| Subject | Date Asked |
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| mouse/cursor stopped working on new iMac | 11/12/2009 |
Q: The mouse isn't talking to the cursor anymore. The cursor (or "arrow icon") doesn't move when I move ...
A: If you have a any regular PC style USB mouse you can plug it in and it will work. I'm not sure what ...
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| Entourage Rebuild database failed many times | 11/1/2009 |
Q: I have tried to rebuild Entourage database many times (20GB database) but the problem still ...
A: I have answered this kind of question previously. Please look under my name for some of the advice ...
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| A file won't quit copying | 10/27/2009 |
Q: 3.9. I dragged a file into an external hard drive and it just keeps copying. It's not copying it, ...
A: That's a weird one eh? I think you're going to need to provide me with more information. 1. Is it ...
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| upgrading from osx10.1.5 | 10/25/2009 |
Q: i got a powerbook g4 osx3.7 given to me.I stupidly done a clean restore using the 3disks to remove ...
A: "best" way is so subjective and with so little information- not really. Your options are probably ...
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| DVD Error | 10/21/2009 |
Q: My son was watching a movie in our Mac ( brand new Mac) and now I can't eject the disc. It keeps ...
A: Accoring to this apple article, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1618 (which I found with Google: ...
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| Macdraft | 10/19/2009 |
Q: Robert Macdraft is a CAD Drafting-drawing application, created in the 80's,for OS 8, and maybe ...
A: Wow. That's weird- maybe you just don't have permission on the item any more. Can you try to 1) ...
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| TRASH problem | 10/18/2009 |
Q: I inadvertently copied an old Mac application (Macdraft ) onto my desktop. It will not erase within ...
A: I don't know this program- but check under Accounts in system preferences to make sure it's not a ...
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| Error | 10/17/2009 |
Q: first of all I have a Mac - OS X - 10.5.8. I am getting an error when I try to open a disk that ...
A: Can I assume that you A) have inDesign B) don't actually have the document open as the error says? ...
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| memory and internet | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I received a mac OSX laptop second hand from someone that had supposedly cleaned out everything on ...
A: Yehuda, Too many questions to answer here. "Memory" is not the same as "Hard Drive Size". 10gig ...
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| System restore issue | 10/8/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to help my friend and older woman with her IMAC G4 - 10.4.11. The initial ...
A: I don't know what that error means, but maybe check the settings in the router. Make sure you do ...
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| Entourage: Sending email issues | 10/2/2009 |
Q: All of a sudden I cannot sent emails. Error message is 3259. An operation on the server timed out. ...
A: This error according to the entourage help site on Microsoft, suggests a problem with your exchange ...
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| System restore issue | 10/1/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to help my friend and older woman with her IMAC G4 - 10.4.11. The initial ...
A: There might be a problem with one of the CD's. This machine came with six cd's??? wow. I'd contact ...
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| Broken Hard drive and need to receover files | 9/19/2009 |
Q: My Intel imac bit the dust. Have pulled the Hard Drive (no me - but... I am not very versed in ...
A: hard drives don't typically beep. I'm assuming that this "smart drive" is a USB or Firewire drive ...
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| Entourage | 9/18/2009 |
Q: 3.9 OS. My Entourage stopped working. The top buttons don’t light up and don’t respond. When I ...
A: Apparently you need to rebuild your mail database. Reinstalling will make no difference. I just ...
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| accessing CBC radio | 9/17/2009 |
Q: I am trying to access CBC radio and it keeps telling me to download a MIME plug in that my ...
A: You probably just need the Flip4Mac plugin. It lets you play windows media through quick time. It ...
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| Problem with backup hard drive | 9/9/2009 |
Q: I am trying to back up my hard drive (OS 10.5.7 on my MacBook w/ Intel Core 2 Duo) onto an external ...
A: You have to empty the trash. The trash is a hidden folder on each drive. Placing things in the ...
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| Mac questions | 9/9/2009 |
Q: I started having trouble with my Mac several days ago, I don't know what started it. I started ...
A: please take some screenshots and attach them to a new question. I need to see what you mean. ...
