Mac Forum / General / General / September 2006

Okay, I will admit it, I am fussier than most when it comes to restoring
my boot drive after a crash.
What I really need is a course on how to create custom backups, the kind
that can backup EVERYTHING on a boot drive, plus being able to "modify"

We have a Mac X-Serve (Mac OS 10.2.8) that is backed up with a
stand-alone tape drive. The tape drive had gone bad, and we had
replaced it. I had removed the bad tape drive by powering it off, and
removing it while the box is still on.

I have a 17" iMac G5 w/ 768 MB RAM running 10.4.7.  The past 2 or 3
months, I will be surfing away and I'll start to notice a blue-ish
tinge in certain areas of the screen.  The discoloration moves w/ the
windows and often seems to be brought on by dragging a window around.

What's the best way to "clone" a user from one OS X machine to another?
The OS versions will be the same.
Is it as simple as creating a .dmg of /Users/wife (say) and then
restoring it to the new system? Would I have to create the user on the

I just installed the latest version of Mac OS X  and I'm puzzled about
something. There is now a tilde (~) attached to the names of my Inbox
and the Pop Account mailboxes. What does it mean? I thought that the
e-mail on my servers was overfilled so I went there and erased it all. ...

Pioneer DVD-RW  DVR-105 installed in a Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics) (OS
X 10.4.7).
I've used it for years but never tried a DVD-RW until now.
When I insert a blank DVD-RW, about ten seconds pass then the disk is ejected.

I notice that in Toast 7.0 using OS X 10.4.7 when I use a DVD+R disc I
can't simulate a burn.  Is this normal?

Alright all of my earlier posts have been answered and I want to thank
everyone for assisting me.
I have an iMAC G3 with very little memory.
I want to add some memory but the problem I keep running into is  One

I have a simple wireless set up with an AirportExpress connected directly to
my dsl modem and two Macs wirelessly connected to the AirportExpress.  One
Mac is a Flat iMac and the other is a MacBook.  Both are connected
wirelessly to the AirportExpress.  Both have Quickbooks Pro ...

I've posted before on this issue, but no resolution so far.
I'm trying the synch, using iSynch, my mobile phone and my Mac's
Address Book. The current status is that my Address Book on my Mac is
empty, and my phone has lots of contacts on it.

I have a logitech webcam that i want to send to a family member with a
windows pc. I have a new iMac with the isight camera, and would like to
use THAT camera to video chat with him, while he uses the logitech
camera on his windows based pc.

Just installed Tiger on son's G-5 (2@500 Mhz), and installed only the
Epson printer package as it's doubtful any other printer will be run
there. But it doesn't want to play.
Any tips? It's recognized, but in the printer utility, it keeps showing

Don't ask :-)  but one of my offspring needs to compile some fortran
code as a cross-check against some c++ development code.  This is all
thanks to a certain professor at a certain unnamed Ivy League school
who's attacking this problem like a bulldog.

I have a Power Book ande I am trying to copy everything from it, to a
MacBook (with enough space).
Every thing is on a external HD and I need to copy the majority of
files and applications from it to my new Mac Book.  Can I use the

I am looking for a decent book that can ease me in quickly with Xcode,
I've been to some of the ADC Forums and found some decent material, but
instead of printing up everything I'd like to be able to get a good
book that has plenty of content to show me how to deal with OOC and the