Check NetInfo Admin to see if root is enabled. If it is, someone knows your admin password. And if it isn't, something's very strange.

I'm willing to bet it was a friend playing a prank. It could have also been a screenshot set as the wallpaper that possibly contributed to the effect in some way.

Do you have your computer set to turn on at a certain time? It's not possible to send a remote command to a computer that is truly powered off without using special network cards d…

Oh wait, I thought of something else, do you have your computer set to turn back on after a power loss? If so, maybe you had a power outage? I think if the machine is already off w…

Thanks for the replies. root is enabled on my computer and it was scheduled to start up everyday at 7:30am. The door to my room was locked so no one had physical access to my co…

The root account is an account of its own, so you can change that password any way you can change the password on your regular account when logged in. You can also use the "passwd"…

In /Applications/Utilities, open Netinfo Manager. Under the Security tab on my system, there are three headings: Authenticate Change Root password... Enable Root User I suspect t…

Hmmmmm. You don't have Patchlink installed on your system do you? A nasty (potentially) bug has been discovered recently where Patchlink spawns a Finder process as root, giving an…

No patchlink installed. I've now changed my root password and main user account passwords. Filevault is also enabled. Not sure what else I could do to secure my system in case t…

Just ran into something really annoying. Illustrator CS: We have a user that all of a sudden logged in as that user, Option-Click an image or text box will not copy anymore along w…

Every user can have their own preferences, keyboard shortcuts, etc. She probably just needs to set that up properly. Though the shift-resize issue is strange. Might try rebuilding …

Out of nowhere I no longer have sound in any browser on my mac. I have a powerbook g4 with the most recent version of OS X. Quicktime in the browser seems to work, it is all other …

Often times this can be fixed by launching GarageBand.

That did it. Amazing. I have looked everywhere on google for an answer to this. Thank you so much.

I fixed it by opening Audio MIDI Setup (in Applications/Utilities) and choosing Audio Output Format @ 44100.0 Hz & 2ch-16bit.

I wanted to learn more about SQLite and decided to use my Yojimbo database as a test subject. I've got data coming out of it and displaying to a web browser now. Just some early ex…

I've been loathe to invest time in another DB now that I'm getting comfortable w/ MySQL. I'm wondering what you experience as benefits of SQLite? How "lite" is it? Does everyt…

SQLite and MySQL are totally different. SQLite is a library/api of functions an application can use to manage data in database form, without the user requiring a database "server"…

does anyone know if the new final cut universal version that's about to come out will work with the older g5 macs? or do i have to have a brand new intel based mac? i'm assuming …

Yes, it will work on G5 Macs (and probably G4s too).

This is why they're called "universal" binaries.

Universal Binary means by definition that you can use the application on PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs at the same time.

I'm getting a G3 iBook 900 with the RAM maxed (640MB). I'll mostly be using it for school, but there are some other apps I'd really like to run. Can anyone let me know if these s…

You can put a SuperDrive in it. http://www.mcetech.com/ibg3dvdr8dl.html It will run Tiger without any issues and Quake 3 should be ok since it has a 32MB video card. The other …

Congrats on the new iBook! You'll love it You can definitely put Tiger on it. I had Tiger on a 500 MHz G3 iBook and it ran fine. If you don't like memory-heavy things like Dashb…