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if you aren't too fussed about using the glitzy...
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if you aren't too fussed about using the glitzy interface then you can always use the good ol' fashioned file system in
/Volumes/<time machine volume>/backups.db/
just follow your nose in...
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Posted by ntsc, on Oct 7, 2008 at 05:18 PM, in macOS |
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as others have said its seems odd that you want...
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as others have said its seems odd that you want to use su to get root access, sudo is, in general a better idea. i appreciate that sometimes it can be tedious to have to prefix your commands with...
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Posted by ntsc, on Sep 11, 2008 at 02:18 PM, in macOS |
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Suggestions For A Server OS
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I manage a group of Macs running together in a small enterprise network. I currently have an old PowerMac G4 (800Mhz) box kicking around and we're running low on storage so I'm thinking about using...
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Posted by ntsc, on May 18, 2008 at 06:10 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems |
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carbon is no less 'native' than any other...
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carbon is no less 'native' than any other programming environment. admittedly PS7 isn't exactly the best carbon port in the world, but one shouldn't let that pain carbon in too much of negative...
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Posted by ntsc, on Mar 29, 2008 at 02:13 PM, in Applications |
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what? you know 64-bitness has absolutely no...
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what? you know 64-bitness has absolutely no affect on stability, right? if anything 64-bit apps will be less stable since the alterations to the OS are newer than the 32-bit constructs and therefore...
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Posted by ntsc, on Feb 20, 2008 at 07:29 PM, in macOS |
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Mac OS 10.5 Server, Mail Server Question
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I'm hoping to get some help with a migration project to Mac OS X 10.5 Server's mail server from another mail server. One of the main tasks is going to be migrating our archived mail from the old...
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Posted by ntsc, on Feb 19, 2008 at 08:31 AM, in Developer Center |
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i think there is an issue with the way Spaces...
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i think there is an issue with the way Spaces interacts with the cmd+tab functionality. it seems the OS retains an ordering for all windows for each application, now say i'm in application 1 and I...
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Posted by ntsc, on Oct 28, 2007 at 10:26 AM, in macOS |
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Ah of course, thanks guys! I'd forgotten about...
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Ah of course, thanks guys! I'd forgotten about using the RAID software for mirroring, I guess I just spent a little too long working with Solaris for this stuff :D
The XSan thing was more idle...
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Posted by ntsc, on Jul 15, 2007 at 05:27 AM, in macOS |
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Sorry, I suppose i should have been more...
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Sorry, I suppose i should have been more specific. What I'm interested in achieving is mirroring the boot partitions. For example in a previous setup with, admittedly much higher end, Sun equipment I...
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Posted by ntsc, on Jul 12, 2007 at 05:25 PM, in macOS |
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Volume Management On OS X
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I wonder if anyone has any experience with Volume Management software for OS X. Is there any to begin with? AFAIK Apple doesn't provide any but I was wondering if there were any implementations,...
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Posted by ntsc, on Jul 11, 2007 at 10:58 AM, in macOS |
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Actually you've essentially described RAID 5 and...
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Actually you've essentially described RAID 5 and raidz (the ZFS implementation) more or less. RAID 5 takes at least three disks to implement which includes a copy of half a chunk of data on one disk...
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Posted by ntsc, on Dec 12, 2006 at 12:29 AM, in macOS |
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I should probably add that its using the firewire...
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I should probably add that its using the firewire interface but the box also has a usb interface which I may try out. Perhaps its just buggy firewire controllers. Still any input would be great.
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Posted by ntsc, on Nov 20, 2006 at 01:48 PM, in macOS |
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Long Eject Cycle On Ext HD
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I recently purchased one of the new seagate 750gig drives and put in an external enclosure to use as auxiliary storage for my MacBook. Unfortunately it seems to exhibit exceptionally long eject...
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Posted by ntsc, on Nov 20, 2006 at 01:45 PM, in macOS |
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i think the idea here is that the copyboard...
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i think the idea here is that the copyboard shouldn't be used as medium or long term store for anything you really care about. you should only store things there that can be easily recovered (ie like...
