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Generic error during attempted OS X update 495 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm trying to upgrade OS X to Sierra and it gets stuck on the page for me to review my billing info even though billing info is fine. Only error message says to contact iTunes support. The billing...
Posted by brza, on Nov 22, 2016 at 10:53 AM, in macOS
....anyone? 456 Views / 1 Replies  
....anyone?
Posted by brza, on Sep 7, 2007 at 12:42 PM, in Networking
ports always timing out 456 Views / 1 Replies  
This is very weird... same router and computer, but suddenly I can't seem to forward any ports.

I tried two setups: one with my router in, and one with the modem connected directly to the...
Posted by brza, on Aug 29, 2007 at 03:22 PM, in Networking
change default mount point? 581 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey guys... I want to change the default mount point of my second hard drive's volume. Can't figure this out with all the Googling in the world.

Can anyone help? Thanks.
Posted by brza, on Feb 13, 2007 at 08:57 PM, in macOS
Sooo, uh...anyone? 978 Views / 3 Replies  
Sooo, uh...anyone?
Posted by brza, on Feb 13, 2007 at 07:13 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
change default mountpoint? 978 Views / 3 Replies  
I want to change the path for the default mount point for my second hard drive.

As far as I knew, there was a file for doing this, although a Linux user told me that. When I found it (something...
Posted by brza, on Feb 6, 2007 at 12:53 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Yes, you can. Follow these steps... I've done it,... 3,783 Views / 8 Replies  
Yes, you can. Follow these steps... I've done it, I've seen someone else do it, but if you do it, it's YOUR fault if something goes wrong. Although, I found it to be very easy... getting the hard...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 11:38 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
OS X and Windows operate completely differently... 769 Views / 2 Replies  
OS X and Windows operate completely differently from one another... this means that the problem could not just be something on the drive, but Windows might not have noticed an error simply because of...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 11:26 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
if you're encoding them into files on your... 11,743 Views / 2 Replies  
if you're encoding them into files on your computer, and not just looking at the tracklisting of the CD in itunes, there's an option in the itunes Advance preferences (I think under the Importing tab...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 11:22 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
haha. what was your guess? i understand that... 1,868 Views / 12 Replies  
haha. what was your guess?

i understand that he may legitimately want to backup a DVD. if that's the case, there is lots of user-friendly software that does the entire encode/burn process. lots of...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 10:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
try restarting. hold MENU + SELECT until it... 760 Views / 10 Replies  
try restarting. hold MENU + SELECT until it reboots (5 seconds approx). if that doesnt work, you could always try to get to the language settings. the menu items are in the same place, just different...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 12:23 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Have you done anything recently that might be... 476 Views / 4 Replies  
Have you done anything recently that might be causing this? Have you added RAM recently? are you using a keyboard and/or mouse that is 3rd party? ANYTHING outside of the ordinary (no matter how...
Posted by brza, on Jan 18, 2007 at 12:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks
it's usually better if you teach them to treat... 1,868 Views / 12 Replies  
it's usually better if you teach them to treat DVDs properly. you won't have to burn them... you just dont let them use the movies if they can't put them away properly.
Posted by brza, on Jan 17, 2007 at 11:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
are you able to describe the sound better? i... 961 Views / 8 Replies  
are you able to describe the sound better?

i would usually suggest it's a ground problem, but i dont see anywhere that you really describe the noise in detail. distortion isn't good enough. high...
Posted by brza, on Jan 17, 2007 at 11:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'll give it a shot, thanks For anyone else... 449 Views / 2 Replies  
I'll give it a shot, thanks

For anyone else who might know more, I should add: I just reformatted (zeroed it completely) the source drive. So now I have two hard drives that work just fine,...
Posted by brza, on Jan 15, 2007 at 04:16 AM, in macOS
can't mount two hard drives at once 449 Views / 2 Replies  
I'll put it in bullet form, because in a proper paragraph was wayyyy too confusing for others to gather all the info and make sense.

