Mac Forum / General / General / January 2007

I own an iMac G5 1.8Ghz running 10.3.9. I get a very strange result when
I add the following numbers in the calculator:
2353.82 + 3231.96 = 5585.780000000001
If any of the numerals in the problem change, the trailing "0000000001"

I was wondering why the Apple UI is the best in the desktop world. Is
it this quartz 2D that is the center of the graphics system ? Is it
just an extension of the display PDF; if so why microsoft or linux
have simulated this kind thing on their operating system ? What is

How can I connect to a USB flash drive that is plugged into a remote server?
When I connect to the server (using afp from the Finder), the flash drive is
not on the list of mountable volumes, even though the drive does appear on
the server's local desktop.

My transfer rates from my Airport extreme seem slow to me and I was
wondering what other people were getting.  I am transfering files from
one computer to another thru the Airport.  One computer is a Quad G5
and the other is a MacBook Pro.  The max speed so far has been

I am trying to clear some space in the menu bar. Already removed a few
icons that I was not using, but I am unable to find how to remove the
following :
- the IrDA icon (I have IrDA on my TiBook 667MHz GB-EN): I have not used

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Apple issues AirPort Extreme security update
Apple has patched a hole in AirPort on Intel Macs
Jonny Evans

While in the process of creating a presentation in Keynote, I stumbled
across an issue I wasn't expecting.
It was my intention to include part of a video I purchased through the
iTunes store and that is now in my iTunes library to enhance my

..without formatting or repartitioning.
I have 3 macs on my network and all have the same name ('Macintosh HD').
 It makes finding the volume you want very difficult.
Can I change the name of a disk without reformatting it?

My wife and I have seven Macs on our home wireless network. Only two of
them are Core 2 Duos (MacBook Pro & 24" iMac) capable of using 802.11n.
The network is configured thusly:
Cable Modem connects to router. Wireless base station (802.11g) also

I have an iMac flat panel G5 connected to the internet via a router.  
Also connected via the same router is a PC.  Occasionally the DSL
internet connection will go off.  If I try to connect during that time I
get the message "No Internet Connection".  However once it is again

I am trying to include emails into a folder within an iDVD
presentation. Can this be done. Maybe scan them into a jpeg? Anybody
with experience here?  thanks

While cleaning up the files on my laptop running Mac OS 10.4.8, I found
that I cannot empty-from-Trash the following file
PowerPC Accelerator, v 1.1 copyright 1995 Adobe Systems Inc. The file's
icon says PLUG-IN.  Attempts to empty this file from the Trash generates

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With my DP 1.8 GHz (first version) PowerMac running Mac OS 10.4.8,
whenever I try to back up a 2.3 GB folder onto a DVD using either the
internal ATAPI Pioneer DVD-RW-106D drive, w. firmware = A606, or an
external firewire Pioneer DVD-RW-105 drive, w. firmware = 121, I get a

I finally stumbled across the real reason why Apple puts those useless
dead free spaces (128 MB) after each user partition on Intel Macs,
partitioned with Disk Utility as GPT partitioning format.
From Apple tech' note TN2166 -