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  • You dont need antivirus/spyware/adware software on you mac (not yet anyway). You can install it and clean up other peoples mess for them. I suppose it will only be a matter of time before we get a real virus etc. Dobby.
    in Spyware, Adware and such Comment by dobby February 2005
  • The eMac will probably have more Mhz than the powerbook and the harddrive is also 7200rpm opposed to the smaller 4500 (or similar) laptop harddrives. Do you have any startup items etc? Are you at the same OS version etc? The new powerbooks (1.5…
    in Start-up Comment by dobby February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Vox Barbara Well, i just stumbled across this article . It might be of interest. Yeah well my PC doesn't have these problem. I just needed to install Nortons AV, Spybot, Adaware and ZoneAlarm. When I upgraded fr…
    in Spyware, Adware and such Comment by dobby February 2005
  • Use DHCP with manual address and give yourself the ip address that your router/dsl connection normally gives you. If you have a number of machines connected (like I do at home) then make sure the ip is higher in the subnet range. eg. if you router…
    in Finder took 10 minutes to load while DSL was down! Comment by dobby February 2005
  • Try NeoOffice http://www.neooffice.org/ Its like openoffice without X11. I run it on a B&W 300Mhz iwth 512 MB and it isn't that slow (except to open for the first time). Dobby.
    in Word Processor For OS X, Preferably free and/or Open Source Comment by dobby February 2005
  • FTPS is ftp over a SSL (secure sockets layer) connection. SFTP is not ftp but SCP (secure copy) commands (or similar) over a SSH2 (secure shell) connection. Dobby.
    in sFtp and FTPS: What's the difference?? Comment by dobby February 2005
  • No. You need to reformat to combine the drive partitions. Veritas volume manager (and others) allows you to dynamically increase decrease volume size without destroying data and that can have a UFS on it so I'm sure apple will eventually have som…
    in Recombine partitioned drive? Comment by dobby February 2005
  • The Dual 2.5Ghz is a real beast. If you can afford the lowest spec 2.5Ghz then buy it and upgrade it with parts from your PC etc. Its cheaper and you have a machine that will last for many years to come. The current 1.8ghz doesn't have a PCI-X slot…
    in Ddr & Ddr Comment by dobby January 2005
  • DVI is as common as muck on corporate PC's (well at our place). We have to buy expensive DVI KVM switch for these. Dobby.
    in I want to run a mini side by side with my PC at work...any way to have a switch box.. Comment by dobby January 2005
  • If you want a supported alternate browser to Safari then use Firefox. If you have problem with Safari then try this. Safari on Tiger seems very stable but so does Firefox. Dobby.
    in Mac OS X 10.3.8 to improve stability Comment by dobby January 2005
  • Check the apple support site for unlocking bootprom passwords. To unlock your password just boot from a panther cd and choose the change password service. (or boot -S and change it yourself if you know the root password) Dobby.
    in Locked out of powerbook Comment by dobby January 2005
  • You could put in a startup item (/Library/StartupItems) that dismounts the drive after startup (umount -f /Volumes/whateveryourvolumenameis) Dobby.
    in How to auto DIS-mount a volume? Comment by dobby January 2005
  • I think only QS G4s and newer had UltraATA 100 or 133. You can buy an ATA133 pci card to plug your drive into. So your older G4 won't support big disks. Dobby.
    in Older G4s can't read BIG ATA drives properly? Comment by dobby January 2005
  • Either boot and hold the option key to chosoe your boot partition or boot off your Panther disk and choose the boot disk. Dobby.
    in Ooops (Where'd my partition go?) Comment by dobby January 2005
  • Dejavu. I'm sure I've read this elsewhere.
    in What Companies use Apple on the Enterprise level? Comment by dobby January 2005
  • The reason that you don't get Apple in the enterprise is that there is no native password expiry/user expiry etc that comes with most other OS's and other basic security setting for controlling thousands of users. The LDAP support pre 10.3 sucked b…
    in What Companies use Apple on the Enterprise level? Comment by dobby January 2005
  • I want to try opening that case myself. Surely just a flat head screwdriver will suffice. Dobby.
    in Mac mini misses its target consumer Comment by dobby January 2005
  • I'm glad you don't get a screen with it. Most people have screens. If they want a cheap machine with screen and keyboard then the eMac is the way to go. As for keyboard you can buy an el cheapo usb keyboard for a couple of dollars as well as a mou…
    in Mac mini misses its target consumer Comment by dobby January 2005
  • I would love to set a mMac up as a Home server. Plug a 400GB firewire drive in for music and movies and it would be an awsome setup. I wonder if the graphics card would take it. The sheer size makes it much more attactive for a home unit where I jus…
    in Mac mini & OS X Server Comment by dobby January 2005
  • Make sure you instal the BSD sub system as Towel recommends and leave out the multi language stuff (how often will you change the language to French or whatever!). Also leave out the Printer Drivers unless you connect to loads of different printers…
    in OS X disk size Comment by dobby January 2005