Mac Forum / General / General / May 2006

10.2.8 Jaguar, was trying to gain more space on the boot volume.
I managed to move the folder back to the boot drive and every app works
as before, EXCEPT for NetInfo Manager and Disk Utility. When I try to
start either of them, a small dialog comes up that says:

Guys,
What apps should I use to control (manipulate the GUI) my Tiger iBook
remotely from my XP PC, or vice-versa?
Is this fairly easy to do with some kind of VNC tool? Or is it a

I plan on getting a MacBook with 1 GB RAM.  Should I get a 1 GB stick or
two 512 MB sticks?  I've heard paired memory is better (I think this
applied to the Intel Mini).

On a lot of AMD based notebooks, you can cut down some of the
performance settings via third-party utilities and get the power
consumption and temperature way down and battery life way up.  
Of course, they also allow you to overclock to go the other way

Hi, without going down the Airport route, what would be the simplest way
to make a G4, two G3s and a Wallstreet PB all broadband wireless? I
alreayd have an ethernet modem router. I imagine the desktops would get
a PCI card each and the Wallstreet would get a PCMIA card. The ...

I recently had to do an Archive and Install. When finished I launched
Printer Setup Utility only to find no printers; however I did find the
printers I had configured before the Archive/Install in
~Library:Printers. Where should they be so the Printer Setup Utility can

AppleMatters has reported that the OS X simple Finder/ parental
controls can be bypassed via simple functionality within Microsoft
Office Documents.  Examples cited include a bypass via PowerPoint..
http://www.macsecuritynews.com

I just bought a 350Mhz iMac for my 5 y/o daughter. It has OS 9.2 on it.
Does anyone have any old educational or entertainment software for
children that they no longer have a use for? I can reimburse you for
shipping, but sorry I am to poor to buy it off you.

A coworker came in today and all of the files on her desktop were gone
and Entourage is acting like it was just installed -- all her e-mails
are gone and none of the custom folders she had set up are there. Upon
searching, we found the desktop files had been moved to the "Movies"

OK, help me understand it, what do we get with MacBook Pro that is
lacking in ordinary MacBook now?

For OSX 10.4.6:
Anyone know of a way to guarantee that a particular application does
not access the network? Firewall doesn't cut it because I have to keep
some ports open to other applications. Is there any way to specify for

How can I open .wmv files on my Intel iMac?
Will the "Pro" version of QuickTime Player do it?  Is there an
Intel-compatible plugin?
Any help is appreciated.

Hello NG,
I just want to tell you from my experiences with the broken machines
on my table. I deal with and repair PowerBooks, so there where a lot.
Perhaps ~ 100 over the last two years. I found that in 90% heat was

Does anyone know if Apple will be changing the case design of the Intel
iMacs so that they can be more upgradable?
I know that the initial G5 iMac can be opened and you can replace most
of the components relatively easily.  The new iMacs only leave the RAM

I'm running Itunes 6 under windows XP home. I've recently noticed that
some of the mp3s in my library come up as "Album artwork not
modifiable". When I try to play them in Itunes nothing happens. If I
right click and do "Get Info" there's no artwork tab displayed. If I