Forums Today: "Change Application" bugs; File Sharing problems; Solving battery drain problem

"Change Application" bugs We are convinced that the Change Applications feature (in the Application pane of the Show Info window for documents) is quite buggy. As we explain in this MacFixIt Forums thread (Show Info Change Application hassles), we have had all sorts of problems getting it to actually change the generic application.

File Sharing problems This MacFixIt Forums thread (OS 9 to OS X File Sharing failure) describes problems we had file sharing between a Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X computer. Most of the problems appear solved after updating to Mac OS X 10.0.2. However, we still believe there are some significant bugs in the Network Browser application of Mac OS 9.1 that can serious screw things up, occasionally including a loss of all Internet access until after you restart. The thread also includes a query about how and when File Sharing limits access to the Public Folder.

Solving battery drain while sleeping From our new Mac OS X Tips & Hints Forum, this thread (Battery drain while sleeping: a solution) offers potential solutions to the problem of battery drains in laptop Macs running Mac OS X.