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| password | 9/8/2009 |
Q: I need to download adobe and it is not allowing me to do so until I give it the password. The ...
A: I'm reading between the lines here a little: you mean the password prompt that appears when you ...
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| IT'S A BIT LIKE MAGIC | 9/4/2009 |
Q: I have a eMac witch is running OS X 10.4 I was wondering would you please tell me the steps for ...
A: Automator and Apple Script are indeed a little like magic :) Mail will fetch new messages ...
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| shared printers | 8/20/2009 |
Q: We have a small network and the printer is attached to the Mac. However when the PCs in the network ...
A: this is going to be too involved for me to help with. this is all I can think of: I went to HP's ...
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| shared printers | 8/20/2009 |
Q: We have a small network and the printer is attached to the Mac. However when the PCs in the network ...
A: I'm not sure if I sent you a followup answer. I still think it's a driver problem. Allthough it was ...
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| Problem deleting folders and files | 8/13/2009 |
Q: I have a mac mini G4. I have to problems deleting files and folders. I have 385,000 more or less and ...
A: Just Google something like "how to free up disk space on a mac" If you cannot empty the trash- then ...
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| printer driver for leopard | 8/4/2009 |
Q: I have an epson 860 printer and it will not work with my new imac OS10.5.7 Is there a driver ...
A: What does the Epson website say? Have you tried their tech support? There is an open source ...
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| Deleted & Lost a Important Word File on an iBook G4 Running OS 10.3.9 | 7/22/2009 |
Q: In the process of moving files onto an external hard drive, I deleted a very important file by ...
A: Joel, It's been more than a month since June 15. Who knows what's happened on your computer ...
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| OS 10.4 on G3 | 7/19/2009 |
Q: Robert, I recently moved to Çampbell River and trying to hookup our computers to internet, etc. We ...
A: I'm not sure exactly what model you have here. There is a list here: ...
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| SAFARI 3.2.3 Tiger OS X | 7/6/2009 |
Q: Robert. Can you tell me how to obtain a download copy of SAFARI 3.2.3 TIGER OS X ? The download site ...
A: I would not say that reinstalling is the answer. In fact, we really don't know the actual problem ...
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| Mac User | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I cant burn CD's - keep getting 'medium write error' when burning from iTunes. It starts ...
A: cd burning issues can be complicated because there are so many variables. It could be anything from ...
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| Mail not sending | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I set up my wife, who has a gmail account, her own account on my iMac. All the server settings are ...
A: Hmm. Well, I would want to say that it's a firewall problem but I'm assuming that it works fine on ...
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| logging onto mac | 6/9/2009 |
Q: When I go to login into my mac, there is a note that says "Network Accounts Unavailable". It wont ...
A: Well, I just googled those exact words: Network Accounts Unavailable This is probably what you want ...
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| applescript | 6/4/2009 |
Q: Could you show me a script that copies a file from one folder to another? I'm using os 10.5.6. (I ...
A: It's can be as simple as cp /path/to/file /path/to/copy from the command line. There are several ...
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| Mac to PC Networking | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro about a week ago. I have set up the network so that I can ...
A: Well, I don't know what "Terraserve" is so I am not sure I can help. Is it this www.terraserver.com ...
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| Shutdown failure | 5/26/2009 |
Q: I'm having a weird problem with my MacBook Pro (2.4GHz intel core 2 duo, 4gb RAM, OSX 10.5.7) - in ...
A: I doubt the disk utility will help. You have a software problem. Go into your accounts under ...
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| Permissions for External hard drive | 5/22/2009 |
Q: permissions for my external hard drives. Ive found others have had this problem and been told to ...
A: You can't permission NTFS or FAT 32 drives. A hard drive "from the store" will most likely be ...
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| Sending emails using Entourage | 5/22/2009 |
Q: Out of the blue I can't send emails using Entourage. Receiving is fine. This happened out of the ...
A: there's so many variables that could cause this, quite seriously. Try this ...
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| ipod/itunes problem | 5/22/2009 |
Q: I just got my laptop back from having a new hard drive being put in. However, last night when I ...
A: This could be as simple as a preference that's corrupt and range up to a broken iPod or USB BUS on ...
