| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Sharing & Permissions | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to unlock my external hard drive (FreeAgent) on my Mac (OS X 10.5) I've seen similar ...
A: I don't have a PC formatted drive to test but that should not make a difference. The padlock ...
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| search issues | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I recently upgraded to 10.5.6. I work off of a server here at work that consists of individual ...
A: Apologies or my delay in responding. I have just moved, have no internet and I have just returned to ...
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| Missing Preview in system | 11/12/2008 |
Q: Mac Mini G4 Panther 10.3.9 I seem to be missing the preview application. Can I reinstall it or can ...
A: Preview is not available to download. Pacifist is the only way to deal with this unless you know ...
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| Maxtor Central Axis external drive not showing up under devices | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I recently installed a Maxtor hard drive (as listed in subject) and at first had issues with my ...
A: I think you need to reformat the drive into a Macformatted drive. It sounds as if it is in DOS ...
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| unlocking an external hard drive | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I have a 300GB Seagate external hard drive attatached to my iMac running OS 10.5.5 I partitioned ...
A: Apologies but I have been tied up with some major projects at work. I will have to sign myself out ...
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| unlocking an external hard drive | 9/17/2008 |
Q: I have a 300GB Seagate external hard drive attatached to my iMac running OS 10.5.5 I partitioned ...
A: When you say the the icon to unlock it 'grayed out', do you mean the icon that appears on the ...
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| Disk spins, won't boot, chime or beep | 9/13/2008 |
Q: I am temporarily living in South America where I have no access to Apple repair, and all the more ...
A: Good luck with the 'repairs'. Let me know how you get on. I am hoping that the computer will mount ...
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| Disk spins, won't boot, chime or beep | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I am temporarily living in South America where I have no access to Apple repair, and all the more ...
A: I am a master of verbose myself but I don't think I need to do so here. You have tried almost ...
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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: Are you sure your iBook is dead? These machines can suffer from PMU (Power Management Unit) issues ...
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| switching to mac | 9/6/2008 |
Q: Im running Lunux on my computer now. it has a AMD Athlon XP processor with 512mb of ram. Is there a ...
A: I am at a loss to understand why Devin felt the need to grade me on the answer to a question I ...
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| OS 10.5 permissions | 8/31/2008 |
Q: Hey there, I am not able to open .sit files that are downloaded to my desktop and my documents ...
A: I think you probably (obviously) have a permissions problem. It could be the version of Stuffit ...
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| SCSI to USB | 8/30/2008 |
Q: I have an HP 4MV BW printer and an HP ScanJet 4c/T scanner both using SCSI ports that I would like ...
A: The last time I used a SCSI device was in 1999 so I am completely out of the loop where connectivity ...
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| ms excel | 8/29/2008 |
Q: i use pc and planning to switch over to mac. the ony problem is i use excel most of the times are ...
A: I'm a Mac user so do not know Office for Windows at all... Well, I could probably find my way around ...
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| collapsing shrinking windows | 8/24/2008 |
Q: I have an iMac 10.5.4 using Panther O.S. with attached HP all-in-one printer How can I stop the ...
A: I don't know for certain. I think you may need to check your mouse settings. Apple Menu > System ...
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| I need help with my burn folder recovery... | 8/19/2008 |
Q: I have a Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I recently had to reinstall the system using the disks provided ...
A: Sorry Megan, but the amount of data on the CD is about what an alias would take up. I have just ...
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| I need help with my burn folder recovery... | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I have a Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I recently had to reinstall the system using the disks provided ...
A: The first question is where exactly is the folder you are trying to open located? Is it on the ...
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| photo storage/slow mac | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I got a new imac in july and loving it. I dumped 1000+ photos from the old PC last week and am ...
A: I will answer your questions in order. They will be preceded with a bullet point (•) to make them ...
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| photo storage/slow mac | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I got a new imac in july and loving it. I dumped 1000+ photos from the old PC last week and am ...
A: I am rather busy today (I have a full time job), so my volunteer activities with All Experts needs ...
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| Mac Mail Program | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I have been a Mac user for many years. However, I have used Entourage throughout that time. I just ...
A: It helps to advise regarding the version of the Mac OS you are using (Apple menu > About This Mac). ...
