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ChuckIt - THANKS A LOT - script is working like a... 785 Views / 8 Replies  
ChuckIt - THANKS A LOT - script is working like a dream

That ruby stuff is amazing, though I don't understand it at all (I did it plug and play)... would you mind explaining the syntax a little? ...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 18, 2007 at 04:24 PM, in Developer Center
Thanks ChuckIt - I dont understand that code I'm... 785 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks ChuckIt - I dont understand that code I'm going to stare at it for a while... :)

While I was reading I also discovered mktemp, and was able to make a directory using it... how would go...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 18, 2007 at 04:21 PM, in Developer Center
How to create a randomly named folder in the shell? 785 Views / 8 Replies  
Hello,

I'm wondering if/how it is possible to create a randomly named folder (numerical/alpha-numerical, maybe 10 characters) from within the terminal (I'll be using it in a script). The same...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 18, 2007 at 03:35 PM, in Developer Center
Least expensive way to get my iMac DVSE on a wireless network? 734 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello,

The subject says it all...what is the least expensive way to get my iMac DVSE on a wireless network? It's a secondary computer, so I'm thinking cheap. If, on the other hand, there is...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Feb 12, 2007 at 01:33 AM, in Networking
Copying items in subfolders into a parent folder... 842 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi all,

I have a directory, and within that subfolders (and some of these folders have subfolders within them as well). I'd like an easy way to copy the files within these folders to the parent...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Nov 16, 2006 at 12:08 PM, in macOS
even in the Application folder it doesn't work... 546 Views / 3 Replies  
even in the Application folder it doesn't work (and btw, no, for the 6 years I've used/owned OSX, it hasn't had to reside in the applications folder) - and it is still working in the same folder...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Nov 14, 2006 at 06:49 PM, in macOS
Problems with preview - corrupted/not loading 546 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi all,

I'm having a problem with preview (actually its been months but I've just been avoiding it). Some time ago, I deleted the folder I had which contained preview, and subsequently...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Nov 12, 2006 at 05:18 PM, in macOS
How to Save As PDF with a shorcut? 574 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello,

I use the Save As PDF option in the Print Dialog a lot and would like to know how I can just save the page I'm viewing now in PDF without any mouse clicks.


Is there a keyboard...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 25, 2006 at 01:15 PM, in macOS
OHHH, the pain...it's not running on my Intel... 594 Views / 4 Replies  
OHHH, the pain...it's not running on my Intel iMac!
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 12, 2006 at 12:44 AM, in macOS
Yowza, thanks a million Hal! 594 Views / 4 Replies  
Yowza, thanks a million Hal!
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 12, 2006 at 12:39 AM, in macOS
I know how to check if the volume is mounted (and... 594 Views / 4 Replies  
I know how to check if the volume is mounted (and if not to mount it - this is if I wasn't using a CD of course but another volume), and I know how to launch the terminal from Applescript. I don't...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 10, 2006 at 09:49 PM, in macOS
How to make a script launch when a cd is inserted? 594 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello,

I would like a script (that I've already written) to launch automatically when any volume of a particular name is mounted on the desktop.


I'm sure applescript is capable of this, but I...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 10, 2006 at 09:39 PM, in macOS
Basic scripting, If, elif, then, case...confused... 708 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi,

I'm trying to write a script which asks a series of questions (related to moving files to a folder) and either moving the files to an existing folder or a new folder. I initially tried doing...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 6, 2006 at 10:48 PM, in macOS
Thanks Hal, I thought about it a bit more and the... 634 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks Hal, I thought about it a bit more and the folder structure was always goiing to be the same, so I just used cp intstead. Thanks a lot though, I'm going to use this at sometime I'm sure.
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 6, 2006 at 10:39 PM, in macOS
How do I write a shell script which copies all files of the same type 634 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello,


I want a simple script which when run will copy all files of a certain type within a volume (and all the files of this type in the directories and all subdirectories)... to another...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 6, 2006 at 01:54 AM, in macOS
Can I use Automator with a droplet from Better Finder Rename? 1,060 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi all,

I'm new to using Automator, I'd like to create a folder action for Automator. The files placed into the directory need to be renamed, using a droplet I've created from A Better Finder...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jun 2, 2006 at 01:18 PM, in macOS
Which router would you buy from this site...? 520 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi all,

