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Yes, you just switch the tx and rx to get the connection. The plugs are not physically polarized, there's an indication on the cable so you know which fibre is which. Multimode is fine for your application, which is short and slow for fibre. If you can get single mode hardware and cable for...

I have an Epson perfection which probably works much the same. For it there is a module... /library/Image Capture/TWAIN Data Sources/EPSON Perfection 3170.ds which is its interface with TWAIN. Do you have a similar module? In my case I probably just ran the scanner install program...

I think what you're looking for is ~/.bash_profile which is the same as... /Users/yourusername/.bash_profile Now, this is true for OSX 10.4 which uses bash. I think 10.5 and up may use a different shell, someone will step in and let us know if that's the case. Regardless of the shell...

I've given up on trying to keep machines “really” clean. The file count on a machine can easily approach a million so as long as the garbage does not consume a lot of disk space I usually don't take the time to track it down. Onmi Disk Sweeper does a good job of displaying files in order of...

Well, this is kind of an unusual question but I know a little about Swarovski crystals. Swarovski is well known for making the best crystals and crystal beads, they're the gold standard. When it comes to crystals which are glued on (and that's exactly how it's done) it depends how well any one...

Very recently Little Snitch has started picking up this request and I've not seen it before. Does anyone know what this is? The warning is shown in the attached image. Edit: When I first saw this a few days ago it was asking for permission to access a domain name rather than an IP address...

Two things... Realize that an application is already a folder, it contains the “real” executable file and support files inside. It's easy enough to see, choose an app, right click and choose “Show package contents”. Almost everyone reading this site already knows this. About using the...

I often create folders for applications which have extra files like readme.txt. It's just easier that way so I don't have stray read me files scattered all around. If there's any question about where to put extra files I just create the new folder with the app name. As an aside, I usually put...

I knew this had been asked before. Sideways Video

Clamshell is just a descriptive term for running the laptop with the lid closed. I wanted to run the laptop with the lid open but the screen turned off, for convenience. (I have an external keyboard so the clamshell mode does work for me but it's not what I wanted.) Running the MB with the...

If you find a way I'd also like to know. I've been looking for an answer to this for quite a while. You can dim the display all the way down of course.

Read carefully, it comes only with the U.S. plug unless the purchaser specifies a different adapter plug. That note is at the very bottom of the list of compatible computers.

You can run as many as you want. I run an external trackpad and a mouse now but I've had multiple mice connected as well as multiple keyboards. They're just another USB (or Bluetooth) device to OSX.

Been there, done that (for a friend). You'll need a new keyboard, there's contamination in the membranes. Check the prices at http://www.ifixit.com/

The black box is the cover flow style view of the pages you've visited. You can make it smaller by dragging the three short horizontal lines in the center upwards. Are you not seeing the images of the pages you've viewed in the box?

This AppleScript will lock the screen providing you have the “Lock” icon displayed in your menu bar. You enable that through Key Chain Access preferences. I use this with a QuicKeys keyboard shortcut to lock the screen. tell application "System Events" to tell the front menu bar of...

I don't know why you can't find it with Pacifist. It's in the Applications folder - /Applications/Stickies.app.

Well, I'll give this... You're persistent in wanting to make a point. But... guess what? That solution doesn't work, the problem remains. The first threads over there popped up months ago. Update: Well, I decided give it another shot and get brutal with it. sudo mv...

There's a long thread in the Apple forums about this issue. Lots of people trashed their prefs file(s) only to have the problem return. I didn't feel like resetting all my prefs for Network and I don't use the setting very often so having the work-around suits me just fine. Hopefully Apple...

The solution above did not work for me. What does work is creating a new user account (non admin) and making the change within that account. When you request the change you'll be prompted for an admin password to authenticate but at least you'll be rid of the stupid endless loop. This was the...