Mac Systems

Freeware for Cleaning up Hard Drive
Hi, Does anyone know of any freeware to clean up my hard drive? It'd be nice to be able to get rid of files that are never used, files left over from old deleted programs, and just files that aren't even needed or necessary. Thanks! Graphite Clamshell iBook SE - Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther ... 1 Jun 2010 14:11

Printing problem. Can anyone help me?
I have this problem with a number of different applicationos, in a number of different contexts. I hope there's something out there to help me. I frequently want to print a document and find the print is too small or too large to fit on a page properly. I set up the page (sometimes an 8.5x11 letter, someti... 1 Jun 2010 13:05

Time Machine doing some weird stuff
I have Time Machine set up on my MacBook Pro. Every now and then when it backs up, it'll back up several gigabytes of information, even though I haven't touched my computer in a day or two. I have no idea what new information it could be backing up that is so large. Most of the time, it happens when nothing has... 1 Jun 2010 11:58

VMWare Fusion
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: I am so sick and tired of the lame Mac BB app and the many limitations of Entourage. [After some guesswork, I assume BB means "Blackberry".] I am thinking about VMWare Fusion. How is it? Parallels was slow on my 2GB RAM Mac running WinXP (I have high standards ... 8 Jun 2010 17:12

Sticky bit (SetUID) doesn't work?
MBP:~ sysadmin$ ls -lat bin/MG -rwsrwxr-x@ 1 root staff 132 May 27 06:54 bin/MG MBP:~ sysadmin$ !$ bin/MG (lots of permission denied follows) in 10.6.3 - why? -- Wes Groleau Lesson plans and activities Feb. 23-27 http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1372 ... 2 Jun 2010 20:54

Power Mac G4 Power Supply is Dead(?)
The faithful Mac no longer powers on. I took it to the Apple store and it was diagnosed as a bad PS, but since it's so old, they don't service them any longer. I've been on line and there is a PS for $90 which is doable. However some questions answered would put my mind at rest. The Apple store thinks I have a ba... 1 Jun 2010 18:37

System forgot admin password (10.4.11,PPC)
With no known provocation, the system (10.4.11, PPC) will no longer accept the system/master password I have used for the last several years. Any simple (or at least reasonable) way to reset it if nobody knows what it thinks the present one is? -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+... 4 Jun 2010 20:17

window frames and process names (Terminal)
I have Terminal 2.1.1 (273) on OS 10.6.3 (10D573) Just noticed something odd. I had just entered find .. -type f -exec grep -l "Restriction status" {} \; and while it was looking, the "active process name" in the title bar was "perl 5.10.x" (forgot the other digit). When it finished, and the prompt return... 31 May 2010 15:16

iChat nor AIM can send SMS Messages
On 5/31/10 10:51 AM, in article jwolf6589-18CB1D.13515731052010(a)nntp.charter.net, "John" <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: When I send an SMS messages from AOL Instant Messenger or iChat to my Sprint phone, for some reason I get a message back saying "Auto-reply: Your message could not be delivered. Pleas... 1 Jun 2010 10:51

Imminent Demise of MacSpeech?
Imminent demise of MacSpeech? I hate to be a pessimist, but it certainly looks that way to me. I tried my best to encourage the use of MacSpeech. I even bought all their crappy software, just to check it out, and evaluate it for others here. I was accused by some here as being in the employ of MacSpe... 30 May 2010 18:41