Mac Forum / General / General / October 2005

I am new to MacOS X (10.3.2), not to Unix
1) How do I represent a folder name including blank spaces in a bash
command line in a Terminal window?
2) Where in the online help system are such basic questions answered?

I have an old DLT tape that I recorded some time ago on a G3 (biege
box) running Rhapsody DR 1 or 2, thinking that would remain a common
format and I would be able to get at the files any time. *sigh*.
I recently came across an unused 8150 with a DLT in it. I would like to

I just got a message from my company's IT department that they detected
a vulnerability with my Mac's OpenSSH 3.6.  They said it appears that
all I have to do is update to OpenSSH 4.2  Sounds simple, but
apparently I'm in over my head (the IT guys are Macophobes, so I'm on

I am looking for a basic well-made monochrome laser printer with duplex
feature (ability to print on both sides of paper). The short list
includes a few HP and Brother units, no surprise there. I have two
questions:

I have an Orange Micro USB/FireWire PCI card.
Apparently I also need the CD-ROm that came with the card for the
drivers, as well as a patch for the 5500/6500 that Orange issued so that
the card would work with these two machines.

For the newly announced dual-core G5's:
Re. the video board of the entry level machine (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
with 128MB GDDR SDRAM) and the video board on the other two machines
(NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM): Are these the same boards

My grand-son is hammering my one and only copy of my favourite game, and
I'm worried about the DVD getting damaged.  Is it possible using the
software installed as original setup in Tiger, to make a copy?  I've
tried using Burn Disk but without success.  Can anyone tell me where I

Do anyone know why the video is green before it hits the next keyframe.
I have tried using another codec (sorenson), and I have tried using
more keyframes.
The problem is on a mac with a safari browser - not on pc.

Need help printer sharing Mac G4 to WinXP
Situation:
Mac G4 (has Ethernet, 4 USB, 2 FireWire 400)
Pentium 4 WindowsXP (Has Ethernet, Parallel, USB)

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Hi, I have a Mac G5 and need to run some software that is only
compatible with Windows. I am interested in getting Virtual PC 7 but
for the same price I could also just get a PC with 2.66GHz processor &
128MB of RAM. Although this is nothing like the G5 I wondered if anyone

Hello to everybody,
I have purchase a printer RICOH Aficio 2018, that not supports
PostScript language (Only PCL), but I need to print from a mac.
How can I do?

Hi all....
My brother has a powerbook G4 15" and the screen cracked and needs to be
replaced...
I have a lot of experience in taking apart x86 PCs and laptops. I never

I am helping out a fried with mac os 9.2 installed on their powerbook.
I am unable to add a printer of modify the settings of the existing
printers.  The printers that I am trying to add are HP color laserjets.
It appears that the printing systme is either missing or disabled. I

I have a friend who has a cheap PC set up as a proxy to control his
kids use of the Internet.  He can opt-in or opt-out sites for access,
limit time and track use.
Is there anything like this for OSX?