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  • Image Dimensions not showing
  • This MAY be a Photoshop CS3 issue, so forgive me if it is, but I can no longer see image dimensions in the (Leopard) finder. The problem seems to have started when I upgraded to Photoshop CS3, but I upgraded to Leopard just a few days prior to the CS3 upgrade. If I look at images that were alre...
  • Are there any known conflicts?
  • HiI have a FireMax External enclosure with two drives in it that are RAIDed togehter (as a mirror)It plugs in to the back of the tower into a Firewire 800 port.By itself its fine, the computer recognizes it etc however when I plug in my camcorder into one of the remaining firewire 400 ports thi...
  • Burned DVDs do not mount
  • Hey all-I'm confused. Let me explain.I recently wiped my drive on my G5 and began to reinstall everthing. New OS (10.4.6) new everything. Then I ran software update to get everthing in line (10.4.9) and now for some unknown reason my dvd drive does not mount previously burnt DVDs.Burned Cd...
  • Panther Installation Trouble
  • Okay, so I've got a PowerBook G4 that I just installed two 1GB chips of KByte DDR RAM into. It was working fine, but I wanted to install a fresh copy of the OS. Booted to CD, started to do the install, and it froze during the install. Held the power key and restarted, and every time I go t...
  • Linksys wi-fi
  • I am both stupid and impatient, and ordering a $2k+ mac is no exception. I forgot to get the airport wi-fi for my mac pro, although it did make for a speedy delivery. After a long schpeel with Apple on the phone, it turns out the only way I can get the airport wi-fi installed is by waiting for...
  • VPN Issues
  • I'm trying to set up VPN on OS X Server with PPTP. I have the following log file and I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.Thanks.2007-07-01 19:14:30 MDT Incoming call... Address given to client = 192.168.3.129Sun Jul 1 19:14:30 2007 : Directory Services Authenti...
  • Problem installing OSX
  • I bought a macpro with 1 x 160GB hard disk only. My intention was to put 4 x 500GB disks that i already owned into the bays. I formatted one of them (on my G5) & left it empty to be able to put the operating system on this disk. I removed the disk that came with the Mac & put the 4 x 50...
  • Printer Installation Via "Firewire Target Disc Mode"
  • Hello!I'd like to install a new HP printer on my iMac but it doesn't have a dvd-drive. My idea was to use "firewire target disk mode" to install the printer via my notebook. Here is the problem: when I go through the installation process I never have the option to choose the hardisc I...
  • How to Create a new rule?
  • I need help creating a rule. I though I did it right already, but doesn't seem to work.I receive emails all day from random folks who want me to read their material. the subject line always contains the word "Query".I wrote this rule: IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: SUBJECT CON...
  • Mac OS 9 Software
  • Hi, I just recently switched back to OS 9.2.2 on my iMac and I was wondering if there were any sites offering free software for Mac OS 9. Snow/600mhz/CD-RW/256mb/40GB Mac OS 9.2.x ...
  • Share an internet connection via wireles modem?
  • Hi.My mac pro (leopard 10.5.1) connects to the internet via ethernet to a thomson modem (http://www.calixo.net/calixo/telephonie/bien_debuter_356.php - sorry, could only find a french page, but you get the idea). The router is connected to an antenna on the roof of my house.I'd like to sha...
  • Label printing driving me bananas!
  • I've been trying to print CD labels and jewel cases and always have these two problems:* Alignment is off (printout does not match screen, even though I'm using the product's official template; printer does otherwise seem to be properly aligned)* My printer cuts off a little abov...
  • Mail Quotas
  • Dear learned,1,700 user accounts - 200 of those with mail enabled.In WGM setting a quota for disk space doesn't seem to work.We have all users set at 30Mb, but looking at var/spool/imap/users shows me that some accounts have over 400Mb.What might we be missing?If we solve this problem, wha...
