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Security Update 2007-009 (PPC) and CUPS 4 41 (12/19/2007 7:43:44 PM) comp.sys.mac.system After I installed Security Update 2007-009 on my G3 iMac and G4 iBook, my printers disappeared from the print dialog selection menu; it just says "No Printer Selected". My network printer is shown under "Bonj... Tom

Leopard and launchd user agents 5 63 (11/12/2007 5:39:42 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I had a user agent (~/Library/LaunchAgents/rename-pdf) that watched a folder of change of contents and performed an action whenever one occurred. It performed flawlessly under Tiger running on my iMac G3, b... Tom

Unequal sized RAM in a MacBook 4 39 (10/30/2007 1:28:55 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have a 1 GB RAM module that I removed from an iMac and am considering replacing one of the 512 MB modules in my daughter's new MacBook with it. Is there any technical reason not to do this? TIA -- Tom St... Tom

How to remotely logon to a 12" G3 iBook 11 39 (9/14/2007 7:38:54 PM) comp.sys.mac.system The display on my son's 12" (2001) iBook running some version of Jaguar appears to be dead. I've used the dongle to connect an external monitor to it but still no joy. The machine will startup normally (I t... Tom

Catch 22 with FileVault and SSH public key authentication 7 65 (5/5/2006 2:35:56 PM) comp.sys.mac.system No problem; just noting a peculiarity. I recently enabled FileVault to test a few things and discovered that if SSH public key authentication is required an SSH connection cannot be established unless the re... Tom

Postfix question 0 52 (10/26/2005 1:17:57 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm running Tiger and Mail with all the latest updates installed. I have set root's .forward file to forward mail to my administrator user and the administrator receives mail from its own cron actions. Mail... Tom

Reduced paging in 10.4.2 4 56 (7/14/2005 1:03:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.2, I've seen a dramatic reduction in both paging and swapfile growth. Since I haven't changed my work habits, I attribute the improvement to the update. My question is: was ... Tom

Order of system startup apps 2 43 (7/1/2005 3:20:06 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I just converted the startup of my SNMP logging from the old "StartupItems" format to Tiger's "Launchd" format. Under the old format, the order of startup items was controlled by the "StartupParameters.plist... Tom

Order of system startup items 0 57 (6/30/2005 10:16:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I just converted the startup of my SNMP logging from the old "StartupItems" format to Tiger's "Launchd" format. Under the old format, the order of startup items was controlled by the "StartupParameters.plist... Tom

Problem with SSh tunneling 1 114 (2/27/2005 2:46:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I am having a problem connecting to a Mac running Mac OS X 10.3.8 through an SSH tunnel. Here is the configuration: A) iMac (10.3.8) B) iBook-G3 (10.3.8) C) Linux (LinuxPPC 2.24) I have set up tunnels on M... Tom

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Why no Usenet N.G. for Darwin? 9 43 (5/27/2008 3:46:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Greetings, I am sadly surprised by the lack of a Darwin or even OS-X specific N.G. The name of this N.G. is the closest to being on-topic for discussing details of this O/S, but there seems to be little techn... msg

Possible to determine if anyone is using the Finder from the shell? 7 46 (5/27/2008 11:56:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.system In the middle of the night, I want to determine if anyone is sitting at a Mac and if they are not and have not been recently, I want to kill the open applications and shutdown the Mac (for energy conservation).... paris2venice (106)

Leopard Internet Screen Sharing 7 45 (5/29/2008 9:23:53 PM) comp.sys.mac.comm Greetings and thanks for reading this. I can successfully use Leopard's screen sharing feature on three different macs when on the same LAN but have yet to make it work over the internet. (I suspect that the ro... nospam391 (176)

Umask for office documents 15 50 (5/30/2008 10:23:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I would like that whenever I save a file with whatever program in a certain folder it saves it with permission rw-rw-r Using umask it works but only with shell created files, how can I set it globally?? Thank... kerny404 (114)

Where's Apple in the UMPC field? 27 41 (5/31/2008 1:33:26 AM) comp.sys.mac.system The OLPC certainly won't stay alone. All companies are now ready to offer UMPCs with prices ranging from ~ $400 - $800. How will Apple's MacBooks fare under the pressure? ECS: (Atom CPU, Windows XP or L... msh1 (25)

windows & wifi 15 35 (5/31/2008 2:05:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I caretake two rental houses on sunny ST. John VI for short term rentals. We advertise wifi available. I live on the lowest level of the larger house and have an Apple flying saucer wireless router in my bedr... paulfuchs

Where to put applications? 47 40 (6/1/2008 2:34:47 AM) comp.sys.mac.system What are the relative merits/demerits of placing apps in the home user directory vs. the root directory? -- O. Hendersen ohendersen@yahoo.com ... ohendersen (59)

The Mac scam 25 54 (6/1/2008 2:36:42 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Was: Where's Apple in the UMPC field? Jolly Roger wrote : > In article , MSH > wrote: >>The difference being that Mercedes Benz, BMW and Volvo are not selling >> GM quality, whereas a Mac is a very plain... msh1 (25)

10.5.3 and Airport 16 47 (6/1/2008 2:59:42 AM) comp.sys.mac.system One small glitch I have noticed since upgrading my MacBook Pro (1.83 CD) to 10.5.3 is that it takes Airport much longer to find my wireless router. Once it connects, the connection seems stable, with what I t... dfritzin6 (77)

Five Mac maintenance myths 9 47 (6/2/2008 5:56:38 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Five Mac maintenance myths by Dan Frakes, Macworld.com Jun 2, 2008 9:12 am You know you need to change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles, clean your house�s gutters every fall, and brush your teeth at l... michelle14 (18403)