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Whew. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I can't log... 4,676 Views / 53 Replies  
Whew. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I can't log in via System Prefs. Can't log in via the Web site (getting the old redirect switcheroo) and can't get email through Mail.app for either .mac or .me....
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 10, 2008 at 10:20 AM, in Applications
never mind. I was able to connect over a VPN and... 598 Views / 1 Replies  
never mind. I was able to connect over a VPN and get it. Annoying, but it worked.
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 21, 2008 at 09:46 AM, in Networking
7.3.1 AEBS firmware file? 598 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello all-- I'm in a bind. I can't update the firmware on my Airport Express(n). For some reason, it says it can't connect to the server when I use the "Check for Updates" menu item. Is there someone...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 21, 2008 at 09:32 AM, in Networking
Safari 3.1 released 3,016 Views / 27 Replies  
woot! first post. Now where's the updated Saft for leopard?
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM, in Applications
mail problems 635 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello all-- Hope someone can help me out here. I've got 20,000 email messages in a locally stored mail folder in Mail.app called "Archive." I'm running 10.5.1 mail

I had to wipe my hard drive and...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jan 23, 2008 at 05:19 AM, in Applications
you make a good point, cold warrior, and i've... 771 Views / 7 Replies  
you make a good point, cold warrior, and i've edited the post. I also found Witopia.net, which seems like a good solution. I'm looking at VPNout, too.

Thanks!
Posted by ctbritt, on Jan 20, 2008 at 12:37 PM, in Networking
evading government Internet filters 771 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello all-- I'm hoping someone can offer some advice.

I'm moving soon to a country that shall not be named, but it's got hella internet filters because it wants to protect its poor citizens from...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jan 20, 2008 at 06:48 AM, in Networking
I don't have it enabled. I am an administer-level... 723 Views / 3 Replies  
I don't have it enabled. I am an administer-level account. Can't seem to figure this out.

thanks,
chris
Posted by ctbritt, on Dec 24, 2007 at 01:58 AM, in macOS
Permissions problems with software update? 723 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello all-- Strange problem I'm having, and I hope someone can help me please. I can't seem to install the latest security update (2007-009 1.1) via Software Update. When I run it, I get this error:...
Posted by ctbritt, on Dec 23, 2007 at 08:36 AM, in macOS
You're right. Had some old vnc server I had... 534 Views / 3 Replies  
You're right. Had some old vnc server I had installed under Tiger still running in /Library/System Startup Items... Removed it and restarted and boom! I'm back in business with no problems. And it's...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 27, 2007 at 04:02 PM, in macOS
Weird Screen Sharing message 534 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello all: When ever I attempt to share screen with my G5 iMac from my MBP, I get the following error:

http://www.back-to-iraq.com/Pics/Picture%201.png

Anyone have any idea what this means? I...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 27, 2007 at 03:16 PM, in macOS
Speaking of firewire, I just wanted to drop in a... 3,834 Views / 8 Replies  
Speaking of firewire, I just wanted to drop in a note about people complaining about the slow speed of network backups. Not much to be done about Airport networks, but for INITIAL backups in a simple...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 9, 2007 at 04:36 AM, in macOS
Assuming things are in the same place as in Tiger... 881 Views / 19 Replies  
Assuming things are in the same place as in Tiger (a big assumption, I know) this is easy to fix, if not particularly intuitive.

Under Tiger, go into Accounts System Preference. Click the "Login...
Posted by ctbritt, on Oct 29, 2007 at 03:56 PM, in macOS
Still don't have it as of Sunday. 3,728 Views / 38 Replies  
Still don't have it as of Sunday.
Posted by ctbritt, on Oct 28, 2007 at 11:06 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
In previous trial versions, you had the option of... 6,311 Views / 62 Replies  
In previous trial versions, you had the option of buying online from the trial, which gave you an unlock code. Is that option available from the trial? I'm in Lebanon and it will take a long time for...
Posted by ctbritt, on Aug 8, 2007 at 04:20 AM, in Applications
Hm. I have Chax installed, and so far, it seems... 1,220 Views / 6 Replies  
Hm. I have Chax installed, and so far, it seems to be working fine.
Posted by ctbritt, on Jun 12, 2007 at 03:56 AM, in Applications
AppleTV setup question 805 Views / 3 Replies  
Let's say I get an AppleTV (Just sayin')... And I run it to an HDMI receiver. (HDMI carries audio and video, right?) Then I only have to have a cable going to my TV... say, a composite cable if I...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 24, 2007 at 06:45 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Just got mine earlier this week after it spent... 30,591 Views / 266 Replies  
Just got mine earlier this week after it spent five days in the customs house at the airport waiting to be cleared. (The guy who was supposed to clear it went on holiday and didn't leave a...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 18, 2006 at 10:17 AM, in Mac Notebooks
MBP C2D HD ??s 469 Views / 0 Replies  
If you can decipher the subject line, thanks. A quick question for Hard Drive guys out there:

