Mac Systems

Mail Wont Be Kept In Dock
I recently created an Internet Tools folder within my Applications folder and moved Mail to Applications/Internet Tools. Since then, the Mail icon in my wife's account has disappeared from her dock. When I open Mail from the Applications folder it appears on the dock but there is no "Keep In Dock" option and it dis... 20 Jul 2010 00:32

use 17" MBP for a VGA monitor...
I can watch TV via EyeTV (not that I do watch TV) in a windwo and I can watch and control other systems with VNC in a window on my 17" MBP. I would like to be able to have software and hardware to allow a window on the 17" MBP to be a VGA monitor. I imagine I'd need some VGA to USB or Firewire device and softw... 18 Jul 2010 22:25

Apple iPhone 4 issues
On 7/17/10 9:28 AM, in article I5j0o.15503$Bh2.5645(a)newsfe04.iad, "John Wolf" <jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: On 7/17/10 10:23 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote: In article<qTi0o.12961$OU6.682(a)newsfe20.iad>, John Wolf<jwolf6589(a)THUNDERBIRDgmail.com> wrote: hats with the iPhone 4 and al... 17 Jul 2010 15:13

Need help with a Unix utility (Tiger)
I'm running Tiger (10.4.11) on a Powerbook with a 100G disk. I've just gotten a message that the startup (and only) disk is almost full. GetInfo reveals that there are only a couple of K open! I'm sure some runaway process has created a HUGE file -- several G at least. I remember 'find' being useful in such s... 17 Jul 2010 21:42

DU and Partition Map
1. What determines the order in which one's external hard drives (I have more than one) appear in DU? 2. Is there any way that an external hard drive that I had GUID partitioned could (through some software corruption, abuse, Act of God) suddenly become an Apple Partition Map hard drive -- and do so without havin... 17 Jul 2010 03:24

How to get a PID (for a Tomcat server)?
Hi, I'm using Mac 10.6.3 with Tomcat 6.0.26. Does anyone know, in bash shell, how can I get the PID of a Tomcat process? When I do ps -ef | grep java, I get this: 65421 405 1 0 0:24.05 ?? 2:29.34 /Applications/ StarTeam CPC.app/Contents/MacOS/java/bin/java -jar /Applications/ StarTeam... 18 Jul 2010 23:29

System prefs problem
When turning on my Mac Pro/10.6.4 the two network connections of Parallels desktop are on in System Prefs. I turn them off manually and - them from the list. I then lock the preference to lock out changes. The next time I boot up they are back on and green. I turned off all network connections in Parallels and I... 16 Jul 2010 18:46

can I password protect a folder?
In OS 10 (10.4.11) is there a way to make it so it a person has to have a password to open that specific folder? ... 19 Jul 2010 22:22

DU Can't Reinitialize/Reformat External Drive
In article <C864A8C1.60F82%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: One of my FW externals (used for SD! clone backups) suddenly began to behave badly: Wouldn't always mount and/or to dismount. Finally, SD! began to fail making clone backups: woul... 16 Jul 2010 09:53

new imac 27 inch - dead pixel?
just got a new imac 27 inch, there is a small black spot in the lower left hand corner. i thought it was a dead pixel but when i look sideways across the monitor it appears to be raised out from where the screen image is being drawn. from the side i can see the image underneath the glass and it is complete not ... 16 Jul 2010 14:20