Mac Forum / General / General / December 2006

I posted this first on mozilla.support.firefox but it looks like it's
too Mac-related for a general Firefox forum. So here's what's wrong:
I have a totally fresh install of Firefox V2.0 (dragged old to Trash,
deleted all Firefox preference files from ~/Library, hence also using a

Can anyone recommend a wireless router that works fine on Pipex ADSL
Max (8Mbps)? Also, does anyone know if there are wireless routers which
have a greater range than most other routers? Again, any models that
are good? Thanks.

I'm making this post in hope that somebody knows of some way to
replicate this XFree86 (unix X system, or more precisely a feature
common to a lot of the X-based window managers) feature under OS X...
and if nothing like this exists, perhaps someone might give me pointers

I just set up a Netgear Router WGR614 and all seems well. To do so did
involve rooting round a little when the basic instructions on the
instruction card didn't quite deliver but I got going after. I'm posting
this message to see if posting to this great little NG also works but

Has anyone ever tried using a TV tuner USB stick designed for use with
Windows under parallels?
if so, did it work and which brand.type was it?

I have two Macs working off an Airport Extreme Base Station (one
running 10.3, the other 10.4).Each person in my family has an account
on both machines. But if you do something on one machine, say create a
document and put it on the desktop or add a bookmark to your browser,

Have a PC and Mac G4 hooked to the Internet through a Linksys router
using CAT 5 cable.  Can get on the internet from both PC and Mac using
cable modem hooked to the router.
Have a PC with Windows XP and printer attached

I got a new ipod for christmas but it needs itunes 7.0 to run it. my G3
has 10.2 and will not run it. does anyone know where i can get a
firmware upgrade or any other suggestions?
Thanks

I have just bought a second hand PowerBook G4 for my gf, I did a clean
install of OSX 10.4, did all the updates and transferred all the "stuff"
from her previous G3 PowerBook.
In System Preferences, under Network > Airport there is only a single

We have a MAC that is running the latest version of OS X.
We are trying to print to an HP 2430 DTN.  For some reason when
something is sent to this printer, it will print duplicate copies.
For example, if you print a word document, set it to print only 1 copy,

I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can
print fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to
it from other macs in my network.  I want to print to it from my win xp
pc. I can see the printer and connect to it from my xp machine in a few

Back in October, there was a discussion about black iBooks:

I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can
print fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to
it from other macs in my network.  I want to print to it from my win xp
pc. I can see the printer and connect to it from my xp machine in a few

I have a mac with a usb lexmarkc500 printer connected to it. I can
print fine using the mac that it's connected to and I can also print to
it from other macs in my network.  I want to print to it from my win xp
pc. I can see the printer and connect to it from my xp machine in a few

I just installed Parallels and XP and I am trying to figure out how to
share files between my mac and my "pc".  I have tried enabling windows
file sharing from OS X, and then tried connecting to the specified
DHCP-given address in XP, but XP is hanging and can't seem to connect