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Here is a decent article comparing the different... 582 Views / 3 Replies  
Here is a decent article comparing the different airport base stations.

http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/Evolution/index.html
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Mar 3, 2005 at 11:48 AM, in Networking
I'm not an advocate for either side. But keep in... 2,237 Views / 59 Replies  
I'm not an advocate for either side. But keep in mind if Apple did decide to create one it would be done well, it would work well, and it would be user friendly. They just have a way with making...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 21, 2005 at 11:50 AM, in macOS
To correct my self, the su may mean "switch... 2,204 Views / 62 Replies  
To correct my self, the su may mean "switch user", by not using an account name it defaults to root. I don't have my man pages available on my PC at work so I'm going from memory.
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 15, 2005 at 11:11 AM, in macOS
I know I may be just adding to the problem here,... 2,204 Views / 62 Replies  
I know I may be just adding to the problem here, but in the interest of sharing information regarding root if you use the following comnand:

sudo su -

You will actually become the root user in...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 15, 2005 at 11:09 AM, in macOS
Excel 2004 still doesn't support Pivot Charts... 2,352 Views / 22 Replies  
Excel 2004 still doesn't support Pivot Charts that Excel 2002 for XP does. It support Pivot tables, which are great, but I would like more compatibility between the two.
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 18, 2005 at 12:18 PM, in Applications
the .Mac sync looks really cool. With additional... 8,848 Views / 73 Replies  
the .Mac sync looks really cool. With additional items to sync like keychains, mail accounts, and mail rules.
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 14, 2005 at 03:41 PM, in macOS
I would love to see a dual tuner DirecTV unit... 1,555 Views / 36 Replies  
I would love to see a dual tuner DirecTV unit with build in OS X based TiVo :) TiVo runs Linux on a PPC chip now. Would be great if they could move to OS X with a G4 processor at least.
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 14, 2005 at 03:37 PM, in macOS
Quicken 2005 password protection 820 Views / 2 Replies  
Does anyone know if adding a password to a Quicken 2005 database encrypts the file? Or can someone still read the data in the file without the password?

I would like to store my Quicken data...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 13, 2005 at 01:18 PM, in Applications
I have one. It lets me listen to an AM radio... 898 Views / 9 Replies  
I have one. It lets me listen to an AM radio station I like on my living room receiver. I can't get good AM reception in the house and the station has an mp3 stream on the internet.
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 9, 2005 at 07:50 PM, in Networking
See this article for a brief description; ... 570 Views / 3 Replies  
See this article for a brief description;

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=52340
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 5, 2005 at 12:04 PM, in Applications
Get your eBay account ready, it may not be Apple... 2,089 Views / 27 Replies  
Get your eBay account ready, it may not be Apple but Motorola has partnered with Apple to create a phone with iTunes integration including ITMS music playback. I don't know what the storage size...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 5, 2005 at 11:55 AM, in macOS
It would be nice if the WAN port could be... 1,841 Views / 43 Replies  
It would be nice if the WAN port could be switched to a LAN port. This would allow older iMacs that are not 802.11g compatible to upgrade to 802.11g by using it as an ethernet bridge.

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jun 7, 2004 at 05:28 PM, in Networking
Depending on how old the 15" iMac is it may only... 690 Views / 2 Replies  
Depending on how old the 15" iMac is it may only have USB 1.0. If so, there won't be any speed improvement going to a USB adaptor.

You can look at using an ethernet bridge. An example would be...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 1, 2004 at 02:23 PM, in Networking
Of course you can use the stereo after the... 1,031 Views / 17 Replies  
Of course you can use the stereo after the deadline as long as you pick it up before the deadline.

You could get the Million dollar winning ticket in the McDonald's Monopoly game but you won't...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Mar 17, 2004 at 01:16 PM, in Applications
I doubt he was actually driving down the street. ... 764 Views / 9 Replies  
I doubt he was actually driving down the street. Base stations don't "hand off" connections like cell phones do. He was probably parked on the street sitting in his car for a while (suspicious) and...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Mar 10, 2004 at 03:54 PM, in Networking
Sorry to bring back an old post but I have a... 5,063 Views / 28 Replies  
Sorry to bring back an old post but I have a comment and question regarding filevault.