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Posted by ntsc, on Sep 7, 2006 at 04:14 PM, in macOS |
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UPS Recommendations for xServe
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I'm looking to be a fairly modestly priced UPS for an xServe to protect it from power outages. It doesn't have to last too long i'd just like it to be the case that if we have a power cut then that...
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Posted by ntsc, on Jun 21, 2006 at 07:34 AM, in MacNN Lounge |
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is it possible you stole your OS or something you...
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is it possible you stole your OS or something you installed is illegal?
i only ask because if its an internal build then clearly thats the cause and the installation of prerelease software from...
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Posted by ntsc, on May 12, 2006 at 02:28 PM, in macOS |
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it sounds like they have some problems with the...
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it sounds like they have some problems with the web based stuff. I'm not sure what you would do to edit or even really use a tiff in Excel. Tiffs are image files and cannot be edited in excel as far...
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Posted by ntsc, on May 9, 2006 at 08:51 AM, in Applications |
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I also think Apple should rethink the Sharing and...
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I also think Apple should rethink the Sharing and Networking titles for those preference panes. Network is the most approiate for both.
i guess its a limitation of the highly generalised category...
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Posted by ntsc, on May 3, 2006 at 06:36 PM, in macOS |
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it greys it out when you can't paste anything,...
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it greys it out when you can't paste anything, but then its not really needing to give you way of choosing what you paste since it only pastes whats on the board at the moment.
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Posted by ntsc, on Apr 23, 2006 at 11:44 AM, in macOS |
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I guess that sounds ok but when i start to think...
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I guess that sounds ok but when i start to think about it a couple of issues immediately spring to mind. Most of these stem from the fact that the clipboard can contain many many different data types...
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Posted by ntsc, on Apr 23, 2006 at 04:54 AM, in macOS |
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I would argue the reverse is true, i'm not sure...
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I would argue the reverse is true, i'm not sure how one would put a decent intuitive interface on that. Copy and paste works now because users aren't easily confused by it, try explaining the concept...
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Posted by ntsc, on Apr 20, 2006 at 03:30 PM, in macOS |
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hi i've worked in an organisation where i...
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hi i've worked in an organisation where i deployed the Kerio mail server. however the version used was a variant of 6.0 not 6.1 when the calendar integration with iCal was introduced. however i did...
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Posted by ntsc, on Apr 4, 2006 at 01:10 PM, in Applications |
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thats exactly what i was looking for, its been a...
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thats exactly what i was looking for, its been a while since i used the Activity Monitor. usually use the terminal for a process listing, seems to have grown up more recently :D
thanks
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Posted by ntsc, on Sep 22, 2005 at 12:07 PM, in macOS |
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Hard Disk Performance Profiling
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I'm looking for an application that can profile hard disk performance. specifically can it tell me the data rates which are coming from the drive at any point.
can anyone suggest anything,...
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Posted by ntsc, on Sep 20, 2005 at 10:02 AM, in macOS |
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the Finder will do this for you, look in your...
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the Finder will do this for you, look in your home folder and there should a folder in there called Library, in that there should be another folder called Preferences. Open this and you can see all...
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Posted by ntsc, on May 3, 2005 at 10:18 AM, in Applications |
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Gentoo Linux on G3 iBook
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hi
i'm installing gentoo linux on my iBook G3 600. unfortunately i've run into a snag with X. i've emerged kde and tried to startx, but it complained that it didn't have a config file. so i had a...
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Posted by ntsc, on Apr 6, 2005 at 07:30 AM, in macOS |
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iMac G5 Video Performance
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i've recently bought an iMac G5 20" and i'm having some performance issues with playing video. Avi files in VLC play fine it seems but every now and then one sees what is best described a hiccup or a...
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Posted by ntsc, on Mar 24, 2005 at 09:52 AM, in Mac Desktops |
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So an iMac now a good idea
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hey everyone
i'm thinking seriously about buying a new iMac but i'm really not sure what to do about it. i'm a computer science student and i'm currently running on an iBook-600 which is beginning...
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Posted by ntsc, on Mar 5, 2005 at 12:43 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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