I have a gift certificate to this site and need to buy a router. I was thinking about getting the Linksys WRT54G but I hear reports of earlier ones being good and the later ones not so. ...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Apr 26, 2006 at 11:36 AM, in Networking
Most amount of RAM I can put into an iMac DVSE 400? 917 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello,

What is the most amount of RAM I can put into an iMac DVSE 400? I need to replace both dIMMS so I might as well get the max. Thanks...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Apr 23, 2006 at 11:43 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Put back HD into comp and I get 3 beeps and blank 531 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello,

I took a harddrive out of one of my macs while away travelling. I'm now back and want to put it back into the old mac. I know the HD is working, I can access the files fine when in an...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Apr 22, 2006 at 03:57 PM, in macOS
Yes and Yes...still having the same problem, no... 552 Views / 3 Replies  
Yes and Yes...still having the same problem, no pointing devices work through it, though I can read media and use non-pointing usb devices (printer, etc).
Posted by anothermacguy, on Apr 10, 2006 at 02:48 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Macally USB HUB/READER -can't use usb mouse/tablet 552 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello,

I just got a Macally HUBREAD, a card reader and 3-port hub in one. When I connect either my wacom tablet, or my mouse to the hub, they aren't working. I've restarted a couple times, still...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Apr 6, 2006 at 07:06 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Best 3rd party wireless router w/ USB Printer Sharing? 548 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello,

I'd like to buy a wireless router for my internet connection and usb printer to be shared across a network. The macs already have airport cards in them. What is the best 3rd party...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 21, 2006 at 02:53 AM, in Networking
Ok, thanks again Glen, I'lll give it a go and see... 814 Views / 5 Replies  
Ok, thanks again Glen, I'lll give it a go and see what happens. I've done this same thing wired, just wondering if it works the same way wirelessly.

Thanks again
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 19, 2006 at 04:08 AM, in Networking
Thanks Glen, Do you mean I need a wireless... 814 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks Glen,

Do you mean I need a wireless adapter for the downstairs Mac? I will have an ethernet bridge to get it onto the wireless network. What I'm wondering is if the network connection and...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 17, 2006 at 08:11 PM, in Networking
Share network connection and printer wirelessly without base station? 814 Views / 5 Replies  
Hello,

I have two macs, an older imac downstairs and a newer imac upstairs. Downstairs I have a speaker system (not connected to the imac, but connnected to an airport express base station).
...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 15, 2006 at 10:31 PM, in Networking
What is this "windowse" user? 1,113 Views / 7 Replies  
Hello all,

It's been a while since I've been on OSX. Anyways, I work in the terminal quite often, and when I do a ps aux, to see the processes, I get a user called "windowse" running a process...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Feb 13, 2006 at 09:08 PM, in macOS
I'd recommend you stop calibrating by eye and try... 517 Views / 1 Replies  
I'd recommend you stop calibrating by eye and try out a calibrator. They are increasingly cheap as digital photography progresses as proper calibtration is important. There are quite a few out...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Feb 13, 2006 at 03:48 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Linksys card instead of Airport in iMac DV SE? 3,492 Views / 21 Replies  
Hello,

I have an older iMac DV SE which I'd like to connect to an airport network. I can't get an airport card for this older mac (I believe its not compatible with Airport Extreme cards either),...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Feb 9, 2006 at 04:59 AM, in Networking
I need a 3rd party wireless adapter for iMac 400 DVSE 477 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello,

I'd like to get something to connect my older iMac 400 DVSE to an airport express wireless network. The DV SE doesn't have an airport card inside, and I want to know if I can use a 3rd...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Feb 8, 2006 at 04:26 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
thats great...thanks a lot guys! 788 Views / 9 Replies  
thats great...thanks a lot guys!
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jan 31, 2006 at 04:07 PM, in macOS
Windows external drive - how to move files to Mac? 788 Views / 9 Replies  
Hello everyone,

It's been a while since I've been on a Mac, and I've forgotten a few things. Anyways, I've got an external hard drive (usb2, ntfs formatted) that I've been using with a Windows Xp...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Jan 31, 2006 at 03:17 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the link yoda. I knew the other pins... 658 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for the link yoda. I knew the other pins were for power over firewire, so should I assume you have to charge with an ac adaptor?
Posted by anothermacguy, on May 11, 2003 at 03:07 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to... 658 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to iTunes for windows too.

Does anyone else know if syncing, and charging is that much easier with the new iPod?

