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Gmail for Your Domain and Gmail Notifier problem 1,821 Views / 1 Replies  
I am doing and experiment to see if I like gmail enough to switch all my email over to it via Gmail for Your Domain. For those who don't know, google will let you set it up so that you can use your...
Posted by dsheetz, on May 11, 2007 at 02:18 AM, in Applications
Beach balls 77,713 Views / 210 Replies  
I just bought a 1.83 ghz macbook pro and I am experiencing tons of spinning beach balls with safari. I often run a java window in the background while I am surfing (the stattracker from Yahoo...
Posted by dsheetz, on Apr 20, 2006 at 01:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Beach balls 77,713 Views / 210 Replies  
edit - (accidental post due to the issue described below)
Posted by dsheetz, on Apr 20, 2006 at 01:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly does one... 9,336 Views / 99 Replies  
Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly does one repair priviledges?
Posted by dsheetz, on Jan 17, 2004 at 09:24 PM, in Applications
So I guess I can assume that I won't be able to... 9,336 Views / 99 Replies  
So I guess I can assume that I won't be able to use garageband on my TiBook 400 mhz, right? I put a 40 gig toshiba 5400 rpm hard drive in it, will that help?

If not, very disappointing.
Posted by dsheetz, on Jan 17, 2004 at 07:07 PM, in Applications
Samba, Airport, and Panther 524 Views / 0 Replies  
I am trying to mount a shared folder on a Mankrake Linux machine onto my Powerbook G4 using Samba 2.27. The powerbook is connected to a Linksys router via Airport (not extreme, it's 802.11b). The...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 9, 2003 at 05:23 PM, in Networking
I couldn't agree more. A fourth window state... 911 Views / 14 Replies  
I couldn't agree more. A fourth window state would be perfect. I'd even settle for the ability to drag items to a docked aliased folder (like it is now) if I could navigate the subfolders and then...
Posted by dsheetz, on Dec 5, 2002 at 06:26 PM, in macOS
Just tried that, but for me right clicking... 911 Views / 14 Replies  
Just tried that, but for me right clicking doesn't do anything but show the name of the folder grayed out. Am I missing something?

The thing I liked so much underr OS 9 was that I could drag a...
Posted by dsheetz, on Dec 4, 2002 at 05:47 PM, in macOS
No, the dock doesn't cover it. I need access to... 911 Views / 14 Replies  
No, the dock doesn't cover it. I need access to a series of subfolders in list view under a particular folder for a particular project, not simply a bunch of aliased folders in the dock. Didn't...
Posted by dsheetz, on Dec 4, 2002 at 05:31 PM, in macOS
lack of popup windows in X 911 Views / 14 Replies  
At long last I have made the switch to OS X. I like it a lot, particularly the unix-related features like MySql, PHP, web serving in general...

Anyways, my main complaint is that they did away...
Posted by dsheetz, on Dec 4, 2002 at 05:00 PM, in macOS
thanks 823 Views / 2 Replies  
thanks, that works great. I love this thing!

_Dan
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 18, 2002 at 04:34 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Panasonic DM-1 Digital Voice Recorder 823 Views / 2 Replies  
So I just bought this digital voice recorder from Panasonic, and I like it a lot so far. To my surprise, I plugged it into my powerbook via USB and it showed up as a disk on the desktop without...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 14, 2002 at 11:24 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
PPPoE software 630 Views / 7 Replies  
Anybody know of any PPPoE software for OS 9 that's better than MacPoet? MacPoet came with my earthlink DSL line and its a piece of crap.
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 11, 2002 at 01:58 AM, in Applications
I got the problem fixed by completely wiping the... 1,121 Views / 20 Replies  
I got the problem fixed by completely wiping the hard drive, reinitializing, and clean installing 9.1. All seems to be OK now.

On another note, why did apple remove the "clean install" option...
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 9, 2002 at 07:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Get used to it. The tiBook paint job comes off. ... 542 Views / 20 Replies  
Get used to it. The tiBook paint job comes off. If you bought the thing because it was pretty, well, too bad. Get used to the rugged look, or sell it now.

