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:hmm: I've actually had more virii on my...	5,050 Views / 95 Replies
:hmm: I've actually had more virii on my mac than my PC. 1 on the mac, 0 on the PC. The only upkeep I do on either is auto updates of the OS and Norton on both.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Apr 27, 2004 at 07:55 AM, in macOS

Re: Microsoft spying with Entourage?	2,414 Views / 44 Replies
all it means is u have a single license for office, but are using it on multiple computers on your lan. it will do it for any office app. its not spying, its an attempt to circumvent pirating. And...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Apr 13, 2004 at 05:59 AM, in macOS

Re: wireless ibook question	1,008 Views / 6 Replies
is it set to dhcp? Have you tried statically assidning the ip and dns? I used to have problems when I tried going wireless on my ibook via non-apple router methods. never worked for long. But it...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Apr 4, 2004 at 09:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks

yup I agree... the FreeBSD core is very secure....	6,064 Views / 133 Replies
yup I agree... the FreeBSD core is very secure. :thumbsup:
Posted by ebsidohw, on Apr 3, 2004 at 08:40 AM, in macOS

whatever happened to that sticky about searching...	779 Views / 8 Replies
whatever happened to that sticky about searching threads before posting? Could have sworn there used to be one in every category.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 31, 2004 at 06:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks

How many pictures is a lot? The most I've...	5,907 Views / 56 Replies
How many pictures is a lot? The most I've ever previewed at a time was 150. Other than that, I usually average about 50-75 photos per preview session. Never had a problem with preview crashign...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 29, 2004 at 08:02 AM, in macOS

I paid the full $129 for my copy of Panther, and...	5,907 Views / 56 Replies
I paid the full $129 for my copy of Panther, and would have paid double now that I've used it for several months. Like someone else mentioned before, ppl come here seeking help. That's why you hear...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 29, 2004 at 04:57 AM, in macOS

On the battery bit... most people will tell u not...	987 Views / 7 Replies
On the battery bit... most people will tell u not to keep charging the battery unless its drained. SOmethign about how it ends up holding less of a charge (someone else feel free to expand on this...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 29, 2004 at 04:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Haha, sad but true. I used to employ many of...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
Haha, sad but true. I used to employ many of them. Key words.. USED to. They were good for discounts on apple products though.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 29, 2004 at 04:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Before going to the apple store, I called...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
Before going to the apple store, I called customer care (in case apple store referred me to them), and they were bumbling idiots. Some jerkoff told me it would cost me $500 to repair my laptop, then...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 28, 2004 at 01:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I'm not sure how sad this is, but I"m more...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
I'm not sure how sad this is, but I"m more excited about visiting an actual Apple Store than I was about going to Disney World back in the day..... :cry:
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 25, 2004 at 09:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks

huh?	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
huh?
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 25, 2004 at 07:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I checked apple's site regarding the logic board...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
I checked apple's site regarding the logic board replacement program, my serial doesn't fall in the series they are covering. I found an apple service provider who is actualy on my way home from...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 25, 2004 at 02:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks

** moment of silence for the ibook as it is about...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
moment of silence for the ibook as it is about to get a swift kick in the G3 it now officially will not boot up, no apple emblem and boot up process, nothing. Hopefully the Dallas apple...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 24, 2004 at 02:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I remote desktop to my PC at work, and try...	1,979 Views / 29 Replies
I remote desktop to my PC at work, and try accessing my Mac from the pc at work. So, from outside. When I'm in the lan, everything works peachy. Its just when u try to get in from outside. I've...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 23, 2004 at 02:41 PM, in macOS

Re: no more horror stories, please	1,327 Views / 14 Replies
and you're a senior member? Iin order to becaome a "real Mac user" who can resolve any problem in seconds, you have to suffer through all the minor problems. The major problems people complain...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 23, 2004 at 02:38 PM, in macOS

I have the same problem with my personal web...	1,979 Views / 29 Replies
I have the same problem with my personal web sharing. I set my laptop to use port 8080 as pot 80 is already taken by my router machine running another website. the laptop only runs personal web so...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 23, 2004 at 04:07 AM, in macOS

Re: 10.3.3 System Preferences Note	1,157 Views / 15 Replies
its been doing that since 10.3 I'm hoping apple will make applications quit if you close all the windows in use.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 22, 2004 at 03:51 AM, in macOS

Im' actually going to be in Dallas later this...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
Im' actually going to be in Dallas later this week... I dont mind making the drive and spending the $50 on gas considering what I spent on the laptop. Its a G3 600
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 22, 2004 at 03:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Sounds like the man was just venting. my...	2,040 Views / 66 Replies
Sounds like the man was just venting. my iBook just started having logic board issues on me. I bought it used, so no apple care. As much as I love the laptop, and bring up Apple products to...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 21, 2004 at 07:44 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Are there any apple stores in Texas? I got the...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
Are there any apple stores in Texas? I got the iBook used, previous owner had it for between 6-9 months before I bought it, and I've had it just shy of 6 months now. I checked apple's website,...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 21, 2004 at 07:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks

i was hoping that wasn't it. Oh well...sucky...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
i was hoping that wasn't it. Oh well...sucky part is I saved for 3 months for this thing, its only 6 months old too. Oh well, worse things can happen in life, Guess its time to save for a...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 20, 2004 at 02:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks

say it ain't so...	2,843 Views / 21 Replies
So, starting a couple days ago my ibook started acting up. if I tilt the monitor at allwhile its in use, the screen goes crazy, and the ibook locks up. when this happens, I can hear the CPU fan...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 19, 2004 at 08:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

here's what I was talking about the other day ...	1,559 Views / 32 Replies
here's what I was talking about the other day http://tinyurl.com/22yyg (pardon the geocities link, but my server is done thanks to idiot friends messing with the power strip the server...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 18, 2004 at 05:58 AM, in GUI Customization

safari issue	1,559 Views / 32 Replies
I just noticed the safari navigation buttons acting kind of screwy. for some reason I can't post a screenshot right now via the forum, and my web server is down so I'm unable to post a link. But...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 17, 2004 at 05:43 AM, in GUI Customization

I like the idea of tabbed browsing for the...	2,172 Views / 28 Replies
I like the idea of tabbed browsing for the finder, especially since my mac is an ibook and desktop real estate is precious.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:32 AM, in macOS

cheers! As much as everyone is gonna rag me for...	1,075 Views / 19 Replies
cheers! As much as everyone is gonna rag me for it, out of all the chat programs available, I actually do prefer MSN's the best. Add on the ad-removal hack, and its perfect to me. It still has its...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 15, 2004 at 02:39 AM, in Applications

Re: Newb Qs	1,003 Views / 14 Replies
Dunno if this is an option for you, but if you have an IMAP server, just upload your mail tree to the imap server from the XP laptop, then download on your mac. That's how I ended up transferring...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 15, 2004 at 02:34 AM, in macOS

dont knock msn messenger. Its only in America...	1,075 Views / 19 Replies
dont knock msn messenger. Its only in America where MSN Messenger is not widespread. Most other countries swear by MSN messenger. Personally, I use both, simply b/c i have friends who use either...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 14, 2004 at 07:03 AM, in Applications

what does the red dot mean on the forum by this...	1,105 Views / 19 Replies
what does the red dot mean on the forum by this topic? (as opposed to the usual yellow page icon)
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 12, 2004 at 04:39 AM, in macOS

haha... well I got the ibook b/c at the time, it...	1,105 Views / 19 Replies
haha... well I got the ibook b/c at the time, it was the only laptop that had everythign internal, for a reasonable price... I still hated apples and PCs equally... but not so much anymore.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 10, 2004 at 05:04 AM, in macOS

did I just become a mac convert?	1,105 Views / 19 Replies
so I was working on a website for a friend, and needed an easy way to view the pages I created. I could have ftp'ed the files to my windows server at home, but that would be extra steps. So I...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 10, 2004 at 04:09 AM, in macOS

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?threadid=20...	560 Views / 5 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?threadid=203212 I started this thread awhile back to make an applescript to somewhat do what u want. It doesn't map to a key, but u can make an applescript...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Mar 8, 2004 at 04:55 AM, in macOS

applescript question [smb share automount script]	675 Views / 1 Replies
I found an applescript to automaount smb shares, and was hoping for some help with it. the script is: ==== tell application "Finder" open location "smb:// user : password @ computername /...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Feb 24, 2004 at 06:09 PM, in Applications

Didn't find an option for it, but it can be done...	1,025 Views / 6 Replies
Didn't find an option for it, but it can be done by applescript. http://unxmaal.com/mt/archives/001897.php hope this helps anyone else trying the same thing. all you do is startup...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Feb 24, 2004 at 06:00 PM, in macOS

Just tried your suggestion. I dragged the...	1,025 Views / 6 Replies
Just tried your suggestion. I dragged the network share icon to startup items for my 'home' user. Logged out, and back in, and no luck. I konw I ran across an option to do this once before, I...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Feb 24, 2004 at 04:28 PM, in macOS

Map network drives on startup	1,025 Views / 6 Replies
I searched and didn't find this topic, so I'm starting a new one. In case its already come up, advanced apologies to the Mods. I want to set up my ibook to connect to network drives when I login....
Posted by ebsidohw, on Feb 24, 2004 at 04:06 PM, in macOS

Re: When I download some things to my desktop..	849 Views / 6 Replies
log in as root, navigate to the home folder -> desktop of whichever user has the problem files, and then trash them. or, in terminal, login as SU, and delete the files via terminal.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Feb 18, 2004 at 10:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Foolproof file transfer bewtween Pc and OS X.	1,300 Views / 12 Replies
Windows file sharing is the easiest route. Place all the files you want to transfer on your desktop. If you go the windows file sharing route, just check the box in your system prefs ->...
Posted by ebsidohw, on Dec 14, 2003 at 02:46 AM, in macOS

one of those nifty USB Hard Drives would be nice...	1,656 Views / 19 Replies
one of those nifty USB Hard Drives would be nice as well.
Posted by ebsidohw, on Dec 3, 2003 at 03:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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