With the 2nd gen...how was the iPod...
Posted by anothermacguy, on May 11, 2003 at 01:28 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Windows User: wants to buy ipod-old or new?` 658 Views / 6 Replies  
Hello,

I'm a windows user (right now, my mac is away from me), I want to get an ipod, and I'm tempted to get a 2nd gen 20gig because of the prices right now.

I do like the new ones a lot, but...
Posted by anothermacguy, on May 9, 2003 at 12:31 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Windows iPod and Mac Compatibilty 792 Views / 3 Replies  
Hello, I'm away from my Mac for a year while travelling, but i would like to buy an iPod. As PC's are much more available here, I was hoping I could buy a PC iPod and use it with them for the next...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Oct 11, 2002 at 08:07 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
...ok fine I'll say it thanks to you too,... 1,253 Views / 4 Replies  
...ok fine I'll say it

thanks to you too, microsoft
Posted by anothermacguy, on Aug 11, 2002 at 01:16 PM, in Applications
Thanks a lot asxless! 1,253 Views / 4 Replies  
better than what I wanted, thank you very much
Posted by anothermacguy, on Aug 11, 2002 at 01:06 PM, in Applications
Exporting Entourage emails to text files... 1,253 Views / 4 Replies  
Hello,

I was wondering if there was any way to do this (with/without a third party app). I would like to export all, or shift+select those I want to export to a text file.

Please be freeware...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Aug 9, 2002 at 05:37 PM, in Applications
Thanks for the insight Alex. 759 Views / 35 Replies  
Thanks for the insight Alex.
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 14, 2002 at 01:47 AM, in Applications
Does anyone else recieve an "Undefined error"... 759 Views / 35 Replies  
Does anyone else recieve an "Undefined error" when making a MySQL database connection (on localhost) in Dreamweaver MX Beta2?
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 13, 2002 at 09:02 PM, in Applications
Error in Dreamweaver MX [MySQL Connection] 480 Views / 0 Replies  
Does anyone else recieve an "Undefined error" when making a MySQL database connection (on localhost) in Dreamweaver MX Beta2?


btw....dreamweaver MX looks like it will be absolutely amazing,...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Mar 11, 2002 at 11:42 AM, in Applications
Thanks Jeff 726 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks Jeff
Posted by anothermacguy, on Dec 26, 2001 at 01:36 PM, in Developer Center
Thanks both of you. I am using iTools right now,... 726 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks both of you. I am using iTools right now, but the reason I'm looking for something else is because of the no cgi-thing. I am going to try the other one slipjack suggested.

I was looking...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Dec 25, 2001 at 08:11 PM, in Developer Center
The best free hosting service? 726 Views / 9 Replies  
Hey all, well after a few too many months of not paying my isp's bill they have finally cut me off. Damn. I need to move a portion of my site to a free hosting service. Do any of you know the best...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Dec 25, 2001 at 02:20 PM, in Developer Center
ftpd problems 445 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi, I'm trying to setup ftp on my computer, in the past I've had proftpd going with no problems...for some reason now I can't get it working for the life of me. I thought going back to ftpd would be...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Nov 20, 2001 at 05:13 PM, in macOS
change your computer name in the file sharing... 403 Views / 2 Replies  
change your computer name in the file sharing control panel (system prefs) to whatever you want...i think you have to restart for the changes to take effect...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Nov 4, 2001 at 06:08 PM, in macOS
Hi bluedog, sorry, can't really offer any help on... 467 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi bluedog, sorry, can't really offer any help on this particular software, but if you can also try icecast (icecast.org), I know it was ported to X, and the port was posted on versiontracker.com. I...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Oct 26, 2001 at 01:52 PM, in macOS
thanks a lot kevin, i'll try that out, exactly... 2,176 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks a lot kevin, i'll try that out, exactly what I was looking for
Posted by anothermacguy, on Oct 22, 2001 at 08:57 AM, in macOS
K, CGI-Executables is going to be your cgi-bin... 599 Views / 6 Replies  
K, CGI-Executables is going to be your cgi-bin (in the default installation, the httpd.conf file has that directory as your cgi-bin, it is aliased in that way, you will never need to direct the...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Oct 22, 2001 at 08:55 AM, in macOS
1) open terminal 2) su to root 3) type: ... 599 Views / 6 Replies  
1) open terminal
2) su to root
3) type: "pico /etc/httpd/httpd.conf" (no quotes)
4) hold down Control + W (for whereis)
5) type in the search: "Options Indexes"
6) this should take you to a...
Posted by anothermacguy, on Oct 21, 2001 at 04:39 PM, in macOS
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