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Now XTools won't install. Installer.app *says* that it's done, but there's nothing there. Does anyone know how to get some kind of X windowing system up and running on 10.1.4?

XDarwin malfunctions on my machine--the dock does *NOT* work. Every time you try to use the Dock, XDarwin starts up but the application does not launch. Anyone have any input on this?

OK. Every shortcut in my Dock is within /Applications. The programs which were in this directory, and not in a subdirectory, would cause X to launch when their shortcuts were clicked in the Dock. I have put all of them into folders within /Applications and everything's fine. Now, what about the...

What about Tenon's XTools? I know it's overpriced, but I know there are others. I installed XFree86 but it wouldn't let me launch anything outside of the menubar, so I took it off. Every time I tried to use the Dock, XFree86 would start up but the application wouldn't launch. I specified...

Cooly, calmly: What is the best X windowing system for Mac OS X and how do I install it?

A dumb terminal is the best bet; poke around and you're likely to score a perfectly usable box for free. If you want to emulate a dumb terminal on your Mac, the hitch is in hardware (USB to serial), not the softare--Terminal.app is excellent. Cisco also makes a web-based version of the Cisco...

...AppleWorks 6.2.2 is WONDERFUL. I use it alongside InDesign 2.0 and have no complaints. It costs $79.00 US and does word processing, drawing, painting, database, and presentations. It's a perfect "quick and dirty" companion to the Adobe Design Collection; its support of the Photoshop file...

AppleScript it thusly (note: this is *NOT* a real script, just a general outline): tell application Terminal _____open document end tell In this context, "document" represents the terminal session. If you use ScriptEditor.app, you should be able to record this script without any trouble...

...for the wonderful use of "amok."

...may I trust you're a professional of some sort, hazmat?

...the microwave only interferes with the network when it's running, of course.

The midget-rasslin' poop devil is right.

Thursby Software, publisher of the now much less useful (thanks to OS X) Dave, offers a sister program for Windows which allows AFP access, among other things.

testuser: Hi! cockney geezer: I believe you misunderstood the first part of Kinniken's question. I belive s/he is using an Airport card as a part of a software base station, a setup in which the host computer acts in place of the hardware hub. Assuming this is correct, Kinniken, simply...

...check out the very reasonably priced (mostly free if you buy InDesign) Adobe Garamond Pro. It's a beautiful Roman-type serif font featuring beautiful glyphs of every sort and a fantastic all-around replacement for boring and less-capable TrueType/Type 1 fonts such as Times or Times New...