December 2004

The system prompts you asking if you want to archvie the contents of the users home folder in a disk image (.dmg) file. This disk image gets put into /Users/Delete Users/ If you click OK, this is what the computer does. If you click Delete Immediately,...

Password - enter the users full name and short name; enter password and optional password hint. Although it is possible to create a user without a password, doing so is discouraged for security reasons. The short name can be up to 255 Roman characters, however, if the...

Answer: Password, Picture, Security, Startup Items, Limitations Startup items is only available when you are configuring your own account, and Limitations is only available when youre editing other accounts. ...

Normal user - can edit their own settings only, desktop pic. cannot make system-wide changes Admin user - can make system-wide changes such as Network, Date & Time, Sharing, Energy Saver, Startup Disk. Can use NetInfo Manager and Directory Setup System administrator- by default, this account is...

- check installation log - confim that the firmware is up to date - restart/reinstall - check for disk problems - disconnect non-essential hardware - turn off Energy Saver and screen saver preferences...

- make a backup - upgrade pre-OS X system to OS 9.2 - read "before you install" document - collect network configuration - decide on installation method...

No, not with the installer as it is built. However, if you delete the files (or move them to a backup folder) inside of /Library/Receipts , the installer will then let you install an older version of Mac OS X in place of 10.3...

open Consol (/Applications/Utilities) choose View -> Show Log List click disclosure triangle next to /var/log select install.log ...

1. Go to About This Mac, Click twice the text where it says the Mac OS X Version (although this is not a button, the text will change). (Click once over this version number shows you the OS Build version, clicking twice gets you to...

The short name can be up to 255 bytes in length. If english is selected as the language, this means up to 127 characters in length. The short name may not contain spaces or special characters ( {} [] () ^!\#|&$?~) Unlike many unix systems,...