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| DO IT - Mac OS X 10.4 | 8/9/2008 |
Q: On Wednesday 12th June I did a quicktime update around 3:30 pm and it needed the computer to be ...
A: I have never used Automator though I use batch processing in Photoshop frequently. From what I have ...
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| Outlook Express error 4361 | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I have a PowerMac G3 runniing OS 9. Outlook Express will no longer launch. I keep getting a window ...
A: I have never used Outlook so I would be at a loss where to begin. Here are a few links which, ...
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| formatting borders around text in Microsoft Word for Mac 2004 | 8/4/2008 |
Q: How do you adjust the distance between two different text borders? I am editing a menu. The lunch ...
A: I don't know Word well enough to provide an answer. I did a web search for: "MS Word, Borders and ...
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| my mac won't startup | 8/3/2008 |
Q: My mac was having a strange problem where all the menus were blank, with only one option to click ...
A: I think you may have to invest some time in reinstalling the operating system. It may be that you ...
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| Opening New Documents | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I have Office 2004 and when I try to open a new Word document it always opens with my father's ...
A: .. Ahh.. The good old Normal Template problem. I trash dozens of these a day when school is in ...
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| Opening New Documents | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I have Office 2004 and when I try to open a new Word document it always opens with my father's ...
A: I will need more details as to what you see when you launch MS Word. I have tried to replicate what ...
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| HOW MUCH IS LEFT - Mac OS X 10.4 | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: why can't I check my printer ink levels? P.S I have a ...
A: The 760 is an old printer. Well may be not in real years but it is in technology years. It is not ...
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| A How To Question | 7/24/2008 |
Q: I'm on a Mac G5 w/OSx at work and I'd like to know how I find out how much memory each of my ...
A: The simple answer to your question is: Activity Monitor. This utility can be found in the following ...
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| Deleting Appleworks files | 7/22/2008 |
Q: I have created Appleworks documents (.cwk files) and would like to know how to delete these files. ...
A: It sounds as if you have some permissions issues and you need to peform some maintenance. Either ...
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| Databases | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I love my Appleworks 6 database but with Appleworks no longer being supported I am concerned that I ...
A: As promised, here is a link to the AppleWorks Conversion processes I created for my school district. ...
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| Imac refuses to get online | 7/19/2008 |
Q: I have an intel Imac w/ 10.4.11 and use a motorola cable modem to have access to comcast cable. My ...
A: Re: Are you suggesting I leave the computer on line all night and morning to see if the correction ...
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| Imac refuses to get online | 7/17/2008 |
Q: I have an intel Imac w/ 10.4.11 and use a motorola cable modem to have access to comcast cable. My ...
A: This is a question which is difficult to answer from afar. I'm going to hit you with a large amount ...
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| Ftp from MAC | 7/16/2008 |
Q: My company has set up an Ftp site where out clients can upload artwork to. Im finding that clients ...
A: I think the following forum dialogue will, most likely, answer ...
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| mac 10.2.8 | 7/15/2008 |
Q: Is there a way to download 10.4 for free for my powerbook G.4 thats been running on 10.2.8? Do you ...
A: There are no legal and free downloads of OS X 10.4. eBay would be your best option for obtaining a ...
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| Ilife 4 installation | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I am trying to install iLife 4.0 on my computer, an imac running OS 10,3,9, with a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 ...
A: I'm sorry it took so long for me to provide an answer, when I know better than to pore over a ...
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| vectors | 3/18/2008 |
Q: emac 10.4.10 PE4 w/hidden tools. Is there any software on the market that will allow you to save a ...
A: Once you rasterize a file the vector information is lost. You are taking the vector data and turning ...
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| follow-up questions | 3/14/2008 |
Q: When I try to initialize a CD-R (Staples or Office Depot, 700MB) I get this message: "initialization ...
A: Yes, a small amount could have tipped the balance, as you say, and the amount of data being ...
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| "initialization failed" | 3/13/2008 |
Q: When I try to initialize a CD-R (Staples or Office Depot, 700MB) I get this message: "initialization ...
A: Your hard drive is almost full. When you burn a CD whatever you are trying to burn is duplicated ...
