More disk permissions problems after updating to 10.5.1...
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MacBook will not restart. Stuck on Gray screen with "no" symbolSun, 13 Apr 2008 01:43:00 GMTSo I Did an nice successful upgrade to my Intel Macbook Pro. When I restart the second time I get the gray screen and and a "no" symbol where the mac should be. The Wheel is turning but won't get any further. Anyone have any ideas? Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.5)...
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my Mac won't shut downSat, 29 Mar 2008 11:29:00 GMTMy OSX 10.3 won't shut down. When I try, all I get is the blue screen. I upgraded to iTunes 7 yesterday but, other than that, that's the only thing that's different.I always shut down by using the "shut down..." option. Would it make a difference if I chose "Logoff"? I don't...
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External HD issue & X update on my beige Help!Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:03:00 GMTHi, I have 2 issues currently causing me problems I am hoping someone can help me out with. First off, I have successfully installed X (Panther) on my beige owing thanks to existing posts and XPostFacto! X seems to be running fine although I think memory and video memory upgrades are going to b...
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Citrix connectivityTue, 22 Apr 2008 15:59:00 GMTHello, I have a new macbook with Leopard. I need to connect to our Citrix farm at work. I've downloaded and followed the Citrix Adminstrator's manual for the Mac client but cannot connect.I've tried two approaches. First was using our secure gateway to access the published applic...
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Can I find a time machine copy b4 todays corruption of a iphoto library?Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:47:00 GMTI merged a small library into a larger one and corrupted the large one so it can't find the photos. When I go back on the time machine the corruption goes back too. Any ideas please. Maybe I don't understand how a time machine works.Thanks,Ralph MB Pro 2.3 17" Mac OS X (10.5.1) ilife...
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virtual groups.Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:44:00 GMTI have a problem.I am hosting one domain. akbottomline.com and one virtual domain dineinalaska.comin my /etc/postfix/aliases file I have added a line that looks like this.group: user1@akbottomline.com, userA@dineinalaska.com.Mail addressed to group@akbottomline.com is delivered to both users.Wh...
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Outcoming Intel Mac Desktops ?Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMTHi,I'd like to know if there are any news for the outcoming intel Mac desktops ... any ideas on what kind of processors it'll use ? will it be 32 or 64 bits architecture ? dual dual or dual quad cores ?Tx PB 17 1.33 1GB ; iBook 12 1.2 512MB ; Airport fw6.3 Mac OS X (10.4.5)...
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ORIGINAL FOLDER CAN NOT BE FOUND - HELP PLEASE!Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:01:00 GMTI have just finished working on bridal portraits, saved them in a folder on my desktop and added them to a finder window to burn to a cd. For some reason, after I drug the original folder to the cd, I drug that same folder back into the desktop - making two alias and no original. Please help me...
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Time Machine + 750GB External Drive + AEBS =Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:41:00 GMTIs this equation possible? I would love to use it in this fashion rather than having the ext. drive hanging off the back of my Mac.Would love to know..~RICKY MacBook Pro 2.33Ghz C2D 3GB RAM and iMac 24" 2.8GHz 4GB RAM Mac OS X (10.5) Mac is a Cult...and I love it....
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Can't erase document in desktopFri, 21 Mar 2008 20:07:00 GMTI have a document in the desktop called: StarAllianceRTWMC, it has no extension, and i cant trash it cuz i get a dialog saying:"the document id being used or its being copyed or the trash can is being emptyed. Try again after the process is finished."im not using the document at all.Imac, 10.2....
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Leopard quits within two minutes of startup, requires restartSun, 13 Apr 2008 02:14:00 GMTSo I just installed leopard, rebooted it and the desktop starts showing up. Then, the screen shades away and a black box comes up telling me I have to restart my computer. I do it. It comes back up, this time with a Send Error Report dialogue. It says something about a kernel problem, but I can...
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Where is mail?Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:04:00 GMThi, are my POP and IMAP mail messages stored on my computer?if so how can i drag the files over to my external hard drive to back them up, then delete them on my computer?thanks MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7) ...
