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Thanks DeltaMac. That seems like a probable and good course. Does OS X's System Disk not provide a good way to do this without manually removing files? I don't really like that option without really knowing what I'm doing. I'm curious if I will lose my user account information, Mail...

Since I performed the latest Apple Software Update, OS X has gone from being amazingly speedy and stable to being quite a bit more sluggish and buggy. I've had a number of problems in which I cannot copy and paste items from OS 9 applications directly into OS X applications, where the...

I have seen this problem as well. I just experienced it this afternoon. When I restarted the computer, everything was fine. There appears to be no explanation for this - but it perhaps is not anything serious since restarting corrects it. I'm curious if there is anything more on this. I...

Thank you! I did it. I really appreciate your help! I've posted the history below to show an abbreviated list of the commands typed into the terminal. [localhost:~/desktop] Maximus% history 1 18:50 cd desktop 2 18:50 ls -al 3 18:51 touch .sbean 4 18:51...

Hi. I'm not a Unix guy. I love OS X, but I am having trouble deleting a file that was downloaded from a web site. I dragged it to my desktop, and instead of a jpeg, I got a "." file. I've downloaded another comic jpg renamed with the same name in the same directory (desktop), and I think...

Apple is the first consumer oriented computer company to provide a Unix based OS and, shortly, a Unix based/software based DVD player. "Illegal" decryption software, such as DeCSS, is Unix and Software based. While as a software person, one may "know" that that makes no difference, to large...

No conspiracies or cabals, this is the reality of knowledge based products in a complex marketplace. If Napster hadn't been the dream of a teenager, it would never have gotten started. And look what trouble they've faced. Nonetheless, it's the beginning of a new paradigm, and lots of old...

I would not doubt that Consortium fears and IP issues are holding up Apple's OS X DVD player. It seems one of the most likely explanation. This is an interesting story which vaguely relates to this subject, if only because of the interesting IP and potential technology issues: Versatile...

As a follow-up to some of the discussion about microkernel and monolithic OS structures, I thought I would point people who want to know more to a book and a very old debate between Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds regarding the relative benefits of both structures. The book is Open Sources...