I'm getting a new MBP C2D with a 160GB hard drive. I want to move my current PB contents (assume...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 8, 2006 at 05:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
If you want, i can post my console log here, or... 731 Views / 7 Replies  
If you want, i can post my console log here, or send a link to it if you think that would help.
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:58 AM, in macOS
STILL broken. I have deleted caches and... 731 Views / 7 Replies  
STILL broken. I have deleted caches and preference files and the same problem exists. The only thing I can think of is that upgrading to 10.4.7 somehow hosed my syncing ability. Is my only option to...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:52 AM, in macOS
Never mind; I found them in the ~/Library/Caches... 731 Views / 7 Replies  
Never mind; I found them in the ~/Library/Caches directory. Thanks.
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:07 AM, in macOS
Hal-- Thanks for this Your script worked nicely... 731 Views / 7 Replies  
Hal-- Thanks for this Your script worked nicely to find the preference files. But Spotlight didn't find them. Once your script told me they existed, I had to look for them manually. And I can'ot find...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:05 AM, in macOS
broken sync services, I think 731 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello all-- I hope someone can help. Today, suddenly, iSync refused to launch. It would bounce a lot (which it had started doing lately) and then just sit in the dock without the black arrow. So I...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jul 10, 2006 at 11:25 AM, in macOS
Mail crashing ALL the time! 549 Views / 2 Replies  
This is getting annoying. I don't know if I have a corrupt message or something, but Mail is crashing A LOT these days. Like 5-6 times a day. I'm running SpamSieve and MailTags and MailAct on, but I...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jun 25, 2006 at 08:06 AM, in Applications
This is awesome. Thanks so much for doing this.... 2,142 Views / 36 Replies  
This is awesome. Thanks so much for doing this. If you can hack this into a pref pane, ala MailTags and ActOn, that would be great, even if it's just a toggle box... Are other layouts possible, like...
Posted by ctbritt, on Jun 2, 2006 at 01:01 PM, in Applications
Mail.app .Mac advice, please 456 Views / 0 Replies  
I hope someone can help me. I'm looking for the optimal setup for Mail.app using a .Mac account and a slow line here in Lebanon. (High latency, slow speed, the usual.) We're all familiar by now with...
Posted by ctbritt, on May 23, 2006 at 03:42 AM, in Applications
Saft <http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/> also... 601 Views / 3 Replies  
Saft <http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/> also allows you to do this. And, I feel, it's heaps more useful than AcidSearch. (But I use inquisitorx, so what do I know?) :)
Posted by ctbritt, on May 22, 2006 at 03:22 AM, in macOS
Advice on Mail server setup 496 Views / 0 Replies  
'Lo all-- I'm thinking of trying a new email setup, and was wondering if folks can give me some advice.

