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Windows XP beats Mac OS X<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D25063%2526a%253D18045,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/artic…
[quote]Originally posted by iChmul: Guess what I use... Well, considering you killed your OS X recently ('sudo rm -r' is tricky), I'd guess you don't use Mac OS X atm. And btw: Welcome Mr. Thomas "Fotzibär" Chmul -
Finder Changes in 10.1.1I've noticed one thing new about the finder in 10.1.1:<br /> <br /> Arrange your drives on desktop by name (turn them off and on again or something) …
[quote]Originally posted by owenc: Apple has wisely hid root from the lUsers, protecting the odd /etc from the rm -r Actually you can activate root using Netinfo Manager. -
Where is the OSX Real Player?Maybe its taking so long because they are working on a cocoa version? Hopefully they are working on something...
... all ready used more than RM. For Two neither of them ... -
OS X window problemEverytime I restart to OS 10 and I open my Mac OS X hard disk it's ALWAYS shown in list view! And I always want it to be in Column view! This is gett…
Hmmm... try deleting the .DS_Store file (sudo rm /.DS_Store). That's where window data is stored. -
OS X window problemEverytime I restart to OS 10 and I open my Mac OS X hard disk it's ALWAYS shown in list view! And I always want it to be in Column view! This is gett…
[quote]Originally posted by starfleetX: Hmmm... try deleting the .DS_Store file (sudo rm /.DS_Store). That's where window data is stored. Nuttin' works I'm going to reinstall my system tomorrow, hopefully this will fix everything. Thanx though! -
osx command line helpanyone know of websites with comprehensive osx comand line tips or tutorial page?<br /> been using it for few days on this beige g3 300. been testing…
There's tons of sites with how tos and what not for the basic shell commands. Just search google for one. Also use the "man" pages, >man ls >man cd >man cp >man mv >man rm -
Can't Empty Trash In OSXI am on a G4 500 MHZ with 1 gig of ram and am using OS X 10.1.1. My trash has over 3 gigs of data in it, when I try to empty it it says that I don't …
... as it appears. [code]sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/ You may get ... -
Can't Empty Trash In OSXI am on a G4 500 MHZ with 1 gig of ram and am using OS X 10.1.1. My trash has over 3 gigs of data in it, when I try to empty it it says that I don't …
... as it appears. [code]sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/ You may get ... logging in as root. sudo rm -Rf ~/ oops, I hit ... later home directory. Or sudo rm -Rf / d'oh, I needed ... and I accidently typed sudo rm -rf /Library when I meant to type sudo rm -rf Library/. It wasn' ... -
Terminal command to reformat a drive in X?Is there a set of terminal shell commands that will allow me to erase/reformat a drive in OS X?<br /> <br /> What about low-level formatting?
... read the man pages for rm. Goto the console and type 'man rm' and hit enter (without the ... -
OSX. Where has the AI spirit gone?I remember back in the DP days, there used to be very lively threads around here about OSX. The AI boards were THE place to discuss the direction you…
This is exactly what rm-rf /etc alluded to a ... -
OSX. Where has the AI spirit gone?I remember back in the DP days, there used to be very lively threads around here about OSX. The AI boards were THE place to discuss the direction you…
... SYN: This is exactly what rm-rf /etc alluded to a ... of icons... I enjoyed ol? rm-rf /etc dreamy interface visions ... number of ideas epoused by rm-rf /etc either were or ... -
OSX. Where has the AI spirit gone?I remember back in the DP days, there used to be very lively threads around here about OSX. The AI boards were THE place to discuss the direction you…
... now... check this out from rm-rf /etc's great thread ... -
any way to get global view options to stick???i really like OSX, but one things drives me absolutely nuts...i set a window to correspond with the global size i've selected arranged by name. if i …
... fine. In the Terminal: [code]rm /path/to/folder/.DS_Store Why ... -
OS X glitches.Rattle off some of your experienced OS X glitches. <br /> <br /> The biggest glitch I have seen is when I launch iMovie, the dock stays up sometimes?…
... you could do this: sudo rm /Applications/.DS_Store Disclaimer: playing with ... -
Finder forgets my settings :(For some reason Finder won't remember my settings (column view, column widths, window size) - it just defaults to spring-loaded folder view.<br /> <b…
Remove the invisible file ".DS_Store". Open Terminal.app, go the the folder that wont keep its view. Type: sudo rm -rf .DS_Store Repeat on the other folders with the same problem. -
Finder forgets my settings :(For some reason Finder won't remember my settings (column view, column widths, window size) - it just defaults to spring-loaded folder view.<br /> <b…
... keep its view. Type: sudo rm -rf .DS_Store Repeat on the ... -
10.1.3 is out.Check your software update.
But does it fix that stupid DS_Store bug? It seems like I have to rm that file everytime I reboot just to keep my finder window preferences each time I close a window. Soooo many people have this problem...it has to be a bug, right? -
Drive PartitioningGot our new iMac (700/Combo) yesterday, and I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to split the drive into OSX and OS9 partitions. The only OS9 soft…
... 't delete. A good sudo rm -rf fixed them, though. So ... -
how su to root on osXOkay here goes, I'll bet this has been asked about a million times. But I'm a mac OSX newbie so here goes...<br /> <br /> I am trying to install som…
... set in netinfo and type 'rm -rf /' Just kidding!!! Don't ... -
how su to root on osXOkay here goes, I'll bet this has been asked about a million times. But I'm a mac OSX newbie so here goes...<br /> <br /> I am trying to install som…
Thanks for the tip. thankfully I'm fairlly (ha!) *nix savy. At least enough not to do the rm command. I'll bookmark that site and go have a look at it later Thanks -
how su to root on osXOkay here goes, I'll bet this has been asked about a million times. But I'm a mac OSX newbie so here goes...<br /> <br /> I am trying to install som…
... set in netinfo and type 'rm -rf /' Just kidding!!! Don't ... -
OSX Command Line useage questionThis is going to make me look like an idiot...but being as i was raised on GUI and NOT command line...<br /> <br /> Okay, I've been an X jock from th…
... :confused: Sure! type: cd / sudo rm -rf * It will ask for ... -
OSX Command Line useage questionThis is going to make me look like an idiot...but being as i was raised on GUI and NOT command line...<br /> <br /> Okay, I've been an X jock from th…
... ie: ls /home/groverat/nasty_pr0n rm = remove rm -f = force remove (don't require y/n) rm -rf = remove, recursively, forcefully (used ... -
OSX Command Line useage questionThis is going to make me look like an idiot...but being as i was raised on GUI and NOT command line...<br /> <br /> Okay, I've been an X jock from th…
:confused: All these replies and no one tells him to read the man pages? >man ls >man cp >man mv >man rm >man chown >man chmod >man tcsh >man csh >man ksh >man sh >man man -
Login as RootThis is a stupid question, but... How do I login as Root?
One thing I love is that apple hid a lot of stuff so the average user who put a space in front of their hard drive name and type sudo rm -rf / macintosh hd/documents/file.ext -
Login as RootThis is a stupid question, but... How do I login as Root?
... line: [code]alias rm rm -i This will make rm prompt you for ... -
Chimera 0.2.3 (another update)<b>update</b>: Download Chimera 0.2.3 <a href="http://chimera.mozdev.org/installation.html" target="_blank">here</a>.…
... terminal and enter the command rm -R ~/.mozilla to remove the ... -
help with command lineHey All,<br /> <br /> I've got a CD with literally over 9,000 fonts on it that I want to copy to one of my media drives. Everytime I try to copy the …
... .log || cat /tmp/cpio.log; rm /tmp/cpio.log this should ...
