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If I had an internal MIDI THRU working, I could eliminate a few pieces of rack mount gear, and just use USB to connect my MIDI modules. I found this, and it seems that it's all there: [url]http://lists.apple.com/archives/Coreaudio-api/2002/Jul/msg00042.html[/url] I've having trouble finding: /Developer/Examples/CoreAudio Where is that? Thanks, and many thanks …

Having a problem because I pulled the plug on an external hard incorrectly. I now keep getting the message: "The device you removed ____________you must first select its icon in the finder & choose eject from the file menu." Only problem is the Icon is not on the finder anymore …

I have got problem with my friend's iMAC G5, that Safari won't launch on Mac OS X 10.3.9. What I did was below 1- Go to Hard Disk/Library/Receipts and delete all files referring to Safari 2- Go to Home/Library/and delete the folder Safari (I will lose the bookmarks) 3- Then …

I like using key commands for most everything, and in the Finder (in OS 10.4.11) the key command for "Move to Trash" is "command + small box pointed on the left side with an "x" in the middle of it. Where is that key? Thanks

I have a Quicksilver G4 with a DVD reader in it, and an old G3 clamshell iBook. I understand you can hook a Firewire cable between them and using Target Mode, use the G4's DVD reader to install OS 10.4 on the Indigo clamshell (the clamshell only has a CD …

:-/ I have am getting an Apple Mac Pro Desk Top as well as keeping XP and Vista PC's. I have always been told that Apple Macs do not have the same problem with Virus and Trojans. I have just read at [url]http://www.crn.com/security/208800199[/url] about Two new Apple Trojans. Can anyone …

How much of a difference will this new OS have for those of us with Intel Mac's ?

Like an idiot I deleted the 'Itunes Music Folder' from my computer, but I do have all the songs backed up on an external hard drive. Now in Itunes when I go to click on a song it says file unfound would you like to search for the file. I …

Hi young'uns, I hope you don't mind chatting with "mature" lady (political correct speak for "man, she has a lot of grey hair"). I am a newbie here and feel like I'm in first grade when it comes to computers. I no longer crash my computer on a consistent basis, …

:'( Anything in my desktop is available. After rebut the machine when I double click on any icon (include the macintosh Hd) the spinning ball of death shows and keeping spinning! try to reinstall java, applejack, disk utilities permission...nothing helps. At least everything in my dock is working. Any one …

You guys are my last hope of solving this, when i got my mac i wasnt told that you had to buy the apple care policy within 90 days or your out in the cold! A few weeks back I had a problem with "word" freezing the entire imac, switching …

Apple computers a new to me and I need help. I have a customer that forgot her user name and password and I am trying to reset it for her. I currently have the computer in single user mode and when I typed sh /etc/rc and hit return the computer …

Hello Mac Gurus, Wierd problem on my friend's iMac (sunflower) running Jaguar. Says he pressed some buttons (but cant remember which), and now the built in LCD display is....... monocrome. Tried all combonations of settings in System Prefrerences > Display, and Color - and the best I can do is …

I am thinking of upgrading to the 20" Aluminum 320 GB imac. My son plays some PC games; Orange Box games like Portal, Team Fortress will not play on our old PC. I hope 1 mac could run mostly mac os but when needed also run windows. So should I …

Hi. If anyone has multiple partitions (computer with Macintosh OS X) then please can u give me the output of system_profiler SPSerialATADataType command on the terminal? If system_profiler SPSerialATADataType doesn't give any output then try one of the following: system_profiler SPIDEDataType system_profiler SPSerialSCSIDataType Whichever command out of these three gives …

I am trying to connect to a wireless router and i dont understand what I need to do to allow the router to recognize my laptop (Mac Powerbook G4, version 10.3.9) .. any hints?! A friend asked me to check if I have an Airport card, and I guess I …

How do I reformat a flash drive in Mac OS X so it's also readable in OS 9? The flash drive is accessible in OS X but not in OS 9 (no icon; nothing except a brief flicker of the drive light). I tried launching an OS 9 application (PageMaker) …

I'm having a really hard time ejecting my cd out. I've tried dragging the cd icon into the trash. Tried restarting the computer and pressed on the eject button on my keyboard. Is there a way for me to manually tell the computer to eject my cd? This happened before …

I need to know how difficult it is to install Tiger on my G5 Panther. I have just under 1GB od Ram

Are we ready for Leopard. I am wondering if there are any issues with software on Leopard, like photoshop.

I have noticed that my email account has sent out messages that are bounced from other firewalls. The messages are sent from a ficticious account with my domain name and the emails are the general spam variety. When I do a virus search, nothing comes up. How do I find …

Hello, Whenever I get an update email from Daniweb, I click on any of the subject links and Safari crashes. Same if I type in the Daniweb url. I'm using Opera, latest version to get around this. This started happening about amonth ago. I'm not currently going through my router, …

Hello folks. A Mac household has asked me to advise them on how to get their Windows laptop to see their new Apple wireless router. They have some software which is supposed to work the magic, but it hasn't. I do not know too much about Macs and wonder if …

Watching You Tube or Bloomberg TV feed is a frustrating experience.Download begins and will play for 5 seconds when it stops and recommences download of next section.Is there any way of watching without all the stop and start?Am using Mac OS X.

