Mac Forum / General / General / January 2006

A few days back I plugged in an Linksys wireless unit into our broadband
router for us to use the same Internet connection in the building next door
(20-25 meters). When I check the signals with my PC (Laptop, Dell, Windows
with internal card) the signals is satisfactory, but I ...

I just got a hand-me down iMac 333. The system works great, except that the
headhone ports don't work. I tried both ports and all I get is very feint
sound from one of them and only when I increase volume all the way up. When
I plug the phones in, the picture on the sound control ...

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26, 2006 5:32 PM PST

Twenty-two years ago today, we found out why 1984 won't be like "1984."
Happy birthday, Macintosh!

Does anyone know the virus W.32.Goldunr.A? When downloading a .chm file
(that can be read by Chmox) VirusBarrier gave me a warning and gmail
too recognizes it. However, on the internet you won't find any
reference to this virus apart from a discussion on a Russian site.

Every time I delete mail of any kind when using Apple Mail I am told that
"this action can not be  undone and am I sure I want to do this".  Is there
any way of doing away with this warning.  It is only a minor irritation, but
an irritation none the less.  Thanks

Shortly after upgrading to 10.4.4 (on an iMac G3 500Mhz DV), my boot
disk disappeared from the desktop. It shows up in Disk Utility and Path
Finder, and all of my folders and apps are still accessible. I can
access folders on the disk through the Finder, because I have most of

On Jan 10th, my housemate and I each ordered a 17-inch iMac from the
online Apple Store.  We both ordered it with one 1-Gig memory card.  She
upgraded the drive to 250 gigs, and I ordered iWorks to be installed on
the computer.  Everything else about both computers was stock.

Hi. What is the best way to change an existing username in OS X? I
don't want to just create a new account, because the important thing to
me is to preserve the UID.
It looks like I could use the NetInfo Manager application to do it. But

This all of a sudden. I use the shopping-cart method. I put a couple of
items in the cart and click "Buy." I get a dialog box saying "Your
shopping cart's contents have changed." There is only one way to click
it off -- a "Refresh" button. This brings up another dialog box that

I apologize if this is a topic that has already been covered but I have
been unable to find any good threads using the search.
Can anyone suggest any really good Mac OS X Books?  I'm looking for
something that covers normal user functionality as well as advanced

We bought a 600Mhz iMac for my father-in-law some time ago and it came
with both 9.2.2 and 10.1. The latter is unfit for public sale and gives
his machine fits. 9.2.2 works beautifully but I suspect he wants the OS
X bling, so I'm just going to buy it and send him the CD.  Can a

I've got a remote desktop connection running with a Windows Server, and
need to do some stuff in the command prompt.
I can't for the life of me figure out how to input a backslash though -
I've gone through every single key and I swear it's just not there

Current household setup is a DSL router, Ethernet-cabled to an old
Airport antenna (Graphite or Snow? -- not sure which -- probably the
earlier one), which talks wirelessly to several Mac iBook G4s under
Panther or Tiger.

The window of Terminal is about 15x15 and the only thing that I can see
is the 'close' icon. Is there anyway to fix this problem?
Thanks!