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No HD though. I use it to record from CableSatelliteDigital BoxDVDLD.

Formerly the electronics captain of Team 100 in the FIRST Robotics Competition, I now study Mechanical Engineering at UC.

Dont give it away or send it off to be killed, repurpose it for use as a home file server With simple configuration, you will be able to access its files wirelessly, from anywhere within your wireless network.

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Stream music, movies, and videos Save files without wasting valuable hard drive space on your primary computer The possibilities are (almost) endless All you need is a Mac running OS X with an internet connection, so lets start Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 1: The Computer To get your file server up and running, you only need two things: a Mac running OS X and an Ethernet Jack or AirPort card.

Because the original AirPort card was releases in 1999, computers produced before then (like the Power Macintosh G3 I am using) will not support wireless internet connection.

Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 2: Configuring Your File Server Apple made it extremely easy to configure your computer for file sharing in OS X.

Under the Services tab, find Personal File Sharing and check it off.

A few seconds later, Personal File Sharing will become active.

Look near the bottom of the window and notice the text (Other Macintosh users.); Keep it in mind as we go on.

You are done configuring your server Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 3: Accessing Files Now you can go onto another Mac computer within your network and start accessing files from your server Click Go from the menu bar and select Connect to Server.

As you can see, this can also be done by pressing command-K on your keyboard.

In the Connect to Server window, type in the address provided to you by your Mac server.

Note: these are the username and password of the server computer, not the computer you are currently using After entering the proper information, click Connect.

After doing so, another window will pop up, asking you what volumes you would like to mount.

To access things like your desktop and user files, select the user name.

To access more system-related files, select the hard drives name.

Now you can add, subtract, manage, and view files wirelessly Note: In order to access your file server, it must be awake.

You may have to change Energy Saver settings in System Preferences to do so.

Once you are done using your server, just eject it by right click eject or by dragging it into the trash.

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Horray you just made a home file server for free Please comment, rate, and vote Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Participated in the Epilog Challenge View Contest.

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Trey booted to 10.4.11, 10.5.6, and 10.4 Server for fun Getting 10.5 on it required a ROM hack I found on the web to fool the install into thinking it was OK.

The duals make it OK for most things and great as a file server I also got an old external TV box for it that works well.

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