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I have a Power Mac 8500 with a Sonnet Crescendo 400 Mhz G4/PSI upgrade Processor card running Mac OS 8.6. I installed a IOGear USB 2.0 PCI Card-GIC220UW1 which says it works with OS 8.6. I installed the recommended software "USB Support 1.4.1 smi " from apple.com. The card shows …

Hi, I have a G3 computer with OS 8.5 installed. Other system profiler items are Memory Disk cache 1MB Hardware overview 406 iMac G3 processor 233 MHz 512 K. Can someone help me to know what OS I can upgrade to and if I can make the jump to that …

I dont know anything about computers. I am trying to locate a download for a program which will (a) speed up my iMac OS9, and/or suppress spyware which might be slowing my broadband speed. I would be grateful for any suggestions. Everything I look up is for PC, and/or is …

Hi, I'm new here. I have this problem in the office. We have a dual processor G4, which does not start. All you get is a no entry sign on the monitor once you start it. We tried to troubleshoot it by swapping parts like the ram, hard disk, removing …

Hi - Though I have had OS X 10.2 for awhile, I could never receive my mail when I tried to use it, so I have run old classic 9.2 forever, using Outlook Express 5.02. Anyway, I expreienced a MAJOR crash last week, so - since I lost EVERYTHING - …

Hello. This is really strange. I have a dead lower left corner that is a rectangle, that varies in size from 5/8" to 2 1/4" from the left side of the screen and 1" to 2 1/4" from the bottom of the screen. By that I mean that I can't …

Hi, I just got a new iMac G5 with OS X Tiger, and I am unable to download MP3 sound files. When I try, QuickTime Player automatically opens and begins to play them, but I am unable to download them. These are information files, not music files. On my old …

A variety of problems seem to have invaded my G4. A tech at CompUSA suggested a virus or spyware, but I don't think he knew it was a Mac. Symptoms include: Sluggish, longer startups; all icons vanished off desktop; unable to upload audio files for months; error message for clock/date …

Hi Guys, I have ag4 iBook runnu=ijnng OSX3.9 and my iTunes has stopped listing names when I load CD's. Annoying and time consuming it is to put in the info manually. I have broadband that works fine. iTunes usually checks the cd and compares it with a record of track …

Hi, I want to make back up copies of some of my older CD's. I am looking for a CD ripping software that has a decent bitrate (ie not iTunes), maybe around 320 kbps (VBR). Also, it would be cool if it would rip straight to mp3 format at this …

Hi there First time visitor. My mac G4 has suddenly gone to a blue screen after I downloaded the latest Quicktime update. I was out of the room so I dont' know at which stage it went to blue screen. Ocassionally the little "warming up' logo or the curser appears …

Is it necessary to defrag my G5, OSX 10.3.9? If so, how do I do it? And, will this help the forever rolling, "hour-glassing" problem? TIA

computer works great but. cant open harddrive cant reload computer software.can connect to internet fine. everything in dock works but anything else on desktop doesnt. please help, have a imac 10

Hi, I have pagemaker 6.5 (I am used to the program and it satisfies all my dtp needs) and have been using it on an old apple G3. I am thinking of buying a Mac Mini which comes with Mac OS X Tiger - will the Pagemaker 6.5 work on …

A friend of mine who still uses OS 9 called earlier today to let me know a word file he sent me has a macro virus. He can no longer open any word documents. I don't use word much but am now concerned since I don't run any virus protection …

I have managed to i think delete all the keyboard extensions and therefore have locked myself out of my pismo, erm what can i do? Is the best bet to reinstall?

I need to pull the pictures of my old imac but I cannot burn them to cd. I only have that capability in itunes. Anyone know how to do that?

Hi! I have a dual processor G4 and recently installed Max OSX. All was going well until I decided to be clever and move all the files into my applications folder so it all looked nice and neat. Bad idea! The next time I turned on the computer lots of …

Please help me to find an Sound card driver for a M-Audio Firewire 1814? to an Intel Based PC that run open darwin OX86 se the first link below for the sound card The FireWire 18/14 is an 18-in, 14-out audio interface complete with ADAT Lightpipe for multi-channel communication with …

OS X 10.4.5 here. I have a simple question. In the Finder menu bar there's an 'edit' menu with a "cut" option. I have never seen an instance where that option isn't disabled. Does anyone know why or seen an instance where the "cut" function does work in the Finder? …

My ibook is starting up with either no screen (not starting up) or a white screen with a big colored block for a cursor. I can not start in single user, verbose mode. In safe mode i get the white screen once in a while. I hear the hard drive …

Does anyone else have any idea why my mac help function is not working in OSX? It worked in system 9. Sometimes it comes up blank. Even when the window appears nothing shows up when you search with a question nor when you click on the easy index of help …

