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Time Capsule is pretty nifty. But... ...how... 2,103 Views / 43 Replies  
Time Capsule is pretty nifty. But...

...how do I back it up?

It just contains a single "server-grade" hard drive [I don't even know what that means in this context, because it's just SATA],...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 15, 2008 at 08:36 PM, in Networking
which SATA interface in "Late 2007" Macbooks? 3,760 Views / 8 Replies  
What type of SATA interface do the new MacBooks have? I can't find this on the Apple spec pages and have not yet had the opportunity to check one out in person.

I'm about to order a new black...
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 6, 2007 at 03:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't necessarily believe dashboard was built... 10,249 Views / 110 Replies  
I don't necessarily believe dashboard was built with this in mind, but it definitely seems (to me) that the Dashboard concept is especially useful is small-form-factor screens (e.g 12" *books, future...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jun 17, 2005 at 01:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Finder doesn't remember SMB/CIFS connections 571 Views / 1 Replies  
My [lovely] wife just bought an iBook G4 12" (OS X 10.3.8). She's able to connect to SMB/CIFS shares using the cifs:// or smb:// syntax, with no problem, albeit OS X dcoesn't seem to support pure...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 18, 2005 at 12:26 AM, in macOS
I implemented DAVE back in the OS 8/9 days in the... 3,347 Views / 4 Replies  
I implemented DAVE back in the OS 8/9 days in the company I worked for at the time. It was OK -- not particularly stable or fast, but not bad. I've been reluctant to try the OS X version. I might...
Posted by Zarafa, on Feb 28, 2005 at 10:32 PM, in macOS
On a related note, can anyone tell me if OS X... 3,347 Views / 4 Replies  
On a related note, can anyone tell me if OS X Server provides SMB/CIFS file sharing services on the NetBIOS ports, or if it can vend those services on tcp/445 only?

(I'm asking that mostly out of...
Posted by Zarafa, on Feb 28, 2005 at 01:50 PM, in macOS
CIFS/SMB port 445 only possible? 3,347 Views / 4 Replies  
Please point me elsewhere if this question has been answered, but I haven't been able to find the solution yet.

I'm trying to get OS X 10.3.8 to connect to a couple of SMB/CIFS resources. One is a...
Posted by Zarafa, on Feb 27, 2005 at 12:55 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: pretty sickening... 2,364 Views / 47 Replies  
By the contents. Or size. Or position in the filesystem. Or author. Or creation date. Or last-modified date. Or any one of many other attributes. This is much the same way that, for instance, you can...
Posted by Zarafa, on Feb 23, 2005 at 01:14 PM, in macOS
It's probably not a bad idea to point out that... 6,825 Views / 136 Replies  
It's probably not a bad idea to point out that additional functionality can be added to Pages pretty easily by using Services. A number of third-party products already exist for otherwise "missing"...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 24, 2005 at 03:19 PM, in Applications
Re: Re: Some thoughts on Apple "Pages" 14,121 Views / 147 Replies  
Jonathan Schwartz works for Sun (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/mgt_schwartz.html), not Apple (Sun acquired Lighthouse; Mr. Schwartz has obviously done well within Sun since then). I've never...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 3, 2005 at 02:37 PM, in Applications
See this thread... 1,247 Views / 3 Replies  
See this thread (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=237976). Although the server I set up was FreeBSD, there's apparently a Fink package for daapd (and mDNSResponder??) This should...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 16, 2004 at 07:16 PM, in Applications
Just as an update, other than having a config... 1,331 Views / 6 Replies  
Just as an update, other than having a config issue caused by a typo on my part, this was a largely effortless installation, and seems to be working just fine.

I do have to get a larger hard drive...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 15, 2004 at 07:57 PM, in Applications
Advantages of MSN Search Suite: MSN... 1,295 Views / 13 Replies  
Advantages of MSN Search Suite:


MSN Search Suite is shipping now [albeit in beta form]
Many, many more people will use this or a successor than will ever use Spotlight, simply because of...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 14, 2004 at 02:51 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: daapd (iTunes server) 1,331 Views / 6 Replies  
I actually took time to RTFC (C == changelog) at the daapd project home page and came across this entry dated 4/28/2008:



This seems to answer my original questions. Seems daapd can stream...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 10, 2004 at 12:46 PM, in Applications
daapd (iTunes server) 1,331 Views / 6 Replies  
Anyone have any experience using daapd as an iTunes server? In my particular case I'm looking to use it on FreeBSD, per these instructions (http://home.introweb.nl/~dodger/itunesserver.html), but I'm...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 9, 2004 at 02:26 PM, in Applications
Mods, feel free to lock -- I've already diverted... 1,494 Views / 4 Replies  
Mods, feel free to lock -- I've already diverted my own original topology question into an Airport Express support question, so if I don't make any progress on my own I'll use the existing threads.
...
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 12, 2004 at 03:33 PM, in Networking
I should add here that I did find this doc... 1,494 Views / 4 Replies  
I should add here that I did find this doc (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108078) on the topic, but since my XP box is running Airtunes 4.0.2 already, and I most certainly don't have...
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 12, 2004 at 01:40 PM, in Networking
Hmmm, I knew ASCII art was going to get me in... 1,494 Views / 4 Replies  
Hmmm, I knew ASCII art was going to get me in trouble.

