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It keeps freezing and gives an error something like Kernel Trap followed by gibberish numbers. This is just lately. WTF is wrong with it ?

Hi I have just joined friends on windows instant messenger. The text messages work fine but cannot connect with video.I have down loaded the latest messenger 7.0.2 from Mactobia but no video. I have wmplayer & wmvideo installed. Can any body help. Regards norm.

Hi everyone hope you can help me have got a Mirrordoor G4 dual 867 mhz and am new to mac it has been running fine since xmas but the last couple of days have been haveing trouble with it .Every time i turn the tower of and turn it back …

He has gone from dead to having cancer to suffering from hormone problems in the space of a few short weeks, now the Apple CEO is taking six months off work to recover. So just how sick is Steve Jobs? Last year the mention of the word cancer in the …

I'm new to OS X. In the desktop view options, I have nothing checked, however the icons for my two hard drives are constantly being rearranged when I restart. Is there any way to make it like OS 9 so that no matter what the hard drive icons are always …

I am running an iMac G-3 Power PC with a Mac OS 10.3.9. Do I need to defragment my Hard Disk and, if so, what is the simplest way to do this? Thanks.

hi, Well, its a long story how i ended up deleting my Utility folder on Mac, but i did it and i don't know what to do:'( !! I do not want to reinstall the whole system, as many of my programs can not be reinstalled, therefor i need to …

How do you use the built in Camera and mic, to make a visual contact with other computers out side of the country? Regards Norm.

when I googled a supermarket website, I was then prompted to a "warning" which was trying to take me to Antivurus.2009. livescan (I'm not putting in exact address as I don't want anyone else to click on it) I can give you te specifics if you need it. Can I …

Hi everyone! I wanted to upgrade my OS X but after downloading some 675MB, my Mac will not install the updates because of some third party software/s that I've installed. What can I do? I'm a newbie when it comes to Mac. How do I know which software/s affecting the …

I am having dificulty setting up mac mail with an ms exchange server. i am able to recieve emails with no problem but i cant send. does anyone know how to setup the smtp part with an exchange server.

I have been chasing this problem for a while now and everything I see is oriented to converting wmv and avi files to something that iMovie can read. My question is, wouldn't it be more simple to fix iMovie to read these files? That's something you would only have to …

Hi there new to all this and really need some help if possible. I was running osx 10.2.8 and wanted to upgrade to leopard but could not jump from 10.2.8 so have backed everything on to an exteral harddrive. did not have the option for a complete wipe and install …

Hi, I have a old G3 and like to update OS 9 to OS 10 with two CD's. I reboot and hold the C key and get a yellow sign on screen. Thanks in advance.

Barack Obama is the very definition of an Internet politico-geek, not least as I just invented the term. However, there is no denying that the President-Elect of the US has understood the power of the Internet, the power of social networking, better than any other political candidate for high office. …

need help i lost my passwd and disk for my mac

Ok i have a MacBook and i try to click on a video and it says you don't have the proper plugin. It says you need video/x-ms-asf-plugin something MIME. Does somebody have a QUICK and easy to understand solution without long explanations. Thank you

Greetings! New machine, updated to 10.5.5. I've bought LaCie Ethernet disk mini - 1Tb drive w 10/100/Gbit and USB - which is plugged in to my 10/100 network so that I can share it between 2-3 Macs. A friend has this drive which works well on similar small network, so …

I'm currently letting iTunes manage my music, which is something I've never trusted it to do. I have about 8GB of music that's only on iTunes music folder and everytime I rip new CDs or download new songs I just put them in my Music folder, which I have added …

It had to happen, and it has. Ever since the Internet Watch Foundation, a British charitable organisation that acts as the official watchdog to track and report illegal content online, in particular child pornography, introduced a blacklist we all knew it would get controversial one day. That day has come. …

When I attempt to use the Software Update (under apple insignia), it comes back with an error that it cannot connect. I have run the diagnostic, which comes back and says, there is nothing wrong with the internet connection (ethernet). Am trying to ultimately download a Java update and it …

I have a yahoo mail account that i want to set up with the Mail app but when i try to create it, I get this error saying that it tried to log in the mail server but it failed. Can someone help me with this? Thanks.

Can one have their iMac automatically update the software? Let's say about 3:30 in the morning when I am dead to the world... It always wants me to update and restart right when I'm in the middle of something. I know I can do it later, but it would be …

I like to follow news about Apple and its products as much as anyone. It's interesting and fun and watching the speculation is a kind of voyeurism, a way to get inside a company that keeps a tight lid on information, but much like baseball trade rumors, which I also …

I recently received a 1.8 GHz iMac G5 and already have a 933 MHz G4 Quicksilver w/ one master and one slave HD. I have two issues. One, I'd like to use the faster iMac and access the files and larger drives on my Quicksilver. Unfortunately in Target Disk mode, …

I am reading a lot of talk about making mp3 data files so you can put hundreds of songs on 1 cd,but no one has said how to do it. Gan anyone help??? jimbil208

because i dont know or have the password that is already on there. how can i get passed this?

