Mac Systems

Sound Card in iMac - full specs??--Grounding?
"Malcolm" <malcolm(a)invalid> wrote in message news:2008073010114116807-malcolm(a)invalid... On 2008-07-30 08:58:20 -0400, Mal Thomas <draconus(a)bigpond.com> said: Anyone know what the full specs of the sound card are in a 24" iMac ? Model before the current one... 2.4ghz Scoured the 'net but ... 31 Jul 2008 01:06

Fastest secure erasing of HD's?
When you zero out the data it can take quite a while. Several passes takes hours for most hard drives. I was wondering if it helps the security aspect to change the partitioning scheme in Disk Utility. One could partition in Guid then Apple Partition Map then MBR in less than a minute. But does it make any d... 30 Aug 2008 20:21

More info: was 'Backing up files."
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:23:38 -0500, Phil wrote (in article <20080730172340.818$G2(a)newsreader.com>): Out of curiosity I went to the Apple website to see what what's new in computers. If I bought a new 'puter it would solve the problem of my current unit being so outdated. But the Mac Mini @ around $600 is... 30 Jul 2008 19:58

FTP download script
I'm trying to develop a script that can be scheduled to run 1x/day to automate the process of logging into a domain and using FTP, select and download the newest access log(s) into a local storage repository. The reason I mention the above is that I'm open to any reasonable method of implimenting this...eg, comm... 2 Aug 2008 06:24

C S ConfigDotMacCert keeps asking for password on Startup
Since I replaced .Mac with MobileMe and synced my G5 Leopard 10.5.4 I get: 'CS Config Dot Mac Cert wants to use "georgekerby" Keychain Please enter password' This happens every time I start the machine. And, like another poster complained this AM, Safari wants the same. Neither of these ever happened before ... 31 Jul 2008 10:18

Maximum macbook ram
The apple specs say it will support up to two GB. Does that mean two one GB or can I use one twoGB and leave the second slot empty? ... 30 Jul 2008 17:54

Safari keeps asking for keychain password
I have never had this issue with Safari but my daughter has on her MacBook (using OS X 10.4.11): When using Safari, very often a box comes up titled "Unlock Keychain", in which it says "Please enter your keychain password" and "Safari wants to use keychain "login" " She says she never created any passwords for... 1 Aug 2008 18:10

Sound Card in iMac - full specs??
Anyone know what the full specs of the sound card are in a 24" iMac ? Model before the current one... 2.4ghz Scoured the 'net but can only find a general spec. TIA Cheers Mal Oz ... 30 Jul 2008 11:16

Customising an alias
Hi, I'd like to have a desktop alias that runs Firefox 3 and specifies a user profile: ./firefox-bin -P My_Firefox3_Profile Is it possible to create an alias like this? Many thanks Andrew ... 1 Aug 2008 18:10

iTunes playlist question
I have a lot of MP3s spread over 3 small HDs. I want to get a new 500GB hard drive and combine all my files onto a single drive. Is there a way to do that without losing my playlists. Thanks, Doug ... 21 Aug 2008 08:20