- I have two hard drives. the main one, and the second one....
Posted by brza, on Jan 15, 2007 at 01:16 AM, in macOS
start/stop Shares from command line 1,042 Views / 1 Replies  
EDIT: i cant seem to delete this. I figured it out... for anyone else: use $apachectl [command] to control the daemon.
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I wanted to learn how to start and stop shares such as the FTP server and...
Posted by brza, on Apr 2, 2006 at 03:54 PM, in macOS
it's a good ide ato have a network monitor... 2,002 Views / 24 Replies  
it's a good ide ato have a network monitor running at all times so you know what sort of traffic flow is going in and out.
my roomate, for instance, was at his computer one day and had nothing...
Posted by brza, on Mar 2, 2006 at 02:56 PM, in macOS
The Dock 560 Views / 1 Replies  
i figure this i the proper forum. i mean, the Dock *is* an application..so...
anyways, I can't find anything and I doubt it's possible but I was curious to know if it's possible to make the dock...
Posted by brza, on Mar 1, 2006 at 01:15 AM, in macOS
Background command 'bg' problem 648 Views / 1 Replies  
When I use the BG command to let a process continue running in the background, it continues to output the data to my screen.
This means that while typing some other commands, I'll still get data...
Posted by brza, on Feb 12, 2006 at 09:55 PM, in macOS
Security quality of Samba 472 Views / 1 Replies  
What do you guys think about the security of Samba? Im trying to sort out a problem with SSH right now and have used Samba a bit so as a backup method of connecting to my computer doesn't seem so...
Posted by brza, on Feb 12, 2006 at 07:18 PM, in Networking
You can download widgets. Tons of them. Whether... 496 Views / 4 Replies  
You can download widgets. Tons of them. Whether for Dashboard or Konfabulator (the Yahoo! version which is available for Panther and presumably Tiger). I don't like using them, but there are a lot of...
Posted by brza, on Feb 2, 2006 at 02:17 PM, in Applications
SFV Checkers 492 Views / 1 Replies  
Can someone link me to an SFV Checker? I googled and googled and googled. The only ones I found didn't work (bad DMGs or files dont exist on the servers anymore)

I had one but accidentally deleted...
Posted by brza, on Feb 2, 2006 at 11:06 AM, in Applications
specify mount point 486 Views / 0 Replies  
I connect to and mount my roomate's shared directories through Samba to access his Linux machine. What I don't like too much is that the mount points in /Volumes/ is dynamic. For example, he has 3...
Posted by brza, on Jan 29, 2006 at 07:43 PM, in Networking
All right, so I found some help on changing what... 543 Views / 1 Replies  
All right, so I found some help on changing what port SSH listens on. I changed it to 2200 and did port forwarding and thought, at least in this case the private and public ports are the same, so...
Posted by brza, on Jan 27, 2006 at 04:44 PM, in Networking
port forwarding problems 543 Views / 1 Replies  
Let's say I'm port forwarding SSH, which uses port 22. I can set port forwarding on my router to send all of port 22 stuff to my computer. But, for some reason, if i setup a public port (say 24) and...
Posted by brza, on Jan 27, 2006 at 04:33 PM, in Networking
Nope, our local IPs have remained the same sinec... 744 Views / 7 Replies  
Nope, our local IPs have remained the same sinec we setup our LAN.

On a recent attempt, if I try to connect to my computer via FTP with the OS X firewall enabled, then the connect-attempt just...
Posted by brza, on Jan 24, 2006 at 01:03 PM, in Networking
Trying to connect through the outside,a nd yes... 507 Views / 2 Replies  
Trying to connect through the outside,a nd yes through a router.

Keep in mind:
I've setup port forwarding so that anyone trying to connect via FTP through port 30 on my router will be directed to...
Posted by brza, on Jan 24, 2006 at 04:08 AM, in Networking
It gave me this: gcc version 3.3 20030304... 731 Views / 3 Replies  
It gave me this:
gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)

I installed gcc4 successfully, and want that to be my default gcc now
Posted by brza, on Jan 23, 2006 at 08:37 PM, in macOS
Properly delete old GCC? 731 Views / 3 Replies  
I have gcc 3.? installed and was given an error in Fink that it's a version known to cause issues, and I *have* been having trouble compiling source. So, I used Fink to install GCC4. However, the old...
Posted by brza, on Jan 23, 2006 at 02:40 PM, in macOS
can't connect via FTP 507 Views / 2 Replies  
I turned on the FTP sharing, setup port-forwarding (Public port:30, private ports: 20-21) and tried to connect to my computer. No dice. Fetch just sat there trying.

I used my ip (got it using a...
Posted by brza, on Jan 23, 2006 at 04:28 AM, in Networking
Okay? I just want to know how to use the mount... 768 Views / 4 Replies  
Okay? I just want to know how to use the mount command to mount the ipod through usb and firewire. I'm aware that it shows up in iTunes.
Posted by brza, on Jan 23, 2006 at 03:44 AM, in macOS
Mount an ipod without itunes 768 Views / 4 Replies  
I wanted to mount an ipod through the firewire port... Im not terribly good with the mount command in the command line interface, and haven't been able to find stuff online.
Anyone have a clue?
Posted by brza, on Jan 22, 2006 at 08:22 PM, in macOS
Nope, thats not it Edit: It's all just MP3s.... 927 Views / 6 Replies  
Nope, thats not it

