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| Tiger and maintenance
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What facility does Tiger use to execute daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance activities. It’s not cron. The reason I ask is that maintenance stopped after I scheduled backup to run nightly.
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on May 14, 2005 at 08:00 AM, in macOS |
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| Problem with Microsoft Word
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Why does Word open the file "Brief Design Review Reportv0.1.doc" and change its name to
"Brief Design Review #1195E9.doc"? I find this to also happen with files when using Powerpoint. I have not...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Mar 29, 2005 at 07:42 PM, in Applications |
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| Question about debug feature for Safari
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I am using the debug feature of Safari to get around a Microsoft IE restriction on my bank's web site. It solves the problem, but I was wondering what the "automatically chosen" option for "user...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 12, 2005 at 10:14 AM, in Applications |
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| Compile problems with rdesktop
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When I attempt to run configure for rdesktop in terminal I get this error message:
ERROR: could not find X Window System headers
(searched for include/X11/Xlib.h in: /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 5, 2005 at 10:18 AM, in macOS |
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| CLI command for turning off sound
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I want to include in my cron list a nightly command to turn off sound so I will not hear mail client action if I forget to manually turn off sound. What is a good CLI command for turning off and...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Jan 15, 2005 at 09:54 AM, in macOS |
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| Moving to new Powerbook, how to move software?
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I am moving from an iBook to a new Powerbook. How should I transfer all the software including documents, application, etc? Can I clone the iBook onto a firewire drive using the carbon cloner...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Sep 10, 2004 at 01:56 PM, in macOS |
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| Quicken question
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I am trying to use Quicken 2004 to look at various expenses. I want imported transactions to automatically be assigned a category per my quick fill table. Discussions with Quicken staff have been...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Aug 28, 2004 at 12:54 PM, in Applications |
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| Problem with FP iMac display
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When I bring my iMac out of darkened display, it takes approximately 45 seconds to obtain normal intensity. Has anyone else observed this problem? My G4 15"PB returns to normal intensity...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Mar 13, 2004 at 11:11 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| CLI command for view options
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Is there a CLI command that I could include in my cron file which would globally set view option to icon, sort by name?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Mar 9, 2004 at 10:24 AM, in macOS |
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| View Option Problem
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I am running OS 10.3.2 and continue to lose my view option settings (icon, sort by name). In particular the sort by name is lost practically every day. I run the carbon copy cloner software...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 22, 2004 at 09:56 AM, in macOS |
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| Changing Computer Name
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How do I change my computer name? More specifically, the name in the prompt when using terminal.
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Jan 23, 2004 at 08:57 AM, in macOS |
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| Terminal Printing Problems
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If I try to print a file resulting from a redirection on "man netstat > file ", I get the following:
NETSTAT(1) BSD General Commands Manual NETSTAT(1)
NNAAMMEE
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Nov 8, 2003 at 05:40 PM, in macOS |
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| Panther and card readers
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My Smartdisk card reader (DRMUSB) is not compatable with Panther, so says the manufacturer. Is anyone using a card reader that is compatable? I need to read smartmedia and flash cards.
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Nov 4, 2003 at 08:19 AM, in macOS |
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| Airport Problems Solved
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I have a new Al15" PB and was experiencing wireless problems with my Airport extreme card and Belkin router. On startup and wakeup, the PB could not find the BS. After a number of attempts at...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Oct 18, 2003 at 08:55 AM, in Networking |
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| use of Belkin BS and Belkin card
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I have the "normal" behavioral problems with my new Al15" PB in terms of airport connectivity on start up and wake up. I am using a Belkin 54G wireless router and the Apple extreme card. I am...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Oct 16, 2003 at 10:40 AM, in Networking |
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| How to create an OS 9 partition?
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I wanted to create an OS 9.1 partition so I could evaluate the performance of my Umax scanner with the old VistaScan software to VueScan running on 10.2.6. VistaScan will not run in Classic. My FP...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Sep 6, 2003 at 04:05 PM, in macOS |
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| Psync problem
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I have been using Psync for several months for nightly incremental backups and am very satisfied except for one problem. It can not delete directories in the backup volume. If I delete a directory...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Aug 3, 2003 at 09:33 PM, in macOS |
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| I have 768MB of memory and normally have 0...
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I have 768MB of memory and normally have 0 pagouts. Checking last night, pageouts were 5765 with an increase of 4 this morning. This has happened since 10.2.6 and the new safari update.
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on May 21, 2003 at 09:07 AM, in macOS |
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| restarting under cron
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With the apparent problems with memory leaks under 10.2.6, I was wondering if I could include a nightly restart as the last cron script to be executed?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on May 21, 2003 at 07:47 AM, in macOS |
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| Restarting under Cron
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With the apparent problems with memory leaks under 10.2.6, I was wondering if I could include a nightly restart as the last cron script to be executed?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on May 21, 2003 at 07:46 AM, in macOS |
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| Yellowdog Problems
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I have a 15" FP iMac and tried to load the latest version of YD Linux. I could not use the graphical installer as the screen wanted to behave as if it had lost horizontal sync. I reverted to the...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on May 3, 2003 at 04:59 PM, in macOS |
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| Using Mandrake Linux
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I am considering putting Mandrake Linux up on one partition of my iMac HD. I have some simple questions that I need answered first:
1. Will I be able to exchange files between my 10.2.5...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Apr 14, 2003 at 08:24 AM, in macOS |
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| I had a similar problem recently and found that...
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I had a similar problem recently and found that the command in xinitrc:
/sw/bin/startkde >/sw/var/log/kde.log 2>&1
was causing an error due to permission problems with the log file. I dropped...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 27, 2003 at 09:54 AM, in macOS |
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| KDE and Printing
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I have KDE up and running but need help in alllowing use of my HP 960 printer (USB connection). KDE sees the printer but apparently does not have proper drivers. Any suggestions?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 21, 2003 at 08:36 AM, in macOS |
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| Question about installing Gnome via Fink
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I have X11 running and now want to install Gnome via Fink. Do I need to install Metacity prior to the Gnome install or will the Gnome install pick up the need for Metacity?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Feb 19, 2003 at 10:32 AM, in macOS |
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| Turbotax
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Good news! I received Turbotax (2002) last night and it came with a OS X native version of the program. The only caveat is that you still need to use Classic to view the video library and IRS...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Nov 27, 2002 at 09:06 AM, in Applications |
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| C Compiler
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I have been taken a course this week in C and we are using Windoze based computers. I would like to replicate some of the exercises using my iMac and terminal application. I am using GCC to...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Jun 4, 2002 at 08:06 PM, in macOS |
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| Energy Saver Settings
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How are the energy saver savings set for the logged out state? It appears that the drive shuts down in a timely manner but the display stays on. I would like to set 5 minutes for each function if...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Apr 26, 2002 at 08:40 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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| Partition Question
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Can I use the restore disks to reload the factory software configuration after I have partitioned the drive?
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Mar 23, 2002 at 08:39 AM, in macOS |
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| FP iMac Printer Dilemma
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Well I ordered my FP iMac yesterday from Outpost (they had 70 of the 800 MHz models in stock) and now I face the problem of selecting a printer. I currently share an old HP 890 on an eternet based...
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| Posted by Ken Jacobs, on Mar 20, 2002 at 09:01 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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