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Delay between login and finder... ? 19 5 (5/2/2013 3:39:44 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm using a 2012 Mac Mini, OS 10.8.4 running off of an externally-mounted (USB3) Intel 520 series SSD. The Mac boots -very- quickly this way, up to the point where the login screen is displayed (single u... John

10.8.2 -- file names truncated on desktop 3 19 (1/11/2013 5:24:04 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello all - I just migrated from a 2004 vintage PowerMac g4 (running 10.4.11) to a new Mac Mini (running 10.8.2). Things are going well enough, but have a small problem with file names for files place... John

Is there a good POPMonitor replacement? 3 12 (1/6/2013 7:35:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Not that many years back, there was a utility out there called "POPMonitor", that you could use to preview messages on a POP server, and delete them if necessary. It was a handy tool for those who want t... John

Pop goes the [mountain lion] POP? 160 196 (3/2/2012 4:45:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Got ahold of the Mountain Lion developer preview, and installed it on a spare partition just to see if I could. Went to set up the Mail app, and found there isn't even a option to set up for a POP server any... John

Connecting an Airport Extreme "behind" an existing wired router... 7 24 (1/14/2012 5:56:32 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I've got a old 2-story house, and my computer room is upstairs. Since I went to DSL some years' back, I've used an old Belkin 4-port wired (only) router to handle my LAN duties and it works well enough for m... John

Does Lion make a drive UN-erasable? 17 33 (8/4/2011 8:04:44 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Does Lion take control of your drive away from you and make it "un-erasable"? I've been experimenting with Lion on my white Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, which has 10.6.8 installed as its "main" OS. I installed Li... John

Mirrored RAID vs. USB enclosure... 10 33 (8/31/2010 4:13:39 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello all - First off, although I consider myself well-versed in Mac stuff, I'm a total newcomer to "RAID" and the fine points as to how it is configured. I recently picked up a couple of 1tb drives and a U... John

Tab characters & TextEdit... 6 299 (5/7/2010 4:15:57 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello all - I've tried searching for solutions to the following problem, not very successfully. My question: Using Apple's "TextEdit" application, how does one _type in_ a "tab" character into the "f... John

Determining IP address of LAN printer... 5 257 (4/11/2010 3:01:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello all - I'm trying to get a laptop running 10.6.3 connected via Ethernet through my router. The printer is a Brother HL-5250DN. I've got the drivers [CUPS driver from Brother's web site] already i... John

Upgrading an account to administrative? 21 119 (4/8/2010 2:55:55 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello all - I'm going to be setting up a Mac laptop for my sister, who's never used a computer of any kind before. I will create the initial (administrative) account for myself (I won't be using the c... John

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Delay between login and finder... ? 19 5 (5/2/2013 3:39:44 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm using a 2012 Mac Mini, OS 10.8.4 running off of an externally-mounted (USB3) Intel 520 series SSD. The Mac boots -very- quickly this way, up to the point where the login screen is displayed (single u... j.albert (331)

cloud storage 21 12 (3/19/2013 2:31:05 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm running very low on space on my Macbook Pro since I have a 120GB SSD and a lot of stuff installed. I just got this idea that maybe I can move some stuff to Apple's "cloud". Anyone know if this is a po... bob3904 (233)

replacement for the Finder 146 15 (3/19/2013 9:11:57 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Is there any kind of replacement for the Finder in Mountain Lion? Maybe something I can download from the App Store? The Finder in Mountain Lion can be really really slow sometimes. Just a whole lot of s... bob3904 (233)

Old iMac going dead but starting again after cooling - failing power supply? 10 17 (3/22/2013 3:03:05 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi, I'm on an old G3 iMac Snow SE DV (Summer 2000 subfamily) that I bought used on eBay in 2006. I never had a problem with it until March 14, when it suddenly went dead on me and wouldn't start up. I to... super70s (14)

"Recovered files" folder weirdness 7 3 (3/26/2013 11:50:31 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have just bought a used G4 tower that had 10.5.8 installed. I cloned this system onto a (partitioned) external hard drive, then cloned a 10.4.11 system on that drive to the G4 to use as its main system. ... super70s (14)

Evil dictator's use Macs! 34 30 (3/29/2013 8:22:27 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/03/composite-ph= oto-kim-jong-un-battleplan-and-imac.jpg Map caption is "US Mainland Strike Plan" (Would be amusing if a Mac update could be us... alan.browne (3790)

[NEWS] Adobe kills Creative Suite 161 2 (5/7/2013 9:21:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Adobe started the desktop publishing industry and now it looks like they're going to be the ones to kill it ... Adobe Announces New Creative Cloud Apps, Abandons Creative Suite ----------------... yourname3 (529)

Show ALL files including the ones that start with periods? 11 1 (5/11/2013 5:41:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello. Is there a way to show ALL and access files in updated Mac OS X (10.5.8 and 10.8.3)'s Finder without going to Terminal (ls -all)? The reason is why I need to recover older backup copies from Time ... ant (767)

First Time Running This App 12 7 (4/24/2013 7:07:59 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Suddenly I'm getting a "This is your first time running this app, is it reputable?" kinda prompt. I've been running these for a while; why the sudden concern? ... xxx613 (1043)

A quality gaming mouse that won't force me to use braindead drivers? 26 8 (4/30/2013 5:57:01 AM) comp.sys.mac.system So annoyed was I with my latest mouse purchase, I wrote the following to sucessfully request a return: > G'day again XXXX. > > Cheers for putting up with my frustrated venting on the phone just now. As ... jamiekg505 (2514)