Mac Forum / General / General / April 2008

Used rsync to duplicate user directory onto another Mac.
Both run 10.3.9
Mail uses keychain to store passwords.
Keychain does not work on the copy, meaning user has to constantly

Is there a nice GUI program to list the contents of an archive (.zip)
file? I'm not concerned about a java zip.  Currently, I have to unpack
the whole thing, and then clean up, just to check the contents.
I realize I could use one of the pkZip clones from the command line.

So it will run automatically and show installed updates, because both
those things are broken in Standard user account in Leopard on multiple
Macs.
I don't think Apple can be actually testing under Standard user

This was on MacFixit:
Perhaps most disconcerting, however, is a message that MacFixIt reader,
Tim Thomason, received from Psystar's support team, which reads:
"We absolutely do not support customers attempting to install the

Every one here... You have got to see this - WOW!
I found this new FULL INTETRNET UPGRADE technology that is about to
upgrade THE ENTIRE INTERNET to Web 2.0 standards and IT'S FREE! FULL
Social Networking functionality on EVERY WEBSITE on the internet with

I have two microphones and an iMac. The iMac has two input holes in
the back; one is for headphones and the other is presumably for a mic.
I can't get the iMac to recognize either mic. I've gone into System
Preferences ---> Sound and changed the input to "Audio Line-in Port,"

Looking for a liitle guidance on external storage and what to avoid...
Want to buy an external unit for my iMac. I would like 500Gb+ and quiet.
I assume Firewire would be best as my iMac has it ?  Also would like a
quiet unit.

is there an easy way to get the initial album art (the first issue of the
song) even if it came off a 'greatest hits' album
for example it would be nice to see the original album art  for "Mr.
Tambourine Man." rather than just a reissue with only 'The Byrds Greatest

I found this new FULL INTERNET UPGRADE technology that is about to
upgrade THE ENTIRE INTERNET to Web 2.0 standards and IT'S FREE!
Plus, they are giving away ONE MILLION DOLLARS to spread the word
about it - and you can get a share for helping - NO COST!

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OR

Can someone tell me what standard permissions should look like for a Mac
OS X 10.5 administrator account?  I have mucked mine up.  
Tell me what it looks like in the Finder, or command line output from
"ls -l".  

I have a MacBook (2 Ghz Intel Core Duo from 2006) running OS X
10.4.11.  I have a summer job where I will have to work with a
Microsoft Access database.  What would people think are my best
options for working with the database on my MacBook (specifically,

It moves the mouse pointer and clicks on things I never did, yet the
listed commands after recording my actions show the correct action!
*headdesk* WTF?

Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm not familiar with more
appropriate groups and there seem to be knowledgeable people here who
would know the answer:
Is it possible with grep (e.g. in BBEdit) to increment and decrement a

On my Intel 1.5 Mini with 2gb ram I've always noticed Flac music files
often stutter in the first few seconds, then seem to be fine. Also in
VLC, the counter doesn't work with Flac.  Any suggestions as to how to
remedy this?  Activity Monitor doesn't show any severe workloads.