| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| photo booth not starting | 8/20/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have recently installed MAC OS X on my computer. I am unable to start PHOTO BOOTH. when I try to ...
A: Chaitany, Photobooth has minimum system requirements: Photo Booth requires an iSight camera ...
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| Mac it is | 8/18/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: Ed. Some one helped me me to choose Mac over IBM. Now, I get disoriented while choosing on Apple ...
A: Alec, You have a myriad of questions, which I'll try to answer succinctly, but in general you may ...
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| Mac it is | 8/18/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Privet Elia. You helped me to choose Mac over IBM. Now, I get disoriented while choosing on Apple ...
A: Now, I get disoriented while choosing on Apple notebooks. There are MacBook, MacBook air, MacBook ...
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| mac G4 connect to a PC monitor | 8/16/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have bought a used Mac G4. I would like to connect it to a 17" HP PC monitor. How do I do this? ...
A: Shawn, Plug it in? No, seriously, what difficulty are you running into in simply connecting it? ...
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| hard drive transfer problem | 8/15/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: I recently bought an external hard drive and cannot transfer any files larger than 4gigs to it. I ...
A: It can be caused by several reasons. Most possible is that you HDD partitioned as FAT32 (windows ...
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| value of a mac | 8/14/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: i'm trying to sell my apple imac g3 model. what's the going rate on this model now. thanks.
A: Larry, Well the used Mac index is at...hey wait, there is no such thing! No, seriously, the best ...
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| Ibook will not turn on | 8/14/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: no start up chime, no fans, no moving parts inside or anything, the only thing that it does is that ...
A: You've encountered a very common problem with the iBook G4's and, unfortunately, there's no easy way ...
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| possible to read Mac OS 7.0.2 files on PC? | 8/13/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have a Mac Powerbook 100 from year 1992. I think the OS is 7.0.2. I have numerous reports I ...
A: Unfortunately, you are asking for a 16 year span between computers. The two operating systems are 9 ...
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| harddrive? | 8/4/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: My iMac PowerPC G3 makes repeated clicking noises, the kind of click an iMac makes when it's ...
A: I'm not sure what sound your mac does. Generally, it shouldn't do any sounds but chime. Anyway as ...
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| harddrive? | 8/4/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: My iMac PowerPC G3 makes repeated clicking noises, the kind of click an iMac makes when it's ...
A: That depends what you call "die". I'm not sure i understand what kind of noise is that, since iMac ...
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| iBook G4 won't turn on | 7/29/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: My iBook G4 laptop was starting to have difficulty shutting down and responding to the On button ...
A: Fortunately, you did not do anything to cause this, but sadly it is not an easy fix. What you ...
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| Downloading movie with sound from camera | 7/28/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have a Exilim Casio Camera which takes movies with sound. I can hear the sound on the camera, ...
A: Jim, It's possible your son has CODEC that you don't...you might try repairing permissions and/or ...
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| Mac OS X 10.4 install problem | 7/27/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: I have an imac G5. I ran into some problems and decided to reinstall OS X 10.4. When I go to ...
A: When I go to install it it does not give me a volume to choose as my destination. I assume you start ...
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| HOW MUCH IS LEFT - Mac OS X 10.4 | 7/27/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: why can't I check my printer ink levels? P.S I have a ...
A: Have you tried opening the Epson utility from the Printer List? Just open your System Preferences ...
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| Mac keeps restarting | 7/26/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I have MacBook Pro with Leopard Mac OS 10.5 installed. Yesterday I was trying to make some space on ...
A: Shah, It sounds like your admin account and more of your system may be corrupted. I'd advise you to ...
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| Mac or IBM compats? | 7/25/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Sooooo, do I finally swap out my IBM PC compatible...ACER Aspire and switch my entire system to ...
A: I hate to partially burst your bubble, but Macs are made in China (like everything else these days). ...
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| value | 7/25/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: I found a craigslist listing for an apple g4 with the following description: "Apple G4 desktop ...
A: Oliver, Sounds about right. Check comparable values on eBay. Of course, "some software already ...
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| Mac vs PC | 7/23/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Privet, Elia. I'm fed up with windows and was already going to get a Mac notebook an equivalent of ...
A: 1. Mac is reliable, yes, but once it goes ... it goes. just crap. 2. Price, not what i've seen on ...
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| Mac vs PC | 7/22/2008 | Elia Kanaki |
Q: Privet, Elia. I'm fed up with windows and was already going to get a Mac notebook an equivalent of ...
A: Simply put - buy a mac :) Here is more details on the subject: 1. "Difficult to get software" - ...
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| macbook pro volume key/color contrast/etc | 7/22/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: for some reason the keys on the top of my macbook pro (contrast/volume) are not working correctly. ...
A: Josh, I have my MacBook Pro configured the same way; it's a feature, not a bug:) Apple allows ...
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| Mac Laptop | 7/18/2008 | Ed Dyer |
Q: Ed. I'm fed up with windows and up to getting a Mac laptop but not familiar with their ...
A: Alec, If you aren't familiar with Mac laptop configurations, go peruse Apple's website on the ...
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| G4 Tower Hard Drive Filled Up | 7/16/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have a PowerPC G4 tower and after running an iTunes update, I started running a security update ...
A: Sorry I took so long getting back to you, but I was swamped in my company's business and unable to ...
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| Wireless | 7/15/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: Apple iMac M6498 800 MHz 256MB 60 HD MAC OS X 10.2.3 Need ability for wireless. Would you recommend ...
A: Sorry for my lateness, but the site said that the question was answered. I apologize sincerely. I ...
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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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| iMac black screen | 7/14/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: I have a dome shaped iMac with an otherwise fully functional display which has lost all ...
A: Unfortunately, most techs are unable to replace the backlight (I can do them, but my success rate is ...
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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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| G4 Display problems | 7/11/2008 | Jeffrey J. Wrobel |
Q: My display recently went into x-ray mode. I read up and found how to change it in the universal ...
A: It sound like your display or display voltage inverter may have died. However, you may fix this by ...
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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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