Mac Forum / General / General / August 2007

I'm not aware of a decent disk utility for Mac since Norton Utilities 8.0
came out for OS 10.3 and under. Since Norton Utilities is not supporting any
future Mac products, I am forced to find something else.
Would anyone please recommend a disk utility that they have found

I just got a MacBook Pro.
My old system is a dual 1.25 G4, FW-800 with 4 internal hds
and 6 external fw hds full of mostly mp3s. And i still have my
old 400 MHz G4.

If I bought a new imac or mini, could I have apple store or other authorized
apple reseller switch out the RAM and Superdrive from a dead emac? I'm not
sure if my emac is dead, but if it is, I want to salvage what I can from it.
Can I use the RAM and superdrive in another non emac ...

I'm a freelance designer who recently got a project that requires
modeling software.  Basically I want a program where I can enter a few
line drawings -- front on, perhaps, and profile -- and it will
generate a 3d image of the object.

System 10.4.10. My alert sounds (for example, when I throw something
into the trash or take a screen-shot picture) have quit working.  "Play
user interface sound effects" is checked in System Preferences/Sound.
Output Volume slider works; Alert Volume slider doesn't seem to do

Guys, how can I *programmatically* retrieve the folder the Firefox is
installed to?

Until recently, I maintained my websites by editing local files
and running 'sitecopy -u <site>'
But now, I have PHP actually changing files on the server.
What I would like to find now is a Mac OS 10.3.9 binary or

Why should we even care about what a "Service" is?
Because it is 'computer talk', which may have some obscure benefits for
us personally if we knew how to use the "Services" menu selections we
see scattered all over Mac OS X menus.

Can someone give me some advice on how to get Mac's OS 10.4 on my
eMachine laptop with a 1.8 AMD, 768MB ram, 60GB HDD, with all the latest
 updates and patches.
Thanks for your help.

Is there any way to remove Classic OS9? I never use it and thought I could
free up disk space. BTW: I'm running Tiger (10.4.6)

I'm experiencing a problem with my 2 year old Mac i-book.  It will run
for a few minutes, then I receive an error message in 4 different
languages saying I must shut down and restart the computer.  After
shutting down the computer will not restart,m though we have had some

Got a cheap software package called "Office Applications" at a used
bookstore. The package includes OpenOffice and AbiWord, among others.
The box says, "No additional software required." But, once installed,
none of the programs work. They all launch OroborOSX which, in turn,

Daughter just got a Mac laptop last month and LOVES IT!!! Says she will
NEVER go back to M$, and I'm thinking about the getting the cash to do the
switch myself.
Well, I'm trying to get her ready for college and we basically are still

I have enabled X11 in my firewall and switched off X11 authentication.
Trying to start my linux based
application (exported DISPLAY=host:0.0), I get this:
Xlib: connection to "192.168.150.239:0.0" refused by server