Mac Forum / General / General / February 2006

I have a G4/400 (sawtooth) with a 10gig 5400rpm Apple ATA hard drive
plus a 120gig Maxtor 7200rpm ATA drive that I installed myself last
year. Everything is running okay, but I just read a post on Usenet
(referring to a similar situation with a G4 Yikes) that says, "The

Why is it that when I see "Switcher" in a subject line, that I still
think of that bit of pre-Multifinder software? <sigh>

There has just been a new Tiger release, 10.4.5, and the question is whether
it is better to update now or later. What I'm really curious about is whether
there are any objective studies that show whether it is better to install now
(benefitting from fixed bugs) or install later ...

Stephen Buggie                                           (505) 863-2390
Psychology Department
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup                      February 15, 2006
200 College Road

Is it possible to configure Mac OS X to let a non-admin run the Automatic
System Updater?
The machinery exists in sudo, but it's not obviously applicable to a GUI
Mac application.

New iMac user with iMac w/OS X connected to Win98 PC via Ethernet. Have
HP Deskjet 722C on PC. Can print mostly OK to HP, but no color, only
"grayscale". Do GIMP drivers not exist for color ?? Does HP
intentionally ignore Mac market ?? (no Mac drivers, only Win XX, on

My curiosity has been piqued! I have six accounts on my PowerBook which is
running OS X 10.4.5. When I switch from any one of them to any of five of the
six the "spin" of the desktop is from right to left. For the one account,
when switched to, the spin is from left to right. Is ...

Gold medal for sure. Unfortunately, I won't be able to watch. *PLONK!*
Davoud

I need to use a CTRL key in my VNC session with Chicken of the VNC.
Command key does not seem to do the trick. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Michael

Having a problem writing DVDs with my iMac and Toast 7.0.1.  Using
internal Pioneer DVD-RW DVR104 that came with machine.  System 10.4.5,
512MB and 800 MHZ.  Reads and writes CDs and reads DVDs fine but when I
try to write a DVD it rejects the disk.  Tried multiple different ...

How do I get my airport to stop switching to their network? They have a
linksys which they said was not working too well so they bought some
kind of booster that works so well it reaches across the street into my
livingroom! I can no longer surf without interuption in the front of ...

Stephen Buggie                                           (505) 863-2390
Psychology Department
Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup                      February 15, 2006
200 College Road

My Epson R200 won't recognize the black cartridge.
I was using a CIS system when it started having the problem. However when I put
in a new real Epson black cartridge, that didn't work either. Just keeps
telling me that it needs to be replaced.

OK, I'm sure this is an exceptionally silly question, but hey:
I'm a reasonable noob to OS X, having axquired my first Mac in October
last year.  
I am using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 with all current updates.

After installing Mac OS X 10.4.5 on my Intel iMac, USB overdrive doesn't
work.  The mouse buttons on my Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
respond to the settings in the Keyboard and Mouse control panel, and
totally ignore USB Overdrive.