Mac Forum / General / General / November 2007

I am thinking about using a mac mini OSX as a cheap and nice and user-
friendly front end for a number of fast and cheap linux machines.  I
guess that one can mount the linux drives via nfs (if need be, use X),
and then replace all sorts of command line applications (e.g., like

My MacBook ran fine using 10.4.10, no problems. Then I used Software Update
to download and install new software, including the update to 10.4.11,
iTunes 7.5, new iDVD, and one other item, can't remember. I left and when I
came back, the screen just showed an empty desktop, and I ...

I'm a little confused as I'm sure a lot of people are regarding the
digital to analogue conversion that we use to hear anything from our
computers.  The Mac Pro and other high end computers use a Toslink
output to presumably ensure that analogue distortions don't enter into

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Using OS 10.4.11.  I want to partition 60GMB internal HD into 2
partitions- OS 10.4.11 and OS 9.2.2 using 10.4.11.Disk Utility.
Partitioning works OK.  OS X drive is fine.  I have transferred OS 9
data from a working external HD.  Data is there but the OS 9 HD will

My step-dad has a iBook 500mhz Dual USB laptop. I gave it to him a few
years back when I upgraded to a Powerbook. I just seemed to run out of
space on the hard drive for stuff and and wanted a unit that was a
little faster with a larger screen. In any event he now running out of

It appears that there is no way to delete an individual file from Time
Machine backups.
I had a file listing all of my passwords on my desktop while I was
updating it. When finished, I moved it back to a 3.5 floppy where I

Is there a way to turn off the animated Time Machine background?
Time Machine thinks it can pull off the animation on my Core Solo Mac
mini. It's very, very wrong. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8DgwX1gUKA
OMG!!!!

The hard drive in my MPB recently bit the dust.  I was lucky enough to
have backed up everything to my external hard drive (Western Digital
USB 250GB) using SuperDuper!  I discovered that when holding the 'C'
key you can boot directly from the external, despite having heard it

I'm running a newly purchased iMac 2.4 Dual with Leopard. I have cable
internet service from Roadrunner receiving successfully for years on my
Mac-a G4 previously. No routers or networking; only one computer. I
installed XP with Bootcamp successfully. But, I can't connect with the

i have a Airport Express station and i want it just for airtunes (no
ADSL here) to stream my music.
I was not able to remove the amber blinking light that shows me the
"no network found" problem.

I used MacJanitor with Tiger and realized that the tasks could be done easily
in terminal. Now with Leopard I have tried to run these by typing: sudo sh
/etc/daily, which returns with No such file or directory. I looked on the net
all over trying to find said information but was ...

After getting Leopard, I have installed a PCI USB 2.0 card (I think it's
a Belkin card) in my G4 PowerMac (as it had only USB 1.1) and put on it
an ext. USB drive for Time Machine. Unfortunately, when the PM falls
asleep, it loses sight of the drive and I get "device you removed ...

So many problems. So little time.
Apple's accused of giving some Mac owners a Judas Kiss with the release of
Mac OS X 10.4.11.
Reports from sources indicate Apple may have shipped the software update