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| MEANING 2 | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: what does the term "beta" mean? P.S I've got a eMac ...
A: Firewire is simple a brand name for a specific type of connection. Cameron, maybe you could try ...
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| MEANINGS | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: what does the term "beta" mean? P.S I've got a eMac ...
A: "beta" is the term given to software when it's in it's last stage of development. As you probably ...
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| "Large/small" system font question in Tiger | 5/11/2009 |
Q: , I don't know how it happened, so I can't undo it, but my 'main' OS X system fonts have been ...
A: As a follow up- I was suggesting you look in Universal Access in System Preferences. People often ...
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| backing up my osx onto a hard drive. | 5/11/2009 |
Q: How and where do I stat? I can say I I am not very experienced with computer lingo, that is why I ...
A: Time Machine is Leopard and UP only. You can get CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) for free and it works ...
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| backing up my osx onto a hard drive. | 5/11/2009 |
Q: How and where do I stat? I can say I I am not very experienced with computer lingo, that is why I ...
A: If you have Leopard - OS 10.5 you can use Time Machine. It's built-in and very easy. Just plug in ...
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| itunes | 5/7/2009 |
Q: emac, OS10.4.11 D/W4 TTP4 lacie external HD Music folder has itunes music folder 78 items 6.25GB ...
A: Yikes, that sounds a little confusing. The main problem here is that you are not allowing Itunes to ...
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| ? icon at start up. what if all normal options fail - | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I have a 12" Mac Power Book 867 mhtz running OS 10.5.6. It refuses now to start up and shows the ...
A: NJ. Sorry for the delay in my answer. You've done almost everything I would suggest. I don't have ...
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| monitor image changed and font size go larger. | 4/28/2009 |
Q: All of a sudden, the desktop started moving in conjunction with the mouse moving. File icons were ...
A: It sounds to me that if the desktop is moving along with the mouse, and that things are generally ...
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| Gaming | 4/18/2009 |
Q: So i really want to play and hack games on my intel macbook, but all of the programs are for ...
A: The simplest and most direct answer to you question #1 is " you don't". EXE files do not run ...
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| Mac G4 Desktop Install/Boot Disc | 4/18/2009 |
Q: I Forgot my Mac G4 Desktop password. I dont even know the password with the password hint: I guess I ...
A: I'd check e-bay. If you find one, make sure you get a retail one and not one that came with ...
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| WORK SAFTY | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I was wondering would you please explain to me: what does safe boot do? P.S I've got a eMac which ...
A: Safe boot mode is used for troubleshooting purposes. It's explained fully here ...
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| "Target Disc Mode" uncertaintly | 4/1/2009 |
Q: I just bought a used Mac Pro 2x Dual Core 2.66, a big step up from my current G4. The seller left ...
A: Bill, This is pretty simple (almost). Assuming you are working with the same OS on both and are ...
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| colors messed up | 3/27/2009 |
Q: Wondering if we could pick this up where we left off. I followed your instructions with no change. ...
A: Oi- You have <em>got</em> to be kidding! I can't imagine what made you look there. I honestly ...
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| 24 inch iMac won't boot after memory upgrade | 3/26/2009 |
Q: The subject says it all. I upgraded to 4gb of memory which I bought from Crucial online. After I ...
A: Indeed. The answer is also the question I'm afraid :) Replace your old ram and get some thing else. ...
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| Older Imac | 3/24/2009 |
Q: Robert, I have an old Mac, bluey purple colour, I'm just playing with it, when i boot it it shows ...
A: That sounds like a fun project- but you still have the original problem. You can probably try an ...
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| Older Imac | 3/23/2009 |
Q: Robert, I have an old Mac, bluey purple colour, I'm just playing with it, when i boot it it shows ...
A: This could be a number of problems ranging from a damaged system folder, bad hard drive, bad logic ...
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| colors messed up | 3/22/2009 |
Q: Wondering if we could pick this up where we left off. I followed your instructions with no change. ...
A: I reviewed our past corrospondence and remembered that you have a complicated problem that is hard ...
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| Entourage- sending recurring messages | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I just received the brand new Mac Mini and MS Office 2008 and plan to set it up shortly. I often ...
