| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| shift,apple,4 screen shot | 7/14/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I just got a mac AIR and am using the shift, apple, 4 button for screen capture - what I would like ...
A: Rob, Screenshots are saved to the desktop in chronological order, but that's not how you are looking ...
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| Reset Owner ID | 7/13/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: How do I delete my name (ID) from MacBook acquired 6 months ago when I give the laptop to my ...
A: Charles, To get your MacBook set up for your grandson I would do one of the following: 1. I would ...
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| imac power loss | 7/12/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have a graphite imac g3 600 mhz.Occasionally it shuts off like you just pulled the plug.If you try ...
A: Wil, I don't know what PAV board your iMac is equipped with...I too, would do a search on Google for ...
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| **post/16/64** | 7/12/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: if this helps, my machine and problem appear identical to this person's: ...
A: It appears as though your logic board is fine, but there is no guarantee of that. What it appears ...
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| post/16/64 | 7/10/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: if this helps, my machine and problem appear identical to this person's: ...
A: Chris, I actually don't know where the L3 cache is physically located. It's possible it's on the ...
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| online virus scan | 7/10/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: In the last few weeks, I have been getting an unwelcome, insidious and unstoppable online virus scan ...
A: This is NOT an isolated problem. The greedy makers of spyware/adware have learned to exploit ...
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| G3 Ibook with no video display | 7/9/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I can hear it turn on but I get no video. I think it could be a back lit cable for the screen ...
A: Sederick, There is one easy way to check whether it's a video card issue/motherboard issue or a ...
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| CORRUPT JPEGS ON DESKTOP...HELP!!! | 7/7/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I was recently surfing the web using Safari when my computer gave me the "spinning beach ball". ...
A: Your approach to this difficulty was very logical and correct. You did a good job attempting to ...
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| New to Mac | 7/7/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have a son going off to college. He wants a Mac Laptop but they are twice as much as a laptop ...
A: Janie, Short answer: Yes, it is worth it. Longer answer: I don't even know how much the laptop at ...
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| Intel Mac no longer recognizes external tape drive | 7/6/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have 4 year old LaCie AIT2 USB2&FW tape drive. My computer is a 2.66 Dual Intel running OSX ...
A: These firewire enclosures have an advanced Oxford 912 that is superior to the "accident" prone ...
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| settings off | 7/5/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: Settings are off. The internet pages are too big for the monitor screen. Scrolling back and forth ...
A: Tony, Short answer: 1. You can change the resolution of your screen using the displays preference ...
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| Intel Mac no longer recognizes external tape drive | 7/4/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have 4 year old LaCie AIT2 USB2&FW tape drive. My computer is a 2.66 Dual Intel running OSX ...
A: Open Disk Utility (In Applications/Utilities) and select the Macintosh HD (or whatever you've named ...
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| 8.6 must go | 7/2/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Hey Jeffery, you haven't heard from me in several years but here I am back again with the same old ...
A: Sorry for my tardiness in getting back to you. From an unexpected hospitalization to a move from ...
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| Contact lists transferred from PC to MAC | 6/29/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Recently, we purchased an iMac which I love. The one big problem is my extensive Contact ...
A: Unfortunately at this stage the only way to fix this problem is manual. This is a knows problem. ...
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| Installation error | 6/29/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: My software is a Solitaire game. After cd icon comes to desktop, upon clicking, the error says: ...
A: I would do a Sherlock search for "Bezlib" and anything with the Solitaire game's name on it. Then, ...
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| Contact lists transferred from PC to MAC | 6/28/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Recently, we purchased an iMac which I love. The one big problem is my extensive Contact info that ...
A: How are you? Hope all is terrific. I'm sorry but I need more information from you. I'm not sure ...
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| laptop | 6/25/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: was running osx but im not sure which version. 2 weeks ago, i got home and it was connected to the ...
A: Adam, Mac OS X 10.5 has a lengthy background disk check after a crash. You may have to let the ...
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| macintosh powerbook g3 | 6/25/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: recently aquired a g3 laptop ;trying to connect to internet found a similar answer on your site but ...
A: What is your ethernet cable plugged into on the other side of it (not the computer)? If it is ...
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| Extensive Web Surfing | 6/23/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: Say there's a huge website, and I want to browse through the entire site, looking at each and every ...
A: Aaron, That's why I don't use them. Have you ever tried Google? ...
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| Startup problems with White 12" iBook G3 700MHz | 6/23/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Jeffrey, I have a white 12" iBook 700 MHZ running OS 10.3 that startups very erratically. ...
A: Dealing with post-hospitalization, a traumatic move into a house that is a disaster, and backed up ...
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| PLEASE FILL IT IN - OS X 10.4 | 6/22/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: When I first bought my Mac we had to set it up to dial up internet and in the email field it has my ...