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Motherboard DiagramsSat, 29 Mar 2008 11:54:00 GMTI just acquired a G4 533 DA and will be doing some upgrading.Can someone steer me to a picture of the 533 motherboard with its parts labeled?I seem to recall seeing a website that had diagrams of the various motherboards. G3 B&W/400 Mac OS X (10.3.9) ATI Radeon 7000 (flashed to 64 Mb), 832...
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Inheritance not working with either ACL's or POSIXThu, 10 Apr 2008 00:52:00 GMTHave OS X Server 10.4.11 and trying to get a sharepoint to work correctly.This sharepoint is on a separate SATA Drive in the G5 (Drive2).When setup through workgroup manager with ACL's file inheritance doesn't work.If we setup an exact duplicate sharepoint on my boot volume (MacHD) in...
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Trouble Updating OSX Panther 10. 3. 9Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:14:00 GMTI still have OSX Panther 10. 3. 9 on my computer and i don't know how to update it to 10. 4. 3. or whatever. I downloaded the updates but i dunno how to install them.....anyone.....can you help?...
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Time Machine on non-startup disk?Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:32:00 GMTDoes anyone know if Time Machine can be used on non-startup disks? I have a Dual-Mirrored Door G4 running as a file server with two separate internal hard drives, a boot volume with the operating system on it and a second drive with all the data that is shared. I can run Time Machine to backup...
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Extended WarrantyTue, 08 Apr 2008 19:59:00 GMTI have some questions about Apple's extended warranty. As I understand it, new MacBook Pro's are under warranty for three or six months, but you can buy an extended warranty for $300 as long as you purchase it within one year of the date you purchased your computer.First, do I have to...
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slow network speedsThu, 10 Apr 2008 17:58:00 GMTI have been beating my head against my macs on my network. For the past three days I have been getting very slow speeds on a gigabit ethernet network. I would like to know if anyone else is having the same problem.thanks Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.5.1) ...
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Problems with Video TS formatSat, 29 Mar 2008 06:05:00 GMTI have a DVD from a friend that he used Video TS format.I was able to copy an image to a new DVD using Disk Utilites. It started to play the DVD but seconds later it said the DVD has a scratch or something else wrong. I then copied it using another DVD but again as I was test running, it errore...
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Editing httpd.conf vs. GUI, access restrictionsSat, 29 Mar 2008 12:28:00 GMTI'm very familiar with apache and htaccess, just not on the Mac. I've got a 10.4.7 server and I want to restrict access by IP range. I was told that I shouldn't tweak the httpd.conf by hand, rather use the GUI instead. I don't see any place to restrict by subnet in the gui c...
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No power to peripherals, Power Mac G4Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:46:00 GMTTonight I was upgrading RAM on a Power Mac G4 (500 mHz, I think) and went to reboot the machine and can't get any image to come through on the display or any signal from the keyboard or mouse.I get a solid light through the display, but no image. I get nothing from either the keyboard and...
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CoreAudiod keeps showing not respondingSun, 13 Apr 2008 01:44:00 GMTEverything here good after upgrading to 10.5. However I have noticed in my processes that COREAUDIOD keeps showing up not responding. I can kill it and then it will restart but goes unresponsive again after awhile.Any one else seeing this? Any thing to look for? G4 MDD 1.25 Dual Boot Mac OS X (...
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Using .term files in Terminal appFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:28:00 GMTI'm having a problem running commands using .term files. I've created the .term files and saved them to ~/Library/Application Support/Terminal. When I open Terminal and go to File > Library, a submenu displays but nothing happens after I select the file I want.Can anybody help?Powe...
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Dual 2ghz powerPC mac g5 up grade option?Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:04:00 GMTWhat are my possible uprgade option with with the dual 2GHZ powerPC mac g5?I have not bought one yet becuase I want to find the best computer to meet my needs as a video/film editor.I have a bugget of 2200$ and already have a two lcd displays,keyboar,mouse and speakers.I want something that wil...
