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Here's the story... My room mate decided to download an [I]illegal[/I] torrent of osx 10.5 (my Mac was running 10.4.9 just fine) and tried to install it and got frustrated. He found a web tutorial on how to back up your drive using the Disk Utility restore feature. He "figured" …

Hello! I use a Mac; however, I downloaded an avi file that uses the Indeo 4 (IV41) codec which is unavailable for Macs. Do you know of a software program that can convert the file (re-encode? if that's the proper term...) to another codec that will allow me to view …

What is default DBMS system in MAC. Also is there any way to develope dbms application in windows and run that file on mac os. In short which is the dbms software which which can work on both mac and windows platform?

Apple has long been criticised for the way it handles iPhone App approval. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4408.html"]Inconsistency[/URL] and [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4276.html"]mind-boggling logic[/URL] are the order of the day, or at least that's the way it appears to an increasing number of iPhone application developers. The application review process has been rigorously defended by Apple, although …

Does anybody know what this screen means? [url]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp231/kaaawa2000/huh.jpg[/url] Today I was using my G4 iBook to install OS 10.4.11 on a clamshell G3. The clamshell was in target mode connected to G4 through Firewire and I was using a Mac install DVD in the G4. After the G4 rebooted from …

My mac is running slow. I asked a guy aBest Buy about it and he suggested I reformat my computer and then reinsatl backed up data form carbonite. Is there anything else to try. THis seems pretty drastic. If I msut reformt, do I go through disc utility?

Over the weekend news broke that a worm had started infecting Jailbroken iPhones in Australia. Nobody really took the exploit too seriously as all the 'ikee worm' did was change the phone wallpaper to a picture of 80's pop singer Rick Astley in a kind of warped tribute to the …

Have you ever been thinking to make calendar by yourself? Use your own photo album as decorating picture and mark some special day with special tags rather than only red circle in the calendar. you will get the chance to [URL="http://www.imediacreator.com/tutorial-photo/use-calendar-template-to-make-calendar-on-mac.html#175"][B]use free calendar templates to make calendar on Mac[/B][/URL] for …

Hey, Does anyone know how I can add file types to Spotlight searches? I am constantly having trouble finding old Illustrator and Photoshop files. Does adobe have a plugin download somewhere? Thanks, Jason

So I am in an apartment using a WRT54GS Linksys router. I am having some major wireless problems. Layout of the apartment. [url]http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv116/AndrewD1022/741643.jpg[/url] I have tried resetting the router, changing the channel. Upgraded the firmware and nothing seems to get the signal any better. I am in the same room …

Hey Daniweb, I a 13.3 inch Macbook Pro (5,5) running Snow Leopard that I would like to triple boot Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 on. I am running an 80 GB Intel X-25M as my primary drive and I after I have the three operating systems installed via …

HELP! I bought an iMac and it is supposed to run XP as well. However, I cannot get on the web when booted in Windows. Does anyone know what to do? Mac and Microsoft claim it is the other guy's software problem!

I've got skype so my girlfriend can talk to her relatives in Sweden. However, the headset I have is connected via a usb port and I don't have any free? My modem is connected to one port and my keyboard to the other. So, how do I connect the headset …

Jon Lech Johansen is perhaps best known as DVD Jon, the chap who cracked DVD movie encryption at the tender age of just 15. He may soon have to adopt a new nickname, how about iTunes Jon, as he releases software that takes iTunes out of the iPod music equation. …

Sky, better known for news and sport television broadcasting, has today announced that it is entering the online music business with an ad-free streaming download service. All of the four million songs accessible by users of the service will be available by way of unlimited online streaming as well as …

If you are in the market for a new Apple computer, you might want to wait a few days. It would appear that new super thin iMacs, MacBooks and even a cheaper Mac Mini are on the way real soon. According to [URL="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/03/apple_ads_hint_at_thinner_imacs_lighter_macbooks_cheaper_mac_minis.html"]AppleInsider[/URL] a raft of advertisements were published ahead …

Hi, Okay, I have this CRAZY issue. I bough a new MacBook Pro 13inch last week (With Snow Leopard) and figured I'd transfer my data from my older iMac (With normal Leopard) using Migration Assistant. Perhaps that was dumb,.. I don't know. Everything went fine, it took about 18 hours …

Hi Techsters, I has a weird thing happen today. I had just opened a folder that held all my original forms, found the two I needed and attached them in an e-mail and sent it. It sent just fine, but when I went to find another document in that same …

Hello all, I have been search for days on how to do this without a single thing explaining how it can be done. I have imaged my Mac OS cd to a .iso that is readable by my windows platform, but how do I go about creating a VMWare usable …

Hey guys, so i need to find an application that can do the following: [LIST] [*]Keep a searchable database on stock [*]Keep a database of all customers and their data (PO numbers etc) [*]be able to invoice a customer when a sale is made by selecting the items from the …

[B]Here is the story.[/B] I haven't work with macs for a while due to financial reasons, but I'm happily (or so I thought) back now to a mac environment. I have a Macbook 13" (which is my old Computer) and a Macbook pro 15" (my new one). They are both …

Have you downloaded snow leopard yet? I was planning to stop by the Apple Store and get it today instead of ordering online but I was not looking forward to the long line. So what do you think of Snow Leopard? What sup with Apple naming system? I do like …

I am new to macs, having just purchased one of the new MacBook Pros. I am still trying to adjust, but one of the annoying features that's killing me is the fact that I can't seem to download the photos taken with my iPhone 3G to my mac without using …

