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Just installed Firefox 2. What an improvement to the GUI - it doesn't
feel like a Linux app any more! And they've put close boxes on the tabs
at last.
macfizz.

hi all - I was curious, coming from a windows background I was hoping
someone could help me with a basic MAC question...
When you turn on the firewall in OS X does it automatically cover ALL
interfaces - i.e. the Airport, the Ethernet, modem etc?  I like the

I have a .avi video file, from which I need to extract a short clip (to
put in iDVD).
The movie won't play in QuickTime PLayer - I get sound, but no video. It
plays OK in VLC. It's an MPEG Layer 3.

Once or twice lately I've noticed files in Finder windows (icon view)
appearing with incorrect icons. This morning, for example, a saved
Tex-Edit Plus file appeared with an MP3 icon. (It had had a Reunion icon
before, but I've set Tex-Edit Plus so that it applies its own icon when

Hey Guys and Gals,
I'm hoping that the gurus out there will be able to help me on this
one...
I have ARD installed on both my work machines (MAC) and I have no

I'm having a problem whereby I can't do anything with iPhoto 06 for
about a minute after I start it up, due to it beachballing.  I have
since rebuilt the thumbnail cache, but it has made no difference.
Any help appreciated; this is on a revA Intel iMac.

I have an iTunes(7) playlist which will not let me rearrange the tracks
in it. It has to be alphabetical, no matter which column is highlighted,
even if I rebuild it from the library track by track. All the other
playlists are ok. Can anyone suggest a cure?

Apple's Mac OS X Leopard and Microsoft's Vista 5: Development
Challenges
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A look at how Apple and Microsoft have followed identical development

Some files in the trash refuse to be trashed
because they (falsely) claim to be busy.
(OS 9 INITs for example)
One trick that may work (strangely enough)

Has anyone had any success with this? I've tried using Safari & Firefox
2, and in both case I get told

I thought I knew how to do this but I guess not, and attempts to Google
a solution have failed.
I need to connect to a remote Linux box and run an X11 app on my local
Mac. What are the incantations for this ?

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I have a new Macbook on order and will want to transfer my iTunes library
from my mini to the Macbook.
IIRC there's an option on first boot to transfer settings from one Mac to
another. I don't want to transfer everything, just iTunes. Can this do it?