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| OSX 10.4.11 | 3/12/2008 |
Q: I have a black box (ruled) that just started appearing around the icons/folders on my desktop when ...
A: I see dozens of times each day (usually self-inflicted by students at my school). Go to the Apple ...
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| sending attachments | 3/11/2008 |
Q: When I send Word attachments to people, they often can't open them - but not always - and are told ...
A: Depending on the receiving computer, or the receiving computer's mail server (some will be PCs I ...
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| LOCK-UP 2 - OS X 10.4 | 3/9/2008 |
Q: On Wednesday the 20th June 2007 I stumbled on how to lock your folders by going into get info and ...
A: I'm not sure I fully understand your question but here goes: When authentication is required an ...
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| Ilife 4 installation | 3/8/2008 |
Q: I am trying to install iLife 4.0 on my computer, an imac running OS 10,3,9, with a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 ...
A: I've let most of this message intact so you can see that I put a fair amount of thought/work into ...
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| Password problems | 3/7/2008 |
Q: I have a mac os X tiger (10.4 I beleive) here is my problem: Steve, I changed my password in my ...
A: You ere already doing everything that is necessary to reset a password, unless you have set a master ...
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| LOCK-UP - OS X 10.4 | 3/6/2008 |
Q: On Wednesday the 20th June 2007 I stumbled on how to lock your folders by going into get info and ...
A: The Authenticate/OK buttons will result in the arrival of an "Admin" approval window. Enter your ...
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| Ilife 4 installation | 3/5/2008 |
Q: I am trying to install iLife 4.0 on my computer, an imac running OS 10,3,9, with a 1 GHz PowerPC ...
A: I had the same problem but with version 6 of iLife. I'm not sure I resolved it. I think you will ...
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| data transfer from mp3 to computer | 2/29/2008 |
Q: My mp3 player does not get connected to the computer as its USB port is broken and i have asked so ...
A: I don't know of any other device than a computer for 'reading' MP3 players other than a USB ...
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| transfering from mac to pc | 2/28/2008 |
Q: I have a Mac laptop with OSX and a Windows XP laptop. I want to transfer everything from my mac to ...
A: Sorry Nevil, but I have no experience of moving from PC to Mac. Apple, however, provides much help ...
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| installing O X on a G4 tower vintage 2000 | 2/26/2008 |
Q: Can I use the install disks from a Mac Book Pro, OX 10.4 to install OS X 10.4 onto my older G4 ...
A: A retail version of OS X (one that you buy rather than one with comes WITH a computer) is not ...
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| installing O X on a G4 tower vintage 2000 | 2/25/2008 |
Q: Can I use the install disks from a Mac Book Pro, OX 10.4 to install OS X 10.4 onto my older G4 ...
A: The simple answer is "no". Disks that accompany a computer are specific to that model. The G4 ...
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| Full hard drive backup | 2/24/2008 |
Q: OSX 10.3.9 iBOOK G-4 Elements (WD) 160 GB Portable Hard drive. So far, I've tried dragging ...
A: You cannot backup a hard drive just by dragging the drive icon to another drive. There are invisible ...
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| USB Drive Won't Re-Expand When Items Are Deleted | 2/22/2008 |
Q: I've been using a few different USB drives with my MacBook and I have just come across a problem ...
A: Apologies if this seems an obvious suggestion but are you emptying the trash? If you do not empty ...
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| Disk Utility on Epson 785epx | 2/18/2008 |
Q: I have a imac g4 running os x.4.11. I can not seem to run the disk utility for my Epson 785 epx ...
A: Printers are a difficult item to support from afar because the 'rules' seem to change even when you ...
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| Transferring Outlook | 2/15/2008 |
Q: I have been using an iMac I had purchased from 2000 with an OS 9 for up to this year. Many friends ...
A: Outlook. Yes.. it will not function in Leopard. Your choice is to upgrade to Office 2008 which ...
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| NEED UPDATING | 2/14/2008 |
Q: I know that when you do a software update, you need to be connected to the internet for it to ...
A: No you don't need to be connected to run a Mac update. I downloaded a Mac OS update yesterday and ...
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| Bad Partitions | 2/10/2008 |
Q: about vanishing partitions. Re: SWingle User fsck: it ran checks on the startup disk Star ...
