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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 …

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 …

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!

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 …

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

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 …

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!!

: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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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?

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 …

Suddenly all my non-bold text in e-mails, web sites, downloads, etc. has broken up like white paint was spattered over it. I can't find any answers. Tried a new anti-virus software, tried restarting in safe mode, shift down, command shift down, everything down. NOTHING! This is on a iMac G5. …

I just bought my first Mac, and although I'm fairly comfortable with Linux, and am getting used to my Mac quickly, there are some differences I'm still not sure about. This may be blindingly obvious to everyone else, but when I start FireFox, which I installed yesterday, I get a …

Hi, I've just had my Mac for a month now and I'm trying out all these iLife programs. Also, I've been making movies with iMovie. It's all really great and I'm having fun... but [B]how about actually editing the uploaded videoclips from my camera?[/B] With iMovie I seem to be …

Hi, Perhaps I have a stupid question, but I have only had my iMac for about a month now and I'm learning more each day.. I was wondering... [U]when I watch online video's like news broadcasts and all that, do those video clips store themselves on my Mac somewhere? [/U]You …

I have VMware and I was wondering if I can virtualize mac os x (or any other mac version) on linux? Has anyone used VMware to virtualize macs? I dont really want to use it, it just needs to look good ;-) NOTE: i mean the intel based macs

How do you save your Mac Outlook Express 5.05 email and import it into the OSX version? Same question for the Favorites in Mac IE 5.1.7.

Hey everyone, isn't Mac OS X great? The only problem is that a lot of open-source software is only for Linux. Well, there will never be an end-all solution, but there's many ways of making it better. Here are the solutions I recommend: - Dual-booting Mac OS X and Linux …

Hi guys. How would I go about installing the gnome desktop on my mac? I've got X11 running and all, but can't see to get it to work. Would someone care to give me some instructions on how to do this?

Hi - I'm new to MACs. I have a dual G5 running panther and wish to upgrade to tiger so that I can finally run my Garmin device. I got hold of a legal copy of tiger (for an imac) and on installing got the MACs version of the dreaded …

I had a 4.2 GB video (made in iMovie) that I was trying to send to iDVD, however, because of all the weird complications with Macs assuming you want to copy a file rather than move it, I decided to put it in the trash folder, so I could move …

Well, after something like 2 months, I'm finally able to pull my iBook off the shelf and have at it again. I click the power button, and am ready to go, but for some reason, it hits that loading screen (right after the grey one, but before the login one), …