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I have Lotus 1-2-3 for Macintosh Version 1.0 that I originally used on an LC II, then a Performa with O S Systems 7.6,8.0,8.1,8.5 and finally 9.0. My first problem occurred when my desktop icon for Lotus would not open Lotus, that is it would not launch, Lotus 1-2-3 would …

I just upgraded to OS X 10 .4 .10. It seems that my downloads have becomer much slower. Can anyone help me with this one?

I bought a BELKIN 2 port pci card for my Mac (G3 grey tower) because I desperately need a usb port to connect my modem to the web. It won't work - won't power anything up. Does anyone know why this should be. If not is there another way I …

The UK government has started a concerted [URL="http://yp.direct.gov.uk/cyberbullying/"]campaign[/URL] to stop what Schools Secretary, Ed Balls MP, refers to as a "particularly insidious type of bullying." According to government figures more than one third of teenagers between the ages of 12 and 15 have fallen victim to cyber bullies. Perhaps more …

For some reason all of a sudden my machine wont read copy CDs. Can any one please help me?

Having a bad time with my G5 2.5. Upgraded to OS X 10.3.6 and everything has gone downhill from there. System slowed dramatically - fans whirred - and I was thinking of lawsuits that Apple would soon be facing for false advertising relative to their speed claims. Upgrade to 10.3.7 …

I'm trying to help a friend (she's a Mom) who has a Mac. I'm not savvy with Macs but can following techno directions. She wants to view the temporary internet files her children view and wants to prevent them from deleting them. Is there a setting or password she can …

Hi, I was previously a pc user but bought a one-year-old powerbook g4. all was great but now when i turn it on, it shows a globe and then the folder with the blinking question mark. i followed the instructions on the manual to try to fix it but it …

Im not sure if im doing this right as im new at this. I took 200 plus of a 90th birthday party and put them in my Lap top powerbook. I did move the entire library to another hard drive as the mac only had 2GB left. 2 weeks later …

For reasons unknown to me, I cannot read special e-mail message. This means like HTML messages, and those from Apple. How would I go about re-enabling that? I have searched in help, and prefs, but didn't find anything. Thanks!

:cry: purchased g3 imac tray loading 333mhz which has os 8.6. when it boots up it's looking for a server and asking for a password? i found an url: [url]http://www.themacobserver.com/tip/2003/06/16.1.shtml[/url] which seems to be telling me how to go about getting around this. however, when i hold down the command …

I was able to install Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL5 on my MacBook running Tiger and using root to start the Apache server manually. However - I am not able to get it to start automatically on reboot. I even added a line in etc/hostconfig: APACHE2=-YES- Having done the above - …

I just received a Mac for my birthday and had no problems with it until I tried to continue my German and French language learnings on Rosetta Stone online. It said that it doesn't have the correct script and that I needed to go to the Shockwave site and download …

Hi... I deleted a user account on my mac ox 10.4 and I cant seem to get it back :( It seems to have also deleted all the files that were saved under there some one please help!!!! <email snipped> please!!

I get this error message while trying to install OS X on my blue and white G3 tower that is currently running 9.2... "An error has occurred. Startup disk was unable to select the install cd as startup disk. (-2)" The CD drive works fine, recognizes the OS X disc, …

My friend's old G4 needs a wireless card, and he would like to know where he can get a good one (preferably online) for a decent price? The Mac Shop he's been to are charging him something ridiculous apparently. The specs of the machine: Processor: 800 MHz G4 Memory: 256 …

Lost 500 photos on iPhoto of MacOSX10.3.9. Can't import/export. Album names still there. I do have best in PhotoFolder, Laptop, CD, but not all. Questions: #1, are they there somewhere? ... if so, where? Can't search on Panther. # 2, if not, can I import iPhoto from laptop (Tiger 10.4.10) …

Before I purchase a MAC OS (with no windows OS) I would like to know Can a Mac open an HTML files on any browser just like in windows? Example: an ebook that is downloaded toyour computer and is in html format that you need to open with any browser …

We have recvd a donated iMac 500mHz from a parent of one of our students. It came with all the CDs for 9 and 10.0.4. The unit has been upgraded to 10.0.4 but none of the applications are present including the installer app. We have tried booting from the install …

It was only a matter of time, but the long arm of the British law has finally reached out to embrace the BlackBerry. 500 front line police officers in Bedfordshire, England have already been issued with BlackBerry devices to enable them to spend more time tackling crime and less time …

Since installing 10.4.6, my PowerMac G4 crashes frequently (every few minutes). Mostly while trying to use Excel in Classic mode. But Firefox also crashes while in X, just not as frequently. Tried to load TechToolsPro 3.05 into Applications for OS 9 folder. It installs, however when I try to run …

Today I added an 80GB internal hard drive to my existing 40GB on my G4 running 10.3.9 It went in, I partitioned it, it showed up on desktop, life was wonderful. But when I tried to load 10.3.9 on to it via CD drive, I got prohibitory icon. When I …

I just got this mac and i dunno the login or password i don't even have the start up disks or any disks. please help me

Hi. Iv been looking at macs for a while now and iv done my look arounds and im buying me one of the new mac books. But any ways i was wondering if anyone could give me some webpages or just some tips to learning Darwin. If ppl wouldent mind …

Hi when I log in fire vault ask me for the password as I type it says is wrong (I swear it is not) anyway after few attempts I have to punch in the master password, I do it and it is fine, it then asks me to put a …

Okay so I kept d/ling apps off different websites for my mac till it finally said that it was too full to continue. Then my wife bought me this Maxtor OneTouch and I tried to load it. How do I increase the space on my Mac using this and if …

mm people all my life i've been wondering is it possible to download a mac os in a normal pc not a macintosh kind is it pooosible or no ?? if no then why??? if yes from where?

