Mac Forum / General / General / June 2008

First he allows Macs to run WINDOWS.
Now he doesn't even bother to develop a new, or even upgraded, OS.
Wake up maccies!!!!
Jobs would rather to build toys!!  Wouldn't you?

I just bought an Xserve and need recommendations for a 19-inch rack,
rack-mountable UPS and a KVM switch.  The 19-inch rack will be mounted
on a wall but not on the floor and only needs to hold the Xserve, the
UPS and perhaps the KVM and one other device.  I could google for this

There is a software utility that radically expands what
a Mac user can do with an "Energy Saver" type of utility.
Costs $30 (USD)
http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/

When I was using Windows, I would play my cassettes via an ADS device
that converted the audio to USB which I captured using Audacity.
Now I'm using OS X, and I don't seem to be able to get my computer to
hear via its USB port.   I've tried Audacity, Garage Band, & even

Apparently a whole bunch of app's "phone home",
even Apple itself does.
I am not to sure I want to know about who does
and who does not phone home.

Hi - We have just added a USB Printer to our MAC system. All apps see
it and are able to print from it; however, when we try to print from
our old accting app - PrintSmith 6.1.4 - it doesn't give us the new
printer as an option.

Hi is there any gui application to fetch an entire website ?   I know
wget or curl can do it but I can't remember the dozen of cryptic
options it requires

If I buy a mac?
http://www.macfixit.com/
 a.. Mac OS X 10.5.3: another fix for iMovie launch problems; AirPort
persistently scanning; more

ok so ive finally got TM working in my home -- two macs, one Airport
Extreme, one 500gb USB drive. woot.
in order to extend the usefulness of the (mere) 500gb for two macs,
first thing i did was exclude everything but the Users folder from the

Look for email from me.

i have an iMac, a MacBook, an AirPort Extreme N router, and a USB hard
drive. i would think id be able to mimic exactly what Time Capsule
does -- automatic wireless Time Machine backups of both macs to the
USB harddrive plugged into the AirPort.

i like using Time Machine w/ my iMac and external USB drive. however,
i like how Time Capsule can backup from multiple macs.
can i unplug the USB drive from one mac and plug it into another, and
expect to maintain two separate, but working, TM instances?

Airport Extreme 802.11n
I've tried everything I can think or like.
Unpluging the AirPort Express, and pluging it in while holding down the
reset button until the LED flashes green four times, then release the

My main drive 60GB drive is going bad but much of it is still readable. I
have put a 40GB drive in the machine too. What's the best way to transfer
the contents of the duff drive to the new one?
Thanks

OSX 10.5.4 coming
http://www.macrumors.com/
"As typical, Apple will continue to work on bug fixes on the current version
of Mac OS X while the new version is readied. "