Mac Systems

Wireless N Router Question
I'm currently using a Netgear (model WGR614v7) wireless router with 802.11g capability, with my new MacBook Pro accessing Verizon 768k DSL. I currently--only occasionally--share the network with a Win7 laptop and an iPhone 3gs, and on those occasions there seems to be frequent bottlenecks. 80% of the time it'... 10 Jan 2010 20:46

When did the logo change ?
OK, I must have been in a coma in the last 20 years.... When did Apple drop the "rainbow" colours from its logo and get a white/grey logo ? Was it when Jobs all-mighty came back to Apple ? (G3 days). I know that a year or two ago, they removed the "Computers" from their corporate name. ... 12 Jan 2010 14:04

Video Drivers info
How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on mac osx? I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different problems. How can i do that on mac os X? Thanks in advance ... 12 Jan 2010 14:04

Restore Login Items
I was fiddling with files I should have left alone and have managed to delete my Account login items. I'd like to restore them with Time Machine rather than reconstruct them manually, but so far haven't located the file(s). Can someone tell me where to look and what the name of the file is? Thanks in ad... 8 Jan 2010 17:18

Simple question for Mac OS using medical people
Question: Does the blog below reflect _your_ feelings about why EMR forms are not widely "implemented" in the USA? Some estimates mention only 10% of medical people in the USA use EMRs, the rest use just plain word processors to fill out all required paperwork. I am assuming Mac OS medical users, at le... 11 Jan 2010 14:14

Java running amok
Ever since a powercut last night Java has been running at between approx. 80 and 130% CPU usage. Restarts, logging into other accounts, quitting the Java process, closing all apps - none of it helps. I'm on a mid-2007 24" 2.8GHz iMac running 10.5.8. Any advice beyond reinstalling OSX which I'm not keen on? I have... 8 Jan 2010 20:41

FrankenMac?
FrankenMac? The Swiss government and IBM are funding this! <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1240410/The-real-Franken stein-experiment-One-mans-mission-create-living-mind-inside-machine.html> Mark- ... 7 Jan 2010 09:03

ISP speed
I am out in the boonies of Costa Rica. I managed to get internet via tower broadcast. It is not very good but the only store in town. There are no telephone lines where I live. Most people use cell phones. Anyway, my question is about the ISP speed. My provider uses speedtest.net to test the speed it is pr... 11 Jan 2010 08:38

Odd USB Extension Cable
Someone just "gifted" me with a large box of assorted cables. Among them was an Apple-branded USB extension (male "A" on one end, female "A" on the other) with the addition that the female connector has a little bump sticking into the side of the socket so that no "ordinary" male USB plug can be inserted. I'm t... 6 Feb 2010 18:31

How to trim excessive size of log file? [OS X 10.6.2]
On 2010-01-06, Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: My local hard drive is getting full so I'd like to clear some cruft. I find that /private/var/log/kernel.log.1has grown to over 6 GB; how can I reclaim some of this disk space, please? Can I simply delete it? TIA. The traditional way of truncat... 8 Jan 2010 21:47