A: Try starting the machine with the option key held down. This should bring up a screen with images ...
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| partitions disappeared | 2/9/2008 |
Q: Tower, on OS 10.4.11. Tried to save a newspaper article (NYTimes,art review),but the computer ...
A: You have a few options, but you will, at some point in the process have to reformat the drive ...
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| My G-4 Powerbook sound is not working well | 2/8/2008 |
Q: Is there a way to tweak the sound levels and balance on my laptop? I play my Itunes and sound only ...
A: I'll assume you have OS X on your computer. Go to the Apple Menu. Click and scroll down to System ...
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| Epson 2100 Firewire question | 2/2/2008 |
Q: power Mac G4 duel prossesor O S X I work on 9.2 and recently on start up it has been freezing and ...
A: Sorry but I missed your additional question regarding the Epson 2100. I haven't used any printer ...
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| Airport Extreme | 1/1/2008 |
Q: .. Happy new Year... Sorry to spoil your leisure period. I have a G5 DP2.5 Running on 10.5.1 with ...
A: Many thanks for the high rating, though I am not sure I deserved such. Is the Airport Extreme under ...
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| running windows apps on Mac | 9/11/2007 |
Q: Tony: I have a 2 GHZ intel Core 2 duo iMac, OS, 10.4.10. Microsoft Office 2000 I received a disc ...
A: If you require instant access, I would go with Parallels simply because it will allow you to switch ...
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| printer sharing | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Windows XP Home Edition 2002, Service Pack2) via a wireless connection to my desktop iMac (Power PC ...
A: I have not had experience of what you ask but I would think that it is possible. You are using your ...
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| syquest syjet 1.5 to macbook | 9/3/2007 |
Q: I have some information that I need to get off my syquest drive. It is a scsi device that went with ...
A: I do not know... I cannot find a supplier for SCSI to USB or FireWire adaptors so I have to guess ...
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| iBokkG4 | 9/2/2007 |
Q: I was needing to know if the iBookk G4 has a built in Airport wireless connection? Also, I lost my ...
A: Built-in Wireless? I don't think so. You can find out by going to the Apple menu (top left of ...
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| receiving video signal on Mac, retransmitting | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I'd like to find a way to receive video signals from my daughter's baby monitor on my Mac and make ...
A: First you need a camera, obviously. Then you need a means of transmission (Video iChat or SKYPE). I ...
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| Airport WEP encryption | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I am traveling with my Mac Powerbook G4, running OSX (10.4), and no external hardware is connected ...
A: I have had little experience of wireless outside of my own home connection. I have, however, never ...
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| cannot send email from a POP'd webmail account | 5/17/2007 |
Q: I recently moved from NYC to CT and am now having problem sending mail from my Mac. I have an ...
A: I am an Entourage ignoramus. I use Mail as a client... but then I subscribe to Mac Mail. Your ...
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| Opening Gmail attachments in OS X | 4/22/2007 |
Q: Eastwood: Here's Eduardo, from Brazil. Let me tell you a bit about myself that may save you a few ...
A: I don't know what else to tell you. I'm not sure why this item should be of such concern, but ...
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| Opening Gmail attachments in OS X | 4/21/2007 |
Q: Eastwood: Here's Eduardo, from Brazil. Let me tell you a bit about myself that may save you a few ...
A: Yes, as far as OS X is concerned this is, as you say, probably "a loser". In fact I think this has ...
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| HELP! | 4/19/2007 |
Q: Eastwood. My Name is Casey and I am in Salvador, Brasil studying abroad. I am currently working on ...
A: You do not say what type of computer you are using but I will guess that it is a laptop of some ...
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| Trouble with Microsoft Entourage Receiving Mail | 4/18/2007 |
Q: I use Microsoft Entourage as my major e-mail program. I use it to archive important e-mail and all ...
A: I just checked the AllExperts site and found that my message to you was truncated. Not all the links ...
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| DVD alarm | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I'm using the latest version of OSX. Is there an alarm I can install that works with the DVD ...
A: This is not an easy question to answer: ...
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| Desktop in trash !!!! | 4/12/2007 |
Q: I have done a rather stupid thing. While trying to "clean up" my emac I found a file called Desktop ...
