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Fart -Snort - Belch - Fart	22 Jan 2007 03:23 GMT	1
The delightful noises that come from Michelle Steiners four main orifices.
How to improve memory in Mac Mini?	22 Jan 2007 02:48 GMT	16
There are several items such as iChat, Mail,Address Book,iTunes,iDVD,iMovieHD and iCal which I don't really need access to. 1)Do these functions normally load into memory when the computer is booted?
preserving macbook battery	22 Jan 2007 01:55 GMT	12
"do one of the following to preserve your MacBook battery life: * Discharge the battery 50 percent before storing your MacBook. * When storing your computer for longer than five months, discharge the battery to approximately 50 percent and then remove it from the
FireWire Connections	22 Jan 2007 01:50 GMT	7
Can a FireWire daisy-chain include more than one computer? I have an external FireWire drive that is sometimes connected to my G5 desktop and at other times connected to my G3 iBook. I merely connect a FireWire cable from the appropriate computer to the drive
New security strategy for laptops?	22 Jan 2007 00:27 GMT	4
> I am using a laptop that has some kind of standard system on it by the > company. It was served by an Xserve and had an account that > automatically synced with the building server. I immediately became > frustrated because it would not run any of the software that i
File Vault	21 Jan 2007 22:21 GMT	5
What's the point of using file vault. I know its for when somebody might steal my macbook they would be unable to read the files. But why not just put a password on the user account. would that not be easier
Do Disk Images Contain Resource Forks?	21 Jan 2007 22:20 GMT	1
I've been lurking here for a while but haven't seen this question answered. Someone recently asked what disk images were. I got that answer, but I'm not sure if these files have resource forks. My understanding is that Apple suggests that people try to avoid creating _files_ with ...
How do I create a startup drive on an external firewire Hard drive?	21 Jan 2007 20:40 GMT	5
I want to be able to start up from the external drive when there is trouble. Thanks in advance.
finding /usr/bin	21 Jan 2007 19:31 GMT	16
hi i need to locate a folder "/usr/bin". how can i navigate to this from finder? thanks marc
Backwards compatability	21 Jan 2007 19:01 GMT	3
I have a couple of senior rellies that have bought a new Mac. which uses an OS 10.4. They have a previous model Mac (PowerMac?) with OS 8.6. They are unable to transfer data (mainly letters and a biography) from the old to the new because the new OS complains that the old OS is ...
Share an ext hd	21 Jan 2007 16:16 GMT	1
how can I share an external hd between two mac via airport? Thanx Tyler
Mac OS Tiger / Java 1.4.2 / Safari	21 Jan 2007 14:31 GMT	2
I'm new to Mac OS and I'm trying to understand how Java is installed in Mac OS. I just purchased an iMac and I need to run a web applet that requires Java 1.4.2 (and I mean it will NOT work with J2SE 5.0). I see a link called Java 1.4.2 Plugin Settings but I don't see a folder for
MacWorld Expo was a bit of a let down	21 Jan 2007 12:54 GMT	8
iPhone and Apple TV are neat, well done, and beautiful. But I have little or no use for either, and have no intent of buying either of them. I had been hoping for iWork 07 and iLife 07, but there was nary a word about either of them. Many authors and lecturers said that this ...
Hint on de-scratching iPods	21 Jan 2007 02:57 GMT	1
In case anyone has a scratched-up iPod... Since I had nothing much to lose, I experimented on my photo last weekend. It was pretty scratched up, partly from life's mishaps, partly from being inside one of those iskin evo2 cases (the screen protector in that case really scratches up
The Art of Counting TIME	21 Jan 2007 02:25 GMT	1
The Art of Counting TIME [ Mathematics / Physics / Engineering ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the research done on the paper titled: "The Number '1'", which