A: Yes, I was worried that my suggestions were a little complicated. In outlook- there is a "deferred ...
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| Safari not loading some pages | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I am using an iMac 1.8 ghz power pc G5, 1 gig ram, System 10.5.6 My problem: Using Safari 3.2.1 I ...
A: ) Bear in mind that some sites just don't work well in Safari. The solution to display problems in ...
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| CD readable by Macintosh | 3/16/2009 |
Q: I need to download a jPeg file to a CD that is readable by a Macintosh. My photo is on my PC and I ...
A: Of course. This should be no problem whatsoever. As long as the MAC is not 10 years old that you ...
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| WHERE IS IT? | 3/16/2009 |
Q: Recently before Christmas I did a security update via the software update preference, it went ...
A: The first thing to do when you see a message from your computer is to write it down so that when you ...
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| upgrade from OS 10.0.4 to 10.3Panther | 3/15/2009 |
Q: what is up with this OS I have 10.0 and 10.0.4 and I bought the up grade to Panther It keeps saying ...
A: If you have version 10.0.4 then you are using the original version. Of osx. This is quite old. To ...
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| PUT IT AWAY | 3/14/2009 |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: when people install additional stuff on their computers, ...
A: The answer to this question is actually not quite as simple as the question. When you install ...
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| G5 & Classic 9 | 3/7/2009 |
Q: I have a G5 Tower 1.6GHz PowerPC running OSX 10.4. I am jumping through hoops trying to get Classic ...
A: I think I agree with the forum person who told you that you are lacking the drivers for OS9 in your ...
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| Macintosh OS X - lost password | 3/4/2009 |
Q: Our son bought a used Mac but didn't get the password for it from the original owner nor was there a ...
A: Yes, there is a way. You need a OS CD so you will have to borrow one that matches your OS- either ...
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| Upgrading OSX10.3.9 | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I have a 1.6GHzPower G5 with OSX10.3.9 operating system, and 512 MB DDR SDRAM. I had been using ...
A: This is indeed a problem because what you have is a catch 22 problem. I think the Apple store sells ...
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| Time Machine | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I have a mac mini (OS X 10.4.11) that is 4 years old and running out of hard disk space. Is there a ...
A: Something that looks feels and acts like Time Machine: no, not to my knowledge. I use Carbon Copy ...
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| Lost program/bookmarks | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Mac 10.4.11 Safari 3.2.1 I was having problems with safari. It would shut down on me in the middle ...
A: Safari 4 is BETA. It changes some of the contents of ~/Library/Safari. Copy ~/Library/Safari to a ...
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| e-mailling pictures | 2/21/2009 |
Q: When I attach pictures to an e-mail from my macbook (10.4.11) to a PC at work, the attachments are ...
A: I was not able to reproduce the problem.. or see it in your example. I received your message on ...
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| Can't empty the trash at all on eMac | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I have an eMac running OS X 10.5.1 and I am unable to empty the trash. Based on the answer in ...
A: It sounds like there is just one or two things wrong. If your account is not a computer admin then ...
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| Importing emails | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I am currently running Mac OS Leopard on a mac mini. I need to import a csv file that I made from ...
A: Good luck with that one LOL! I don't expect that will work and I'd like to know if you do have ...
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| autofill | 2/14/2009 |
Q: i want to delete an email address that keeps popping up with the password (autofill) everytime i go ...
A: If the problem is just Gmail, the problem is not Safari. Go to Gmail and tell it to "forget" your ...
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| Finder relaunching by himself | 1/27/2009 |
Q: my finder is restarting every few minutes, even if I am browsing on a window or several windows ...
A: First, unplug any printers, scanners, ipods, what-have-you and reboot. Perhaps it's something that ...
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| SAFARI REINSTALL | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I have the current OSX on a mac mini. Can I reinstall Safari application, without reinstalling the ...
A: Use Pacifist to extra Safari off your OSX Cd. Just Google "use pacifist to extract safari" - ...
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| Time Machine won't back up | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I have 20" IMac X 10.5.6 2.4GHZ Intel core 2, 4 Gb memory . trying to use a 500 GB Western ...