A: The news is not good, but it may not be completely bad either. Whatever happens you will have to ...
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| Flash drive conflict | 4/11/2007 |
Q: I was synching a file from a G3 400 to a flash drive. A rather large file.Using "file ...
A: The only time I have come across anything similar to what you describe, probably goes back to OS 7 ...
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| One more thing to try | 4/8/2007 |
Q: Last night, my macbook just prompted me with a message saying that there are updates available for ...
A: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319 You may need to do a PMU reset, but try the ...
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| want to wipe harddrive of imac-no startup disks | 4/7/2007 |
Q: When i try to boot up (to OSX) it just hangs on the gray screen with the twirly round thing. When I ...
A: If you wish to start over then you will have to buy a retail copy of OS X. Aim for no higher than OS ...
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| I ran Disk Warrior on my ibookG4 now firefox will not work | 4/4/2007 |
Q: A few days ago I ran Disk Warrior on my ibook G4 and after that my firefox would not work. My ...
A: I doubt that Disk Warrior did any damage, though somewhere in the process Airport may have been ...
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| Windows on Mac | 3/15/2007 |
Q: I have a Macintosh OS X version 10.2.8 with a PowerPC G3 processor. I do not have any CD for it or ...
A: There is probably a way to get Windows running on your Mac (Virtual PC for example), but by the time ...
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| cannot open the control panel 'memory' | 3/6/2007 |
Q: Unfortunately neither of the two advised procedures did rebuild my Memory preferences. I have ...
A: Apart from reinstalling the operating system or running a diagnostics/repair using TechTool Pro or ...
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| cannot open the control panel 'memory' | 3/5/2007 |
Q: I have a Mac Classic II, OS Version 7.1, RAM 4MB, with device Image Writer II. The Buenos Aires ...
A: Firstly the error meaning: -39 eofErr End of file; no additional data in the format This means that ...
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| os x surgery | 3/4/2007 |
Q: Tony, I have a powerbook g4 gigabit ethernet and have spent months trying to get it up and running ...
A: How much RAM is installed? What version of OS X are you running? This information can be found under ...
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| New Entrouge account name | 3/3/2007 |
Q: How do I set up so I can change the ‘From’ on a sent message? When I go Tools -> Accounts it shows ...
A: I have to admit that I am a dunce where Entourage is concerned. The following link may help you ...
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| iMovie | 2/28/2007 |
Q: I've converted [using a canopus ADVC110] a VHS to a Quicktime .mov file as well as a compressed QT ...
A: Without some indication of the OS version in use or versions of Imovie and iDVD in use it will be a ...
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| folder sizes default ? | 2/27/2007 |
Q: When I booted up my mac mini, today, some default size setting has changed; The words in the ...
A: Here's the route to take: Apple Menu > System Preferences > Displays > Then see what screen ...
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| file sharing | 2/26/2007 |
Q: I am trying to copy files between my old G3 iMac, OS 8.5 with appleshare Ver. 3.8.3 and my newer G4 ...
A: I will not be able to answer your question until late today, so if you need a quick answer I would ...
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| Unable to open a document in Yahoo mail | 2/25/2007 |
Q: I am using OS 10.3.4 on a Powerbook. Browser is Safari 1.2.2. I have a Yahoo account and am having ...
A: Anything with a .doc suffix is a Microsoft Word file, or has been saved in this format I would be ...
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| cannot connect to internet | 2/23/2007 |
Q: I have checked my ethernet settings the box is checked. TCP/IP is set to Using DHCP, PPoE is not ...
A: As I said before, the best way I can help you is for you to e-mail me at: steinlager@mac.com I won't ...
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| cannot connect to internet | 2/19/2007 |
Q: I can not connect my MAC G4 laptop to the internet. I keep getting an error "the specifiec server ...
A: I would be inclined to use Internet Connect to guide you through the process. You can find this in ...
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| 2 monitors possible? | 2/17/2007 |
Q: 3.9). It has dual monitor capability. There's a slot next to where the existing monitor plugs in ...
A: I would need to know the exact model of G4 that you have, though all should support dual displays. ...
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| OS X Erase Free Space | 2/16/2007 |
Q: My question is in connection with erasing free space from the Disk Utility Screen. I usually just ...
