Mac Systems

Internal Optical Drive iMac Intel
On 2009/10/30 1:52 PM J.J. O'Shea wrote: I'd prefer a drive with Mac software and a FireWire connection instead of USB. Anyone have any good candidates? About the only one I can see is a LaCie box, and the USB-only version of that costs about twice what the Lite-On cost. Check out Other World ... 2 Nov 2009 12:21

Alias Wierdness
In article <0001HW.C70DA8E400191A54F0182648(a)news.astraweb.com>, Nelson <nelson(a)nowhere.com> wrote: I have just noticed that when I create an alias to a file on a shared volume (10.4 or 10.6) and copy it to the current volume (10.4) the alias icon on the current volume changes to a folder. Furthermore, ... 2 Nov 2009 15:43

help: cloning Windows partition - "not enough space"
I had done this before (with Mac OS X pre-Snow Leopard) and it had worked. Now I need to clone my Windows partition again to another computer and it fails with "not enough space". Using Mac OS X 10.6.1 with all the software updates from "Software update", Winclone 2.2, with a 22 GB partition that is formatted... 30 Oct 2009 18:52

Leopard keeps picking up a spoofed IP
Got a problem which has stumped Apple so naturally I turned here. My computer wont pick up an IP. It keeps picking up a spoofed one (what Apple calls a self-assigned one) Was in the Apple store and this problem flummoxed the Genuis Bar guy. he kept trying to connect and it didnt work. After trying restarting, ... 1 Nov 2009 14:23

Finder disappears...
Version 10.6 Every so often the Dock vanishes, along with all my desktop icons. Sometimes I can get them back by using Force Quit to relaunch the Finder. Sometimes I can�t, because the Finder simply doesn't appear in the Force Quit window and a Restart using the power button seems to be the only optio... 24 Oct 2009 20:56

Use of Apple JS classes
In article <timstreater-EB6983.11395723102009(a)news.individual.net>, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: I see that Apple has developed a set of JS classes for use with Dashboard Widgets. However the licence text at the start seems to restrict their use to Widgets, although it's freely useable ... 24 Oct 2009 01:22

Trouble setting up chroot for sftp
Hi, I'm using Mac 10.5.6. I awnt to set up my local host so that a particular user is "jailed" to a certain directory when he logs in through SSH or SFTP. So I added this to my /private/etc/sshd_config file: Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server Match User j2ee-app ChrootDirectory /Users/j... 20 Oct 2009 16:45

full undo functionality to the finder [Heron Stone punctuation]
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:46:35 -0500, heron stone wrote (in article <heronDO-0A821D.13463518102009(a)news-40.giganews.com>): ?is that so difficult ?why don't we have it Thinking of the "Heron Stone" ppunctuation.... The hounds are on the trail? The hounds are on the trail. As I see it the difference ... 18 Oct 2009 21:36

Problem with Epson CX 5000 series printer in OS X 10.6.1
After a software update, the following error occured when printing. /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter2/Filter/rastertoescpII.app/ Contents/MacOS/rastertoescpII failed Printer driver software was downloaded and then the printer failed to print. ... 17 Oct 2009 16:13

Epson Printer Driver Update Woes
Software Update alerted me that there was a new driver for my Epson Artisan 50. I figured it would be a case of Download and it would install seamlessly. I have finally managed to get it to work, but it was pretty labor intensive - including a number of steps I had to find on the Epson site. Is this t... 16 Oct 2009 16:20