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I am not gonna turn this into a flaming war. I... 548 Views / 5 Replies  
I am not gonna turn this into a flaming war. I have posting here for a long time since 1999. I have not been back for a few years and lost my old account info.
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 7, 2009 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
Jeez.... anyone here to help? This board has gone... 548 Views / 5 Replies  
Jeez.... anyone here to help? This board has gone downhill the last few years.....
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 7, 2009 at 04:47 PM, in macOS
OS X Desktop/Server (10.5.7) 548 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi folks,

Something weird is going on and I can't figure it out. Got a brand new OS X 10.5 server. Unboxed it, installed the server OS and applied all the updates. Started OD and got some users...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 7, 2009 at 02:16 PM, in macOS
INdesign Freezing? 582 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi Folks,

Running into a weird issue. Recently installed Adobe CS3 on my Powermac G5 (Dual 2.7 w/ 4GB of ram, OS X 10.4.11 w/ assorted updates) All of my adobe applications are working fine with...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jun 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, in Applications
Acrobat Updater 457 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi Folks, just a quick question. I have downloaded the 9.1 adobe updater. Went to install it and pointed to the directory of the Acrobat 9.0 install. Everything is greyed out. I am running OS X...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Mar 26, 2009 at 12:44 PM, in Applications
HD videos play fine on my G5 Dual 2GHz Machine... 21,111 Views / 149 Replies  
HD videos play fine on my G5 Dual 2GHz Machine with 4GB of RAM. I run the 9800XT card as well. No problem playing 1080p files.
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Feb 6, 2009 at 04:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
THis is def a major disapointment. I handle IT... 2,020 Views / 32 Replies  
THis is def a major disapointment. I handle IT for a school district. I live and die with my firewire drive. I do use netboot from my server, but still, nothing like having access to my desktop on...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 17, 2008 at 11:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for the update! 3,083 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks for the update!
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 17, 2008 at 06:01 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
SSH Client iPhone 2.0? 3,083 Views / 2 Replies  
Well, I have been looking for an SSH client for iPhone 2.0 Is there anything out there that will do this without having to unlock the iphone and potentially bricking it?

Thx
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 17, 2008 at 03:18 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I just updated to the 2.0 version. Phone took... 4,265 Views / 53 Replies  
I just updated to the 2.0 version. Phone took about 30 mins to update. Now I am enjoying the application store. Super Monkey Ball rocks. Enjoying the ebay plugin as well.

Where is Flash and Java...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jul 10, 2008 at 07:44 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Boot Camp Problem (10.5.2) 665 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi Folks,

I have decided to use bootcamp on my macbook pro. I started the partition utility in BC. I chose to use a 15GB partition. This left me with 35GB of free space on my mac partition. I knew...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Apr 18, 2008 at 05:08 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Yes it will work. I have 40 brand new iMac's in... 4,909 Views / 92 Replies  
Yes it will work. I have 40 brand new iMac's in my school district that we purchased in November of 07 that had 10.5.1 installed on them. I cloned the drivers over from older iMac with 10.4.11 and...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Mar 2, 2008 at 02:42 PM, in macOS
The only major issue that I have run into in the... 731 Views / 4 Replies  
The only major issue that I have run into in the PDF Printing issue under Acrobat. Everytime I run Acrobat Pro, it asks if I want to correct the errors on the PDF printer. From what I understand,...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jan 16, 2008 at 02:01 PM, in Applications
Office 2008 - when on MS's licensing website for download? 776 Views / 3 Replies  
hi Folks,

I know that office 08 was released today. I am just curious as to when it will be posted on the licensing website from microsoft to download it and play around with it? Any ideas?

