I tried all different bluetooth settings but I am afraid the issue is on the Linux/EEE PC side. I can browse the file system of my Nokia phone and transfer files to and from; ie, the Mac side works. I tried to look around the Linux settings on the EEE PC that should, I presume, make browsing possible (the EEE PC can _accept_ files) but I did not find it. No big deal in practice, though, I can always transfer files via some web sites or simply use an SD card, so it is not that important (I must admit having the transfer for the phone is much more important).

Ivan

Also, knowing you’re a technical person, you should get familiar with Console (Applications->Utilities->Console). It’s the interface to the console messages, but also to lots of other log files. Watching the logfiles (All messages, diagnostic messages and system.log are my first stops, along with anything relevant to the problem at hand, such as apache logs) while doing the operation that doesn’t perform as you expect it to will often provide you with just the bit of insight you need to solve the problem.

You can try MacPorts, installing wget would have only been a matter of typing “sudo port install wget”. There is also fink that can be handy at times.