Path Finder

Got in touch with Adaptec on this one and they were puzzled, too. After a few days I called tham back. Turns out they were able to reproduce the issue. What they found out was, basically, the driver was going so fast it was choking the finder. They told me ATTO cards run at 12mbps and they measured this at 40mbps! Two things confirmed this: 1. We tried transfering data from...

Since this is a privileges error, I'd like to "advertise" this script once more. I'm trying to gauge how useful it actually is. I really hope this helps. Permissions problems are a ***** in OS X.

Now, once the Terminal finishes opening, type "sudo " with the trailing space. Now drag the file "chkUGM" from the Finder window to the Terminal window. Then press return. The Terminal should ask for your password. ...

Here, lemme whip up a simple AppleScript to do the job, using the command-line: (Start time 21:45:40) (Stop time 22:38:00) OK so it took longer than I thought... :P Here's an applet for zipping a file: choose file with prompt "Choose a file to zip:"

st move a target of an alias, it still knows what item is the real one, since it defaults to finding the item by id number, and opens it up rather than using the path that is also included in the alias for speed. ...

I am a programmer, and the idea of an alias or image that references a path to a file makes good sense, but... the mac doesn't have a registry, and so I can't really visualize how the MacOS can map these launchers to... to what? ...

Here's how you change privs: Get info on what you want to change, by pressing Cmd-I after selecting the file in the Finder. Then click on the popup and drag to "Privileges". Here you should be able to change the privs for the owner, the group, and everyone else. Unfortunately, this doesn't work all the time, so here's how to do it via the command lind: Open the...

Just so you all know, there is actually no limitation on the characters you can use in a filename in UNIX, and consequently OS X, with one exception. You cannot have a forward slash in a name. (Consequently, if you know how to input the characters correctly, you can actually have a carriage return in a filename) With OS X, the Mac inherits the / limitation, but because...

Ive been on the look out manuals of any kind, that ARENT about showing people The Dock, or The Finder or The Eject Button... ...

where "directorytocopy" is the path to the directory you want to copy over, and "targetdir" is the path to the folder where you want the contents to go on your 60 gig hard drive. ...