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WindowServer crashing in 10.6.1 3 83 (10/1/2009 3:30:41 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc Several times a week, WindowServer is going tits-up and bouncing me to the login screen. Log entry from this morning below. Does anyone have any idea why this may be happening? MacBook Pro, 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo... Dave

iTunes 9 home sharing 0 123 (9/10/2009 4:30:41 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Awesome. I absolutley LOVE this feature. It "just works". ... Dave

Excel import question 2 116 (7/8/2009 10:29:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Either Excel 2004 or Excel 2008: I have a delimited text file that consists of 52 distinct blocks that I would like in their own worksheets within an Excel document. Is there a character string I can insert wh... Dave

Odd behaviour from "Compress" command - missing files in archive 6 100 (7/3/2009 4:46:47 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps On a weekly basis, I process an XML file generated by our classified ad system and create a hierarchy of folders and text files, with each folder representing a classification number and containing all the ads ... Dave

Airport firmware update 7.4.2 0 65 (6/24/2009 8:10:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.comm Installed this on my Airport Extreme and Time Capsule today. We had been experiencing regular (as in every couple of hours) problems with connection interrupts and so far (knock on wood) things are running very... Dave

Safari 4 final release - hack to get top tabs back? 0 62 (6/9/2009 8:32:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.comm Has anyone found yet? The one that worked with the beta doesn't work with the release version. -- Kiva - Loans that change lives. http://www.kiva.org/lender/david87375440 ... Dave

Re: JSP Files 3 91 (3/9/2009 3:14:41 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps In article , Nick Naym wrote: > Having never messed with JSP files before, I'm somewhat at a loss as to why > a document that apparently is (underneath it all) a PDF document is offered > in JSP format to beg... Dave

Mailman 2 67 (1/31/2009 5:37:06 AM) comp.sys.mac.comm Anybody have experience moving an existing GNU Mailman install from one OS X Server to another? I could use some pointers. TIA. ... Dave

Re: Entourage->Mail.app: Imported Folders 32 94 (12/2/2008 2:52:03 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps In article , Nick Naym wrote: > Why is there a separate "ON MY MAC" section, what is its > function, and are my imported folders destined to remain there? Because the folders are on your Mac, rather than on ... Dave

SCSI 1 in Sakatoon 0 127 (11/7/2008 10:50:43 PM) comp.sys.mac.wanted I have some SCSI 1 peripherals that are just taking up space. Anyone in the Saskatoon area is welcome to them. A couple of external hard drives, a scanner, a Zip drive, a CD burner and a bunch of cables, inc... Dave

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Purple display tinge 12 50 (10/2/2009 8:00:17 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I am using a 27 inch Samsung monitor with Mac Pro. The display appears purple. Selected items are purple instead of the usual Apple Blue. Mac OSX 10.6.1. Any way to fix this ? ... spammers-go-here (995)

Apple needs to update the Mighty mouse 144 62 (9/22/2009 4:27:10 AM) comp.sys.mac.system am sick of taking the damned thing apart and washing the rollers and re-asembling it. I have a new mouse since last may and it is now unusable. Haven't taken it apart yet (requires you "break" it to open it). W... jfmezei.spamnot (8965)

Touch utility in Snow Leopard 18 53 (9/12/2009 12:10:39 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc My old file touch utility is gone now that I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Does anybody have a recommendation for its replacement? I used to right-click the file in finder and select the option from my old downloa... howard (6258)

I Love Spaces --- How do Others Feel? 101 49 (9/11/2009 12:10:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc I'm one who uses the maximum of 16 spaces, allotting each of the spaces to one of my frequently used applications. As an example my newsreader of choice, Hogwasher, has its own space so that when I am activel... taliesinsoft966 (921)

a web puzzler 9 46 (9/10/2009 3:14:17 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc Using Safari on my g4iMac, I like to go to my local weekly newspaper, The Fishwrapper, and see what has been left out of the local news this time. Well, on two different days, now, I have attempted to go to ... tvnospamkoehler (165)

Apple lays an egg 11 46 (9/9/2009 8:23:48 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I was planning on upgrading my old iPod Touch 1st gen 8GB (came free with my macbook) because of all the rumours about the 16GB $199 iPod Touch with a camera and microphone. The Nano got a video camera. But ... spammers-go-here (995)

Unix & Windows path for URL 25 43 (11/1/2009 1:30:32 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc I synchronize my Firefox bookmarks at home and with my work Windows machine. At work, it has the following bookmark: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/brazee/My%20Documents/Home/home_page.html At home, th... howard (6258)

Newnbie Needs help learning Lepoard OS 53 45 (10/22/2009 1:32:30 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi, we are new to Mac and know nothing about how to use it. Any recommendations for easy to follow books that instruct how to use the Leopoard operating system? Thanks, Sam ... sasdfas09 (7)

Copying iPhoto 18 44 (10/12/2009 1:21:14 AM) comp.sys.mac.misc I tried copying my wife's iPhoto library/package to my computer as a backup. I dragged it to my drop folder and after a while got an error window: The finder can't complete the operation because some data in... howard (6258)

MacSOUP: View matching filters for a given post? 10 45 (10/3/2009 2:49:12 PM) comp.sys.mac.comm Does MacSOUP let you see a list of matching filters for a given post? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM f... jollyroger (10611)