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Re: HELP!!!! Total system failure! 561 Views / 1 Replies  
O.k folks, it's now working,

Thanks to MacNStein who posted a previous fix (pressing the PMU reset button on the motherboard) for someone else with the same issue.

See? That's what I love about...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jun 8, 2004 at 01:39 AM, in Mac Desktops
HELP!!!! Total system failure! 561 Views / 1 Replies  
So I woke this morning and the room was silent, the familiar sound of the fans from my Dual 533 G4 were missing. An sense of horror filled me and was soon confirmed when I tried the power button on...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jun 8, 2004 at 01:23 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Help! Can't change permissions on a new volume! 464 Views / 1 Replies  
o.k,

I'm dumb, sorry, I figured out that 'ignore ownership on this volume' was checked and that was preventing the changes.

Sorry to bother everyone, please let me sink to the bottom as I...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jun 5, 2004 at 04:43 PM, in macOS
Help! Can't change permissions on a new volume! 464 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi chaps,

So I bought a LaCIE 320 Gb hard drive today and it seems to be working fine. However, permissions for the volume are set to

Owner:me
Group:Unknown

I want to change the group to...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jun 5, 2004 at 04:38 PM, in macOS
Mine has disappeared too, but it went a couple of... 14,982 Views / 170 Replies  
Mine has disappeared too, but it went a couple of days ago before installing 10.3.4.

Maybe it was the help viewer patch? although I can't think why, or maybe some crappy shareware we both...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 27, 2004 at 01:15 AM, in macOS
I got a strange bug this morning on my G5 at... 25,553 Views / 216 Replies  
I got a strange bug this morning on my G5 at work. After the upgrade, browsing the network volumes caused the finder to unexpectedly quit, it was driving me crazy. Then I tried turning off 'icon...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:10 PM, in macOS
File sharing over the internet with OS X? 493 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi there,

Is it safe to set up my Mac so that my girlfriend can access her account on my machine from her powerbook via the internet?

I remember reading somewhere that this was a big security...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Oct 12, 2003 at 11:53 AM, in macOS
I believe that the gap you refer to in iTunes is... 54,272 Views / 456 Replies  
I believe that the gap you refer to in iTunes is a limitation of the MP3 file format and not actually a problem with iTunes.

If you do some research I think you'll find that no software can do...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Oct 4, 2003 at 06:12 PM, in macOS
I've had a similar problem recently, although I... 614 Views / 4 Replies  
I've had a similar problem recently, although I figured it was the crappy cheap CDs I bought, that said I have two brands that I'm using recently, neither will take the maximum burn speed (a whopping...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 14, 2003 at 10:32 AM, in macOS
Interestingly enough, if you select multiple... 514 Views / 2 Replies  
Interestingly enough, if you select multiple files in Mail and use the save as function it creates a single page with all the mails on it.

It's messy because all the mail header information is...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 13, 2003 at 11:10 AM, in Applications
You literally just use "Save As" in Mail. Make... 514 Views / 2 Replies  
You literally just use "Save As" in Mail. Make the format "Raw Message Source" and append .html to the file name.

You might have some cleaning up to do but you should then be able to open the mail...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 13, 2003 at 11:03 AM, in Applications
Not that this is going to help the poor guy that... 3,451 Views / 51 Replies  
Not that this is going to help the poor guy that lost all his hardware but attacking a guy for saying hackers have ethics is extremely ignorant.

To have ethics is to have a set of moral...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 13, 2003 at 10:51 AM, in macOS
Re: Re: CD burners - why do they not do what they promise??? 853 Views / 6 Replies  
Really? you can't burn a seamless audio CD from MP3 on any platform? that's a major bummer.
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 10, 2003 at 04:56 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
O.k thanks, did a quick scan in the lounge but... 579 Views / 2 Replies  
O.k thanks, did a quick scan in the lounge but couldn't see a thread earlier, anyway, feel free to let this sink to the bottom!

GLUG!
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 3, 2003 at 03:57 PM, in Applications
.Mac subscription. Will you renew? 579 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi all,

I seems that the renewal of .Mac subscriptions is due soon. I'm having a hard time justifying this to myself and I'm thinking I won't renew.

Although I'm partial to my .Mac email It's...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jul 3, 2003 at 03:31 PM, in Applications
Download this handy utility. Sharepoints... 500 Views / 2 Replies  
Download this handy utility.

Sharepoints (http://www.hornware.com/download.php/SharePoints310.dmg.gz)

It's a preference pane that allows you to set up shares on your system. Otherwise you need...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jun 7, 2003 at 08:28 AM, in macOS
I still think the bigger issue here is that we... 4,426 Views / 94 Replies  
I still think the bigger issue here is that we are losing our values. Innocent until proven guilty means nothing when money becomes involved.

