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OS X TIL articles: AppleWorks 6 and HTML files; Admin vs. root user passwords; Server Late-Breaking News

OS X TIL articles: AppleWorks 6 and HTML files; Admin vs. root user passwords; Server Late-Breaking News

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88148: AppleWorks 6: Unexpectedly Quits When Saving in HTML Format states: "The AppleWorks 6.1 Preview 2 application under Mac OS X 10.0 unexpectedly quits when saving a document in HTML format." The work-around is to use the Classic version of AppleWorks for HTML files. [Note: we recently reported this bug.]

106361: Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X Server 10.0: Password Does Not Work As Expected After a Change claims: "The Setup Assistant creates both Admin and root user accounts with the same password. Subsequent changes to a password only affect the selected user, not both." Note: We found this not to be entirely true. When we set up OS X 10.0, it did not create a root account at all.

106363: Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X Server 10.0: Setup Assistant Creates Two Administrative Users - Admin and root additionally notes: "Mac OS X uses Admin and root users for different types of administrative functions."

106371: Mac OS X Server 10.0: How to Access Late-Breaking News states: "The LateBreakingNews.Help alias in the Dock of Mac OS X Server 10.0.3 opens the Late Breaking News for Mac OS X (client), not Mac OS X Server." To get news about the Server: Click the Server Admin Help link in the Help Center window; then click the More link in the News section of the Server Admin Help window.