A: personalHi Nick Disk Utility zeros out the free disk space by simply making a giant file that is ...
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| Word & mail bcc ? | 2/15/2007 |
Q: Tony - I have 2 questions: 1. When I paste text into a new blank page in Word (v.X) the text ...
A: The first question is easy: Apple-Option-B to bring up the bcc field or go to the view menu in Mail ...
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| External FW Drive Not Mounting | 2/13/2007 |
Q: I have an old Fat32 formatted external firewire drive by VST Technologies. It seems the drive will ...
A: The first thing I would do is try another firewire cable. My son had a similar problem recently, and ...
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| DVD burner for OS9 | 2/10/2007 |
Q: I have the G4 450 with the DVD RAM drive in it. I don't think I can burn a standard DVD in that ...
A: I'm not sure that you can buy 'any' DVD component for your G4. I have never installed an internal ...
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| connecting via ethernet | 2/8/2007 |
Q: i just bought an apple ibook g3 and it wont let me connect using my ethernet cable. it keeps ...
A: I can't answer your question without more detail. What operating sytem are you using? OS 9 or OS X. ...
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| Backing up my iBook | 2/5/2007 |
Q: What is the best, and simplest & easy to understand, way to do this?
A: There are many ways to back up. It all depends on what equipment you have already and how much you ...
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| password problems | 9/26/2006 |
Q: Model: OS X 10. I stupidly changed my loggin password and now I've lost all documents, music in ...
A: I don't see how changing a password can make your files invisible. Here is the routing for changing ...
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| emptying trash | 9/24/2006 |
Q: Eastwood--Everytime I try to empty the trash, I get this warning: "the operation cannot be ...
A: Hold down the option key when you invoke the 'empty trash' command from the Finder menu, or select ...
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| Macintosh Classic version 6 | 9/23/2006 |
Q: I recently got a Macintosh Classic and do not know how to start it.
A: The shortest quesion I have ever received but not the easiest.. I searched for a user manual ...
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| OS 10 Address Book | 9/22/2006 |
Q: A failure required that I install a new hard drive. Fortunately, I had backed up nearly everything. ...
A: Depending on how you set up accounts on your old set up the address book it will be in your user ...
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| I can't find my backup hd | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I have a problem I can't seem to solve. I have a MacIntosh computer, G3. I have an external ...
A: Have you tried restarting your computer to see if the HD is just not mounting? A restart will ...
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| 2 Part - CD's stuck in drive + Start up disk full message | 9/12/2006 |
Q: This is an old computer that I got used for my mom 3-4 years ago. imac; Mac OS X Version 10.3.9; ...
A: There is a hole for ejecting CDs on a front-loading iMac. It's about half an inch in from the right ...
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| installing canon bjc-2110 printer driver in classic | 9/3/2006 |
Q: I am trying to connect a Canon BJC-2110 printer to an Apple Mac Mini running system 10.4.3 (Tiger). ...
A: I'm not set up to test the suggestion described at the following link: ...
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| SCSI to USB adapter for iMac or MacBook Pro | 8/7/2006 |
Q: I have recently upgraded to a new MacBook pro from a G4. I have a really old but excellent HP ...
A: I think you are probably out of luck as far as your MacBook is concerned...Well, not without taking ...
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| imac upgrade crash | 8/5/2006 |
Q: iMac originaly 233mhz 3years ago upgraded to a 460mhz g5 prossesor upped ram to 160 mg OSx 10.3 ...
A: Please don't buy a Dell. Unless you like continual virus issues. I think you need to tell me more ...
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| Airport Extreme | 8/4/2006 |
Q: I have a question about wireless networking on my G3 iBook (10.3.9). My basic airport card works ...
A: Sorry Sam, but the extreme card will not fit in a G3 iBook. In any event it will be the strength of ...
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| 320 Gb HDD will format & accept OS, just won't boot | 8/2/2006 |
Q: I have a 2002 QS 1Ghz DP that is running OS 10.4.7. I have 2 seagate 80Gb drives I want to swap out ...
A: Have you changed the pin settings on the 320gb to master? It won't boot even if the OS installed if ...
