Mac Forum / General / General / November 2007

I was recently messing around in the X11 terminal (xterm), trying vainly
to get a functioning Meta key for Emacs, and something happened that's
now causing me to get lots of "declare -x" variable statements every
time I open a login shell.

I've downloaded Windows Media Player for Mac OSx 9.0 due to my inability to
play anything except MPEGs on my new MacBook.
I've placed it in the Applications Folder and need some instruction on
installing it. Can't figure it out.

in OS X 10.5's new internet sharing prefences control panel, there is
only the option to share the ethernet connection on my dual 2 GHz G5.
the airport option isn't there b/c i don't have a wireless card.  but
strangely, the firewire option is also missing, despite having two

http://tomkarpik.com/articles/massive-data-loss-bug-in-leopard/
Greg

I can connect to my home from my office via ssh and Personal File
Sharing but can't do so via the web.  Is cox.net blocking port 80
traffic?  Thanks for any help.

Considering this new report of a move bug in 10.5, I'm curious - are
there any GUI or command-line tools that will do a file verify as part
of copying files or directories?
Thanks.

I have one of the early dual-core Mac Mini's, now running OS 10.4.10.
When I go into terminal it defaults to using /bin/tcsh, as opposed to my
more recent MacBook which defaults to /bin/bash.
I've tried using preferences, but that doesn't seem to fix the problem.

why tiger panther leopard.
it's not a weapon ?
/Jorgen

1)  A very weird thing happens in Leopard--- the CD tray on my
Quicksilver doesn't like opening.  I have to hit the open/close key
several times (hard) to get it to open.  Yet, when in 10.3.9, the tray
opens normally with just a light touch.  There may be a good side to

My Mac G4 tower / 733 was working fine.  I restarted and the for a
while it just wouldn't boot.  The symptoms at that time were:
At powerup:
Power light comes on

Dear members:
This is my first post to the group and I don't have much experience with
printing technologies so I apologize if my questions seem rather basic.
Although I have been using inkjet photo printers for a while, I have began

this is my first time upgrading a mac, so was looking for some
clarification...
currently i have 2 macs in the house. since $200 is cheaper than $260,
i ordered the family pack, which it says is good for up to 5 users/

recently i purchased Leopard (the family pack, because i was
impatient, for those who like to keep score). i havent started using
TM yet because it says it will need to format my external storage to
make use of it. currently the FAT32 volume has stuff on i need, and i

I haven't seen this mentioned yet here, so:
To turn off the 3D appearance of the Dock, issue this command in a
terminal window:
    defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

The problem:
Villagetronic have their VTBook product which allows one or two more
external monitor connections for PC or Mac laptops via their PC Card
slots.  Great.