Mac Forum / General / General / December 2006

I expect that eventually VMware will have something that really can
compete with Parallels, but they aren't off to a great start:
http://aplawrence.com/MacOSX/vmware_fusion.html

Well now, isn't this interesting? (Not to mention thrilling):
- http://www.osnews.com/story.php/16739/Screenshot-ZFS-in-Leopard
- http://mac4ever.com/news/27485/zettabyte_sur_leopard/
(older rumour http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=14473)

I have an 20" iMac (intel) and a secondary dell 24" dell monitor. I
would like to power off iMac monitor while I'm watching a movie on the
external monitor.
Quicktime allows to use background color on this display, but I want to

Is there any way to encrypt files into archives that can later be opened
on a Windows PC?  It seems that Windows can't open .dmg files.  Maybe
it's possible to encrypt a .zip file?
Typing "man zip" in Terminal shows a "-e" flag that claims to offer

I have found myself hopelessly addicted to Eric's Solitaire Sample. It runs
in the Classic Mode.
When I boot my G4 running Tiger, I have it set up to display my Stickies and
iCal. If I try to run Eric's at that point from the Recent Items menu,

On my old G3/9.2.2/HP 870 Printer/HP driver 9.4.2 system I could do
partly automatic 2-sided printing. That is, once the Print command was
dispatched, the odd pages of the document would be printed. Then the
printer would wait for me to manually  turn over the document, put it

i was going to buy a macbook for mainly college work,
word processing, editing photos+ organizing them, edting videos. stuff
like that.
Do you think i should buy the macbook with 512mb of ram and 1.8ghz or

I have a Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye.  Strangely, the
middle button on my mouse is no longer working with Expose (I have it
set to Show Windows), or with my X11 programs (like Emacs).  It *does*
work just fine with other programs (like Firefox, and TextEdit).

HELLO I HAVE THE MAC RECORDER FARALLON PERFECT 20 EURO

I have a MacBookPro and I cannot connect to unencrypted wireless
networks. I can connect to encrypted wireless networks without any
issues. When I try to connect to unencrypted networks, I receive the
dialog box stating, 'There was a error joining the AirPort network

I am not so worried about the fancy stuff. I just want to change font,
change color, find quick contacts and that sort of stuff. I have
Firefox going at work and everything works and I am to lazy to download
it at home (I'm at work most of the time) so when I do open up Safari

Almost a year to the date after installing a new drive in my son's 12
inch Powerbook, I have had to replace it. I think that he dropped it.
Having gone through the process a year ago, I am somewhat familiar and
comfortable with all of it; however, I have encountered the same

i have just tried to install VPC6 on my iBook g4 and when it comes to
setting up for broadband
all i get is the message you are not connected to your network HELP! i
am hooked up thru

My fairly old Powerbook G4 usually does not seem to start up from the
Power button (though I think I can hear the fan running).
It always starts if I use Command-Control-Power.
I guess that the cause of this is a dead backup battery, but I am

CHAPTER 1
Once upon a time, like circa 1999, QuickTime version 3 was born. Among
its new mutations was something called Text Tracks. Basically, it
allowed users to add text to their .MOV files for a variety of purposes