Using an Airport Express as a wireless extension to Linksys WRT network with WPA2

Whew! What a mouthful. Alright I had already posted on how to get the Express talking to Sveasoft’s firmware using WDS and WEP. This allows the Express to connect wirelessly to the Linksys and let me play my music, etc. Since then I had upgraded my WRT to the Linksys 4.70.6 firmware which supports WPA2… Continue reading Using an Airport Express as a wireless extension to Linksys WRT network with WPA2

Need some AirTunes ideas

Update: I found a solution over at vafer.org My LinkSys WRT54GS just happens to run Sveasoft’s Talisman firmware (1.0.5) and it worked! Sveasoft has come under fire for their GPL practices which I don’t like either, but their firmware is good. For the record, the steps this fellow suggests work fine. I had to ditch… Continue reading Need some AirTunes ideas

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Bad Dual G5 RAM

So about a year ago I was using Apple’s Compressor, a video encoding application that comes with Final Cut and DVD Studio Pro. I was getting weird red blotches, glitches, skipping frames, etc. After a week of debugging I just gave up, too much else to do. iDVD worked, so alright. Last Thursday I was… Continue reading Bad Dual G5 RAM

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Care for your CDs/DVDs

This document from NIST covers some cd/dvd basics. Like don’t use markers! The solvents actually eat through the label side and ruin the disc. You can mark on the little clear spindle area. No adhesive labels either. Ouch.

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Interesting Linux Review

MadOnion posted a review of SUSE Linux 9.1 (site down, slashdotted) and while I skimmed over it, curious about what is going on in the Linux world, some quotes in the summary caught my eye… “SUSE LINUX 9.1 is an excellent Linux distribution for the price. At $89.95 USD, you would be hard pressed to… Continue reading Interesting Linux Review

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Ah networking!

I have a Netgear WGR614 (version 1) router that I had upgraded to beta firmware to allow WPA encryption. I could never get my TiBook with its Linksys 802.11g card to connect however. I also wanted to look into using my G5 as a router. So I bought an Asante PCI 10/100 card and went… Continue reading Ah networking!

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Nasty iPhoto 4 comments bug

You can apply comments to the wrong photo by accident by doing the following: Select an album or Last Film Roll that has more than one photo Drag your photo zoom slider all the way to the right so you see just one photo Select photo 1 Type in some comments for photo 1 Now… Continue reading Nasty iPhoto 4 comments bug

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iPhoto 4.0.1 failure to update fix

If you are having problems getting iPhoto 4.0.1 to update your thumbnails, check the permissions on your Pictures and iPhoto Library folders. In my case, both folders had a group of “unknown” instead of “staff” Changing that allowed me to update my photo library! And no, using Disk Utility’s Repair Permissions did not fix this,… Continue reading iPhoto 4.0.1 failure to update fix

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Fixing slow Panther 10.3.2 boot times

This Apple Discussion tells how to fix the slow boot issue. Copying the text from the web page may introduce odd spaces, so you can copy from here: sudo cp /System/Library/Extensions/BootCache.kext/Contents/Resources/BootCacheControl /usr/sbin Then reboot twice.

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A Fix for crashing iChat and other audio issues on Panther

Found this on the Apple Discussion Board, thanks to Ron for this! Somehow the line out rate got st to 32,000. “I found this in the Panther forum, and changing my sound out rate WORKED! “Find your way to the Applications folder and open “UTILITIES” OPEN THE AUDIO MIDI SETUP APPLICATION SET YOUR LINE IN… Continue reading A Fix for crashing iChat and other audio issues on Panther

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Security hole in OS X – Read this

Read this article at MacSlash to learn how to secure your OS X 10.3 or 10.2 Directory Access is an Application in /Applications/Utilities/

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Ahhhhhh Even Macs can suck time

So I made a movie in Final Cut Express and went to burn it in iDVD. Two days later, four kernel panics, 100 failed burns, crashes, etc, iChat getting corrupted and crashing when sounds were played, I have done a Archived Install from the G5 discs, installing jaguar, then upgraded to panther, and now I… Continue reading Ahhhhhh Even Macs can suck time

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FileVault breaks some applescripts

After the Apple Store Grand Opening, I had to move some photos from the laptop to the G5 and I wanted to preserve my comments. So I broke out the trust Caption Buddy, which gave me errors. After some wasted time, I found that on a system using FileVault, “/Users/yourname/Sites/index.html” as posix file becomes “:yourname:Sites:index.html”… Continue reading FileVault breaks some applescripts

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Java 1.4.1/Panther

Apple released Java 1.4.1 for Panther but it does not seem to be there in Software Updates (Shouldn’t panther have already had 1.4.1?) Anyway, there it is.

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Panther Ships!

Well Panther is finally out (early, too! This guy got his) and I must tell you, Panther is amazing! You’ll find Panther to be much, much faster and more streamlined. There is so much to talk about! If you are the kind of person that likes to upgrade ASAP, you’ll find Panther incredibly useful. I… Continue reading Panther Ships!

Panther lives here!

As most Macintosh diehards know, Apple is rumored to be close to releasing Mac OS 10.3, codenamed “Panther” This Panther category will be used for all Panther related articles.