My 15" Powerbook from 2003, running OS X.3, just froze up and demanded that I restart my computer. Why? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 9 answers

My career involves me using OSX Terminal ssh'd into other servers. Often, I have multiple ssh connections open, sometimes two or three to the same server. I can't bring myself to use tabs. Is there anything that can automatically be done to automatically color/title my terminal windows once I ssh into them? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 6 answers

Mac OS X (Leopard): at(1) replacement? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 19 answers

Other than the apple remote, what universal remote controls can be used with a Mac Mini (Intel) and, ideally, XBMC for the mac? I'd like this not to require the current XBMC hack (nifty though it is) that maps multiple presses to the functions of the remote.
posted on May 9, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I get Pages to mimic Open Office's autocomplete? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I change the version of Word that Mail.app uses to open Word documents? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 8 answers

The desired end result: I want to move mp3s that are currently on an iBook (working, but with busted screen) onto an external drive which will be accessible from a machine running Windows Vista. Bonus points if it is equally accessible for *nix, OS X, and Windows machines. Details inside. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 11 answers

I have been given a Kingston Data Traveller Secure Privacy Edition thumbdrive for use at work. Is there any way of hacking it for use with OSX? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 6 answers

I installed XAMPP on my laptop a while ago and just got around to configuring it. The only problem is that when I enter http://localhost/xampp/splash.php into my browser I'm prompted for a user name and password, which of course I've managed to forget. Anyone out there know how I can remedy this? I'm running OS X 10.5
posted on May 7, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I restore the preview pane on mail.app? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 3 answers

I have a long-winded question about deleting zombie messages from Apple's mail.app. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 4 answers

I just had a huge block of text on my clipboard. When going to paste it, I accidentally hit apple-c instead of apple-v ... copying a new block of text. Is there any way I can recover the text I just erased from the clipboard? I'm on a Mac running OSX.
posted on May 5, 2008 - 10 answers

Why would my Powerbook's virtual memory top 20Gb? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2008 - 14 answers

I'm sitting on an extensive collection of ephemera and period clip-art. I use it a lot for designs, presentations, and assorted projects, but as it's grown organizing the contents has turned into an impossible task... [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2008 - 11 answers

Can anyone help me figure out how to resume file sharing capabilities between my MacBook Pro and my Windows Vista PC after my 'Book has been in Sleep mode? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Upgraded to Leopard, now I can't connect to my wireless at home, what gives? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm driving cross country and parking a webcam on the dash. I also have a bluetooth GPS receiver. I want these two devices together to end up with a folder full of geotagged images, but my google-fu is failing to provide an easy answer. Does anyone out there know? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 9 answers

How do you get rid of unwanted email address that appear when sending a message in Apple Mail? This is a picture of what I want to delete. As far as I can tell, there is no way to get rid of the addresses.
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 5 answers

Mail.app question. Two email addresses. I want to reply from address X, whether the original email came to address X or Y. I want this to be automatic. [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 6 answers

Problem: OSX to Windows direct-wired ethernet connection works, but the Mac can't see the shared PC drives. The PC and the Mac are both normally on wifi but the Mac's Airport is turned off now. Both machines have manual addresses set on their ethernet NICs, with direct CAT5 cable between the two; PC = 10.0.0.1/255.255.255.0; Mac=10.0.0.2/255.255.255.0. (The cable isn't a crossover, because OSX now manages that.) Ping works in both directions (i.e. from either machine to the other.) [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 18 answers

Using X11 forwarding to bring my Ubuntu server desktop to my MacBook Pro. Everything works fine if I run a specific program (e.g., Firefox) but goes to hell if I try 'startx' - I keep getting an AIGLX display error message. Any help appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 11 answers

Mac Mess Filter: help me choose personal database software. [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 13 answers

How do I stop the mouse pointer from moving to the selected button automatically in OS X? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 10 answers

Are there any handy utilities or iTunes plugins to help sync my mp3 player (which appears as simply a mass-storage drive) from my macbook? [Something like a mac version of badapple.]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 2 answers

How can I keep the Users folder tidy in Leopard? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Good batch photo editing software for Mac? (I want to apply a tungsten filter to a large batch of digital images) [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me hack into my own flickr account [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 11 answers