I use Mail.app to access two email accounts: an IMAP .Mac account and a POP3 Gmail account....
Posted by ctbritt, on May 10, 2006 at 07:52 AM, in Networking
Ok. Never mind. 7,170 Views / 116 Replies  
Ok. Never mind.
Posted by ctbritt, on Apr 30, 2006 at 06:24 AM, in Applications
Hm. Having a real problem getting into the sneaky... 7,170 Views / 116 Replies  
Hm. Having a real problem getting into the sneaky peek forums to find the password for the disk image. Any thoughts?
Posted by ctbritt, on Apr 30, 2006 at 06:23 AM, in Applications
Hm. I tried that but it didn't help. You're... 1,430 Views / 2 Replies  
Hm. I tried that but it didn't help. You're right: all-day events work fine when I change the week's starting day to Monday, for example. But when I switch back to Sunday, it goes back to the messed...
Posted by ctbritt, on Apr 5, 2006 at 06:27 AM, in Applications
Rats... 10.4.6 didn't fix my issues with iCal,... 10,841 Views / 185 Replies  
Rats... 10.4.6 didn't fix my issues with iCal, detailed here (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=290919). Anyone have any ideas?
Posted by ctbritt, on Apr 4, 2006 at 12:33 PM, in macOS
ical weirdness on all-day events 1,430 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm having some very strange visual effects on iCal and all-day events that start on a Sunday. If i create a single-day (all-day) event that starts on a Sunday, the bar stretches through the entire...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 31, 2006 at 05:31 AM, in Applications
really? How did you do it? I was never able to... 649 Views / 5 Replies  
really? How did you do it? I was never able to figure out how. It's a bit of an academic exercise at this point as I finally got my index rebuilt correctly and it's working fine now.
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 21, 2006 at 06:01 AM, in macOS
Well, I may have spoken too soon. Changing the... 649 Views / 5 Replies  
Well, I may have spoken too soon. Changing the title of the photo only worked with two of the ones I changed. I don't know what the heck is going on. And poking around in Automator doesn't seem to...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 20, 2006 at 03:39 AM, in macOS
OK. I'm getting warmer. I found that if I change... 649 Views / 5 Replies  
OK. I'm getting warmer. I found that if I change something in a photo's title -- not the comments or keywords -- spotlight will then find it. But I don't want to wipe out my old titles, I just want...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 20, 2006 at 12:07 AM, in macOS
At a loss with spotlight and iPhoto 6 649 Views / 5 Replies  
OK. I'm at a complete loss here. I know there are several threads here about getting your iPhoto library reindexed by spotlight but nothing seems to work for me. Here's my problem: A few days ago,...
Posted by ctbritt, on Mar 19, 2006 at 10:59 PM, in macOS
I also can't even find the iWeb files that are... 1,124 Views / 11 Replies  
I also can't even find the iWeb files that are choking it. Nothing shows up in Spotlight. And I can't seem to figure out where it stores a) its templates and b) my files. Bah. This is an alpha...
Posted by ctbritt, on Feb 16, 2006 at 05:16 PM, in Applications
I've tried deleting the folder and it still... 1,124 Views / 11 Replies  
I've tried deleting the folder and it still chokes on this .png file. And I can't seem to change the image because it's one of iWeb's default templates.
Posted by ctbritt, on Feb 16, 2006 at 04:30 PM, in Applications
And I still can't upload my web site using iWeb... 1,124 Views / 11 Replies  
And I still can't upload my web site using iWeb to .Mac. I'm on a slower satellite line in Baghdad and all I can think is what the hell? My upload speed allows video iChats, but I can't upload some...
Posted by ctbritt, on Feb 16, 2006 at 07:42 AM, in Applications
Well, thankfully I do have AppleCare,... 559 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, thankfully I do have AppleCare, unfortunately I'm in Baghdad. I think I'm going to have to go back to the States to fix this, as I don't trust Iraqi technicians who generally have never seen...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 10, 2005 at 06:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
15" won't charge 559 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello all-- Have a major problem. I have a 15-in. PB, less than a year old. When I plugged inthe power cord today, there was no light ring, green or amber, and the battery is completely dead. There...
Posted by ctbritt, on Nov 9, 2005 at 02:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
vm_allocate and external hard drive 731 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello all--

Have a problem. I have a 100GB LACIE external firewire drive, formatted for MS-DOS. It stopped mounting on my powerbook the other day and I"ve not been able to get it to mount since....
Posted by ctbritt, on Oct 1, 2005 at 08:32 AM, in macOS
vm_allocate and external hard drive 512 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello all--

Have a problem. I have a 100GB LACIE external firewire drive, formatted for MS-DOS. It stopped mounting on my powerbook the other day and I"ve not been able to get it to mount since....
Posted by ctbritt, on Sep 29, 2005 at 08:56 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
success: i found the PreferPlainText key in my... 673 Views / 2 Replies  
success: i found the PreferPlainText key in my mail prefs and deleted it. Now it works again like it's supposed to.
Posted by ctbritt, on Aug 5, 2005 at 01:25 PM, in Applications
multipart emails and Mail.app -- HELP! 673 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello all— weird problem that I've had for a while, but just now realized it.

Mail.app in 10.4.2 won't read multipart MIME emails. If I get an email that's plain text in one part and HTML in the...
Posted by ctbritt, on Aug 5, 2005 at 12:53 PM, in Applications
Which is exactly my point. How does one include... 883 Views / 13 Replies  
Which is exactly my point. How does one include mail messages. Note, Entourage Mail Messages are included in the list of "Other..." categories you can choose, but not Apple Mail.
Posted by ctbritt, on May 4, 2005 at 08:51 AM, in macOS
smart folder limitations 883 Views / 13 Replies  
So I'm trying to make a smart folder, which will include phrase "X Y Z" and I want it to include Word docs, emails, contacts associated with emails, etc. Is this possible? I can't seem to figure out...
Posted by ctbritt, on May 4, 2005 at 07:57 AM, in macOS
well, I'm having some trouble. I did a backup of... 1,468 Views / 35 Replies  
well, I'm having some trouble. I did a backup of my mail settings before installing, and now Mail 2.0 keeps wanting to import. And it's taking oodles of disk space. (I have 4GB of mail data) What's...
Posted by ctbritt, on May 3, 2005 at 05:24 AM, in Applications
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