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How to stop macs from writing DS_store entries on network drives
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629

Force Quit
Option / Command / Esc

Showing the full path in Finder

To display the full path in the Finder title in Leopard, open Terminal.app and run:

$ defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES

then

$ osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to quit'

Then relaunch the Finder from the dock. To undo:

$ defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool NO

How to flush the dns cache (works for 10.5 and above)

dscacheutil -flushcache  

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