Mac Forum / General / General / April 2008

What is The Mac Icon Collection in Documents for...???
Do they, are they, supposed to attach to something, or are they there
for personal use...???
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I got a Griffin iTrip Pocket (4042-NTRPDA) for my iPod Nano. It's
wonderfully tiny, but it's so weak (running off the iPod's battery) as
to be virtually useless. Even if I put it right next to the antenna on
a radio indoors, on an empty station, the sound out of a radio is weak

Hello guys, is there any way I can find out the following: how much of
bandwidth uses each computer in my LAN network without having access
to those computers? Is there any software which can monitor the
bandwith usage according to ip or something like that? If such program

Configured better too.
And they will prevail in the upcoming Apple lawsuit.
http://boards.ign.com/mac_general_board/b5146/162312267/r162317065/
Psystar sells a $399 Mac clone

I rebooted my computer at 6:54.   By the time my clock came up again
it showed 7:01.   Is that reasonable?
Hardware Overview:
 Model Name:    iMac

I know about the "renice" utility. But...
The "man" entry gives an example of renice +1 <process descriptions>
Does this assign a value of 1 to the process' priority, or does it
increment it by one ?

I have a large number of image files for which I would like to create
preview icons.  (So in a Finder window there will be a mini preview
image of the file).
The old Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac would automatically create preview

I have a Quicktime movie that I've made and want relatives all over
the place to see without having to burn DVDs and mail 'em out. I know
there are a number of websites that allow you to upload such movies
and have the viewer watch online without having to download them. But

Using OS 10.4.11 with Epson Stylus Photo R300. All going well for
months, till suddenly trying to print a printable CD (from EpsonPrintCD)
now always produces error message: "Close CD guide", which makes it
rather hard to print the CD.

I bought a used HD for an Xserve as a replacement drive.  This drive was
used in a XSan and disk utility will not erase it.
Is there a way to reformat it?  It appears in working condition otherwise.
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Can a Mac use the full 4GB of RAM if it is installed?  Or can it only
use 3.1GB to 3.5GB like on a PC with Windows Vista?
I just got a Dell and found out my machine can only use 3.3GB even
though 4GB is installed.

I have a problem with Parental Control in MacOS Leopard.
I've configured one user with Parental Control using Simple Finder and
only one program to execute. I've pasted the shortcut program's icon
on the desktop, but when I start with this user, the icon isn't on the

There must be an easy way to do this, but I haven't found it.
A long time ago I accidentally installed an alias to a particular
folder in the toolbar at the top of the Finder window. I haven't found
anywhere to remove it: it can't be dragged to the trash, pressing the