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| iMac running 9.2.2 -happy face, does not boot | 8/1/2006 |
Q: I have an 81 year old friend I am trying to keep running. She has an orange iMac. For months she ...
A: This is almost definitely a battery issue. When that battery dies all kinds of things will go wrong. ...
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| Sharing vCard File | 7/31/2006 |
Q: I'd like to share an Address Book vCard file with a Windows friend. I tried just sending it as an ...
A: Create a folder on the Desktop or location of choice. Open Address Book. Click on a single ...
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| Loss of e-mail internet info after install of Adobe CS | 7/30/2006 |
Q: I just installed the education version of Adobe Creative Suite 2. Shortly after I shut my computer, ...
A: I have not heard of this happening before. Zapping the PRam should not affect/revive these ...
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| Aging subject in photo | 7/29/2006 |
Q: Mac OS 9.1 Adobe PhotoShop 4.0 I was told that I can age a subject in a scanned photo using Adobe ...
A: I am sure there are no commercially available products to do this 'automatically'. Even the sci-fi ...
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| downloading stuffitt expander for windows media for OS | 7/27/2006 |
Q: I am at my work computer so I don't have any of the above info but maybe you can still give me some ...
A: I was checking my answer to you question and see that I either didn't inlcude the web link for a ...
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| mac system 6 question | 7/24/2006 |
Q: Until that time I used a MAC 2. Before decommisioning my old MAC, I saved my work on MAC-formatted ...
A: The chance of opening any Mac-formatted floppy on a PC is slim. The probablility now is even less ...
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| downloads | 7/22/2006 |
Q: I use Safari as my browser and when I download something from the internet pop down memu captures ...
A: Safari allows you to direct downloads to where YOU want them to go. 1 Go to the Safari menu. 2 ...
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| possessed Mac? | 7/17/2006 |
Q: I think my Mac G4 (OSX 10.4.7) is possessed. It did something odd this weekend. I was on it until ...
A: I will hit you with the maintenance stuff first... Permissions is an area where things become ...
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| PhotoshopCS | 7/16/2006 |
Q: G5 Dual 2ghz OS10.4.3 Hello, I have been using PhotoshopCS for a while. Suddenly the Layer Styles ...
A: I am having a little difficulty visualising what is missing but the following may bring everything ...
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| No hard drive? | 7/10/2006 |
Q: My daughter has a Power Mac G3 blue tower. She just bought it used. It has no software installed. ...
A: The most likely reason for this would be to do with the jumper settings on the hard drives. There ...
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| Outlook Express | 7/8/2006 |
Q: 2 OS and when I launch my Outlook Express (OE5 for Mac) it says "Your OE Schedules file appears to ...
A: To resolve this behavior, remove the Schedules file, and then restart Outlook Express. To do this: ...
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| mpeg-vx | 7/2/2006 |
Q: i have a sony too that films movies in mpegmovie-vx or mpeg-vx format which is the same that you ...
A: I had just finished a long-ish message to you and then quit my browser... and lost the message. I ...
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| Mac/Entourage Recovery | 6/30/2006 |
Q: I have 5 I-Books in my company that were re-imaged through NetBoot. Turns out the data had not been ...
A: Although Data Rescue seems to do a good job finding directories I have little luck recovering files ...
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| Creating HTML email messages | 6/29/2006 |
Q: My client has asked me to create for them an HTML template they can use to email quotes and letters ...
A: Sorry John, but I can't help with this. There may be some help here: ...
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| Importing Outlook Express back-up from OS9 to OSX | 6/26/2006 |
Q: I want to import an OS9.2.2 Outlook Express (V5.0.6) back-up (messages & contacts), which sits on an ...
A: I don't use Outlook (and never have) so am not sure how it handles files. I think you have to export ...
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| Pop up blocker | 6/23/2006 |
Q: I just bought my first Mac computer and I was wondering if you could recomend a good free pop up ...
A: Pop up blockers come as a standard option with most of the Mac compatible browsers except the now ...
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| Importing MPEG's from Digital Camera | 12/31/2005 |
Q: Tony, Thank you for your time and energy: I have a Sony DSC P-10 digital camera which I'm using ...
A: http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB13&Number=135102&page=0&view=co ...
