Mac Forum / General / General / January 2007

Is there some place I can download the recent Apple Security
Update and re-apply it to my system?

Is there any way to add extra actions to be taken when switching
Locations?  In particular, I have different ssh config files I want to
use depending on the current Location setting.  Right now it's a symlink
and I change it manually.  But I'd love to have it happen automatically,

Not sure how I did this, but as of yesterday, when my MBP wakes from
sleep it no longer defaults the wireless network.  I have to select
one manually from the AirPort menu icon.  Before this, my local AirPort
network would be selected automatically on wake-up.

I am trying to connect an electric guitar as input to Garage Band via
the same cable which has worked on Macs in the past.  For some reason
on 2 Intel-based Macs (an iMac and a MacBook) I get a loud squeal
instead as the input, suggesting there is perhaps an impedance mismatch

I found the "Log out after __ minutes of inactivity" in System Prefs, but
it seems to be a global setting; i.e. all user accounts will do it or
none will.
Is there any way to have just one or two accounts do that and not the

I'm having real problems connecting to Windows XP using ARD 3.0 I got
two XP machines:
1. XP Pro running UltraVNC
2. XP Home running RealVNC

I've seen this on 3 recent-model iMacs, including my own- both Intel and
PPC, all with lots of RAM ,broadband Internet, and OS X 10.4.8.
The symptoms are that sound works for system sounds, iTunes plays music
without problem, etc... but when checking out online video- such as

I have the latest Netscape for use w/my IMAC G4 latest OS all updated.
Permissions files all OK and have run disc warrior and rebuilt the
directory.
Every time I try to access Amazon.com it times out on me.  Have also

I subscribe to one of the public domain audio books podcasts.  There is
a book I'd like to keep but I accidentally deleted about half the
chapters.  Is there a way I can DL only those chapters from the iTunes
store w/o re-subscribing and w/o playing them?  Or will I have to

I currently have a Windows XP PC and I would like to switch to the new 24"
iMac.  I have two questions:
I need to transfer some of my files from the Windows PC to the Mac.  With
Windows desktops this used to be easy.  I would put the old harddrive into

My Win XP was upgraded two weeks ago. It has been periodically updated for
the last 5 years, FREE.  My
machine actually runs faster, and I removed all outside VP programs.  I use
only WindowsXP and it works great - I surf all the "forbidden" sites without

Yesterday iCal decided to start alerting me every minute about
something. I can't tell what because the cute little alert window has
absolutely nothing in it. No text, no little buttons. I tried looking
the directories in Application Support but couldn't tell enough to find

I have Chicken of the VNC running on my mac, is it possible to connect to an
XP Pro machine which has remote desktop enabled?
I've tried but keep getting connection refused, I can connect to the machine
from other windows clients but not the mac. All machines are behind the same

IF YOU SEE A FAG ON THE STREET TOMORROW KILL IT! STAB THAT FAG!
MAKE SURE THAT FAG CAN CAN'T CAUSE ANY MORE DISEASE!
DO IT FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN!

I was wondering if anyone in this NG knew where I could download a copy
of PowerMgrLib.  It is, I believe, an extenion for the OS8 system.  If
anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.