What is multiprocessing or multitasking? What is symmetric multiprocessing?
The ability to execute more than one task at the same time, a task being a program. The terms multitasking…
What is protected memory and when was it introduced?
Memory protection is a system that prevents one process from corrupting the memory of another process running on the same…
What are preemtive and cooperative multitasking and when was it introduced? How does Mac OS X compare to Mac OS 9 in this regard? What other operating systems use either preemtive or cooperative multitasking?
There are two basic types of multitasking: preemptive and cooperative. preemptive – preemptive multitasking, the operating system parcels out CPU…
Safari Bookmarks and History
~/Library/Safari/ Bookmarks.plist Downloads.plist Form Values History.plist Icons – copying over these items to the new ~/Library/Safari folder seems to work
Notes on Addresss Book
ADDRESS BOOKs DATA FILES ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ ABPerson.skIndex AddressBook.data AddressBook.data.beforesave AddressBook.data.previous Images ~/Library/Preferences com.apple.AddressBook.plist Address Book will exhibit funny behavior if…
class notes from Apple OS X 10.2 Server Certification class
– Rendezvous. threatening to networking community because it’s putting techs out of work. – think about how this is changing…
ISSUE Monitor resolution only shows one option
G4 Cube experienced a resolution problem with the Sony G520. Only one availalbe resolution, 1024×768, was appearing as an option…
ISSUE Keybard types funny keys
1. Check “Key Caps” (Apple Menu) Does the keyboard appear correctly in Key Caps? Skip to step 3. If they…
ISSUE Internet Explorer 5.1 Crashes on Launch
KNOWN AGENTS: – Internet Explorer 5.1 – Suitcase 8.2 from macfixit.com 1/30/02: It appears that Internet Explorer must added to…
ISSUE Internet access troubles using AOL
aol and OS 9 If you are having troubles accessing the internet either through aol or through a browser when…