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by Dave Hamilton
He from whom all Mac knowledge flows...
Current Column
Back From The Dead With Networking, Virtual PC, & Cable Modem Answers - September 19th
Archived Columns
November 2001
Networking, Cable Modems, & USB Printer Sharing - November 16th
October 2001
Ethernet Fun, Word 6 Quandry, & DVD In Mac OS X 10.1 - October 5th
August 2001
Palm Organizing, Upgrade Tips, & Opening .EXE Files - August 17th
July 2001
Helping PC Techs With Mac Ethernet & Printing Problems - July 6th
June 2001
Network Game Hosting, PC Modems, & Old Hard Drives - June 15th
Advanced Networking Help & Missing Extensions - June 8th
May 2001
Networking Help & Portable Advice - May 18th
April 2001
IE Java Freezes & Playing DivX On Your Mac - April 20th
AirPort, Upgrading From Beta To OS X Final, & Hard Drives - April 6th
March 2001
Dave's FAQ: Viruses, X On Clones, & Old Printers - March 16th
OS X Networking, Cube Hard Drives, & The Green Hornet - March 9th
February 2001
More Toolbar Menus & Advice For Someone Coming From The Dark Side - February 26th
Wiring Your House, LaserWriter Problems, & Burning Audio CDs - February 6th
January 2001
AirPort Troubles, Modem Tips, & Printers - January 19th
December 2000
Legacy Peripherals, Non-Mounting CDs, & Logging Modem Data - December 29th
Ethernet/LocalTalk, MP3 To WAV, & Cheap Stock Trades - December 8th
November 2000
Totally Trashed Finders, Organizer 2.0, & iMac Recordings - November 24th
October 2000
Dead Clones, IE 5 Problems, & Netscape Too - October 13th
September 2000
SCSI/USB, Deus Ex Mice, & The Command Line In OS X - September 29th
Hard Drive Tips For Mac OS X Beta, Networks Problems, & iMac DV Crashes - September 18th
CD-ROMs, G4 OS Support, & Building A Gaming Network - September 1st
August 2000
The Non-Bootable G3, Upgrade Advice, & S-Video Adapters - August 18th
Trouble with FireWire On Your Pismo? Dave says, 'RTFM' - August 11th
July 2000
Inkjet Printers, iMovie Formats, & Network Problems - July 28th
.AVI Files, IDE Drives, & Weird Auto-Rebooting Macs - July 14th
From LP To CD, Ethernet Problems, & Startup Disks - July 7th
June 2000
Printing On PC Networks, DSL On Macs, & Upgrade Advice - June 30th
Spring Cleaning Tips, G4 Modem Problems, & Shutdown Trouble - June 23rd
Mix-n-Match AirPort Networks, Video Cards, & SCSI Drives - June 16th
Token Rings, Open Transport Errors, & CD-ROM Drives - June 9th
DSL Speeds W/AirPort, Remote Administration, & RAM Limitations - June 2nd
May 2000
Add-On CDRW Drives, Network Rebooting, & Monitor Problems - May 26th
Internal Speakers, Claris Organizer, & AOL Images - May 19th
Mac-PC Networking, Launcher Problems, & Cable/DSL Security - May 12th
File Synchronization, Digital Video Buying Advice, & Ethernet Cards - May 5th
April 2000
Playing .AVI Files, Virtual Memory Problems, & More On .EXE Files - April 28th
iDisk Problems & ".EXE" Files On Your Mac - April 14th
Netscape Printing & "Smart Browsing," And More MP3 Quality - April 7th
March 2000
Blessed System Folders & MP3 Quality - March 31st
Missing Finder Menus & Networking Help - March 24th
Freezing USB Mice Explained! - March 17th
Using Old Peripherals With A New Mac; An Update On Freezing Mice! - March 10th
Frozen USB Mice, Adding ATA Controllers & Florida Vacations! - March 3rd
February 2000
USB Printer Sharing, Crashes, & PCI ATA Controllers - February 25th
Upgrade Advice, Shutdown Freezes, & Using PC Parts - February 18th
The Low Down On Ethernet And Data Recovery - February 11th
Dave Shares Some Of His Techiques For Finding Answers! - February 4th
January 2000
Font Problems, Mac/PC Networking, & Upgrade Advice - January 28th
