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  • Its not the same at all. In Windows, any JPG will render a preview, but in OS X, your files need to have a legacy resource fork atribute to get a thumbnail. I have thousands of images that dont have resource forks on my server. When I look …
    in I wish the Finder could... Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • You need the Pro version to make major changes, but text editing in Acrobat is on a line by line situation. Text doesnt "flow". For major PDF work, get Enfocus' Pitstop Pro! It is a lot better for power-user text edits in PDFs.
    in Can you edit text in Adobe Acrobat Standard? Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by ericeason You could just change their long names to their short names. I admin 150+ Mac users who all are bound to Active Directory. I need to modfy how all my Macs log in dialog box behaves. I cant seem to fig…
    in Force a user to use short user name @ log-in Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • OK, more questions: 1) A NFS client MUST have it's IP in the server's /etc/exports file in order to connect to the server? 2) NFS clients do NOT have to authenticate with a username or password? 3) Typically, would a Linux or UNIX NFS clien…
    in Nfs Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by dobby OS X Server 10.2 is pretty crap with its gui nfs interface. You can start and stop the nfsd with kill (great huh). Use showmount to view client that have mounted an export. Use nidump exports / to view the exp…
    in Nfs Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by sroach In unix there are always 10 ways of doing things, one such way would be: Open a terminal mkdir mountpoint mount server:share /mountpoint cd mountpoint I couldnt get those commands to work on my N…
    in Nfs Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by King Chung Huang If your Macs are managed using Workgroup Manager, then you can go to the Preferences section and uncheck the preference panes you don't want your users to change. Otherwise, you could write the defa…
    in Force a Screen Saver Policy? Comment by dstranathan September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by mith I have a powerbook and I had configured it to automatically update the time from about 2-3 server set in ntp.conf. What is annoying is that if I get offline (since it's a notebook!) the automatic update gets DI…
    in NTP Server Settings in OS X Comment by dstranathan August 2004
  • Server allows unlimited AFP connections. OS X Client is limited to 10 or less I think. Server also has "Watch dog" daemons monitoring critical services so that they can be restarted in the even they die.
    in OSX Server vs Client differences? Comment by dstranathan August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by geobe is remote Desktop 1 able to control XP? Nope. Apple added VNC as the protocol for the observe/control modes in ARD 2.0. 1.0-1.2.4 did not use VNC. Rumor has it that Apple took the Open Source VNC code, r…
    in apple remote desktop 2 Mac to PC? Comment by dstranathan August 2004
  • Does the current Tiger Beta have any signs of ACLs?
    in Mac OS X Tiger to support Fast Logout and Autosave, Access Control Lists Comment by dstranathan August 2004
  • New Active Directory Plug-in: Version 1.0.4 now.
    in 10.3.5 in Software Update Comment by dstranathan August 2004
  • My DOOM 3 box is done: Mobo: Gigabyte K8NPRO w/ NF3 chipset (AGP 8x, SATA, 10/100/1000 LAN, FireWire, ATA/133, 5.1 audio, etc) CPU: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ RAM: 1 GB (2 x 512) DDR 3200, 400 MHz Video: nVGA E-6800 (nVIDIA's 6800) 128 MB VRAM…
    in So I'm building a Win Box for Doom 3... Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Agent69 Bigger! Here is my current desktop. I am going for simple with this one. Can you post the original desktop pic please? Id like to use that too!
    in Post your desktop Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Vox Barbara Who else would like to see a light version of quark? I mean there are a lot of people out here who just don't need a full featured Quark app but want to do some basic layout. Actually, most software com…
    in What about Quark "Light" Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by HOM If you've read any of my posts in DH for the last few months, you'd know that I've been looking to retire my Sony Ericsson T616. I just did. I placed my order with Handspring for a GSM Treo 600. It should get here …
    in Ok, I just retired the SE T616 Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Rumor: There might be a Treo 610 with BT inside.
    in Sprint PCS Bluetooth phones? Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by thedustin Here I am, just checking my email on my 17' 1Ghz PB running 10.3.4 using Safari and Stickies and my PB asks me, "what would you like to say, just type it, blah blah blah." Where did this come from? It was n…
    in My computer just started talking to me... Comment by dstranathan July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel It runs in X and doesn't have the annoying glitches that 4 and 5 have. Right. It has brand-new glitches! I just deployed 50 copies of Quark Xpress 6.1. It pretty much sucks. Quark as a company is…
    in Quark 6... why did they make this program? (print issues) Comment by dstranathan June 2004
  • PLEASE answer these Entourage questions: Does it work well with Exchange Server? Please expand on any comments! Does it support .pst files? Does it work at all? :0)
    in BEWARE: Office 2004 Bugs Abundance Comment by dstranathan May 2004