Mac Forum / General / General / July 2006

I am trying to add a networked printer to my Imac. The printer is
physically connect to the window/Linux box. The Imac is plugged into
the router. I can get the printet to print from the mac but it prints
in code and not the text that I wanted to print..

I recently made a picture cdr on my imac. But the dvd player I tried to
view these pictures on wouldn't load up. The burn setting I used was
mac HFS+. Isn't this how I can view pictures stored on my mac on
commercial dvd players? If not please guide me through this?

I have attached an external USB hard disk to my mac. How can I find out
if it is USB 1.1 or 2.0?
Thanks.

Since upgrading to 10.4.7, my outbound packet filter is finding traffic from
this application going back to Apple. I have turned Dashboard off by default
(with defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES) due to
its modal nature, memory overheads and generally of ...

I back up nightly to a firewire drive. When I plug the drive in,
spotlight starts furiously working to index it. I don't need it
indexed, so I add it to the privacy list in the spotlight pref pane.
Is there any way to make that preference stick so I don't have to do it

I am an old macuser since system 7 but now i am pissed off by these
blocking errors generated by OSX.
After a hot reboot (button pushed), the system does not respond anymore

Just wanted to know if the Macbook Pro will be compatible when they release
a newer operating system.  Or, will I be stuck with Tiger ?
Steve.

I have a friend who can't remember the keychain password she used.
I suggested she open up Library/Keychains in her home directory
and rename the file entitled with her username.  I wasn't sure
if this was correct but I knew the file could just be renamed again.

I'm not sure if this is a technical enough question for this group and
if it's not please let me know, but I figured someone in here might
know something.
I like to leave the brightness of the display on my iBook at the

for $1.50 each; they still boot but i don't have any disks (esp. boot
disks or system disks) to use with them.  anyone know where i can d/l
an image of what i need on a windows based PC and create a disk from
there?

I am running OS X 10.4.7 and for some reason when my wife logs in to
her account the default font in open files is some sort of script
stylish font that I need to change. I figured my 10 year old probably
touched something. How can this be changed? I've looked all over the

I am seriously thinking of getting a Mac. I done enough Time in windows and
have been trying all flavours of Linux. Mandrake 10.2 was the best distro
for this computer,,,but..
So I was wondering if it would be best to start with a Mac Book Pro ?  or

Is there a keyboard shortcut on OSX 10.4.6 to go straight to Shut Down? I
don't want the dialog box that gives me the option to "Cancel." I want
something that automatically presses the "Shut Down" button.
If there is, I can't find it. I'd appreciate any help anyone could provide!

Has anyone found a good video driver for Windows 3.11 or Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 that can display 800x600 or 1024x768 in the Mac/Intel
(Macbook Pro) running Parallels Workstation?

"MTV adds slew of content to iTunes"
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1849
I would advise not buying this content if you plan on makeing a DVD of
your favorite videos. Apple allows a limited number of "burns" for its