  • Identify & Upgrade my G4
  • Hello,I have a Powermac G4, but I can't seem to figure out exactly which model it is. When I bought it I was told it was a Quicksilver.It is a G4 and system profiler reports it's processor as 1.2 Ghz, and I'm sure it's not a dual processor (it sure doesn't act like one!...
  • Use DVD-RW as bootable drive
  • Anyone know how to do this? It would be very convenient if I could keep my necessary programs and files on this disk. Then I would have my desired settings and programs any where I could find a Mac. I have not attempted to do this yet. I would assume that all that is needed would to format the...
  • Workgroup Manager settings for user reset every other day?
  • Hi all. I have a user I set up in Workgroup Manager. Primarily this user is only an email user (should never log into server).In Workgroup Manager on the basic tab, I have the checkbox for "Access Account" checked since this user must authenticate to send/receive emails.About every other day, I...
  • Installing os 10 on an os 9 computer
  • ok so I broke my old ibook and I want to use the install discs to upgrade my old g3 imac 2nd gen I think.Anyway when I insert the disc it says it could not be opened because the original item could not be found.does this mean I can't do it? Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)...
  • Software update service, changing to look for local server
  • HI everyone, I had this question answered for Tiger a while ago, and some very clever boffin created a applescript that allowed me to get a tiger system to look for my local software update server rather then downloading hundreds of megs online.Im not trying to do the same thing for Leopard, I...
  • Windows XP login problems
  • I have a os 10.3 server set up to store files for students in my classes. The lab uses windows xp machines that network based logins. I can only log if the user name and password match the windows information exactly. If the username and password do not match perfectly to the windows informatio...
  • DVD player bug - Navigation Window missing - can't see title
  • in 10.5, DVD player is missing the navigation window. Along with the missing Navigation window is the ability to view what Title you are viewing. You can see what chapter in the unnamed title you are in, but there's no way to determine what title you are viewing.How does one put a bug into...
  • shift-click to create squares not working
  • I am supporting some Mac users (in a mainly Windows shop). One of my user reports that the "shift-click" key combination does not work as it uses to (drawing squares instead of rectangles by example). If I do log on his Mac with my own account I don't have the problem but as soon as I use...
  • New To Mac Leopard Install Question
  • Hey everyone hows it going i recently purchased a mac mini with tiger installed on it my mac mini had 80 gigs when i turned it on with tiger and ilife installed on it i was down to 67 i poped in the leopard cd that the store gave me for free instaled leopard and i was down to like 51 gigs seems...
  • Permissions bug
  • I just tried running permissions from Disk Utility (which I've done many times successfully). It bugged. Here's the message it gave me:Disk Utility internal errorDisk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utili...
  • time machine & NAS
  • I recently purchased a Buffalo Tera station 2 TB NAS. It is connected to my Mac and we are sharing files and photos, but I want to use it to back up my Mac. When I am setting up time machine I can not get it to recognize the NAS as a possible backup location. I have tried a number of different...
  • Date & Time & iCal show incorrect year
  • Hello, I don't come in here much because my Macs have always been fairly reliable. This weekend though, I found some info on uninstalling Virex that I hoped fixed some weird error 10810 issues I was having.Right before I did that though, my iMac's clock switched to Dec 31, 1969. I...
  • HP provides an answer for Leopard users with printer problems
  • Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.I understand you are looking for software for Leopard. At this time, HP only supports the preloaded driver install on Leopard.The print only drivers (no scan features) are available (built-into OS 10.5). If you installed Leopard, you would need to go to Ad...
  • Repairing Sub-folders in the imap Database
  • I've got some kind of minor corruption in our imap database that is causing some quirkiness with a couple of our users.I would like to repair the imap database. However, when I do (using mailbfr or ... well, and anything else I try), I lose all of the subfolders that the users have created...