My tibook has lost so much paint over...
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 6, 2002 at 11:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Man, this is really screwing me over. Is it... 1,121 Views / 20 Replies  
Man, this is really screwing me over. Is it possible that I need to upgrade some kind of firmware or ROM or something? I'm in the process of completely reinstalling the system for the 3rd time since...
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 6, 2002 at 11:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
TiBook doesn't wake from sleep since 10.1.2 upgrade 1,121 Views / 20 Replies  
Ever since I upgraded my Tibook/400 to 10.1.2, it won't wake from sleep. I have since removed OS X altogether and returned to 9.1. I have even reformatted my hard drive and installed 9.1. I am at...
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 6, 2002 at 04:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Just turn the brightness down a notch or too. ... 694 Views / 17 Replies  
Just turn the brightness down a notch or too. Mine sometimes makes that noise when the brightness is maxed.
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 6, 2002 at 04:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks, but I need a little more detail than... 716 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks, but I need a little more detail than that. I've checked and rechecked extensions already. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 2, 2002 at 03:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Strangely, I find myself replying to my own... 716 Views / 6 Replies  
Strangely, I find myself replying to my own thread from many months ago... because my problem has returned.

For months my TiBook/400 was fine. Then I upgraded to 9.2.1 and ever since the computer...
Posted by dsheetz, on Feb 1, 2002 at 07:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
San Francisco room for rent 610 Views / 0 Replies  
Yo. I am a graphic designer looking to bail out of San Francisco as soon as possible due to acute brokeness. I have a room in a really nice 3 BR apt in the Mission District (23rd & Mission St.) with...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 20, 2001 at 10:09 PM, in Marketplace
In the amount of time it took me to read these... 1,266 Views / 56 Replies  
In the amount of time it took me to read these extremely dull posts, I think I could have written the drivers for noisefloor's cdrw drive myself. Move on, people! Noisefloor, its beautiful in...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 3, 2001 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
files that begin with period ( . ) 572 Views / 4 Replies  
OK, so I just ran norton disk doctor on my drive under OS 9. I just realized that I said yes to the prompt to rename all files that begin with a period ( like .DS_STORE) on the system.

Is this...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 3, 2001 at 07:05 PM, in macOS
I also have a Que! USB 4x2x8x, and it absolutely... 2,201 Views / 121 Replies  
I also have a Que! USB 4x2x8x, and it absolutely sucks. On my old blue/white g3 it never burned faster than 2x without buffer underrun errors, and on my TiBook it worked for a few weeks, but now it...
Posted by dsheetz, on Nov 3, 2001 at 07:00 PM, in macOS
And for making changes to apache directives, if... 796 Views / 7 Replies  
And for making changes to apache directives, if you've never done it before, I recommend that you take a look at the docs on apache.org before you make an attempt.

In a nutshell you just probably...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 25, 2001 at 03:37 PM, in macOS
Does the paint on the hinge bubble up and scratch... 1,102 Views / 64 Replies  
Does the paint on the hinge bubble up and scratch off? Did they glue the little rubber feet on more securely? And those little pads that keep the screen from hitting the base when the machine is...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 25, 2001 at 03:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I guess I'm used to being disappointed by these... 4,573 Views / 255 Replies  
I guess I'm used to being disappointed by these things, but this is fairly unprecedented on apple's part: They have never in my memory told the press that they were going to announce an entirely new...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 23, 2001 at 06:38 AM, in MacNN Lounge
www.mediatemple.com (http://www.mediatemple.com) ... 817 Views / 14 Replies  
www.mediatemple.com (http://www.mediatemple.com)

the best out there that I know of.

-Dan
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 23, 2001 at 06:23 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Well I have to assume this is possible because... 709 Views / 38 Replies  
Well I have to assume this is possible because the images are purchased from some kind of stock image shop. MS actually owns Corbis, I believe. Maybe these are corbis images that Apple licensed for...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 23, 2001 at 05:59 AM, in macOS
Oh, I was hoping I could just modify one single... 461 Views / 5 Replies  
Oh, I was hoping I could just modify one single resource and that would do it... Oh well. Can anyone recommend a place to get a good "theme" that does this?
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 20, 2001 at 05:40 PM, in macOS
yes I know there are ways to create themes or... 461 Views / 5 Replies  
yes I know there are ways to create themes or hack stuff to make aqua look different. I searched the archive and got way too many results. If someone could just tell me a quick way to get rid of...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 20, 2001 at 05:13 PM, in macOS
getting rid of system-wide stripes 461 Views / 5 Replies  
My biggest annoyance by far with X is those gray and white stripes that appear on the window borders. Yuck! Anyone know how to change this? That would be sweet.

Dan
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 07:13 PM, in macOS
yeah, if you want good quality comression, you... 510 Views / 5 Replies  
yeah, if you want good quality comression, you are going to have to compress your images by hand in photoshop. If you don't have it, get Photoshop LE free from adobe.