If I want to listen to my music at work from my mac at...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 27, 2003 at 06:17 PM, in Applications
Not to sure about all the technobabble going on... 6,548 Views / 78 Replies  
Not to sure about all the technobabble going on here but since upgrading to 10.2.6 I've also had my machine turning into an unresponsive hard drive grinding slug. It seems to occur very soon after...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 24, 2003 at 08:56 AM, in macOS
Re: Re: Re: Re: Photoshop oddity 802 Views / 11 Replies  
I'm talking about files which are 150Mb + saved flat, if you have a few layers in an image that size the speed of everything increases dramatically. With small files you won't notice the difference...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 19, 2003 at 05:41 PM, in Applications
Re: Re: Photoshop oddity 802 Views / 11 Replies  
You don't have to flatten each layer individually. You can 'merge linked' which seems to do exactly what flatten image does only about 100 times quicker.

On the size of work i'm doing and the...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 19, 2003 at 12:40 PM, in Applications
That's all I could think of, but I can't think of... 802 Views / 11 Replies  
That's all I could think of, but I can't think of anything in particular that would cause such a delay, especially as I'm not using extra channels. Just checking for stuff shouldn't cause a huge...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 19, 2003 at 06:21 AM, in Applications
I have a number of things that run at startup.... 936 Views / 12 Replies  
I have a number of things that run at startup. However it takes some time for me to find a zombie lurking so I think it's something I'm doing in the mean time. As LaunchCFM.app is part of Carbon, can...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 19, 2003 at 03:16 AM, in macOS
I have a DP 533 with 640Mb of RAM, Photoshop is... 802 Views / 11 Replies  
I have a DP 533 with 640Mb of RAM, Photoshop is running off a different drive to the scratch disc. The actual scratch disc is slower than the main drive but doing this work eats hevily into virtual...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 19, 2003 at 03:11 AM, in Applications
Photoshop oddity 802 Views / 11 Replies  
Recently I've been working a lot with very large files with multiple layers, I'm saving regularly (it's very long tedious editing work and I don't want to have to do it again) so every now and then...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 18, 2003 at 02:29 PM, in Applications
Thanks anyway, could be Photoshop certainly, I... 936 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks anyway, could be Photoshop certainly, I don't usually use it much at home except recently.

Why do you think it's PS? is it notoriously buggy in X? bit of a pain if it is considering how...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 16, 2003 at 07:18 PM, in macOS
LaunchCFMApp process goes Zombie, what could be the cause? 936 Views / 12 Replies  
Hi there,

Recently I noticed some weird performance issues with my mac, it starts grinding away at the hard drive and it seems like the CPUs are hogged by something.

Investigation of the...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 16, 2003 at 02:29 PM, in macOS
The fact is that I think sometimes we forget the... 2,238 Views / 39 Replies  
The fact is that I think sometimes we forget the internet wasn't here at a time when we could have complained about the quality or prices of tapes or anything else for that matter. Sure I bitched...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 3, 2003 at 09:53 AM, in Applications
Are you sure it's not because the other users... 603 Views / 7 Replies  
Are you sure it's not because the other users haven't opened the port on 'their' firewall? I think they should be able to connect to you, now that you've opened yours but not vice versa.

i.e...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on May 3, 2003 at 09:14 AM, in Applications
brilliant! Thanks man! Zero configuration... 1,784 Views / 27 Replies  
brilliant! Thanks man!

Zero configuration with only 1 configuration to make per machine, sounds about right! :o)
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 06:00 PM, in Applications
All very true, presumably they have problems... 1,097 Views / 25 Replies  
All very true, presumably they have problems getting reliable credit information from areas outside the US. I 'have' had problems ordering from the US before (despite thinking that the whole point of...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 05:55 PM, in Applications
Thanks, tried that though, seems that you can get... 560 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks, tried that though, seems that you can get the anti-aliasing back by mucking about with the font smoothing option in general preferences but I still don't have rendezvous sharing working.

I...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 05:47 PM, in Applications
Smart! Thanks Chris, it worked, a bit strange... 1,784 Views / 27 Replies  
Smart! Thanks Chris, it worked, a bit strange though, is the font size now smaller than it was in iTunes 3? Or is something just screwy?
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 05:33 PM, in Applications
Yes i have this problem too, no anti-aliasing and... 1,784 Views / 27 Replies  
Yes i have this problem too, no anti-aliasing and I can't get rendezvous to work, the machines appear in the list on the left but can't access the music.