Is there a Mac version of MS publisher? I need to send an email newsletter via Publisher. Can I create an html or pdf in another programme and then import into publisher? Would appreciate any help Regards MacMurray

Hi All I have a problem with my Imac. It's an intel based machine with Tiger running on it. Just recently when i put in a cd to copy files onto and burn it keeps telling the file is too big and not enough room on the cd. The file …

[url]http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-251586.html[/url] [quote]Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors. [more][/quote]Its sad that Macs arent even safe anymore........

Is it possible to use msn live messenger on a new macbook? Do you recommend if it is possible... or is it a recipe for disaster with viruses...etc?

Hello, does anybody know how to read in the data from a file into a program and vise versa when i am programming on mac? To be more precise, i dont have a txt., i only have rtf. extensions. Every time i run the console, i get an error message …

hello, first time poster on this website. first, thank you to everyone who decides to even view this thread, i appreciate your concern. So my boss is breathing down my neck big time about getting some videos posted on youtube.com. im a film student, and so he has me doing …

I am trying to import my bookmarks into Safari. I have never used safari before. The format of my bookmarks is a HTML file. When I try and import Safari displays the HTML file with the list of URLs but I cannot seem to import that list of bookmarks into …

I have been advised that relying on daily incremental backups ( I use SuperDuper) are dangerous because any corruption could set me back to the last full backup, whereas a full backup (daily) means I can never be more than a day wrong. I would appreciate the panel's views, or …

I need Tiger to run my design software and Leopard came on my new Mac Pro. How do I get both on my machine to boot from one or the other? Or is it possible to run both side by side as with Widows. I read the thread for Panther …

Sarah Palin is always keen to talk about open and transparent government, indeed it was one of the main focal points of her campaign when she ran for the office of Governor in Alaska. Of course, she continues to talk the transparency talk now that the campaign has ramped up …

After posting [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3340.html"]5 Things I Wish Linux Had[/URL], I did some mulling and gathered comments from readers and compiled this additional list of items that I wish Linux had. I've also included one thing that I wish Linux didn't have. These are part of my 2009 Wishlist and are more …

I am planning on ripping a DVD to mov, so does anyone know where i can get a free dvd ripper that converts DVD to Mov like the mac dvd ripper? I used handbrake, it cannot create a mov file. if you help, thanks

The actual Patent title reads "Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof" but PANTS is much snappier don't you think? That's Personal Area Network Technology Systems in full. Apple is looking to patent always-on from anywhere access to the Internet. I thought that was already tied …

A recent 'heart attack' [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21008/1151/"]story[/URL] which was false, and quickly denied by Apple but not quickly enough to prevent the stock price falling, proves that anything related to Steve Jobs leaving the helm of Apple is a hot potato right now. And while the [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19404/53/"]Fake Steve Jobs[/URL] is dead, the …

I have Microsoft Office on 1 of my IMacs and would like to copy it to the other. I copied the application on a cd, but don't know how to install it. Can it be installed from a disk? Is there a way to copy it direct from on IMac …

I think I need a program to mount a disk image. I aquired a program in 3 seperate .dmg files, but when i try to install i get a "fail to mount" message b/c "permission is denied." I was wondering how I can get around this problem, possibly a free …

Where would we be without satnav? Good question, as most of us seem to have lost the ability to drive anywhere without some annoying slightly posh woman barking instructions at us every few minutes. Of course, satnav is not all gravy: who could forget the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1242.html"]crazy satnav directions[/URL] that led …

Hello i'm not very good with this computer stuff. had problems when i re-installed tiger on my powerbook g4 and erased the hd, losing all my photos and itunes with 6000+ songs on. does anyone know if it's possible to get these things back, and if so, how ? regards …

I just accidently deleted my entire iTunes folder 35G, Had spent the last two weeks sorting out id3 tags artwork ect. and transferred it to an external harddrive. Later made a eal blunder and went to transfer another (As I thought a copy) to same harddrive and clicked "replace" I …

Earlier this week Apple was adamant that it would close the iTunes Store if the Copyright Royalty Board raised the royalties paid to music publishers, rather than be forced into either accepting smaller margins on the music downloads it sells or be forced into hiking prices. The way these things …

Hello, I keep getting these warning messages in the details of the repaired permissions text whenever I run repair, which is often. Kind of worries me as I've never seen a warning in repair permissions. But I just switched to a new machine that came with Leopard. Mac Mini 1.83GHz …

I have an Emac and older Imac 9.2 which has 6gig available on its hard drive. How do I go about using this older Imac as back-up storage for the Emac if at all possible so that I increased memory on the Emac. Please keep it simple ... I am …

Ok, this scared the crap out of me - remember this is a laptop and I was watching this on a macbookpro on my lap - exploding batteries etc: [URL="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/the-mysterious-macbook-pro-noise-198298.php"][COLOR=BLUE]http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/the-mysterious-macbook-pro-noise-198298.php[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/v/uwuMcFt07x8"][COLOR=BLUE]http://www.youtube.com/v/uwuMcFt07x8[/COLOR][/URL] :eek: One explanation was that it sounds like a fan - I didn't think the macbookpro has a fan... …