something strange happened last night. i was on msn messenger, within 5 seconds my friend logged in and sent me a link. the link informed me you could check who had blocked you on msn messenger. just as qucikly he went offline. foolishly i clicked on the link and entered …

HELLO PEOPLE I bought a mac mini about 18 months ago and had a play about with it for 4 or 5 months & i got bored with it as the majority of my stuff i used was on my windoze pc. But hey now mac have released the new …

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a 7 year old Powerbook G3 "Kanga" from someone on Ebay. I needed a laptop and was tired of dealing with all of the problems with Windows-based systems. I decided that this would be a great way to learn the Mac and save some $$$ …

I realize I'm probably reaching for the stars, but I have a wonderful PowerBook Wallstreet model which I would like to be using. It's 233 mhz with only 2 gig hard drive and currently OS9. I would like to be able to add a USB port if possible, so I …

Have you ever thought of changing your tedious Mac theme? I just stumbled upon this site , where there are various styles of Mac theme for you to download for free. For me, I love the Mac theme called Illuminous most. However, I am still clueless as to how to …

I'm completely clueless, so bare with me ... I just switched over to a mac. I have an external hard drive that I used with my PC and I can read it on my mac, but I can't modify it in any way. Is there a way to format it …

what's the deal here? Snake oil or actual remedy? Is it necessary to actually defragment a Mac hard drive or does it really do it by itself? Some experts claim Mac automatically defrags it's drives and some say on files only 20mb or less. Does defrag really help to optimize …

Hi everyone I've been reading the threads on getting an airport card for an old Mac with great interest, as I want to get the right card for my iMac G3, and it seems that it's all too easy to get the wrong card. I have a blue G3 (700MHz …

Hi, is there any mail client in which I can check mail from a @prodigy.net.mx in Mac? I'm in desperate need of one. Thanks in advanced

Hi I was asking about Start up disc for the i Mac G5 and G4 Tower. Blue. The problem is I don’t have any C/D for either Computer. So I wanted to know if I could Burn one. Thanks Norm.

I just bought a new Mac Book and have safari installed on it and when I try and launch it it will not open - so I am using Firefox. Maybe the two conflict?? Then I also cannot upload any softare updates - tells me that the server timed out …

Hi I have bought an iMac G5. How do I tone down the start up Chimes. It nearly blows the roof off. I have tried all the volumes controls but no luck. Also where can I get PDF manuals for it. Thanks Norm.

Finally retiring old PowerPro 225 running OS 8.5. Getting a bomb on startup with message that there is a bus error. Will boot with original CD, but won't allow a reinstall, stating that the hard drive is locked. Will boot with extensions disabled, but can't get on network to copy …

I'm new to DaniWeb and I hope that someone can help me solve an issue. My iBook G4 1.2 GHz machine is almost twice as fast as my PowerMac G4 tower 1.8 GHz machine. Why would that be? I suspect that part of the problem with the PowerMac is with …

Help. I'm having trouble opening a file that ends in .snp. I'm in the army and receive files from them in this format. I've tried everything I know but no luck. I've done google searches for translators and tried every program on my computer. The only thing I can do …

Hi, I recently (Nov '06) moved over to an iMac from a Dell pc. The switch was good as newer OS's and hardware was needed. I am a newsletter editor for two separate organizations and a secretary & historian for another. I do a lot of word processing and record …

HELLO I would like to know how i do a complete fresh install of mac leopard on my man mini. It says in the disc utility that it is a 80 gig harddrive & come up as 74.8 , i know this is normal but i just want to make …

Hi I'm SassyFrass, and I've always only had MAC's. I'm not really a computer geek. I have no programming exp. or anything. I'm just a (really annoyed at the moment) girl with a computer. Anyway.. two days ago, my yahoo started saying that people don't have permission to view my …

Hi, I have a G4 running 10.4 and a Canon 400d, I have been Using this camera for two years on the same mac g4 computer it now will not recognize it. I have tried the flash card in a number of readers and joining the camera to the computer …

I have three very old (about 13 years or more) Mac Excel files, I believe version 1.x- Dataviz software will convert Mac Excel 2.x forward, but not 1.x- is anyone aware of a solution to migrate these files so I can open them? thanks

Today I tired setting up a printer sharing network over my linksys wireless router. I turned the printer sharing on and the windows sharing on my mac. Then I launched my notebook with vista on it and installed Bonjour for Windows 1.0.3. Once the installation finished I ran the wizard …

How do i get unlimited region changes for mac? Please tell me a good virus protecter as well.

Hello ;) Having trouble with my silver powerbook running OS X...on starting i get a folder with a flashing question mark on it. I haven't the boot disk needed to load my desktop so that i can then 'bless' the system folder. Have borrowed an installation disk which when i …

I have a Windows XP machine with Microsoft Outlook XP on the same LAN as an iMac running Jaguar with Microsoft Entourage X. Samba is currently set up to share files between the two computers with no problem. Is it possible to synchronize my address book, e-mail, and calendar among …

Hey Gals/Guys, Having problems hooking up our nature clubs macs running OS 10.4 to windows server. The macs were connected and working and when they were removed from the network and upgraded or a storm hit they no longer connect to the network. 1 mac and 2 pcs that remained …

Hi, It's my first time here. I've been looking around within the Mac forum and wondering if anyone else has been having issues like mine since upgrading. I've already had to do a clean install of 10.5. I'm on an Intel Mac Pro. I lost functionality of my external iSight …