My girlfriend bought me a MacBook Pro from her friend. The MacBook is running Mac OS X 10.4.8. I want to clean out the harddrive and start from scratch. I bought the MAC OS X disk, but when I attempt to install the disk the desktop says the disk will …

Hi I have just been given an old ColorWriter 2500.It says Apple on the cover but is made by Cannon. I have no soft ware (driver) so where can I get a down load for this printer. I gave up on the Apple site. As any body got any ideas. …

Hello, I have a 2002 Mac OS X that won't boot. It gets stuck at the gray screen with the apple and the spinning wheel at the bottom. Any suggestions?

Hi Has any body got a O/S 7.5 or 6 start up disc. I want to use it on a Mac 7200. I cannot open some older Photos on the O/S 8.6 I think they were taken with a Quick take camera I have the soft ware for the camera. …

Hiya everyone, I had an external 80gb Lacie firewire hard drive that worked on both my OS9 & OSX machines. Unfortunately the casing got damaged so it would not work via the firewire ports. Most of the data on the drive relates to my old OS9 G4, so I am …

yoO whattup everyone. so my partner has a PC, and hes got this program called swf catcher ( [url]http://www.sothink.com/product/flashdecompiler/[/url] ) which allows him to grab/steal/decompile .swfs off of the web. Does anyone know of a program like this that exists on a Mac OS x platform? if so, please hook …

Hello and thank you in advance for your help... I just purchased an external 120 Gig drive (USB 2 & FireWire). Ideally I am looking for instructions on how to set up the drive as a boot drive for BOTH my Mac and XP machine. Is this possible? If it …

(powerbook G4 10.2.8) it appears my DiskImageMounter.app has gone missing, i have been informed that this is near impossible to delete. it should be locted in the core services file and it does not appear there?!?! without this i am unable to download anything with the extension .dmg i have …

Every 2-3 pages I open, Keychain opens up asking for a password saying that safari wants to use keychain. It slows my work considerably. Any clues?

OK it's a bit more tricky than that. We had our G4powerbook repaired and backed up mail onto another mac. In the last 2 week we have recieved more mail on that mac from 3 different accounts. now I need to transfer the new (last 2 weeks worth) of mail, …

well ihave a powerbook g4 with 55.89gb memory and my computer says i have used 55.89gb i have deleted all files and some of my apps and my memory is the same i ven bought another hard drive and i still can't open illustrator or photoshop it opens and closes …

I have read that it is possible to get software that will allow me to write from windows to a hard drive formatted for Mac Intel machines. I would like to be able to use this hard drive primarily to back up my Mac but to periodically back up from …

hi all, I am new to mac, and can not install .sit, .hgz and .bin files, i have however been fortunate with.dmg files. pls i will appriciate any help from anyone. Ishola

Steve Jobs is always good for a surprise announcement, although usually the media has got an idea of what is about to be revealed. Not so at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 in San Francisco today, where the Apple CEO shocked everyone by announcing that the much loved Safari web …

Below are the thoughts from a computer professional who has spent the last 10 years supporting Mac, Windows, and Linux computers in a variety of network applications. By no means will this general tips section be exhaustive -- that is what a good book is all about. I am also …

Reinstalled OS 9.2 & 10.2.8 onto a SCSI 40G drive in separate partitions. Giving the first partition 7.5G to OS 10.2. After installing OS 10.2 everything works fine until I restart to 9.2 drive partition or the other IDE 40G drive. Once I restart from either of my 9.2 drives …

I'm an experience Windows programmer and I'd like to do some work for my wife's school on Mac OSX. The trouble is, I have found no decent programming tools for that system. When I work on Windows I use Delphi or Visual Studio. Does a visual, objected oriented RAD system …

Hello. I need some help using KisMac. When I went to set it up, it had all these options for chips and cards under the "Driver" menu. I really don't know which ones to use. If I just select "Apple airport or Airport extreme ...", It will let me scan …

Ok boys here it is. I have a Mac g4 guickSilver running OSX 10.2 which is running Digital Performer 4 recording software. It is located three hundred feet away from my Hub. ( I need a wireless router) I want the name of the wireless router that is compatible AND …

Everyone wants to know what the next big thing is going to be, and if market analyst [URL="http://www.datamonitor.com"]Datamonitor[/URL] is to be believed the answer is mobile broadcast television. With the opportunity to combine two of the undeniably most popular and successful consumer products in history, namely TV and mobile telephones, …

Hello there, I am currently researching in order to write an article on the quality of apple's customer care. If anyone has had any problems with them or great successes I would be incredibly grateful if you could contact me. I will fully quote you, should you wish, and rest …

Hi my Ibook G4 froze. After rebooting I get a flashing question mark. I have ran a hardware test which errors, and have tried to reinstall system software but cannot see harddrive. Any ideas without going to a specialist?

I couldn’t help spotting a story over the weekend relating to what was being called a groundbreaking camera that can refocus blurry images after the photo has actually been taken. The development, from the [URL="http://www.merl.com/"]Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs[/URL], uses a lens with a depth of field around ten times the …