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| classic environment | 6/20/2005 |
Q: Whenever I try to open Quark or Photoshop on my Mac OS 9, I get a window that says "Classic ...
A: I'll assume you are running Classic within an OS environment. What versions of Quark (4?) and ...
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| Can't Get On Web or E-mail | 6/18/2005 |
Q: (Forgive me if these questions were sent to you earlier...My brother who uses Windows didn't quite ...
A: Hmmm... There could be many reasons for your problem but I would never recommend an OS re-install ...
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| Hi, I was just wondering what... | 6/17/2005 |
Q: I was just wondering what the phrase BIOS battery does not hold a charge means. Does that refer to ...
A: I don't fully understand your question. I've come across this phrase where Dell notebooks are ...
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| Which folders are safe to delete? | 6/15/2005 |
Q: OS X Tiger 10.4 Hi, I have a G3 laptop. The hard drive space is very limited, well thats my ...
A: Which folders are safe to delete? Developer Yes. Not an essential part of OS X unless you are a ...
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| .bin files | 6/13/2005 |
Q: I have an aplication that is seporated out into about 100 bin files that don't have any .cue files, ...
A: Well MIchael,,, as far as I know .bin files are individual elements, usually segments of a movie. I ...
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| Problem burning cds | 6/7/2005 |
Q: I am a professional graphic designer operating a G4 (less than 2 years old) on 9.2 system. Lately ...
A: Questions first and then a possible answer... Is the G4 a tower or a powerbook? If a tower, I will ...
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| Error Message - 34 | 3/7/2005 |
Q: I have a 450 MHz G4 Cube, with 576 MG installed memory. When I try to load a blank CD-R to burn in ...
A: The amount of RAM installed has nothing to do with what you describe. It is the amount of available ...
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| Cubase | 12/15/2004 |
Q: I go to run the program and it freezes while initializing. I have a g4 867 dual processor and 512 mb ...
A: You don't say what OS version you are using. Cubase likes 512mb RAM though it will function on ...
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| Importing files from windows hard drive | 12/14/2004 |
Q: IMAC G4 17inch flat panel. Mac OS X. I have an external firewire hard drive that is formatted for ...
A: I AM surprised your Mac will not see your FireWire drive. Macs are good at reading PC formatted ...
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| I have a MAC OS 8.6 and Internet... | 12/13/2004 |
Q: I have a MAC OS 8.6 and Internet Explorer 5.1 and Outlook Express 5.0.6. Recently I keep getting ...
A: Before you begin allocating more memory to applications you need to know how much RAM you have ...
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| Antivirus for iMac | 12/12/2004 |
Q: I have an iMac and want to find and install an antivirus program. (I know nothing about computers ...
A: http://antivirus.unl.edu/index.php?page=virusMac9Install.htm Here you can download a free copy of ...
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| itunes library ...Gone | 12/11/2004 |
Q: I just clicked on itunes as i usually do and it says "the itunes music library file cannot be read ...
A: If I lost all my music files I would be in tears too. Whatever you do... Don't panic. All is not ...
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| imac probs | 12/8/2004 |
Q: This is a continuation of a prob that I had written to you about before. A Strawberry/333 with ...
A: I'm not sure what else to advise other than disconnecting all peripheral devices from the iMac and ...
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| imac probs | 12/7/2004 |
Q: This is a continuation of a prob that I had written to you about before. A Strawberry/333 with ...
A: I don't recall that you have written to me before but no matter... I do have a few questions for you ...
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| Wireless Connections Between OS10 & OS9 Running Macs | 12/6/2004 |
Q: Greetings, I would like to set-up a wireless network between my iMac G4 running OS10 (Panther) and ...
A: I am a wireless Luddite with a house full of ethernet cables. You might try Apple's Airport ...
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| transfering MS Outlook .pst file to Mac | 12/5/2004 |
Q: I have an iMac G5, running OS 10.3. I have a CD-ROM that I burned at my old job, containing .pst ...
A: I don't know a great deal about PC file formats but... ...
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| automatic update | 12/4/2004 |
Q: OS 9.2 Appleworks 6.1.2 When I use the O..S during Appleworks use the computer automatically ...
A: Search for the Recent Items folder (i'm not sure where this is under OS 9 - I am using OS X and only ...
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