SCSI-USB Conversion, Upgrade Advice, & AGP Voodoo3 Cards - January 21st
ViaVoice Errors, Networking, & Proxy Servers - January 14th
Remote Control Another Mac for FREE & Help with Disk Images - January 7th
December 1999
MIMEs, USB Cameras, & Controlling Someone Else's Mac - December 31st
RAM, USB Gaming Options, & Mac/PC Networking - December 24th
Which Voodoo3 Card Is Right For You? - December 17th
Ethernet to LocalTalk, USB, and Helping A Mac User Choose AppleShare - December 10th
Upgrading CD-ROMs, Networking, And My First Y2K Question! - December 3rd
November 1999
Epson Printer Driver Crashes, Mac OS 9 RAM, and Finder Delays - November 26th
Novell Networks, G4s, DVD ROM or RAM, And More On DSL Stalls - November 18th
DSL Stalls, Word 6 Crashes, and More Bad RAM - November 11th
Mac OS 9 Compatibility, And The G3 Vs. The G4 - November 4th
October 1999
Should You Upgrade To Mac OS 9? - October 28th
Mac/PC Security Through Cable Modems - October 21st
USB Tips, Faster Internet, And MacOS 9 - October 14th
Dealing With The Undeletable Folder From [That Hot Place] - October 7th
September 1999
AVI and More Networking Questions Answered - September 30th
Networking and PowerBook Questions Answered - September 23rd
Yellow Monitors, And Dave Gets Corrected - September 16th
Desktop Files Explained and B&W G3s - September 9th
Products That Can Solve Your Problems - September 2nd
August 1999
Networking New Macs With Older Printers - August 26th
Dead Hard Drives and QuickTime 4 - August 19th
New Networking Nightmares - August 12th
Networking And Mac-to-Stereo Hookups - August 5th
July 1999
The Honest Truth About Hard Drives - July 29th
Positively Puzzling Printers! - July 22nd
Mind-boggling Malfunctioning Monitors! - July 15th
Dave's Rules for Backing Up Your Mac (and more!) - July 8th
A Hard Drive Specification Primer and Sanford & Son! - July 1st
June 1999
Newer Macs On Old Networks And A Fix For The Dreaded Death Spiral - June 24th
Of Drives And RAM - June 17th
How Do I Back Up My Blue & White!?!? - June 10th
The Dreaded Death Spiral - June 3rd
May 1999
Modem Scripts, Proxy Servers, Power Losses,and an AutoCAD Update - May 27th
Mega Networking, OS 8.5 On Umax Clones, Recording, and Roadrunner - May 20th
DHCP & Cable Modems, PC Emulation, and School Networking - May 13th
SCSI On B&Ws, Mac Novell Networking, and SOHO Networking - May 6th
April 1999
Word Problems, Power Strips, Swapping Motherboards, and Disk Errors - April 29th
Word Margins, Video Cards, Stuffit, Geoport Modems, and an Observer Call - April 22nd
Ethernet Printing, Netscape Prefs, Home Networks, and CrashGuard - April 15th
Upgrading To 8.5.1, Multiple Monitors, Partition Errors, And Nav Services - April 8th
The QuickTime/SimpleText Connection, 8.5.1 RAM, and Miscreant SCSI Busses - April 1st
March 1999
The Truth About Virtual Memory, Purging RAM, and the Desktop - March 25th
The Meaning Of SCSI, PC-Mac Networks, and Virus Protection - March 18th
Disk Doctor, Scanners, and PRAM, Oh My! - March 11th
Basic Networking, Type 2 Errors, And The Scrapbook - March 4th
February 1999
Missing Trash, Aliases, and Type 11 Errors - February 25th
Dave Hamilton is President and CEO of The Mac Observer, Inc. He has worked in the computer industry as a consultant, trainer, network engineer, webmaster, and a programmer for most of the last 10 years. During that time he has worked on the Mac, all the various Windows flavors, Be, a few brands of Unix, and it is rumored he once saw an OS/2 machine in action. Before that he ran some of the earliest Bulletin Board systems, but most of the charges have since been dropped, and not even the FBI requests that he check in more than twice a year.
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