Mac Forum / General / General / December 2006

Hello. I was wondering what CPU would be the best to put in my mac mini
1.66 core duo. I was thinking of a 2.16Ghz Core 2 Duo. Anyone done this
or have any links to videos how its done?

I need some advice about setting up a Mac OS X fileserver in a mixed
Mac/PC environment.  We have a Windows Small Business Server, which is
the domain controller, active directory controller, etc.
Is it possible to set up a Mac OS X file server that would require

Thanks, guys.
It's nice to see that you're a mature group that honors request
from other groups.
NOT!

In Mac OS X v10.4, which of the following folders in a users Home
directory are accessible by all user accounts by default ? (Choose
Two).
A. Documents

Mac Owners Support Group aka MacOSG
MacOSG is an Apple-endorsed online Mac User Group dedicated to helping other
Mac users. We encourage you to register and become an interactive part of
our "family" of friendly passionate Mac users.

I'm quite new to Macs and just can't figure out what is going on here.
I can't find any mention of the problem(s) anywhere I look - wondered
if you could offer me any suggestions?
The problem is that fonts are being displayed really weirdly. It

"During the last decade, technology has been the catalyst for
incredible change. Ten years ago, the PC was just beginning to achieve
broad acceptance. Today, the PC, the Internet, and mobile phones and
mobile devices have all reached critical mass, creating fantastic

I have finally had my fill of iTunes. So, im looking for a new
podcasting tool.
Does anyone know of an app for osx that will let me subscribe to a
podcast feed, download new episodes, and, ideally, copy the podcast to

This is not really a problem, but it did give me a chuckle today.  :)
I needed to receive a fax over my eMac (Remember fax?  Those analog
doucument senders?  Remember analog?  :P )
So I opened the Fax prefs and turned on Receiving Faxes.  I also clicked

Hello, I used bootcamp to run WinXP on my Macbook and all went well but
one thing. While Using the bootcamp assistant I needed to burn a cd
with macintosh drivers that I would need to use windows. So after I
installed Windows and everything was working I popped the cd in. It

[Summary of the review of Islam.exe : "Not an OS at all for any
platform. Its features are similar to a Trojan Virus. Hence, this
should be referred to all anti-virus software companies for developing
their respective virus updates, so as to prevent any further damages to

I can't seem to find a way of stopping iPhoto from starting up
automatically when I load a memory card from a digital camera into the
card reader.  Nothing in Preferences.  Is this even possible?  I don't
want to uninstall the program as its useful sometimes.  Just not most of

Please, guys.
While each school of system design (Mac vs PC) has its pluses and minuses,
we at the PC school aren't THAT interested in discussing them.
In consideration of us, just as you'd ask us to do, please stop crossposting

Hi, I'm a recent switcher and I have trouble minimizing my mouse usage
on a Mac.
One problem I have is with navigating dialogs windows. On Windows and
Linux most dialog box elements have keyboard shortcuts that can be

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http://www.flight.pl/pliki/flight.pl-en.wdgt.zip
Greets
Peter