I find apple's image capture...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 06:41 PM, in macOS
I downloaded the 6.5 demo... is there something... 568 Views / 7 Replies  
I downloaded the 6.5 demo... is there something else I need to do to enable command line integration? If it works, this feature will save my life.

Dan
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 06:18 PM, in macOS
super get info 492 Views / 1 Replies  
So I've seen this term thrown around with respect to OS X.1:

"Super get info"

Is this a hack? What is Super get info?
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 06:16 PM, in macOS
I think of it more as a backup route to doing... 454 Views / 4 Replies  
I think of it more as a backup route to doing things, myself. For example, when setting up server applications like mysql, it is important that permissions be set right on the directories. The only...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 07:48 AM, in macOS
yeah, that is a really atrocious security hole. ... 699 Views / 9 Replies  
yeah, that is a really atrocious security hole. How could they let that get through??
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 19, 2001 at 07:43 AM, in macOS
Thanks so much!!! After days of trying to figure... 744 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks so much!!! After days of trying to figure this out, I finally got it. I did chmod 777 on the data directory and not it works.

Fabulous. Thanks again.

-Dan
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 17, 2001 at 05:11 AM, in macOS
I can't create any databases at all, whether or... 744 Views / 5 Replies  
I can't create any databases at all, whether or not they are called test. I guess Ill go back and search the mysql docs again. thanks.
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 15, 2001 at 12:42 PM, in macOS
Thanks. How do you know this stuff?? 698 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks. How do you know this stuff??
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 15, 2001 at 03:30 AM, in macOS
can't create databases in mysql 744 Views / 5 Replies  
OK, so I have mysql installed on my powerbook, but I can't create databases. When I type:

create database test

I get the following error:

ERROR 1006: Can't create database 'test'. (errno:...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 15, 2001 at 03:22 AM, in macOS
where's wget? 698 Views / 8 Replies  
so I tried to download some source from a site, and I get

"command not found"

when I type

wget http://my.server.com/my_file.tgz

Can anyone tell me how to download a URL into a directory...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 13, 2001 at 01:01 AM, in macOS
Well, neither of these really describes the... 631 Views / 10 Replies  
Well, neither of these really describes the problem that I am having. The login screen loads just fine. If I type in the wrong password, the login dialog box shakes just like it should. If I...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 9, 2001 at 05:41 AM, in macOS
My main problem with the dock is that same as my... 773 Views / 28 Replies  
My main problem with the dock is that same as my main problem with OS X period: no popup windows. That is my absolute favorite feature of the OS 9 finder. It saves me tons of time every day by...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 9, 2001 at 02:59 AM, in macOS
Thanks. The only problem for me is that OS X... 631 Views / 10 Replies  
Thanks. The only problem for me is that OS X came preinstalled on the same partition, so reinstalling would be a lot more difficult. I think I'll hold out for a few weeks to see if Apple releases a...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 9, 2001 at 02:36 AM, in macOS
This is not the exact same problem. On my... 631 Views / 10 Replies  
This is not the exact same problem. On my powerbook g4/400 I don't get a message saying the pass is wrong, instead the machine just hangs. I waited up to half an hour before rebooting. Assistance...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 8, 2001 at 08:01 PM, in macOS
Login troubles in 10.1 493 Views / 5 Replies  
So everything went fine with the install, but when I try to log in with my main user account, the machine hangs on the login process and I have to force reboot. I can login just fine with my other...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 8, 2001 at 07:00 PM, in macOS
Login troubles in 10.1 631 Views / 10 Replies  
So everything went fine with the install, but when I try to log in with my main user account, the machine hangs on the login process and I have to force reboot. I can login just fine with my other...
Posted by dsheetz, on Oct 8, 2001 at 07:00 PM, in macOS
Macromedia Sitespring 495 Views / 0 Replies  
http://www.macromedia.com/software/sitespring/

Anybody have an NT server to install the beta? I am really interested in trying this thing out, but my server is Unix (as it should be!).

Post...
Posted by dsheetz, on Aug 2, 2001 at 04:47 AM, in Applications
Yup, just got my timbuk2 bag in the mail. I'm... 5,662 Views / 237 Replies  
Yup, just got my timbuk2 bag in the mail. I'm almost more excited about the bag than about the TiBook (used my roommate's for a month before I got mine, so that difffused a bit of the excitement).
...
Posted by dsheetz, on Jun 8, 2001 at 06:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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