I would like to know if there is a command from the terminal/prompt which I can use that will wipe the unallocated space on my Mac hard drive? In Windoze XP, I can type "cipher /w:c:" to wipe...
Best program for monitoring system and program resources in OSX tiger?
I want to know how much memory each program is eating up and how efficiently my Mac Mini is running.
What is the b...
I have a new Macintosh Pro with a Quad Core intel Xeon processer that runs at 3GHz. 2 processers, 8 cores, 4gb of memory (ram). I just installed the Adobe Master CS3 software collection.
I...
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I am very new to Macs and I'm finding that when I grant admin rights to a user's network account through the system preferences/accounts window it accepts it but doesn't really commi...
I am also certain this is MAC OS related or at least that I can fix it with some command that I don't know of yet.
My scenario: I purchased a bluetooth serial adapter for my MAC from www.bl...
I'm looking for software that I can use to capture video from a VCR using os x. I own a pinnacle 500-USB which has windows software only - so some solution which works with that would be best...
How can I upgrade my Mac MSN 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 without losing chat logs and all my preferences and display pictures? Also, where are display pictures saved in for Mac MSN?
I have two labs of mac computers bound to AD I am looking for a script that can be ran from Apple remote desktop that will deleat the local profile of all users but admin user. Is there such a...
I'm a Mac user running OS 10.4.9 and using Mac Mail. When I send an attachment (almost always a photo), the receiver gets two attachments, one of which can usually be opened OK just as I sent ...
I have a reasonable quantity of Macs all running OS X 10.4. There is only one managed user account on each machine, which is used by a large number of individuals. The machines automatically ...
My Powermac G4 freezes. OS version is 10.4.11.
Cursor stops moving. No error messages. No crash log. Must press power button to turn off, then reboot. No apparent pattern. Has happene...
I have been tasked with finding a way to add keywords to files that can later be found via a windows indexing app, such as Google Desktop, or via the MAC's Spotlight.
The files would be on ...
A problem I have jsut noticed with out macs is that when they are sitting on the login screen, the screensaver does not come on, and the screens do not go to sleep! I have started to notice th...
I am running Quark 6.1 on Mac OS 10.4.9. We use Suitcase for fonts. The problem we are having is with fonts in Quark, When a file is printed from Quark the font don't print correctly. We tr...
Due to a bug in the drivers of a network printer I use technical staff had to set up specific printer presets for that printer before it would print more than 1 page per document, even if a do...
Our two Mac users (running Mac OS 10.4.11) with Office for Mac 2004 with all latest updates can't see others schedule when creating an invite in Entourage, there is no problem when I log in as...
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For a bash shell script In OS X 10.4 , how can I subtract 1 day from the current date? So that it works crossing over months, and in the format YYYYMMDD
something like:
if today is ...
I have a user who is running a Mac G5 with OSX 10.4.11. We've tried resetting the system font to correct an error in Mac Mail, and Safari, IE, and Mozilla where the default font in these appl...
I am trying to install wireless on my G5 MAC but as a newbie, haven't a clue which cards work. The Dlink site says the WDA-1320 is for PC only but the guys at Geeksquad tell me it will work.
I want to run WINXP Pro SP2 on Imac Tiger 10.4.8. I specifically need to run WIN Office 2007 Access on network with Windows PC and Access tables (.mdb file) on network attached storage (Maxtor...
I just upgraded my 1.5GHz PowerBook G4 from 10.3.9 to 10.4.10 with all the software upgrades and am now having a refresh problem. my desktop/finder keeps refreshing so if I'm typing or in a p...
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Parallels came up with a new suprise:
It could not find the Windows Installation.
Error Messages:
Parallels/winxp/winxp.hdd seems to be not a regular file
Parallels/winxp/dis...
Mac OS v10.4.11 with Entourage (v11.4.0 (080122)) has been installed and working correctly for some time now, and no problems synchronizing with Exchange 2007 server. However, some calendar ev...
I have a few Apples running OS X v10.4 and have them binded to our Windows 2003 Domain. We have a local Domain Controller at the same location. I have filled in the option to authenticate to...
Lately my MacBook Pro has taken forever to boot up. The hard drive doesn't seem to be taxed at all. At times it takes me up to 15 minutes just to login. Even when it finally boots up, at ti...