First my comment. I don't believe the Filevault pw is kept in the keychain and used to login with. The...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Mar 10, 2004 at 01:28 PM, in macOS
Re: Can I port forward to more than one machine 1,137 Views / 3 Replies  
No, but you can forward 2 different external ports to the same port on 2 different machines. For example,

port 5060 can forward to 10.0.1.2 port 5060 (Computer A)
port 5061 can forward to...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 11, 2004 at 11:43 AM, in Networking
Re: Hang at Logout 811 Views / 4 Replies  
I have noticed this behavior occationally and traced it to MirrorAgent (sp?) not quiting properly. Do you sync your iDisk to your Mac? MirrorAgent doesn't show up in the Force Quit window and I...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 11, 2004 at 11:30 AM, in macOS
I don't believe the previous posters statement... 964 Views / 14 Replies  
I don't believe the previous posters statement was that Epson couldn't do borderless but rather that it could't do borderless through OS X. That would explain why you can directly from the memory...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 11, 2004 at 11:05 AM, in Applications
I agree with this. I use a Canon i860 with... 964 Views / 14 Replies  
I agree with this. I use a Canon i860 with iPhoto. You do need to crop the pictures using the 4x6 constraint for borderless unless your camera format can be ajusted to 4x6. Normal digital pictures...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 10, 2004 at 06:47 PM, in Applications
I believe it should be under Network pane and... 661 Views / 8 Replies  
I believe it should be under Network pane and tied to the location settings. I.e. each "location" can have different firewall settings.

For example, one for being connected to your home network...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 9, 2004 at 01:40 PM, in macOS
Thanks! This works for me in the terminal. ... 580 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks!

This works for me in the terminal. I tried creating a shell script and wrapping it with Platypus (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12046) and iHook...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 4, 2004 at 12:41 PM, in Applications
App to list movie format? 580 Views / 3 Replies  
Is there an application that a movie file can be dropped on that will just list what video format/codec and audio format/codec the movie is using? It would help to determine which one of the various...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 3, 2004 at 05:25 PM, in Applications
This is like asking a woman her age. You just... 752 Views / 11 Replies  
This is like asking a woman her age. You just don't do it ;)
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 29, 2004 at 05:57 PM, in Applications
WPA is not Panther only. Check for firmware... 486 Views / 2 Replies  
WPA is not Panther only. Check for firmware updates for your wife's wireless card. I know Cisco has firmware updates for their cards to active WPA.

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 29, 2004 at 02:04 PM, in Networking
Another option to try would be to just put the IP... 507 Views / 2 Replies  
Another option to try would be to just put the IP of the router in the DNS field of your TCP/IP prefs panel. The router IP typically ends with a .1 using the same IP range you set for the static IP...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 20, 2004 at 03:28 PM, in Networking
Any way to read unix mail in Mail.app in Panther? 466 Views / 0 Replies  
I did some searching on this board and purhaps I'm not using the right keywords. Is there a way to view my unix email (output from crons, etc) from within the Mail.app in Panther?

I did find...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 15, 2004 at 06:24 PM, in macOS
I currently buy all the updates every year: OS X... 4,172 Views / 70 Replies  
I currently buy all the updates every year: OS X ($129), .Mac ($99), iLife ($49). That's $277 per year. I would be willing to pay Apple a $20/month subscription fee ($240/yr) to get all these with...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 9, 2004 at 11:04 AM, in Applications
Thanks! That worked for me. Scott 661 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks! That worked for me.

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 7, 2004 at 03:10 PM, in macOS
First I must say I am not an expert nor have I... 651 Views / 6 Replies  
First I must say I am not an expert nor have I set up a WDS before, but I did read Apples document on setting one up. In chapter 3 "Setting Advanced Options" of the Designing AirPort Extreme...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 6, 2004 at 12:02 PM, in Networking
External disk file permissions 661 Views / 2 Replies  
I just bought a new LaCie external firewire HD. I noticed that anything added to that drive is viewable by anyone else logged in. In fact, when looking at the files in the terminal the owner of the...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 5, 2004 at 11:50 PM, in macOS
I would like to see: 1) An option to... 3,225 Views / 73 Replies  
I would like to see:

