Phosphor Transmissions from O.C.

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AutoArchive Exchange Account in Entourage - entourage.mvps.org

| AutoArchive Exchange Account to "On My Computer" | Move all e-mail older than 60 days from your Exchange account folders to archive folders within the "On My Computer" folder tree.

Download script

TO CREATE AN AUTO-ARCHIVE SCHEDULE

Save AutoArchive AppleScript to your Microsoft User Data folder: Entourage Script Menu Items.

| 1. Menu path: Tools/Schedules | 2. New button | 3. Name "AutoArchive"

When "Timed Occurrence" -- I set mine to every night at 3 AM

macOS

Best Practices: Operations

The Mac OS X Server community tends to be an odd one in the larger IT world. It isn’t because of the relative scarcity of our OS, or the strange hardware…

macOS

Create a customized 10.3 'Rescue CD/DVD'

From the good folks at macosxhints.com.

I always thought it might be helpful to use the OS X installation CD not only for the purpose of installing the OS, but to do some repairs which can't be done when running from the hard disk. Fortunately, Apple has made this very easy. The only thing you have to do is to add the application(s) of your choice to the /Applications -> Utilities folder of the installation CD/DVD. After that, boot from the copy of the DVD, and in addition to the usual utilities, (for instance) the Terminal will appear in the list of commands you can execute if you added it before. I find that really useful, because if something goes wrong, the underlying Unix commands are most times able to fix it.

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Apple debuts updated PowerBook line

"Apple continues to lead the industry’s move to portable computing by delivering the world’s most innovative notebooks," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.