Thx
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Jan 15, 2008 at 03:52 PM, in Applications
Well, here is an update. I just tried to do a... 681 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, here is an update. I just tried to do a archive and install. Same thing: directoryservice crashes.
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 27, 2007 at 03:59 AM, in macOS
My 10.5 install so far... 681 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, went to the apple store today, picked up my shiney new copy of 10.5. Brought it home, ran the upgrade on my MBP. It installed, rebooted and seemed to boot for what took about 45 mins. Nothing...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 27, 2007 at 12:56 AM, in macOS
And another thing, I keep getting a message in... 427 Views / 4 Replies  
And another thing, I keep getting a message in the printer browser when I pick a printer that says "idle" (Print Service)
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 25, 2007 at 03:48 PM, in macOS
Here is another thing. When I go into the printer... 427 Views / 4 Replies  
Here is another thing. When I go into the printer setup under the print browser. I show all the shared printer que's in that printer browser. However, when I click on the printer to setup, it still...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 25, 2007 at 03:46 PM, in macOS
Actually the only driver that needed to be... 427 Views / 4 Replies  
Actually the only driver that needed to be installed was the HP 1022 driver, this was installed on the master image. All the other drivers for our printers are built into apple (HP 4000, 4200, 8500...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 25, 2007 at 03:41 PM, in macOS
Open Directory Printing 427 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, here is my situation. I have OSX Server 10.4.10 setup and running OD. I want to manage my printers through this. I have 21 Printers setup on the server and the corresponding Que's as well. I...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 25, 2007 at 03:20 PM, in macOS
Nobody can answer this simple question? 582 Views / 2 Replies  
Nobody can answer this simple question?
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 24, 2007 at 04:06 PM, in macOS
When does the apple upgrade protection kick in? 582 Views / 2 Replies  
Well, when my school ordered all of our new MB's and MBP's, we also got the upgrade protection with them. We got a site license for OSX, iLife and iWork, When will Apple be shipping out the DVD for...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 24, 2007 at 02:26 PM, in macOS
Discwarrior 4 causes my macbook pro to crash during startup 427 Views / 1 Replies  
Well, I went out and bought DW4 for my shiny new macbook pro. I have noticed some slowdown on bootup and decided to get DW4. I booted from the CD and it takes about 10 mins for the application to...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Oct 12, 2007 at 06:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Filemaker Question 461 Views / 1 Replies  
Dear all,

Does anyone know of a company that will take data from Filemaker 3 and convert it to Filemaker 8.5? I would like it to be in the bay area if poss.

Thanks
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Sep 21, 2007 at 02:14 PM, in Applications
Open Directory and Naming of computers 385 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello folks,

I am about to image machines from my OSX server to a bunch of laptops. I have my OD configured for the students to login. However, I want to name these machines to join OD. It is...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Sep 14, 2007 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
Yes it is valid. It is a brand new copy that has... 410 Views / 3 Replies  
Yes it is valid. It is a brand new copy that has neve been opened. I just installed it an hour ago.
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Sep 6, 2007 at 06:05 PM, in macOS
Weird Issue on OS X Server 410 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi folks,

Just a quick question fro anyone. I just installed OS X server onto a machine for the purpose of using netboot. The install ran great and so did the updates. Now when I go into the...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Sep 6, 2007 at 04:35 PM, in macOS
Woo Hoo!!! Just ordered... 588 Views / 3 Replies  
The iPod Touch (16GB) model. Now I don't have to pay for one of them iPhones and get yet another cell phone. Now I can retire my 60GB and use that in my car.

I am all excited now.
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Sep 5, 2007 at 04:13 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Transition from Appleworks.... 1,616 Views / 3 Replies  
Dear board members,

I am writing to get some words of wisdom from you all. I recently started a new job as Director of Technology for a school district in the northbay area of California. My...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Aug 24, 2007 at 12:00 PM, in Applications
Dear all, Thanks for the great responses so... 3,380 Views / 28 Replies  
Dear all,

Thanks for the great responses so far. I have really enjoyed reading them. I would like to run windows at some point, but I have no need to. I have virtual pc to do that. Yes it is slow,...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on May 2, 2007 at 06:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
How much longer will my G5 last? 3,380 Views / 28 Replies  
Hi Folks,

I do not post here often, but always peruse the boards a lot. In my former life back in New York, I use to be a Network Administrator for an advertising agency. Doing stuff from web...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on May 1, 2007 at 11:18 AM, in Mac Desktops
OS X Server Upgrade 10.4.9 chorking 795 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi MacNN Folks!!!

This is my first post here. I am usually lurking around the forums looking for answers to small problems. This has has me really stumped though.

On this past Friday (3/23) our...
Posted by The OSX Guy, on Mar 26, 2007 at 05:38 PM, in macOS
 
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