I just got an Airport Extreme Base Station. I am planning to use this one replace my current Linksys router. This works fine. My another purpose of getting this device is to use its USB port to connect to several external HDs as my backup Time Machine.
I can see one 500GB HD through Airport Base Station. However, I cannot format it by using Disk…
i have 10.5.8 OS X rite now..
i want it to be 10.6.3 ..
i have downloaded the update but its ttelling u need 10.6 to update to 10.6.3 ]
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so how to update from 10.5.8 to 10.6.3 ?
Due to a clicking and beeping problem on my Macbook Pro (MBP), I got a 1 to 1 replacement from Apple which arrived today. I was able to my original setting using Time Machine restore. That works great.
But after the restore and software update, the click on Time Machine to back up. But it says it doesn't recognize the backups. Now I am doing a…
I have Netgear WNR1000 150N, Macbook Pro 13" with Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0, Network connection 60mbps
When I connect through the cable I easily get around 60mbps. When I go through the WiFi it's capable to get only 32mbps at tops. Any ideas why is that? Is that my router limitation or maybe my WiFi card? If it is routers fault what router would…
When I switch to the Finder using cmd-tab, no open Finder windows show up.
I switched to finder with cmd-tab, Finder is brought to the front, but its windows are not.
I have a MacBook that has unfortunately died on me. I randomly got a pop up message that said I needed to restart my computer, and once I did, I was greeted with the blinking folder question mark start up screen.
I've tried everything, including running Disk Utility repair and reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling OS X. All of my…
I'm encountering issues installing Windows alongside my Lion install. I'm attempting to install from the internal SuperDrive, after using Boot Camp to partition what was a single, HFS+ volume.
When holding down Option at boot, the CD appears in the startup list, but upon selecting it, I get a gray screen for 5 minutes, then a flashing…
hi,
I use OSX. When launch X11 this open a xterm.
how I can automatically locate xterm in a specific position every time I open X11? (centered on the screen)
many thanks.
Im having an weird bug on my MacBook Pro. When I start the machine, the dock have some graphic lag, the same when I open and close windows.
The solution is simple, just open the AutoCAD and close it and the bug is gone.
The same if I open AutoDesk Maya or other similar 3D program. My question where is not how to fix it, but why it…
Hello,
After update to 10.6.4 there's an issue: any new users that I create in Server Prefs/WGM can't post to their blogs, comment, create wiki pages... They can't do anything!
There's log from Wiki errors (when user DURAK tries to create new blog entry):
[HTTPChannel,5,127.0.0.1] Traceback (most recent call last):…
I'd like to restrict a range of udp ports to a single application (or a user). What I'd like to achieve is not simply blocking a bind() from other uids, but also remove the range from a pool that can be auto-assigned.
For example, if someone tries to explicitly bind 12345, but doesn't run the specified app, they…
When in the office, I'm connected to a 192.168.1.0/24 network. When Internet Sharing is off, when I run
netstat -nr
the first entry shows
default 192.168.1.254 UGSc 10 62 en0
If I turn Internet sharing on, it shows
default link#5 UCS …
I have gone to system preferences and set it to the absolutely maximum on the slider bar and its still fairly slow - much slower than I am used to on my PC!?
I have an iMac that was from the first generation of aluminum iMacs. The reported model is "iMac 7,1".
This iMac's manual says I can put 2 2GB modules, but when this manual was made we don't have modules with more than 2GB and also we had Leopard then, that I suppose can handle less memory than Snow leopard.
…
The Macbook pro unibody has two graphic cores: the 9600 and the 9400. When running OS X you can choose which core you want to use.
How do you disable the 9600 and use the 9400 instead on Windows (bootcamp) ?
After my logic board was replaced, I connected my laptop back to my network, and Time Machine gave me a popup, as shown on this thread:
http://superuser.com/questions/78068/recycle-time-machine-for-new-machine/78264#78264
I misread the question and clicked on "Create New Backup" when I should have clicked on…
Im prety sure i completely removed mysql from my system, except for one thing. When i type mysql in the command line i get this
bash: /opt/local/bin/mysql5: No such file or directory
How is it still recognizing where it thinks mysql should be? I'm trying to build it myself in /usr/local, and when i do…
I know in TextMate I can go to preferences - advanced - folder references and play with the regex pattern to remove certain types of files and folders by default.
I heard that if you have an existing project, however, and chance these, the project is not affected.
From a similar but different angle, I…
I have windows 7 (professional OEM) installed in bootcamp.
Not thinking about it, I activated it running in fusion.
now in fusion everything is fine, but when i run it directly it says it needs activation.
I read that one actually needs to activate it directly first, and afterwards in fusion.
How can…
My operating system is OS X. If a page which has a Java applet in it, Firefox crashes. Safari is works great without any problem on those pages.
What would cause this problem, and how can fix it?
I have an old Macbook1,1 which has Snow Leopard on it. I'd like to get Win 7 on it by using Boot Camp Assistant, however my superdrive is not working (It just spits out any disc I put in within 10 seconds). I know how to get Win 7 installed by using USB drive, but I still need Boot Camp to create the…
I want to plug in an external HD on it to torrent up never ending (mostly for seeding), with lowest priority. It should even automatically completely stop if it disturbs my net usage, and go back in later.
And I want to be able to give gaming (or my computer) the highest priority, because of its…
I've been asked to move data from an old external hard drive to a new
one, and to make the new one compatible with the Macintosh. (The old
drive's USB connection has died, and I'm connecting to old the drive using
a PC card that provieds an eSATA to the drive. The recipient's
Macintosh doesn't…