Thanks for the response. Your proposal, though, was actually the same as my option # 2 -- I just had a longer connector shown hanging off of...
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 12, 2004 at 01:17 PM, in Networking
home network topology with Airport Express 1,494 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi folks. Hopefully someone can help with this.

My home network currently looks something like this:


ISP
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DSL Modem
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Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 11, 2004 at 12:39 AM, in Networking
Fellow Seattle [and nearby] residents take note:... 66,077 Views / 937 Replies  
Fellow Seattle [and nearby] residents take note: I personally had no idea of this connection until now, but I will say that Manny's is one of the best darn beers around. At least to my taste. If your...
Posted by Zarafa, on Aug 11, 2004 at 05:50 PM, in Applications
Hmmm, think Create... 14,325 Views / 160 Replies  
Hmmm, think Create (http://www.stone.com/Create/Create.html) + CoreImage.
Posted by Zarafa, on Jul 1, 2004 at 08:15 PM, in macOS
I didn't realize that Stan Jirman and [I forget... 14,325 Views / 160 Replies  
I didn't realize that Stan Jirman and [I forget the other developer's name offhand] were now at Apple, but a quick online search confirms that for Stan at least.

That being the case, I have no...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jul 1, 2004 at 03:55 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: new GUI on Tiger?? 4,290 Views / 61 Replies  
LaunchBar (http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/) is your friend...

I started using this back in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep days, and haven't been able to live without it since.
Posted by Zarafa, on May 26, 2004 at 09:29 PM, in macOS
Continuing in the "BSDism" theme, most of the... 61,040 Views / 558 Replies  
Continuing in the "BSDism" theme, most of the BSDs have excellent Linux compatibility libraries. It would be great to see the same thing with Tiger. There are a lot of apps out there, commercial and...
Posted by Zarafa, on May 26, 2004 at 05:15 PM, in macOS
With luck, we'll see some of the long-standing... 61,040 Views / 558 Replies  
With luck, we'll see some of the long-standing and/or recent improvements in the various BSDs make their way to Tiger. I'd love to see 'pf' [optionally, preferentially] replace 'ipfw' as the built in...
Posted by Zarafa, on May 25, 2004 at 01:28 PM, in macOS
TCP/IP over FireWire 564 Views / 2 Replies  
Has anyone used the TCP/IP over FireWire capabilities in Panther to connect to a Windows XP box successfully? I believe I read that the developer's preview of the technology last year wasn't...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 28, 2004 at 03:04 PM, in macOS
raising the bar 614 Views / 0 Replies  
Ace's Hardware has an article (http://aceshardware.com/#75000449) on the upcoming features of Solaris 10. With some luck, in a year or two Apple will be in a position where these types of advanced...
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 28, 2003 at 01:11 PM, in macOS
Just to check -- can you connect to your WinXP... 1,297 Views / 15 Replies  
Just to check -- can you connect to your WinXP box (using its IP address) via Terminal Services from (a) itself, and (b) another XP box, if you have one available? The client app on Windows is...
Posted by Zarafa, on Oct 28, 2003 at 02:40 PM, in Applications
It's important to note that this is from a leaked... 696 Views / 3 Replies  
It's important to note that this is from a leaked copy of the Longhorn build that developers will be receiving Monday at MS's Professional Developer's Conference. The prevailing wisdom seems to be...
Posted by Zarafa, on Oct 26, 2003 at 01:24 PM, in macOS
any port of 'pf' to Darwin/OS X? 3,185 Views / 5 Replies  
Is anyone aware of any efforts to port OpenBSD's 'pf' to Darwin and OS X? I've found info on status of the efforts to bring pf to NetBSD and FreeBSD, but can't find any reference to a Darwin port.
...
Posted by Zarafa, on Oct 10, 2003 at 05:47 PM, in macOS
Re: OmniGraffle - as a general purpose drawing app ? 2,505 Views / 18 Replies  
You might try Stone Design's Create (http://www.stone.com/Create/Create.html). Nice app, currently $149, and Andrew Stone has a loooonnnggg history of supporting NeXT/Apple technologies. Plus, free...
Posted by Zarafa, on Sep 25, 2003 at 11:26 AM, in Applications
Thought experiment: Apple-developed Photoshop alternative 2,341 Views / 66 Replies  
Background: Apple is now the source for several applications that compete with high-profile products from other companies (examples: Final Cut Pro, Keynote, and Safari). Additionally, Apple seems to...
Posted by Zarafa, on Aug 1, 2003 at 02:18 PM, in Applications
Re: Port mapping doesn't work (yes, I know what your going to say) 1,025 Views / 28 Replies  
I don't have an Airport [Extreme or otherwise] Base Station, so I can't give you help specific to that device, but maybe some generic suggestions would be helpful.

