I am setting up phpBB and using my mac as a server.
I put the entire phpbb2 distribution in my home directory
ie ~bob/Sites/phpBB
I enabled the web server etc...

I have connected a stereo mixer/amplifier (with twin record decks
attached) to my line-in on my iMac G5, but there's no line-in sound
coming out of the speakers.  I am new to OS-X/iMacs but here is what I
have already checked:

Does anyone knows if it is necessary for MAC to be defragmented. I
downloaded a couple of mpg's and programs then eventually deleting them.
Is it the same with Windows that u need to defrag your C drive in order to
run your system faster?

My iBook doesn't have a DVD drive but I need to install Mac OS X 10.4
(Tiger) (which I have on DVD disc). I do have an USB hard drive. How can I
install Tiger with only a built-in CD-ROM drive and an external USB hard
drive?

Our design studio just acquired another studio which is located in
another state.  I now am challenged with integrating the remote
designers work projects into our projects, and allowing the remote and
local designers to work together on these projects.  Some of the files

Is there a way to re-format or "erase and re-initialize" a keychain-type
flash drive gadget.
I recently copied an Adobe Acrobat-prepared PDF document from my iBook
G4 running OS 10.3.9 onto a Sonnet Piccolo 32 MB USB flash drive, and

 I have an airport extreme base station set up in my home. There are three
computers connected to it, one of which my 15-year-old son uses.
Occasionally I would like to limit his access to the internet so he does his
homework instead of IM'ing his friends. Is there a way to do this ...