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MAXTOR S TM3320620A hard disk in iMac G4?
I have an external hard disk (FW/USB2) which has a MAXTOR S TM3320620A.
I¹d like to swap it with my iMacs (1.25 GHz) internal 80 GB one.
Does anyone know if this drive is compatible? I can¹t find any info.

I have a working script which sets up a RAM disk. It works fine when invoked
from the terminal, but doesn't work when I try to invoke it at startup. I have
followed all of the procedures given here:
http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Startup/index.ws

I'm looking to start dnsmasq (dns cache) using a launchd job. It's just
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' /opt/local/sbin/dnsmasq' as root. It forks into the background when
started.

I have recently recovered from a memory chip failure that caused my G4
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My Activity Monitor now shows VM size = 6.1 GB (confirmed with Unix 'top'
command), with few programs running and only one swap file of 64mb showing

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I have a Dlink DWL-G122 USB Wireless Stub which works perfectly with
my Windows PC.  Where can I find the driver for Mac (Tiger)?  I
searched the internet and there are some posts saying it uses ralink
2500 chipset, therefore it's just a matter of downloading the 2500

I'm running Mac OS X on and MBP, latest updates.
Apart from the lack of a 'Next' button/accelerator, there's one bug in
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I've configured two IMAP accounts. I'ved noticed that when I compose a

I tried to install Windows with BootCamp on a MacBook Š
I started BootCamp assistant, burned the drivers CD, printed the manual
and tried to partition.
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on a powerbook g4 dvi ?

We're having trouble converting old Freehand documents into
perfect .pdfs.  What we're trying to do now is export the Freehand
document as an AI or EPS, then open it in either Illustrator or right
in InDesign, we then make the .pdf but from time to time we have white

I have a small home network with 3 XP computers connected to a Linksys
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wireless card.  All can see each other and share files.  I recently
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after reading john siracusa's crits of the mac os 10 finder, i read
some reviews on the Path Finder app, which he recommends. it sounds
cool.
im not at my mac tho, so i cant check it out. anyone have thoughts

It's really annoying. I get the icons in a window positioned *exactly*
as I want them and then...
something happens -- maybe something I did without noticing, or maybe
something the Mac did to me when I wasn't looking -- and all the icons

Hi all, I'm running 10.3.9 on a G4 Quicksilver with a 2 gig Newer CPU.
  I wish to do some diagnostics on my internal hard drive which means
of course that I need to boot from either a CD-ROM or external drive and
when I try to do so all I get is a grey screen, even though ...

Am I correct in thinking that finding out who is logged in is simply a
case of issuing a who and a last command ?
Is there any way on the mac for an intruder to hide processes/sessions
etc and hide the fact they are logged in to the system.