Mac Systems

Five Mac maintenance myths
In article <mcmurtri-7CA2D2.22162602062008(a)softbank060082049208.bbtec.net>, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri(a)dslextreme.com> wrote: You know you need to change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles, . . . Oops, that's a myth too. Yup. The people who make my car tell me to change it at 7500 miles, ... 27 Jun 2008 11:07

Neowin News
In article <ket4641f6m5phpeqe4bgv6k80lc6d26e0d(a)4ax.com>, Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA(a)attglobal.net> wrote: Dear friends, see: (snip) Any comment? *yawn* -- Please send all responses to the relevant news group rather than directly to me, as E-mail sent to this address may be devoured b... 25 Jun 2008 12:56

Neowin News: "Rare mac trojan exploits apple vulnerability"
Dear friends, see: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/06/23/rare-mac-trojan-exploits-apple-vulnerability Any comment? Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it! ... 27 Jun 2008 12:08

USB trackball "lockup"
In article <none-CAA457.23535724062008(a)earthlink.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Joe <none(a)given.now> wrote: Is this peculiar to my particular model of Mac? Probably not. I use a TurboMouse Pro and have occasionally experienced the same "lockup" you describe. No amount of dis/connecting the device helps. Re... 25 Jun 2008 11:54

Time Machine disconnects USB backup drive - Any thoughts?
I am using a iOmega USB drive that was recommended and sold by Apple for my Time Machine backup drive. Every time I go to Time Machind and revert to an older date the program freezes and then I get a device removal error. I have to shut off the drive and restart it. But that only allows me to look at one past d... 27 Jun 2008 19:21

VANILLA ICE FANS ONLY
On Jun 24, 9:52 pm, landmark...(a)gmail.com wrote: The "Cool as Ice Blu-Ray" petition has been featured in seven major news outlets already, including CNN and USA Today. There are already 342 votes to get Vanilla Ice's awesome move "Cool as Ice" released in high-definition Blu-Ray disc. Add your name (or so... 25 Jun 2008 17:04

eMac forced shutdown problem
I'm posting this in the comp.sys.mac.system group because the hardware group has little traffic, and I really need to get some answers (and my issue is system-related as well as hardware-related). To recap my previous posts, my eMac was having trouble starting up. I installed a new PRAM battery, and then tried... 25 Jun 2008 23:14

Gawd! i hate computers...! ( iTunes Secret Feature ??? )
So i recently discovered ( this is probably illegal ) that i can go to the library, check out CD's and load them / Save them on my Mac... Very often however, the quality will be really awful and they'll cease up half way through, and i couldn't discover a way to tell iTunes to just skip that track and move on, so i... 24 Jun 2008 18:30

Cross platform printing help...
Windoze XP - wired ethernet - iMac 10.5.3. - Canon IP4500 printer Latest printer drivers from Canon on all computers Bonjour client from Apple on the PC If I print from the XP box, nothing comes out of the printer. Out of desperation, I configured another printer on the PC, this time using the default Postscr... 26 Jun 2008 15:39

Mapping Home Network???
How can I map my home network? That is, draw a map of the IP addresses and topology of the thing? Best tools/approaches? Ideas? TIA! Mark ... 28 Jun 2008 01:28