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WOW Sticky Brain is such a great application — #6

Quote: Originally Posted by jbleisure QuickNote? What's that? Check out the preferences. There's a keystroke-combination that (when enabled) will bring up a window for taki…
MacNN Software by philcozz

classic OS9 not working — #1

I get the following error message. Is it a free download and can i get it from the apple web site. Also why has it stopped working.
MacNN Software by demibob

classic OS9 not working — #2

Evidently your Classic system folder got corrupted and is no longer recognized by OS X. If you have a recent machine, a Classic installer is on the Extra Software disc. If you don'…
MacNN Software by Big Mac

classic OS9 not working — #3

I only have one mac. The extra software disc i have is for panther not tiger and i cant get it to work. Is there anywhere else i can get it.
MacNN Software by demibob

classic OS9 not working — #4

It does not matter that it's a Panther disc. Just place it in and double click the disc's icon. You'll see some Read Me files and the Classic installer. Double click the Classic in…
MacNN Software by Big Mac

classic OS9 not working — #5

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac It does not matter that it's a Panther disc. Just place it in and double click the disc's icon. You'll see some Read Me files and the Classic…
MacNN Software by demibob

Scary OS X behavior — #1

I left my apartment last week with my room door locked and my computer off. I come back and find my computer on, awake, and logged in as root with the login window sitting on top…
MacNN Software by UNTeMac

Scary OS X behavior — #2

What do you mean "logged in as root" with the login window sitting on top of everything? Like literally a desktop, Dock, etc. running under the root account, and then a login wind…
MacNN Software by Tomchu

Scary OS X behavior — #4

It was both logged in and at the login screen? Huh? Like, you have both root and fast user switching enabled and the root account had the icon next to it?
MacNN Software by Chuckit

Scary OS X behavior — #5

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomchu What do you mean "logged in as root" with the login window sitting on top of everything? Like literally a desktop, Dock, etc. running under t…
MacNN Software by UNTeMac

Scary OS X behavior — #6

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.
MacNN Software by Big Mac

Scary OS X behavior — #7

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.
MacNN Software by Tomchu

Scary OS X behavior — #8

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…
MacNN Software by jasong

Scary OS X behavior — #9

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…
MacNN Software by jasong

Scary OS X behavior — #10

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…
MacNN Software by UNTeMac

Scary OS X behavior — #11

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"…
MacNN Software by P

Scary OS X behavior — #12

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…
MacNN Software by JKT

Scary OS X behavior — #13

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…
MacNN Software by cybergoober

Scary OS X behavior — #14

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…
MacNN Software by UNTeMac

Illustrator Hot Keys plus — #1

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…
MacNN Software by m_matsu

Illustrator Hot Keys plus — #2

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 …
MacNN Software by chirpy22

PHP + SQLite + Yojimbo = fun — #1

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…
MacNN Software by darcybaston

PHP + SQLite + Yojimbo = fun — #2

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…
MacNN Software by Love Calm Quiet
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