Something on our machines is 'not' screwed...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 05:31 PM, in Applications
iTunes 4 crashed on install and is now broken! HELP!!! 560 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi guys,

So it crashed on installing it the first time and now after installing it again it runs with most anti aliasing missing from the text (some tracks are still anti-aliased oddly) and the...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 04:33 PM, in Applications
Exactly, if Apple's past achievments are anything... 2,878 Views / 68 Replies  
Exactly, if Apple's past achievments are anything to go by, American Windows users will have this before international Mac users which really sucks!
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 28, 2003 at 02:10 PM, in macOS
I also notice that I have 14 zombie processes... 576 Views / 2 Replies  
I also notice that I have 14 zombie processes which are all listed as 'perl'. What would be using perl and is this what is killing my drags?

If so, how can I kill those processes as root?

ta
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 10, 2003 at 08:45 AM, in macOS
drag and drop keeps....um...dropping!? 576 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi all,

For some reason recently Jaguar is giving me grief, after a while drag and drop actions don't work in the Finder either in windows or on the desktop, everything else seems to be working...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Apr 10, 2003 at 08:39 AM, in macOS
All I can think of is to get yourself (your... 525 Views / 9 Replies  
All I can think of is to get yourself (your client) an external drive with OS 9 installed and boot from that using the option key at startup.

What exactly do they have to do in 9? It is of course...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Mar 5, 2003 at 09:30 AM, in macOS
Problems with IDE bus on Dual 533 443 Views / 1 Replies  
I have three internal drives in my machine.

I lost a drive recently (mechanical failure) which was the original hard drive that came with the machine and was also my start-up disk. When it went,...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 21, 2003 at 08:22 AM, in Mac Desktops
IBM and WD are both supposedly unreliable.... 676 Views / 18 Replies  
IBM and WD are both supposedly unreliable. Everyone seems to think Maxtor drives are pretty hot though.

I suggest you get a fast drive with a large cache as that is supposed to speed up OS X...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 12, 2003 at 01:20 PM, in macOS
One other thing, I don't put my tower to sleep,... 533 Views / 4 Replies  
One other thing, I don't put my tower to sleep, but there's an option in the Energy Saver preferences to 'wake for network access', do you have this switched on?
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 11, 2003 at 05:06 AM, in macOS
There is an excellent application called... 533 Views / 4 Replies  
There is an excellent application called 'escapepod' which you can find on Version Tracker which allows you to force quit apps or log out even when everything is frozen. It runs invisibly in the...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 11, 2003 at 05:05 AM, in macOS
Apparently if you try connecting just the power... 787 Views / 11 Replies  
Apparently if you try connecting just the power lead to the drive you can tell if the drive is mechanically damaged or if it's just data corruption.

If it makes the clicking noise with only the...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 10, 2003 at 02:19 PM, in macOS
I see what you mean! smart! I've tested this and... 3,743 Views / 70 Replies  
I see what you mean! smart! I've tested this and I can create multiple playlists with the same songs in them and it only adds one copy of the songs to the iPod.

Useful to know, although I would...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 10, 2003 at 05:53 AM, in Applications
One other thing in relation to 'smarter'... 3,743 Views / 70 Replies  
One other thing in relation to 'smarter' playlists. This is entirely possible, for instance with regards to 'most played' I would like the option to include only those tracks I directly click.
...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 8, 2003 at 10:09 AM, in Applications
There aren't many 'new' features I can think of... 3,743 Views / 70 Replies  
There aren't many 'new' features I can think of to add but some of the features iTunes already has could be improved.

I'd like to see more attention paid to the 'source' pane where the library and...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 8, 2003 at 09:49 AM, in Applications
Thanks guys, I'll check out DW for future... 816 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks guys, I'll check out DW for future reference. However after a lot of research into this drive's particular probelm I've decided it's dead.

Apparently there are 3 basic things that can go...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 6, 2003 at 05:48 AM, in macOS
Help! Hard drive crash!! I though Drive 10 was meant to be good? 816 Views / 9 Replies  
O.k so I'm dumb and I didn't back up all my data.

For some reason one of my hard drives gave up the ghost this afternoon after a strange problem where I was trying to mount a Powerbook in Disk...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Feb 4, 2003 at 06:27 PM, in macOS
Amen! no no! I find it really useful to... 1,949 Views / 32 Replies  
Amen!

no no! I find it really useful to have the widget in the corner of my document window right next to an indentical widget in the application window which will close the whole application,...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jan 29, 2003 at 09:02 AM, in macOS
Doesn't anyone think it's possible that Apple... 2,013 Views / 47 Replies  
Doesn't anyone think it's possible that Apple will build some kind of appearance manager into a future version of OS X?

I personally think this is very likely indeed especcially in the next paid...
Posted by CarpetFluff, on Jan 23, 2003 at 09:26 AM, in macOS
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