Continuing on its charm offensive, the music industry is apparently not satisfied with the $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs imposed on Joel Tenenbaum or the $1.92 million Jammie Thomas-Rasset was hit with for illegally downloading 24 tunes. Now it is going after the lyrics pirates. The what? Well, exactly. …

Apple's quarterly earnings report came out the other day and in spite of the economy and Steve Jobs' health and everything else, Apple blew away their quarterly projections. How do you think they keep doing it? What makes people keep buying their products in spite of the economic climate that …

I am trying to download the trial version of Photoshop Elements 6 from the Adobe website onto my iMac. However, it keeps failing because I don't have the diskimagemounter.app. Adobe help was anything but helpful. Hopefully someone here can help me. Please describe in detail the exact actions and things …

I have recently build ten (10) Intel iMac, and have noticed that on a Monday most machines will be at least 5 minutes to fast. Becasue these machine are on a Windows Domain, user's are unable to login, I have to login as Administrator and change the time. If the …

Safari 4.0.3 is out now and available for [URL="http://support.apple.com/downloads/Safari_4_0_3"]download[/URL] from Apple, for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. While there are the usual claims of making things more stable when using third party plugins and in particular for handling the HTML 5 video tag, it is with regards …

Hi guys I was working in CS3 Illustrator a minute ago and I noticed that the shift key has stopped working ie it's not constraining my boxes to proportion when I try to resize them. I tried closing down the programme, trashing the illustrator preferences and restarted it but the …

How good is OS X as OS for a web hosting server? Please advice.

Helo, I'm a newbee in using mac os ,X specially and i have this strange error that i can't understand. I don't want to annoying with a silly question, but can anyone explain me what is happening. The problem: a few days ago my maill.app stop receiving mails, in my …

i buy a (old) g5 dual quad with 4 gb mem ddr 400 but no OS on it. so i download osx leopard now is my question this download file is a dmg file from 7 gb so how can i burn this on dvd so that i can boot …

sorry it was not my intension to spread illage things on this forum i have only one question is it posible 2 put a new leopard software when i must i buy it in the store but will it works on my g5 from 2004 that was my question otherwise …

Hello, i'm quite new to MacOS. Have been working with Suse Linux until now. Usually i divided the hard disk with three partitions: 1. Root: for OS and applications 2. Swap: swap file 3. Home (or User): for all saved documents. Is it advisable to do a similar partitioning with …

i have a pc with intel chipset ,2gb ram , 160 gb hard drive with windows vista .how can i install mac os with windows vista dual boot?please if any body have any information or link associated with it reply?

Hi, I have an html form which, when submitted, e-mails the data via php to me. It all works fine, but I wondered if there was a way to get the output to be displayed in html rather than by e-mail. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Chris.

I have a MacAir with Entourage. For 9 months I enjoyed the services of 123toegher.com / Microsoft Outlook Web, but ten days ago the system started getting unstable. Some of my mails are not being downloaded to my Entourage mail account. I have just updated my 2008 Entourage system. Can …

With some [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3427.html"]11.5 million subscribers[/URL] playing it worldwide, there is no denying that World of Warcraft is one popular online game. Nowhere more so than in China, where it has been reported around 5 million of those subscribers are based. It should [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4434.html"]come as no surprise[/URL] that not everyone in …

Tried to install macOSX leopard on my newly installed hard disk (macbook intel core duo). Btw, the installer DVD belongs to my newer mac (intel core 2 duo) since its original dvd is missing. Tried installing, "this MacOSX cannot install on this computer". Anyone can help? Greatly appreciated.

Hi every one. I have a 7200. I am using Outlook express, the problem is it keeps telling me the scrach disc is full and cannot down load or open message that has an attachment. I have cleaned out as much as I can on the hard drive and made …

just WHAT is the master password... soz if i am annoyng you.. PLEASE help though, im on my knees begging you...

The school district I work at recently put Leopard on eMacs, iMacs, and iBooks. Last year, using Tiger's parental controls, we were able to set it so users would only be able to access a limited System Preference pane (network, system time, accounts, etc. had all been blocked). Is there …

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I cannot find any posts related to my question. When I open a spreadsheet, or, when I open a blank spreadsheet, the toolbars that are checked in the View menu are not displayed. For each toolbar, I have to uncheck and then check …

My parents have a Macbook and a wireless network. Rather than using their network, which I have setup to use WPA-PSK, the MacBook keeps jumping on the neighbor's wireless, which is named Linksys and is wide open. It does this any time the computer is woken up or rebooted and …

Hi , I have a user is using MS Entourage on his MAC and connect to Exchange server but He always have a problem that frequently the system prompt and ask him to login again... Is there anyone know or have simliar issue which can share with me? Anything where …

OK, new here, so be patient... Thanks. I have my iMac connected to my HP 2510 Photosmart all-in-one. It will print anything I want to print, but when I try to Scan, it says that there is no scanner recognized. I have the HP "Image Zone" logo displayed on the …

my system preferences is in different languages ?? what is going wrong ?? :(

I have an image that is an oval with a white rectangle behind it. I have extracted the image from the layer and the white rectangle still shows up. This is a company logo that is an oval shape, I just want the oval image to place on a product …

Seems like a silly question, right? But $80,000 per track is exactly how much Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother from Minneapolis, has been charged. Well, I say charged but actually she was fined this amount for each of 24 songs downloaded via a file-sharing site at the end of a …

i have recently purchased a HP all in one printer which is supposed to work with macs with OSX but I have tried installing the software and at the very end of the process I get an error message that says a "system folder" is required but cannot be found. …