FileVault and Alternatives

Bruce Johnson made a convincing argument for the risks of using FileVault. We use FileVault at our practice to protect the confidentiality of our clients, or at least that is our intention. Our experience has been flawless, but I acknowledge the risks mentioned by Bruce. So 2 questions. First,

OS 10.3.3

Since I initially raised this issue, AOL is working again, but I had a series of crashes on startup. TechTool, Disk Utility, and DiskWarrior are all happy with the computer. My working theory now is Norton, which I am increasingly viewing as evil. I have uninstalled everything but AntiVirus, fo

OS 10.3.3

Hi all, So 10.3.3 is out with new Safari and other goodies. I have upgraded and so far so good, although my life has not changed. I keep AOL around for no really good reason and have found that it now crashes on lauch with the update, so I'm wondering what else might surface. What are people e

Printing In Reverse

I'm looking for help again. We have 2 iBooks (a 700 and 900 G3) that are both running 10.3.2. With different programs (Word, Appleworks, Safari) and different printers (Brother, Epson), we are consistently getting printouts that are in the reverse order (last page first and so forth). I have se

data recovery software

I have seen published tests of who manages to get the best recovery of files, but its generally recommended that you try different things. From my experience with OS9, and speaking as a utility junkie, I have had the most luck with Norton, but the tests seem to favour TechTool (3.0.9 for 9), bu

Booting from Firewire

Gary, Thanks for your help. It turns out that I was too eager to push buttons. For general information, the sequence is as follows: 1. Attach the firewire drive 2. Reboot holding down the option key 3. Wait while the drive options are found and displayed and (for me) there is about a 30 secon

Booting from Firewire Reprise

Further to my earlier email about booting from a La Cie d2 120 mg firewire drive connected to an iBook 900 mhz (640 mg/40 gig) running 10.3.2, holding down the option key while booting results in a screen with 3 options, the drive on the ibook, and the 2 drives I created on the La Cie. To the

Booting from an External Firewire Drive

Having used Carbon Copy Cloner to put a bootable copy of my system (ibook 900 mhz) onto a new La Cie d2 120 gig firewire drive, I am trying to remember if there is a key sequence that can be pressed when booting the computer so that it boots from the external drive. Can anybody help? Thanks, J

Panther and Norton

Hi Again, Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my question about installing Panther. It is up and running well, as far as I can see so far. However, I have found that while DiskWarrior and Apple's Disk Utility are happy with the end result (with some post-installation repairs),

Does Panther Really Bite?

Hi All, I'm using an iBook 900 (640 mg/ 40 g) with 10.2.8 with Netscape 7.1, Word X, Now Up-to-Date and Contact 4.5.1, and the latest Appleworks as the key programs I cannot afford not to work. I have received 10.3 and am hesitating prior to upgrading. There are various kinds of feedback in th

Appleworks 6.2.7

Hi, After researching the discussion boards it turns out that this latest version of Appleworks for OS X has a recognized problem with collecting recent items into a folder that gradually fills up and increasingly slows down the program. This continues to occur if you specify under preferences

iBook Adventures

Now that we may be returning to computers again, I have wanted to thank the list for a long time for the feedback on various problems I have posted. The knowledge pool here is vast and given so unselfishly. I don't need my techs to be gentle, I prefer clear. Having almost recovered from purchas

Stuffit 8.0

We have had a minor computer crisis here in the iBook home. At the repeated urging of Stuffit, we upgraded to 8.0, only to find that programs and upgrades unstuffed with it do not run. Aladdin says that this is because Apple told them to do that and they offer a work-around that does not so fa

Volume Wrapper

Hi, I have just replaced my Wallstreet with a new iBook. When I run DiskWarrior 3, some scans indicate that there is a serious problem with the volume wrapper that it then fixes. Can anybody remind me of what a volume wrapper is, the significance of errors with it, and why this problem may reo

Dragon Naturallyspeaking 7 and Virtual PC 6

Hi, Does anybody know if the new and apparently impressive, but PC only Dragon Naturallyspeaking works effectively with Virtual PC 6? John -- John Pullyblank, Ph.D., R.Psych. Managing Director The M. Jackson Group Inc. - Psychologists NEW WESTMINSTER OFFICE 210 - Sixth Street

Modifying OSX

Somebody posted the other day that they wanted something other than aqua in OSX and were roughed up a bit in the responses. Is the following from CNET Download.com helpful? IN UTILITIES: THEMEPARK Version: 1.0 File size: 2.65MB License: Free to try; $20 to buy Minimum requirements: M

Battery Monitor Question

While the control strip provides some information on the state of the battery, the shareware program "Mybattery" allows you to create a custom display that shows such things as what is charging and what is trickle charging, hours of use, hours remaining, and even things related to heat and cpu

Laptop Sleep

I'm surprised by people advising that the problems associated with sleeping mac laptops should be simply avoided by not using this powerful function. I regularly work at public desks where I open my Wallstreet, wake it, and begin working, while the windoze crowd boots up to loud music. The wh