my 11 questions after a months of mac use

1. no
2. don't think you can. if you have a back up of the plist you could use that.
3. try activity monitor
4. nope
5. option + yellow button
6. If you haven't saved it, it's not backed up
8. it;s the same folder
9. don't think so
10 suspending is fine

 

That didn't work for me. You use command+option+H to hide other applications, though.

 

It hides all windows for that application.

 

Ah, I see. That'd be why; I only have one window per application but a ton of applications.

 

How about the firewall? That is a good question.

 

The firewall:

Best to set it to "set access for specific applications and services". Easy and painless.

That firewall sucks, though, so I leave it off ("allow all incoming connections".)

 

You use 3rd part firewall? freeware?

 

If you have a router, you don't need a firewall.

 

well thats news to me...Ive got an old cable modem and a standard linksys...can't be the safest bet, but I'll upgrade to an airports extreme base station soon.

 

You can delete the plist and the application will make a new one with the default settings.

Open terminal
sudo killall <process name>

I've never had an OS X notes app die on me, but I'm sure it happens. I use the notes in Mail, much more reliable.

It backs up whatever is saved in your file system at the time.

Same folder, different ways of getting to it, but there is only one path to the folder.

 

Appreciate OP asking some of these, and also appreciate the responses.

 

Steermouse software/drivers will help that out. Apple seems to be missing the boat with a mouse and how they move. I noticed the same things and have switched over to a Logitech using the Steermouse drivers and the problem has been solved.

 

Actually that Linksys is probably just fine. If you got the WRT54G or something, it's a great router. If you want to get a bit more out of it you can load a different firmware on it, such as DD-WRT and Tomato

Sounds like a fun weekend project!