A: Hank: The one think that I would change about Mac is how it handles disk mounting. I litterally ...
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| startup colors all messed up | 1/26/2009 |
Q: Every time I start up, the screen displays only a few colors, making it impossible to discern what's ...
A: I think you've got it. The problem is that Norton product I would think. I googled this ...
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| startup colors all messed up | 1/25/2009 |
Q: Every time I start up, the screen displays only a few colors, making it impossible to discern what's ...
A: Yes, that's important info. It seems like your computer's video is is 'falling back' to a lower ...
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| startup colors all messed up | 1/24/2009 |
Q: Every time I start up, the screen displays only a few colors, making it impossible to discern what's ...
A: Well it's either a hardware problem or a software one. If you have a USB hard drive (not a stick) ...
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| G4 Cube vs power failure | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I have a G4 Cube that I had given to my daughter, we had it plugged in without a surge protector ...
A: Although the chances that it's just the power supply seem high based on what you said, it's not the ...
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| slow internet mac g4 os 10.4.11 | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I asked this same question back in October. T he same problem is back. I have bought the new ...
A: After CCC'ing your hard drive over to your backup hard drive, boot from it to make sure it can boot. ...
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| Change IP address | 1/18/2009 |
Q: I want to change my IP address so i can watch full episodes on sites that only allow US viewers. ...
A: This cannot be done.* It's not a silly reason. I live in Canada and there are TV shows I would ...
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| entourage sending problem | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I realise that Apple may well be able to provide the answer but find that AllExperts can give a ...
A: This is the best site I can find for Entourage. I simply refer everyone to this place since there ...
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| Battery Install - Power Mac G4 867 (Quicksilver) | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I have a Power Mac G4 867 (Quicksilver) running MacOS 10.3.9 with 640 MB SDRAM. I had the date & ...
A: Is this the one you mean? ...
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| Address Book | 1/6/2009 |
Q: Could you tell me if there is a simple program out there for entering names, addresses, etc. and ...
A: You might want to try a commercial mailing program for MAC. I don't know if any off hand since ...
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| mail application | 1/4/2009 |
Q: You just answered my question about controling the way an attachment appears in an e-mail. When I ...
A: that may be dependent on their own mail program. I work in a multi operating system environment and ...
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| locking photos from adobe elements and iphoto | 12/14/2008 |
Q: i have some adult photos on a file on my macbook pro (up to date on all systems and software) i was ...
A: Revision: I'm 99% certain iPhoto doesn't have privacy options. Ratings are certainly optional and ...
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| startup problem after power outage | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I have had a repeating problem with my iMac G5 using OSx 10.4.11. I live in an area where there are ...
A: I'm can't possible tell you what the "specific" problem is other than the way you "keep" your ...
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| Boot Camp | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I have an intel based macbook pro running OSX. I need to get XP on it as well. I already have boot ...
A: Burn the ISO image to a CD or DVD. Download it, and double click it to open it. it will mount ...
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| Trashing backup files | 12/7/2008 |
Q: I was trying to create more storage space for other files on my external hard drive, which is the ...
A: Try turning off time machine, disconnecting the external drive and then reboot. Empty the trash, ...
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| Partitioning an external hard drive | 12/5/2008 |
Q: I just bought a Western Digital My Book Studio version and would like to partition it. But when I ...
A: If you click on the left side list of devices there is a list of "devices" and "partitions". On ...
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| Duplicating an audio CD | 12/2/2008 |
Q: A friend (honestly) asked me to duplicate a few audio CDs she has. I brought the original into ...
A: Should be simple enough - the newer versions of iTunes (i'm on 8.0 myself) * put the CD in. (a ...
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| Microsoft Office | 12/1/2008 |
Q: Suddenly my Microsoft Word won't open. It keeps giving me the message that it closed. I can open ...
A: It might be that one of the default templates is corrupted or missing. The blank word document that ...
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| Application Use | 11/27/2008 |
Q: I am using a Macbook 13" and also have a 17" Macbook Pro. I have recently purchased a Lacie Portable ...
A: There's only one way to find out. Give it a try. The worst that will happen is that Office will ...