1) An option to activate "Live Updating" for a shared playlist. I have two macs at home and keep my library on one. When I listen to music from the second mac it doesn't...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Nov 6, 2003 at 05:27 PM, in Applications
What went on at the "Panther Events"? 496 Views / 1 Replies  
I was at the Apple Store on 10/24 and they were getting ready for the "Panther Event" that evening when the OS was being released. The employees said they didn't even know what was going to happen...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Oct 31, 2003 at 04:12 PM, in macOS
Poll: I would like to be able to buy music from iTunes... 867 Views / 6 Replies  
I would like to be able to buy music from iTunes at home (slow connection) and have it go into a directory in iDisk or some other holding directory without downloading. Then I could download it from...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on May 8, 2003 at 11:40 AM, in Applications
I agree with this. In fact I wish the previews... 2,435 Views / 47 Replies  
I agree with this. In fact I wish the previews were even lower bandwidth. I have a dial up connection and it takes 2-3 minutes just to hear the 30sec preview. I don't believe the previews should...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on May 1, 2003 at 02:02 PM, in Applications
interrupted downloads from Music Store 549 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a dial up connection and therefore can't download music files at a reasonable speed. I would like to try a few anyway to see how it goes. The iTunes documentation says that if a download is...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 30, 2003 at 05:47 PM, in Applications
Even if TiVo updates HMO for AAC files I don't... 1,296 Views / 13 Replies  
Even if TiVo updates HMO for AAC files I don't think you would be able to listen to files you purchase from the Music Store. According to the iTunes documentation you can only listen to the...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 30, 2003 at 12:24 PM, in Applications
I guess I can answer my own question now. Yes, a... 1,218 Views / 17 Replies  
I guess I can answer my own question now. Yes, a user has to be logged in and running iTunes to be able to share it over Rendezvous. I am a little dissappointed in that. I hope Apple comes out...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 29, 2003 at 05:53 PM, in Applications
Can anyone tell me if a user will have to be... 1,218 Views / 17 Replies  
Can anyone tell me if a user will have to be logged in and running iTunes in order for another machine to see it with Rendezvous? Or if it will be a background daemon like Apache and allow sharing...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 28, 2003 at 03:05 PM, in Applications
Good point. Enforcing standards is always the... 901 Views / 16 Replies  
Good point. Enforcing standards is always the hard part about having standards.

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 28, 2003 at 02:22 PM, in macOS
I use UpdateRadar which uses MacUpdate to get... 901 Views / 16 Replies  
I use UpdateRadar which uses MacUpdate to get it's info. There have been a few apps that don't show up on MacUpdate and there have been a few apps that do but the verion numbers on MacUpdate don't...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 28, 2003 at 10:49 AM, in macOS
Actually, no, it doesn't work with DirectTV with... 1,250 Views / 21 Replies  
Actually, no, it doesn't work with DirectTV with TiVo. Eventhough Directv has a series 2 box Directv is not supporting HMO. The is a petition...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Apr 8, 2003 at 12:31 PM, in Applications
This is a great app idea. I gave it a try last... 3,616 Views / 58 Replies  
This is a great app idea. I gave it a try last night (v0.1.2) and have the following feedback.

1) The preference for disabling auto-check for updates doesn't stick. I will turn this feature...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 19, 2003 at 11:21 AM, in Applications
I think it is worth $50 for the chapter support... 606 Views / 6 Replies  
I think it is worth $50 for the chapter support alone. It also requires less disk space to create a DVD when using iMovie 3 because it doesn't require exporting the iMovie project data to a new...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 18, 2003 at 04:27 PM, in Applications
Apple doesn't necessarily have to develop new... 850 Views / 11 Replies  
Apple doesn't necessarily have to develop new channels for Sherlock to be inovative. There are channels being developed by third parties to do many things.

http://www.sherlockers.com/

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 17, 2003 at 11:47 AM, in Applications
There is some freeware called Split&Concat that... 756 Views / 5 Replies  
There is some freeware called Split&Concat that will recombine these files. It is just a gui for the unix split and cat commands.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9545

Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Feb 17, 2003 at 11:40 AM, in Applications
screen saver for login screen? 1,454 Views / 22 Replies  
Is it possible to have a screensaver active for the login window?

The energy saver preferences seem to be global and I have it set to 60mins for putting the screen to sleep.

The screen saver...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 21, 2003 at 01:43 PM, in macOS
I have a similar question. Will the version of... 591 Views / 6 Replies  
I have a similar question. Will the version of developer tools that came with Jaguar cds (10.2) install on 10.2.3 or is a newer version required? I.e. will I break something in 10.2.3 by installing...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 20, 2003 at 02:50 PM, in macOS
iSync integration 1,531 Views / 47 Replies  
Purhaps this is more of an iSync wish but I would like to be able to sync my Safari bookmarks between 2 macs through .mac using iSync like address book does. And purhaps even be able to view them...
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 15, 2003 at 01:15 PM, in macOS
I have a 15" flat panel iMac. Not really... 1,511 Views / 25 Replies  
I have a 15" flat panel iMac. Not really designed to add thing internal. Purhaps there is an unused IDE prot inside but would require disassembly.

Thanks for your response.
Scott
Posted by ReefHobbyist, on Jan 10, 2003 at 11:39 AM, in macOS
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