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WebDav Security IssueFri, 28 Mar 2008 12:45:00 GMTThis morning I came into work to discover that several sites had been defaced. The cause, Webdav was enabled on one of our hosted sites with without a realm being define. As a result this site was proving anonymous webdav access to the world.I recommend everyone check and make sure that mod_dav...
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Any Reason not to install this great HD?Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:04:00 GMTI found this today and the price is sexy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152052Any reasone why it wouldn't work well in a Mac Pro 8 core? G5 DP 1.8, PB 12, MacPro 8x3.0ghz Mac OS X (10.3.8)...
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Power Mac G5 randomly refuses to boot/wake upSat, 29 Mar 2008 03:42:00 GMTHi everyone,I have a wired problem with my Power Mac G5 2x2Ghz : after using it for a while, it refuses to boot or wake up once I put it to sleep or switched it off.After a while (more than 12 hours), it wakes up or boot as a charm... Sometimes it boots alone...I resetted the PRAM, VRAM, resett...
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DNS ForwardingSun, 13 Apr 2008 07:03:00 GMTI am a video teacher at a high school, I have the only macs in the district to teach final cut on, I set up a server to run the lab. When I upgraded to leopard the server config I was using would not work, so I did a clean install of leopard and now have the server running however when i was in...
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Gray & White Rectangle of DeathThu, 10 Apr 2008 19:39:00 GMTHi,Every once in a while, a horizontal white rectangle appears on my monitor, measuring 4" x 1.5", with a little gray square in the upper left and a horizontal gray rectangle in the lower right.It blocks every application, as it is always in the foreground as has a 100% opacity. The only way to...
I am a video teacher at a high school, I have the only macs in the district to teach final cut on, I set up a server to run the lab. When I upgraded to leopard the server config I was using would not work, so I did a clean install of leopard and now have the server running however when i was in...
Hi,Every once in a while, a horizontal white rectangle appears on my monitor, measuring 4" x 1.5", with a little gray square in the upper left and a horizontal gray rectangle in the lower right.It blocks every application, as it is always in the foreground as has a 100% opacity. The only way to...
I have a DVD from a friend that he used Video TS format.I was able to copy an image to a new DVD using Disk Utilites. It started to play the DVD but seconds later it said the DVD has a scratch or something else wrong. I then copied it using another DVD but again as I was test running, it errore...
I'm very familiar with apache and htaccess, just not on the Mac. I've got a 10.4.7 server and I want to restrict access by IP range. I was told that I shouldn't tweak the httpd.conf by hand, rather use the GUI instead. I don't see any place to restrict by subnet in the gui c...
Tonight I was upgrading RAM on a Power Mac G4 (500 mHz, I think) and went to reboot the machine and can't get any image to come through on the display or any signal from the keyboard or mouse.I get a solid light through the display, but no image. I get nothing from either the keyboard and...
Everything here good after upgrading to 10.5. However I have noticed in my processes that COREAUDIOD keeps showing up not responding. I can kill it and then it will restart but goes unresponsive again after awhile.Any one else seeing this? Any thing to look for? G4 MDD 1.25 Dual Boot Mac OS X (...
I'm having a problem running commands using .term files. I've created the .term files and saved them to ~/Library/Application Support/Terminal. When I open Terminal and go to File > Library, a submenu displays but nothing happens after I select the file I want.Can anybody help?Powe...
What are my possible uprgade option with with the dual 2GHZ powerPC mac g5?I have not bought one yet becuase I want to find the best computer to meet my needs as a video/film editor.I have a bugget of 2200$ and already have a two lcd displays,keyboar,mouse and speakers.I want something that wil...
This morning I came into work to discover that several sites had been defaced. The cause, Webdav was enabled on one of our hosted sites with without a realm being define. As a result this site was proving anonymous webdav access to the world.I recommend everyone check and make sure that mod_dav...
I found this today and the price is sexy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152052Any reasone why it wouldn't work well in a Mac Pro 8 core? G5 DP 1.8, PB 12, MacPro 8x3.0ghz Mac OS X (10.3.8)...