Drag and Drop - Copy instead of move: Hold down the option key. --- Apple OSX For Beginners. * Boot from CDROM: C Firewire: T Startup Manager: Option Single User: Command S Verbose: Command V * To temporarily disable autostart items when logging in: Hold down shift when logging in. * Startup Items are located in System Preferences | Login Items For Unix Applications create statups scripts: - /System/Library/StartupItems (reserved for Apple stuff) - /Library/StartupItems (for your stuff) Starup items run as root so user beware. * Setting up printing Application | Utilities | Print Center NEXT: Add your printer. If you have no printers set up already, you will be prompted to "Add" a printer. Click "Add". If you already have a printer selected and are adding another one, click the "Add Printer" box. In the pull-down menu where it may say "Directory Services" (or something else), select "LPR Printers using IP". In the "LPR Printer's Address:", add the printers hostname (like "printer.engin.umich.edu") In the "Printer Model:" box, change it from Generic to the printer model you are using. If the printer model isn't listed there, but you have been able to print to it from a "classic" program, then go down to "other" and navigate back to /System Folder/Extensions/Printer Descriptions" and select the file from there. The setup for the "giant" printer requires you do this to select the "HP DesignJet 755CM", for example, as HP has not released an OSX PPD for this printer yet. Once you have entered the printer address and model, click "Add". If you are prompted that it couldn't resolve the name, just hit continue. If you want, you may now add additional printers. To set the default printer (if you have more than one printer), select the printer in the "Printer List", go to the "Printers" menu and select "Make Default" NOTE: If you are adding a 2nd (or 3rd...) printer, the newly added printer will become the default printer. Make sure you mean to do this! That's it! ---- * Startup items need to be put in: /System/Library/StartupItems/webGUId (and your equiv unix startup script here) ---- Applescript to restart the machine: osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to restart' --- On OSX Server 10.2.6, you cannot smbmount an OSX drive as the first (presumbably what's considered root) user. It has to be an unprivleged user. Well At least that's how I got it to work. ---- Eject the CDROM in the drive Hit mouse button or eject (F12) when turningon the powerbook. ---- Mounting your hosed drive Firewire... turn on your powerbook, press T. Turn on the other mac. Use Disk Utility to see if the drive automatically mounts. ---- Killing a hung process CTRL-CMD-ESCAPE gives you a window with a list of apps you wish to terminate