Odds & Ends

Multiple Users ejects removable media on log-out Ronald Guest writes: "With the multi-user feature enabled, Mac OS 9 always ejects removable media (in my case SCSI Zip) when a user logs out. Apple confirms this on their Tech Exchange, stating: "For security reasons, ejecting removable media from the desktop and then the drive is a default feature of Multiple User mode. There is currently no way to disable this feature in the Mac OS."

VeriSign certificate expiration issue This VeriSign web page gives more details about certificate expiration problems for January 1, 2000, as they affect both Netscape Communicator version 4.05 or earlier and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Macintosh. (Thanks, Robert Hahn.) [See also this item from Tuesday.]

Quark OPI bug Reader Jeremy writes: "I confirmed this bug with Quark this morning. If using OPI (omitting images when saving out an EPS), Quark 4.1 will put in an incorrect OPI path into the generated file if the omitted image is an EPS (TIFF works OK). For example, if the image has been placed from Server/Images/Bob.eps, the resulting path put within the EPS will be inaccurate listing instead Mac HD/Bob.eps as the location of the image. This is a major bug for pre-press as many people rely upon OPI to reduce their file-size. Quark is aware of the issue, and is investigating. The same file will work fine under Quark 4.04."

Getting Voodoo to work This week's Reality Check column by Gene Steinberg describes his experiences getting a Voodoo3 card.

Macintosh Epson Users list is a Mac-friendly list for "people who want to get the most out of Epson printers."

G4/350 MACh Carrier Card review MacSpeedZone has a review of XLR8's G4/350 MACh Carrier Card and notes some significant "Performance/Stability" problems.