Edit: It's all just MP3s. On the occasion there are other files, I make sure not to select them
Posted by brza, on Jan 22, 2006 at 06:40 PM, in Applications
Desktop icon dis/reappears on its own 440 Views / 0 Replies  
In the sidebar of the Finder windows, the icon for the Desktop sometimes changes to the default folder icon. I won't even have to do more than click the desktop to see the contents.
Related to...
Posted by brza, on Jan 22, 2006 at 03:00 PM, in macOS
I ran $locate *m3u* at the command line and there... 927 Views / 6 Replies  
I ran $locate *m3u* at the command line and there are no .m3u files on my computer. Only results were a couple of icon files and a .dylib file, all used by VLC
Posted by brza, on Jan 22, 2006 at 02:15 PM, in Applications
iTunes puts in songs twice 927 Views / 6 Replies  
For some reason when I drag and drop songs onto iTunes, it virtually always adds the songs twice at once. I don't already have them on my computer (eg: sometimes I'm copying them directly over the...
Posted by brza, on Jan 21, 2006 at 03:30 PM, in Applications
BigMac: i tried that, It said it appears to be OK... 649 Views / 3 Replies  
BigMac: i tried that, It said it appears to be OK on the first go so I'll see how my computer performs after that.

Todd: VLC was doing it too, it wasn't a matter of software, specifically.
Posted by brza, on Jan 19, 2006 at 02:19 PM, in Mac Desktops
the PMSET command 1,649 Views / 1 Replies  
pmset is used to modify power management settings. Last night I entered:
$sudo pmset reduce 1 spindown 10

by my understanding: this should reduce the CPU speed and, in 10 minutes of inactivity,...
Posted by brza, on Jan 17, 2006 at 02:32 PM, in macOS
system seems less stable than it should be 649 Views / 3 Replies  
I have an old G4, 400MHz PPC running OS X 10.3.9
Always, when running OS 9, and even when I upgraded to Panther, I was always able to watch videos smoothly... Of course, if something CPU-intensive...
Posted by brza, on Jan 17, 2006 at 02:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
we have a domain name attached to the dynamic IP... 744 Views / 7 Replies  
we have a domain name attached to the dynamic IP so I know to use that
Posted by brza, on Dec 30, 2005 at 02:58 AM, in Networking
Yes 744 Views / 7 Replies  
Yes
Posted by brza, on Dec 30, 2005 at 02:58 AM, in Networking
Cant connect to my computer 744 Views / 7 Replies  
I'd like to connect to this computer through the Internet while Im away for a few days. I've got no specific preference as to which protocol, but I think I'm having issues with all of them because of...
Posted by brza, on Dec 24, 2005 at 09:45 PM, in Networking
i know the moderator already got this one, but... 8,206 Views / 79 Replies  
i know the moderator already got this one, but you guys are [insert rude appendage]'s for the grammar comments. I live in a bilingual (english-french) province and my french isn't that good, but when...
Posted by brza, on Dec 20, 2005 at 12:41 AM, in Mac Desktops
Shapeshifter takes a theme (made up of a resource... 684 Views / 4 Replies  
Shapeshifter takes a theme (made up of a resource file, icons etc.) and allows you to apply some or all of the elements of a theme. IMO it's better to do the changes manually because a) it's...
Posted by brza, on Dec 20, 2005 at 12:26 AM, in GUI Customization
....you're kidding, right? 8,206 Views / 79 Replies  
....you're kidding, right?
Posted by brza, on Dec 20, 2005 at 12:20 AM, in Mac Desktops
After a little more digging I think it could be... 693 Views / 7 Replies  
After a little more digging I think it could be the program used to burn. My roomate is away for a week on wednesday so he's going to install another one and I'm going to make some attempts while...
Posted by brza, on Dec 19, 2005 at 11:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
I know this... believe you me, i've made many... 882 Views / 13 Replies  
I know this... believe you me, i've made many modifications to the gradient and the texture and the underlying grey colour isn't changing.
Maybe i'm missing something here... i would even...
Posted by brza, on Dec 19, 2005 at 10:44 PM, in GUI Customization
Haha, i dont think we'll ever figure it out. It's... 882 Views / 13 Replies  
Haha, i dont think we'll ever figure it out. It's not the outer frame, it's THE Frame. the brushed grey metal.
yes, im changing it directly, but the labels that are there are enough that i know...
Posted by brza, on Dec 19, 2005 at 10:07 PM, in GUI Customization
I don't have a windows machine immediately... 693 Views / 7 Replies  
I don't have a windows machine immediately available and won't for about a week (sounds crazy but that's the case)
Posted by brza, on Dec 19, 2005 at 09:03 PM, in Mac Desktops
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