While casually surfing, why am I getting 404 errors for pages that definitely exist (like google and facebook)? How can I stop it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 17 answers

This is an OS X multi-user question. My parents have an older iMac running OS X 10.3 and various people use it at different times. I want to set up a guest account so anyone logged in on it will not have access to my parents' private information, settings, etc. I tried setting up a "test" account on my own iMac (OS X 1.4.11) but I find when I log in to it I am still able to see folders and view contents that had been created with my regular (admin) account. How do I set up an additional account so it is only able to view its own content and not that of any other account? (I don't want to use FileVault due to the potential for catastrophic data loss or denial if my parents crash their iMac with FileVault in use.)
posted on Apr 11, 2008 - 12 answers

MacPro Leopard 10.5.2, Problems with the Quadro FX 4500 card. It has dual DVI ports. It'll run 2 DVI devices when it's DVI to DVI, but it won't run the same two screens if they go via VGA (both DVI ports having a DVI to VGA adapter). The second port (port 2) has the screen detected in the Displays System Preferences but the screen never lights up. Yes, I know all about DVI extenders, etc; I need the VGA to work.
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 1 answers

I don't broadcast my wireless SSID - but, frustratingly, OSX 10.5 seems to forget my SSID, and often my password as well (WPA2 Personal.) Is this a simple setting in my router, or is OSX to blame, and can something be done to fix it?
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 5 answers

A mac on a network connects to a share point on the server and sees this instead of seeing this. [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 8 answers

I was recently trying to add a "Recents" stack to my dock in Mac OS 10.5.2 using Terminal. I entered a command, pressed enter, and then restarted the dock. From then on, I could not use the dock anymore, nor Dashboard, Spaces, Expose, or the application switcher. I also noticed that my motion sensors do not work anymore. Everything still works on other accounts on my computer, just not on my administrator account. Any ideas about how to fix this?
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for some best practice advice in moving my iTunes music and my iPhoto images off my local hard drive. The 160GB drive on my Macbook is about full. I know I can use a USB/Firewire/Network-attached external hard drive, but has anyone had luck using a service such as Amazon's S3 for this. I know if works fine for storing the files, but how usable is it to actually 'get' the files? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the best way to remote desktop into OS X 10.4 from a Windows Server 2003 AD environment? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 11 answers

The navigation buttons are disappearing from my Firefox. What's going on? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 4 answers

My Mac no longer auto-detects monitor and resolution after trying out SwitchResX. How can I get this working again without reinstalling OSX? [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm having network problems with virtualized systems. I have Macs runnig OsX 10.4 with Parallels running XP. At random times, the network fails...kinda [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 9 answers

Recovering iPhone data to OS X 10.5.2. [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I use Automator to make a PowerPoint presentation run? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 15 answers

I want to run Folding@Home on my MacBook Pro, but I want it to only fold while plugged in. Is there a way I can do this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 6 answers

Fast user switching on a Mac with a custom keyboard layout [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me rock out some automation on my spankin' new MacBook! [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Tweaking the Mac: Is it possible to configure the OS X GUI so that changing to a different language input is visible at the cursor? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 2 answers

Politically-incorrect-flash-conversion-filter: I'm trying to upload this flash image (warning: audio, adolescent humor, and probably NSFW) to YouTube, and apparently I need to convert it to video first. All the available conversion utilities seem to be for Windows, and I'm OS X based. Ideas?
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 8 answers

I think I broke my OSX.. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 10 answers

Please recommend good entertainment console emulators for Mac OS X Intel. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 8 answers

Does anyone know a way to stop icons from bouncing on the OS X doc? I'm NOT talking about unchecking "animate opening applications" in the dock preferences. That only stops opening-app bounces. I want to stop warning bounces, too. They drive me crazy. Please note that I'm using an INTEL Mac (Leopard). I've only been able to find solutions for PowerPC Macs.
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 9 answers

Easy way to turn my medical calculations website into an iPhone app? I tried fooling around with Xcode... [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 7 answers

My iBook G4 is possessed! Please help perform an exorcism. [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 6 answers