Mac Forum / General / General / October 2005

I have a Power Mac G5 running Tiger.  I'd like to connect my USB
headset and my touchpad to the two USB ports on the keyboard.  The
headphones only work intermittently.  Is there a way to boost bus
power?

I am a Windows programmer trying to create a simple java application
launcher
on MacOSX and MacOS9. On both systems, I need to launch a java
application so that System.out.print will output to a window. A simple

I have a PowerBook G4 running Mac OX S  10.3.8, and want to be able to
periodically back up my entire hard drive onto an external hard drive
which I have.  I did this once using a demo version of some software,
but the demo ran out.  What is the best software to use for this?  Any

I'm sitting around bored and I think I want to try to get my copy of OS
X Server 1.2 (Rhapsody from 1999) running on an iMac G5. Just to see if
it can be done. Has anyone tried running that OS on a modern Macintosh?

I hope someone can help me. Here's the situation:
I have an old 500 series Powerbook (540?) and it's been sitting for
like 3-4 years with the ac adaptor plugged in and batteries in it. (I
know this was dumb, to keep it plugged in, but I just kind of forgot

I am looking to purchase a 2 button wireless mouse. I am looking for
one that will work my PowerBook G4 15" without having to connect a
receiver to my laptop. Any suggestions?
Thanks

Does anyone here use NetBoot/NetRestore?  I have a couple mac mini's
and when they boot off of the network everything is really crappy gray
scale.  server and client both are running 10.3.9.
thanks,

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I'm wondering, how to select all files for example (*.jpg) in terminal
I was trying this "chmod 664 *.jpg" but it didn't work,
can somebody help me?
cheers

I'm wondering, how to select all files for example (*.jpg) in terminal
I was trying this "chmod 664 *.jpg" but it didn't work,
can somebody help me?
cheers

OSX.4
I have been able to use a data cable to isync my contacts to Address
book and my scheduler to iCal.
But i have been unable to do any of the other advertised things like:

I'm using CronniX to try to set up a restart of the system on a
schedule (there's a long story as to why I'm not using the Energy Saver
prefs to shutdown/startup).  I'm executing:
sudo shutdown -r now

I'm using Butler's nice launch features.
Is anyone using Butler's abbreviations feature?  It looks powerful,
but there is little documentation about it.
Can it do stuff that Tiger's Spotlight doesn't do?

Hi, I'm looking for the option of burning - Nero's DVD. It's version 7.
I wish to burn many files in PC and use that DVD-ROM in Mac.
I have bunch of project datasheet PDF files and image files. And one of
my friend gave me his some *.dmg files. How can I choose burning

Be nice.  Don't hurt me.  I'm getting old.  
What I've got:  iMac DV-SE, c. 2000, OS 9.1; a dial-up connection to
Earthlink for net access.  I like it.  It mostly does what I want; it
mostly  has what I need.