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    osx 10.3.9 finder crashed please help!!!!!

    those commands should move all mp3/wav files to the folder "ExtraCopy" *mp3 is a wildcard that matches all files ending with "mp3" so if your files have a different ending or maybe in upper case you can try mv *MP3 ExtraCopy (you'll need to do a "cd /Users/username/Desktop" first ) About...
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    OS X keeps freezing/pausing on iBook G4

    I used Disk Utilty from within the installer DVD. I have 4 HFS+ journalled partitions/volumes and another one was converted into ext3+swap by the ubuntu installer. But the problem existed even when I did an install with a single 80GB volume.
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    OS X keeps freezing/pausing on iBook G4

    @macworks I doubt it's a loose contact since it works fine under linux I've tried reading/writing 1GB of data to the disk without any problems. @lombarke yes it says iBook on it, but then there are no OS drivers for harddisks afaik. the drivers are only for the IDE controllers and that hasn't...
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    Free Data Recovery On OSX??

    If it was a complete format with an overwrite over the entire hard disk you are out of luck but otherwise take a look at this. it ignores the filesystem and looks for files on the disk itself. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec Probably a good idea to create a copy of the harddisk itself...
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    osx 10.3.9 finder crashed please help!!!!!

    To get into single user mode hold down Cmd+s while the system is starting up... it should boot up with no GUI and leave you on console as root These are the commands to use. ## Lines beginning with ## are comments ##Go to your desktop cd /Users/username/Desktop ##(if you don't know your...
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    OS X keeps freezing/pausing on iBook G4

    My 2004 ibook G4's hdd crashed/died and Apple wanted US$300+service charges for a 30GB hard disk. So I decided to fix it myself and put in a 80GB Seagate hard disk(about US$100 and 3yr warranty as opposed to Apple's 1year.). I installed OS X Panther from the DVD I got with the system and I...
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