Mac Forum / General / General / January 2007

This is from macnn.com
Apple Inc. has a decent shot of outgrowing Microsoft Corp. within the
next five years if it can keep churning out hit wonders, an
extrapolation of revenue data from the two industry heavyweights has

MacScan distributed demo copies (full-featured, but works for only
fifteen days) at MacWorld earlier this month.  I just ran it on my
system, and it found zilch, zip, nada, nothing--no tracking software, no
spyware, nothing.  Considering that I have files going back for decades,

i just bought a macbook (great little piece of hardware).
i had a pc connected to the internet through DSL and slapped a wireless
router in beteen so I have a internet all over the place.
now my mac has access to internet, and i am trying to set up a wireless

Admittedly, it's a far shot, but I'd thought I'd give it a try ...
I have a CompactPro archive that has been split up into four
segments ...
archive.cpt.#1

recently I had to deal with Apple's stupid "remote volumes not mounted
when nobody is locally logged in" idea in Mac OS 10.4.8.
So I wanted to explicitly mount the Software RAID-1 (created out of two
external Firewire disks via Apple's Disk Utility) via command line when

Is there a way for me to "mount" a NAS storage device under OS X so
that I can use Spotlight to search that device?

I've been having problems with airport connecting to my access point since the
last airport update.
Normally the imac will connect automatically to my access point when I turn on
the computer - now it can't connect until I click the airport icon at top of

Blindingly FAST.  Smooth and trouble free.  The machine a Dell XPS 210 with
Intel E6800.( Good but definitely not the most powerful in the lineup.
Loaded up with Adobe Photo Shop.  Auto Cad. Instant response.  The look is
total sh.t. Its a twin of OSX.  But it will outperform ...

I have a couple of old programs I no longer use which live in my
system preferences.  Could someone tell me how to delete these please.
Many thanks.

i cleared the history in safari and emptied the cache but whenever i
type something in the address bar it comes up with websites which iv
gone on. How do i actually clear the history. i went to history and
then clear history.....

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Environmental friendly service !
Teflex® - a Universal disinfectant with prolonged action.  http://
www.teflex.org

My daughter tried to record her voice using garage band for a song she
was submitting for a local competition.  This is on a Macbook Pro Core
Duo with ILife 6.  The internal mic had a buzz or fan noise so she
tried an external microphone.  Using a stereo mini jack adapter,

Hey guys,
I am mainly a Windows Administrator by day; however, the radio station
that I am involved is an all Mac environment.
The college that is essentially their ISP changed IP addresses for the

http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=17058
Analysts say the iPhone isn't smart enough
Apple's decision to close software development means iPhone's no smartphone
Peter Cohen, Macworld.com