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| Internet keeps quitting | 11/26/2008 |
Q: I use Safari for the internet on my Mac OS X 10.3.9 and it works with most sites but some it ...
A: Maria, Where to start? You've asked a few questions here. Attempting to distill your questions... ...
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| MORE TIME | 11/20/2008 |
Q: I was wondering would you please explain to me: how do our computers know when it's day light ...
A: This is the most interesting question I've received in while :) Your computer maintains it's own ...
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| compressing AVI files on a mac | 11/17/2008 |
Q: Robert: If you can't answer my question, I would appreciate it if you could guide me to the right ...
A: I don't think it's possible to compress video from 60mb to something even remotely email friendly. ...
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| importing emails | 11/16/2008 |
Q: I have a bunch of email addresses that are part of an excel spreadsheet and I want to import them ...
A: This is how I did it. I use Office 2008 so it may work a bit different if you are on an earlier ...
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| Emptying trash | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I am running eMac with 10.4.11 and when I try to empty the trash (a program Burning Monkey ...
A: I don't know this game so bear that in mind. I did a little googling on it and I would have to ...
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| start up | 11/12/2008 |
Q: My ibook G3 0S X 10 logged out and now screen shows up black with login. When I enter my name and ...
A: You might have a hardware problem. This forumn might help ...
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| Importing E-mail from Outlook / Outlook Express to OSX10.5 Mail | 11/11/2008 |
Q: Do you know a way of copying/importing messages from Outlook (.PST) or Outllok Express (.dbx) into ...
A: Yikes, this is a question I dread! The thing is, only very old versions of Office for MAC used PST ...
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| mac and windows simultaneously | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I would like to know if the newest mac laptops can run mac AND windows at the same time? If not, ...
A: Of course, it's a major selling feature. There are several ways: Parallels, VMWare, Virtual Box ...
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| Safari problems | 10/26/2008 |
Q: I have 2 questions: 1- My toolbar in Safari has disappeared completely, all except for the "Add ...
A: 1. You should be able to control-click or right click on an area of the toolbar anywhere on the ...
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| Installing OS X on a PC | 10/12/2008 |
Q: I'm currently a PC owner who is thinking about switching to the Mac OS X operating system. As money ...
A: Boot Camp is software that only runs via OS X to allow dual booting from a Mac. It's not stand ...
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| Mac g4 internet connection | 10/10/2008 |
Q: The only reason I mentioned the other computers on the network was to inform you that the other ...
A: The reason I wondered about the extra computers was for a couple of reasons: if you were wireless ...
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| Password problems | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I have a Macbook Pro that I purchased in Jan.2006 it has the original OS Tiger 10.4, recently whilst ...
A: I'm not sure if this will work but you can try this. Boot your computer from the install DVD and ...
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| Installing an OS on an external harddrive | 10/8/2008 |
Q: I have a brand new macbook pro (intel processor) unfortunately for school I need a windows OS. I ...
A: "exactly" is a little beyond the scope of the service. I think you will find it surprisingly easy. ...
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| Installing an OS on an external harddrive | 10/7/2008 |
Q: I have a brand new macbook pro (intel processor) unfortunately for school I need a windows OS. I ...
A: You cannot use BootCamp to boot from an external hard disk- it must be internal, so if you are using ...
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| mac computer and dell laptop | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I recently received a laptop and I would like to have the internet on it but I already have a Mac ...
A: Just go to Best Buy, or whatever the equivalent is in your area. This is a really simple issue that ...
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| Macs and security | 9/26/2008 |
Q: I have been running my Mac os 10.3.9 for some time now without any problems. However recently I ...
A: I would say that this is nothing to be concerned about at all. IMO, Mac AV protection is a cash ...
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| DVD | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I have a MacBook 13" running 10.5.5. I have an external burner: TDK DVDRW0404N. It's been ...
A: Since you said that the drive reads disks fine - you can assume that the cable you are using is not ...
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| importing fonts | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I would like to import different fonts to my PowerBookG4 OSX 10.4.11. How do I do it? I've tried ...
