All of this leads me to wonder, why do you folks all order from Apple directly, when the resellers have a much better record in terms of timely shipping? Is there some other benefi…

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: Please enlighten me. Two words: ADC discount

hello, whenever I run Verify/Repair Permissions I would get the same results as this: Verify permissions for �computer� Determining correct file permissions. Permissions differ on…

Quote: Originally posted by fuddman: hello, whenever I run Verify/Repair Permissions I would get the same results as this: Verify permissions for �computer� Determining…

How do I make the 'F' keys default to 'F1' through 'F12' instead of having to push 'Fn' each time?

Easy enough ... download and install uControl, click in the second tab "Options", then check the first box on the left "Real Function Keys"

Cool... Thanks!

Too bad the interface is butt, and there's no application-level control (games, and, oh yeah, layout programs, etc.), and perhaps AppleScriptability, etc. Well, what do you expec…

I will soon be purchasing a Dual 1.8 G5 to replace my trusty Yikes! machine. Can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to move files over a LAN? Also, The Yikes! is running Jaguar, will there b…

Shut down both machines and start up one holding down "T" on the keyboard. This boots the machine into "Target Disk Mode", turning it into essentially a big expensive firewire hard…

Don't use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your whole user dir and expect it to work. The Prefs might not work. Copy your lib instead and import addresses and other things manually. F…

CCC is best for copying and making backups of SYSTEM folders and OS installations, not for transferring files. That is unless you want to clone an entire drive. Use Target disk M…

You could also boot from the 'Software Restore' CD and partition your new G5's drive (I recommend doing this anyway) into at least two partions. On the second partition, install a…

FYI: The Yikes! G4 will not boot as the target disk because it has a different FireWire controller that does not permit that 'feature'. You can, however, use the G5 as the target d…

Quote: Originally posted by rhogue islander: You could also boot from the 'Software Restore' CD and partition your new G5's drive (I recommend doing this anyway) into at…

Hmmm...so instead of manually unscrewing the hard drive out of my dad's old g3, dumping into a firewire case, and plugging that into the new mini mac I got for him, I can just put …

Correct.

thanks!

You guys are all screwing everything up. Seriously. You can use Carbon Copy Cloner to get your ENTIRE /Users directory as long as you copy over the netinfo database as well. Exa…

Quick question Can you reset the printer ink levels? I have an HP 5550. I refilled the ink cartridges when they got low, however, the utility still shows the previous ink levels.…

Yep. Post in the Peripherals forum for printer questions. (BTW, it's probably the chip in the cartridge telling the printer they're still empty. I'm not too familiar with HP's car…

I recently bought a 40 gb hitachi harddrive for my pismo g3/400, and now I am trying to install panther on it. Whenever I get to the disk select screen, it tells me that I can not …

Update - it seems that all i needed to do is restart the computer and boot from the OS X discs again. After this, panther let me install onto the harddrive.

Quick questions. Does anyone know at about what temp the fan on the PB12-inch Rev B should turn on? Mine starts at 52 celcius. Also when I play games (Tiger Woods 2003) my temp goe…

My fan turns on around 46C. I've hit low 60s before doing various intensive things like ripping a lot of CDs, using a lot of graphic apps, etc.