Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / August 2006

I've been able to connect from work via VNC to my MacBook pro running
Tiger, going through my D-Link DSL router.
However it's now stopped working. The Windows client can connect via
VNC, and displays the host name, but no screen data gets transferred.

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I'm selling the following to finance my next Mac:
PowerBook G4 12-inch
· 867Mhz PowerPC G4 processor
· 256MB of PC2100 (266MHz) DDR RAM

Specifically, a shootout between the Newton Messagepad 2000 and the Samsung
Q1.
http://digitalliving.cnet.co.uk/specials/0,39030785,49282099,00.htm
I'm actually kind of tempted to get a Newton off eBay, if only to see what

Got my MBP 15" back today (that was quick, they collected it friday!) and
it's fixed. Sounds much quieter than before. Obviously there is a very
slight hiss from two processor running, but it's nowhere near as loud as it
was before.

A couple of different effects I've noticed, and wonder if anyone can
shed light on.
Mounting FTP sites in the Finder: Tried this for the first time
yesterday, in the spirit of adventure (and because I had a website to

I know that Retrospect will allow me to have a machine that sits in the
spare room, looking out for laptops, and backing them up when they appear
on the network. No user interaction required.
Is there any other non-Retrospect way of achieving the same thing? There

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There's some rather big files on my Dad's PC that I need to transfer
across to my Powerbook, and I'm after a suggestion of the easiest way.
Now I often transfer files back and forth between my iMac and Powerbook
with temporary hooking up via Ethernet, and I'd like to hope that doing

the best p2p software for OSX?

I've sort of asked this question before .....
I've got a Sonnet G4 card in my 7600 with 1 Gb RAM and I'm running
10.2.8, which works fine.
Can anybody confirm that 10.3 will work? I think 10.3 must have USB? I

I've tried to get a serial for MindManager through their U.S. site but
their shopping cart won't let me navigate to it. And yet, looking at
the prices the U.S. retailers are charging, the U.S. price is half what
the UK price is.

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My brother in law in Basel (whose nice quick cable connection is
gracefully on loan to me before I go to the trackless dialup wastes in
Geneva) has an AlBook and a G4 tower, both running 10.4.7. He'd like to
sync address books (using Address Book) and email (using Mail) on the

Is there any way I can turn on sharing of public folders on a remote
computer when I can only connect via SSH? If so, once enabled, how can I
select specific folders to share?
Thanks.