A: Some of those "memories" that OS X has are stored in strange places. However, you can go a long way ...
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| my apple ibook g3 | 6/21/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: when i turn on my ibook its goes to this gray screen and then right in the middle there is a folder ...
A: Sorry for taking so long, but I was hospitalized and then had to move right afterwards, so I'm ...
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| MacBook Pro/Epson C84 Compatibility | 6/20/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I just got a MacBook Pro OS X Version 10.5.2, 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and have a ...
A: Just combined a hospitalization, a residential move, a company move, and a disaster in the house ...
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| G3 Factory reset | 6/19/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: How do i do it? Thanks Andy
A: I take it as you would like to eliminate any private data form your machine. There is no "reset" ...
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| BURN BABY BURN - OS X 10.4 | 6/19/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I use disk utility to burn my CDs, if I change my CDs & DVDs preferences to burn my CDs from the ...
A: It is not a problem to burn a cd/dvd-rw in the finder and then erase it in Disk Utility. If it ever ...
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| MAC mail | 6/17/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: When I click on mail on my Apple laptop it asks me for my password. I am sure I am using the ...
A: So sorry, but I am catching up from being hospitalized and am behind. It is deceptively simple to ...
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| Mac PowerPC G4 | 6/15/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: When I burn a DVD I am losing sound part of the way thru it. I do not know if it is a hardware or ...
A: Joe, The Pioneer drive series will work fine, but I'm not sure it's a hardware issue. Are you ...
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| apple macbook | 6/11/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have always heard Apple Mac are very good computers without many problems PCs have. I may have the ...
A: Gary, Windows XP Pro is a Microsoft operating system. Service Pack 2 is the first release of XP Pro ...
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| ibook G4 won't start nothing zip nadda | 6/10/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: My G4 iBook won't start at all, not on battery or on plug-in power. For the past two days it was ...
A: Justine, Hold down the trackpad button (or a connected mouse's button) on restart to eject any ...
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| iBook G4 White Screen | 6/9/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Aloha! Two days ago my iBook fell out of my lap and onto the tile floor while it was open. I fell on ...
A: sorry to hear that. Unfortunately you will need to get a start up CD or DVD. Most probably your ...
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| Can't get Macbook Pro to boot HAVE TRIED EVERITHING, Please help | 6/9/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: I was connected via firewire 800 to a Silverdrive Ti 320gb external HD. Also I was running my system ...
A: This is unusual to boot form external drive. You loose performance of the machine since access to FW ...
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| apple macbook | 6/8/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have always heard Apple Mac are very good computers without many problems PCs have. I may have the ...
A: Gary, 1. You can run PC software on your Mac, yes. You can use an XP Pro SP2 or Vista Business or ...
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| Macbook won't start, then starts up bit by bit | 6/7/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I spilled a beer on my macbook (13" white) keyboard a while back (I know, I know), and bought a ...
A: The scenario you are describing is the result of two possible things: One was damage to the logic ...
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| Unable to reload scanner CD in iMac OS9 front slot loading | 6/6/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Very prompt response to my original query, Thanks, I'm not sure I understand how connecting the ...
A: I'm totally at loss. You rated my knowledge as 5. I went back and re-read our correspondence and ...
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| Airport Extreme settings using a Verizon DSL Modem Westell 6100 | 6/6/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Jeff, I am completely stumped. I have a Verizon DSL2 Modem/Router; it's a Westell 6100. I also have ...
A: So sorry for my tardiness, but I was hospitalized and am catching up on everything. First, I am a ...
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| Target mode | 6/6/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I'm trying to connect an OS9.2 G3 Tower to an OS 10.4.11 G4 iMac, so that the G3 is accessible from ...
A: Jon, Thanks for you question. 1. It doesn't matter in which order you do this. You start up the ...
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| Unable to reload scanner CD in iMac OS9 front slot loading | 6/5/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Very prompt response to my original query, Thanks, I'm not sure I understand how connecting the ...
A: Bill, I don't think I've answered any question re: USB and scanner. As for the problem you ...
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| iMac G3 OS 9 CD player | 6/5/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have an iMac as above which I recently moved to another location. I have reconnected all ...
A: Bill, If you think it's your internal CD drive, you can use an external USB or Firewire one. To ...
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| Power Mac G4 upgrade | 6/5/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have a Power Mac G4, and it's running Panther version 10.3.9. It has a 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 ...
A: You have uncovered one whopper of a confusing system requirement from Quark. Your quote was ...
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| Files from OS 9.1 to 10.5.3- I think? | 6/3/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have been working on this for two solid days and should be committed now. I have files on my G3 in ...
A: Heidi, Your G5's copy of Quark XPress probably needs .qxd added to the quark files to open them. ...
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