Mac Forum / General / General / April 2007

I have followed all of the setup messages on getting my XP machine to
print to my Dell 3100cn color laser printer attached to an Airport via
USB.
Printing from my Mac is of course just fine and easy.

I recently switched and am getting to know my MacBook. I have been able to
find replacements for most things I use, or a mac version is available, but
there are a couple of areas I am not comfortable yet and was wondering if
someone could give me some pointers - happy to do my own ...

I got a new gateway monitor, but calibrating that thing is pain in a*s
with built-in monitor calibration tool. my colors and contrast are way
way off ...
Does anyone have any hardware calibration tool like spyder2 or huey ? I

Does anyone know where I can find the absolute latest release of the
old System 6 SuperClock tool? All of the links I've found online have
been dead.
Many thanks,

Hi, My girlfriend's printer has stopped working.
Epson stylus D80
eMac 1Ghz G4
First I downloaded the latest drivers, checked compatibility. Computer

I have a relatively new Mac Mini (Intel) and would like to repatition
the drive into a Windows portion (for boot camp) and a Mac portion.
Mac portion would be about 50GB and the Windows portion about 30GB.  I
plan to access windows mostly via Parallels, but may occasionally want

Do any exist that are under the $100 range? There seems to be plenty that
work wirh Windows.
I use my Palm Zire 72 for on the fly dictation, but for lectures, and
meetings perhaps I could use a digital. One day I'd like to perhaps move

My wife opened an e-mail from a company she worked with via the Web
and noticed her photo in it.   She was worried that her iMac was
taking her picture, but I pointed out that this was the picture we
took when she got her computer.

For the purpose of sharing files on a LAN without using the drop box in
OSX, is there a way to copy and paste an entire filename path so that a
colleague can access files on my machine?
I'm looking for a simple keystroke combination that will yield

I have a home network consisting of a Suse 10.0 Linux machine, and two
Mac's. All of these computers are linked wirelessly through an Airport
Base Station. Is there a way to mount a volume from one of the Macs
onto the Linux machine? If I am in my Linux machine, can I do an

What are the nominations for your favorite RSS reader?  Especially one
that organizes many feeds in groups for easy organization and rapid
viewing.  I've been using Opera's built in RSS reader, but it won't
allow more than one group of feeds.  So organization into groups is an

Does anyone know the key combinations so that all you can see is the
peice you are working on - and nothing in the back ground?  (Think its
black)
Thanks.

When I write a script in Perl, or for the bash, csh, or other shell,
can I save the script so that it is clickable and executable from the
desktop? Is there a way to somehow save/bundle it as an application
that is executable by clicking on it?

My Mac Mini, version OSX 10.4.9, refuses to shut down correctly. The monitor
displays a grey screen telling me I must switch off the Mini using the power
button. I humbly obey but, when I switch on again, an annoying message tells
me that the damned thing shut down unexpectedly. A ...

I'm trying to install OS X (10.0.3) in a Wallstreet G3 Powerbook.  I bumped up the memory (to 160 MB and OS 9 recognized it).  Because the recommended install space is 1.5 GB, I decided to use a larger drive, so I replaced the exisiting 2 GB with a 6 GB.  I've physically ...