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I've got two Power Macs: a 500 MHz G4 with 1.25 Gig of RAM, and a dual 2 GHz G5 with an even gig of RAM. If I run the same number and type of applications and processes (e.g., mail, address book, safari, quicken, photoshop, illustrator, terminal running top, activity manager) I notice that the...

How's that going to work for a cron job? The PID changes every time the app launches. I'd need to build a script or something that would get the PID and then kill that process.

Here's the deal: I run OSXVNC to connect to my Mac from work. I don't like the VNC server running when I'm not at work, because VNC's not that secure, and I'd prefer it not run unless I'm using it. I have a cron job that starts the server in the morning, while I'm on my way to work. If I...

After I posted this, I was wondering about that myself. If Apple wanted to put out a 2-inch thick brick of a laptop with a G5 in it, they could probably do it tomorrow. But an "unreasonably thin" G5 laptop will probably take a while. 2Q 2005, maybe?

I was reading that the PPC970FX (the chip that ships in the new PowerMac G5s and the Xserve) dissipates 24.5 watts at 2.0 GHz. If this is true, then why is getting a G5 into a laptop such an engineering challenge? The hottest P4 chips used in laptops ran about 30 watts (and the next-generation...

I always let Software Update do the installs itself. If the install.log file is rotated, then things are even weirder, because the most recent updates listed in the log are from January of 2004. Also, another thing that Sofware Update doesn't do right is check daily for updates the way I...

I tried that, and the most recent entry in the "installed updates" tab is from January. So for some reason or other, the log isn't being updated. I fixed permissions, so next time I download an update (or sideload a downdate, or whatever) I'll check to see if it ends up in the log.

Yep, they're there. Forgot to look there. But why aren't they in the log? I ran repair permissions, and there did seem to be some sort of permissions issue. I guess I'll have to wait for the next Software Update to find out if that fixes the problem.

Almost all of the security updates I've installed in the past year and a half. I wanted to be sure I'd installed 204-12-02, which seems to be a pretty extensive patch, but I had to trust Software Update when it said my system is up to date, because the update (and most other security updates)...

I just did, and it shows the same entries it does when I'm logged in as myself.

I noticed that Software Update does not log most of the installations it's done, i.e., they don't appear in the "installed updates" tab. Some appear, most don't, without any obvious rhyme or reason. Anyone have any ideas why some updates will be written to the log and other not? Is it perhaps...

My G4 has a fully-qualified domain name associated with it. How do I get the system to know its own name? In other words, when I log in on the command line, I'd like to see [domainname.com:~] eric% rather than [adsl-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~] eric%. Is this something I can do through NetInfo, or do I...

My machines are set up with static IP address. I tried 'ifconfig -a', but didn't find any info regarding where DNS is coming from. DNS entries will definitely show up in the Network Preference panel, but I specifically wanted to get them from the command line.

Oops. I thought you said "ipconfig." Nevermind. But ifconfig doesn't return DNS settings, which in this situation is actually what I was after.

What are the parms? If I type in "ipconfig", I just get a complaint that I haven't added any arguments. What arguments would I use to return IP address, gateway, mask, and DNS servers? Thanks

This should be an easy one: is there a terminal command you can send that will return the current TCP/IP settings (e.g., IP address, gateway, subnet mask, DNS server addresses?). Windows uses "ipconfig"; I'm assuming there's a Unix equivalent under OS X.

Yeah, that's definitely a workaround, and it usually takes TWO resets to get everything working properly. I submitted a bug report to Apple; I wonder if they'll come up with anything. I have the feeling it has something to do with the cellphone, because it seems to have a hard time with records...

Okay, I've got an iMac and a G4 PowerMac (both running OS X 10.3.5), a Palm VIIx, and a Sony-Ericsson T616. Both Macs are fully patched, running the latest version of iSync, Address Book, etc. Syncing works fine among all four devices, except for Address Book. I simply cannot get it to sync...

Okay, here's the situation. I've deleted a file. Unfortunately, I've overwritten the file with a new version, so it's not in the trash can. Fortunately, I back up my system daily (actually twice daily, but who's counting?). Unfortunately, said file is on my iDisk, which is not explicitly backed...

Yes, but one day is certainly less than twelve days. When I looked today, I had junk messages from July 26th. And I'm pretty sure that was the last time I deleted them manually. I don't really see any evidence that Mail.app ever deletes them automatically. Also, this is happening on two...