If this is overly-obvious, bear...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jun 11, 2003 at 07:12 PM, in macOS
Well, you only have to look at the URL of the... 1,040 Views / 9 Replies  
Well, you only have to look at the URL of the article to see this:

http://www.adobe.com/motion/pcpreferred.html

The "pcpreferred" part is fairly clear...

That being said, I don't believe...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 25, 2003 at 03:12 PM, in Applications
Re: caffeinesoft out? 1,023 Views / 7 Replies  
With some luck, maybe one of the other excellent stewards of OS X apps will buy the rights to the code. Someone like Omni, or Stone Design (both with gobs of Cocoa experience).

I'd hate to see...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 3, 2003 at 02:16 PM, in Applications
No, that's not even remotely true. You have the... 757 Views / 6 Replies  
No, that's not even remotely true. You have the right to whatever you agreed to in your terms or service / contract when you signed up with whichever provider you use.



Bandwidth isn't of...
Posted by Zarafa, on Dec 2, 2002 at 10:37 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 550 Views / 14 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by cpt kangarooski:...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jun 17, 2002 at 05:22 PM, in macOS
In no particular order- trackpad that... 1,181 Views / 28 Replies  
In no particular order-

trackpad that accepts stylus input (if this is also accompanied by handwriting recognition, great, but it's not a requirement)
two mouse buttons
built-in Bluetooth...
Posted by Zarafa, on Apr 7, 2002 at 12:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
D'oh. You're right of course, and that should... 695 Views / 3 Replies  
D'oh. You're right of course, and that should teach me to a) re-read man pages before answering questions, and b) update the sadly-outdated sshd version I checked this against (fortunately on an...
Posted by Zarafa, on Apr 4, 2002 at 07:16 PM, in macOS
I can't speak to OS X specifically, but sshd... 695 Views / 3 Replies  
I can't speak to OS X specifically, but sshd should behave similarly on most systems. It's most likely that sshd is set up to do a DNS reverse-lookup on the host that's connecting. When you're coming...
Posted by Zarafa, on Apr 4, 2002 at 12:17 AM, in macOS
For a good idea of some "modern filesystem"... 1,290 Views / 41 Replies  
For a good idea of some "modern filesystem" features beyond just database-like interfaces and journaling, there's an interesting read at http://www.namesys.com/v4/v4.html about Reiser4, the...
Posted by Zarafa, on Apr 3, 2002 at 03:49 AM, in macOS
Dominic Giampaolo joins Apple 1,029 Views / 34 Replies  
For OS X, there aren't a lot of pieces of news better than this.

For those who are unfamiliar with Dominic, he worked for Be, Inc., and most notably wrote BFS.

Here's The Register article...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 29, 2002 at 05:45 PM, in macOS
I disagree. It's not like W3C specs are evolving... 916 Views / 34 Replies  
I disagree. It's not like W3C specs are evolving at a rapid pace. CSS1 became a recommendation in 1996 (!!!), and DOM Level 1 became one in 1998. CSS2 has been out for a few years, and CSS3 is in the...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 19, 2002 at 07:43 PM, in Applications
Try TIFFany3, from Caffeine Software... 648 Views / 8 Replies  
Try TIFFany3, from Caffeine Software (http://www.caffeinesoft.com/). More expensive than Jasc PSP, but less than Photoshop (the student prices are pretty good). I think it's a superior app to PSP in...
Posted by Zarafa, on Mar 19, 2002 at 03:09 PM, in Applications
A database-as-a-filesystem may or may not be a... 556 Views / 8 Replies  
A database-as-a-filesystem may or may not be a good idea (based on efficiency, speed, resource requirements, etc.) Regardless of that, however, it's safe to say that HFS+ is a fairly creaky...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 31, 2002 at 08:43 PM, in macOS
OpenUp... 534 Views / 4 Replies  
OpenUp (http://softrak.stepwise.com/display?pkg=790&os=20) for expansion.

PackUp&Go (http://www.stone.com/PackUpAndGo/PackUpAndGo.html) for compression and expansion.
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 16, 2002 at 04:32 PM, in macOS
Out of curiosity, what can Photoshop do that... 1,043 Views / 40 Replies  
Out of curiosity, what can Photoshop do that TIFFany can't?

That's not a facetious question, I honestly don't know. I'm aware of GIMP's limitations in some areas; TIFFany doesn't seem to have...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 15, 2002 at 08:17 PM, in macOS
Have any of you tried making a switch to those OS... 1,043 Views / 40 Replies  
Have any of you tried making a switch to those OS X-native apps which come from the NEXTSTEP heritage? Specifically, TIFFany (version 3.5 was just released last week), Create, etc.?

I realize...
Posted by Zarafa, on Jan 15, 2002 at 06:55 PM, in macOS
From the Terminal, type 'uptime'. 761 Views / 36 Replies  
From the Terminal, type 'uptime'.
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 20, 2001 at 03:34 PM, in macOS
Well, I stopped by the local university's book... 1,292 Views / 61 Replies  
Well, I stopped by the local university's book store computer department today and had a chance to play with a Dell Inspiron 8100 (w/ Super XGA+ 15") running XP, right next to a TiBook w/ OS X 10.1....
Posted by Zarafa, on Nov 16, 2001 at 11:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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