A: Just copy all the fonts to a USB drive or CD or whatever, then on the other computer and use the ...
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| dead ibook | 9/9/2008 |
Q: my ibook G4 recently died. It just clicked off and when I try to turn it back on, it clicks and ...
A: All you should need to do is pull the drive and connect it to a firewire based hard drive enclosure ...
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| Mail display [Mac OS X 10.3.2] | 9/7/2008 |
Q: This is fairly trivial, but I cannot see anything in the menu/toolbar/preferences to fix it, so it ...
A: You are talking about Apple's mail.app right? You didn't mention. I'm also not sure if you are ...
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| run mac os on windows xp | 9/6/2008 |
Q: etc. Thanks, Phil
A: It's not legally permitted to install Apple operating systems on non Apple hardware. You should ...
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| UNTITLED | 9/5/2008 |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: would a scratched CD/DVD ruin your computers CD/DVD ...
A: I can't think of any way a scratched DVD or CD would damage your drive. The worst thing that could ...
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| internet connection issue | 9/4/2008 |
Q: I work for a school district and we have switched several schools over to Macs. The teachers have ...
A: Its likely that all the users have differing internet connection settings when they are at home ...
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| start-up via an external hard drive | 8/28/2008 |
Q: I recently acquired a Maxtor external storage drive for my iMac (I run OSX.3.9). I have succeeded in ...
A: you're welcome. I know my messages can be a little long but I wanted to cover all the details. You ...
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| start-up via an external hard drive | 8/28/2008 |
Q: I recently acquired a Maxtor external storage drive for my iMac (I run OSX.3.9). I have succeeded in ...
A: I'm afraid I have a schwack of questions for you instead, since there are several important details ...
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| iTunes mp3 problem | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I have some mp3's that are old time radio shows. In my iTunes the rate shows as 22.050khz and each ...
A: Sorry for the delay. You are right, itunes kicks out some odd messages when it thinks the files ...
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| Exports E-mail for Mac to PC | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I would like to transfert e-mails messages from Apple Mail (Mac OS 10.3.9) to import into Outlook ...
A: I've had a similar problem, and I would have to say that by-far; email compatibility problems ...
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| I can no longer start up | 8/12/2008 |
Q: first off let me say that I am completly computer inept, so apologies first. I recieved a ...
A: Gosh, it does sound like you've got a bit of a problem there. The problem might be as simple as you ...
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| OSX quits | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I have this problem after using MY I mac G5 cpu speed 1.9 ghz,memory 512. OS 10.4.2 I freeze ...
A: I think you are on the right track but the apple store might be right. My response here doesn't ...
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| OSX 10.4.10 Update | 8/8/2008 |
Q: Downloaded latest security and I-Tunes update last night. When finished i had the option to restart ...
A: Yikes- that's a good one. Kernel panics are very hard to troubleshoot over email - there are many ...
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| Mac OS X, copying HD to external FireWire | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I've had no response, are you still there?
A: The only question text I have is this: "I've had no response, are you still there?" The subject ...
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| Applications Won't Open | 8/6/2008 |
Q: Recently My Msn and Lime wire won't open. In my dock they bounce once then never open. I didnt even ...
A: There could be any number of reasons why this could happen. There is not really very much ...
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| drag & drop trouble | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I have a G4 with OSX Tiger. Suddenly I have not been able to move the icons on my desktop. I have ...
A: Since it's happening in another account, it does indicate a wider problem. I am not sure a speedy ...
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| drag & drop trouble | 8/4/2008 |
Q: I have a G4 with OSX Tiger. Suddenly I have not been able to move the icons on my desktop. I have ...
A: This may seem obvious- but have you locked the desktop by accident? If you command-click on the ...
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| Tricking your Mac | 7/17/2008 |
Q: is there a way i can trick my mac into thinking it's running 10.4? I know a lot of applications can ...
A: Is there a specific application that's the problem for you? What OS are you running now? Leopard ...
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| HELP ME PLEASE!!!!! | 7/11/2008 |
Q: i just moved in to my fathers house in Madrid Spain and he has to labtops pcs they both work fine ...
A: It would be great if you could provide some specific information. You've mentioned the phone ...
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