  • LCD doesn't display using HDMI- DVI cable
  • Hi,I just got a Mac Pro with an ATI x1900 XT card in it. I tried to hook it up to my xpersee xp220wt HDMI LCD and it shows the splash screen and then goes blank when it starts to load the login screen. The monitor has no DVI port on it, but an HDMI input. It came with an HDMI->DVI cable, whi...
  • HDTV & my G5?
  • I have a ATI Radeon 9650 video card (256 mg RAM) and a 20" Aluminum Cinema Display attached. I'm considering buying a LCD HDTV (maybe 42") and connecting my computer to it. Will my computer and video card support a LCD HDTV?Thanks, all for your input. Dual 2 Ghz PPC, 2.16 Ghz Core 2 Duo 15...
  • Leopard (10.5) Directory (bundle/package) modification date question
  • From empirical testing it seems that the modification date of a directory (including a bundle directory) does not get set the same on both the client and the server. I don't have a 10.4 client to test with right now, but I really don't remember this being the case with Tiger. I would...
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  • LCD doesn't display using HDMI- DVI cable
  • Hi,I just got a Mac Pro with an ATI x1900 XT card in it. I tried to hook it up to my xpersee xp220wt HDMI LCD and it shows the splash screen and then goes blank when it starts to load the login screen. The monitor has no DVI port on it, but an HDMI input. It came with an HDMI->DVI cable, whi...
  • HDTV & my G5?
  • I have a ATI Radeon 9650 video card (256 mg RAM) and a 20" Aluminum Cinema Display attached. I'm considering buying a LCD HDTV (maybe 42") and connecting my computer to it. Will my computer and video card support a LCD HDTV?Thanks, all for your input. Dual 2 Ghz PPC, 2.16 Ghz Core 2 Duo 15...
  • Leopard (10.5) Directory (bundle/package) modification date question
  • From empirical testing it seems that the modification date of a directory (including a bundle directory) does not get set the same on both the client and the server. I don't have a 10.4 client to test with right now, but I really don't remember this being the case with Tiger. I would...
  • time machine & NAS
  • I recently purchased a Buffalo Tera station 2 TB NAS. It is connected to my Mac and we are sharing files and photos, but I want to use it to back up my Mac. When I am setting up time machine I can not get it to recognize the NAS as a possible backup location. I have tried a number of different...
  • Date & Time & iCal show incorrect year
  • Hello, I don't come in here much because my Macs have always been fairly reliable. This weekend though, I found some info on uninstalling Virex that I hoped fixed some weird error 10810 issues I was having.Right before I did that though, my iMac's clock switched to Dec 31, 1969. I...
  • HP provides an answer for Leopard users with printer problems
  • Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.I understand you are looking for software for Leopard. At this time, HP only supports the preloaded driver install on Leopard.The print only drivers (no scan features) are available (built-into OS 10.5). If you installed Leopard, you would need to go to Ad...
  • Repairing Sub-folders in the imap Database
  • I've got some kind of minor corruption in our imap database that is causing some quirkiness with a couple of our users.I would like to repair the imap database. However, when I do (using mailbfr or ... well, and anything else I try), I lose all of the subfolders that the users have created...
  • DVD player bug - Navigation Window missing - can't see title
  • in 10.5, DVD player is missing the navigation window. Along with the missing Navigation window is the ability to view what Title you are viewing. You can see what chapter in the unnamed title you are in, but there's no way to determine what title you are viewing.How does one put a bug into...
  • shift-click to create squares not working
  • I am supporting some Mac users (in a mainly Windows shop). One of my user reports that the "shift-click" key combination does not work as it uses to (drawing squares instead of rectangles by example). If I do log on his Mac with my own account I don't have the problem but as soon as I use...
  • New To Mac Leopard Install Question
  • Hey everyone hows it going i recently purchased a mac mini with tiger installed on it my mac mini had 80 gigs when i turned it on with tiger and ilife installed on it i was down to 67 i poped in the leopard cd that the store gave me for free instaled leopard and i was down to like 51 gigs seems...