Where can I find a .dmg of os x 10.2? Can't download it, can buy it, can't find it. Any angels out there? [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=109#[/url] Exclaim

I am just days away from building my mac mini system. There are computer parts everywhere in my house. I have photoshop 5.5 and office 98 and a bunch of other software around, but wonder if it will run on 10.4 ??? I don't know if the new os 10.4 …

when i try stuffit expander opens but nothing else happens. i tried dragging them into applications but still nothing. help

I recently installed a new hard drive into my G5. I copied all the files from my old drive onto the new one. The system file is on the old drive which is almost full. Can I move the system file from the old drive to the new one by …

Yes this is the first time this has occurred.. I will tell you what happened... Here i go Ok tonight i sent an im over aim to somebody and they said i sent a link which i didnt and i send another im to another person and they also said …

I would like to know how to reformat my main ATA Drive so that it removes OS9 and allows me to reinstall OSX only. Besides just wanting to clean up my Mac, I would like to know how to reformat just in case I decide to sell the computer. If …

Can someone please tell me how to make Netscape my default browser? I use OS 10.3.9. The Mac Help is useless on this point. They only tell you how to make Safari the default. Currently, Explorer is my default, but I obviously want to change that. Is there something I …

Every time I insert a blank CD-R, a message pops up that reads: [B]Burning the disk cannot proceed because the startup disk does not have enough empty space.[/B] To burn the disc FInder needs space on the startup disk equal to the size of the disc. (Error code -34) I …

Looking for a good music downloading program compadable with a mac, something like how napster is set uop, were u pay a fee per month for unlimited downloads, or something free.

I'm new at this! I have a Mac OS 10.2, my browser is Explorer 5.2.1. Evertime I attempt to download video streams I get the following message. "You do not have the proper plug in. It will then take me to a plug in page of which there is nothing …

Hello. I hope someone can help. Apple can't. Expose' intermittently just stops working sometimes. It may happen after a pop under occurs, but I can't pin it down to that. Apple (tier one) wanted to do an 'Archive & Install of course. Instead they said to switch to test user. …

I cannot download the WP for Mac and make it work. I have am iMac G4. Thanks for any help, Alberto

Hi folks. Back with a problem. It was freezing more than it should. So I cleaned out the hard drive.I installed from a CD 8.06 system which was an older system than I had been using. No G3.It seems to boot up ok but I notice there is no program …

Hi, I have a 15 year old MacIIci that still works (for the most part). Unfortunately, we have power failures & electrical problems in storms. I think my mac has turned off the display (put it to sleep) as a result of a power glitch during a recent storm. It …

I am trying to implement unit testing framework for my application on MAC. Please give suggestions on how should I go about it.Using Xcode/QT for coding the application.

I recently got DSL and all was working fine. Made the fatal error of trying to update Mac OSX on line. Botched my whole system and was forced to wipe the drive and reinstall everything. I have 2 printers. One, a Epson Stylus 740 and the other a HP psc …

trying to convert music file to mp3 for email with dm8 :cry:

Hi, Since upgrading to OSX 3.9 , my mouse and keyboard constantly freeze. I suspect a conflict, but FirstAid and the CD's Utilies ( AND the consol fsck -y search find nothing. It MAINLY happened online and/or when using MSWord 2001. I recently added Firefox and Thunderbird and the freezing …

Happy new Year to all. I think the color is more beige.I am looking for a printer or modem splitter so I can connect a camera to either Computer.To save unplugging when I use the camera. The 7100/66 works ok but does not like opening pictures freezes up most times. …

I am looking for a good info so that I may scrub the disk in my G3 and start over. I am upgraded to 9.2.2 but am will to start over with the disks (which I have) that came with the computer. I have reformatted and reinstalled Windows in many …

Hi there, I'm trying to contact my niece in the UK, via webcam. She has a PC, a webcam and is using MSN, I have a Mac a webcam and am TRYING to use MSN. Having just spent the time and money getting broadband and getting a webcam and getting …

hi everyone, as im new to os i was wondering can i install mac on my laptop. My laptop is toshiba with xp home edition installed. If yes I have some questions: 1. Is the os free? if free which website can i download it from? if i have to …

i'm on a G4 running OS 10.2.5 and it's sloooooooowwwwwww. i'm clueless so can someone talk to me like i'm an idiot and help me defrag this thing? thanks

just upgraded from 10.2.8. I can't network with my other mac after upgrade. any ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Hi there, Does anyone know how to sort out garbled copy on the web? A few pages come up with numbers instead of copy. I've tried the changing the encoding in Safari (to MacOS Roman) but that seems to do bugger all. And I can't find anywhere in my system …

Hi – and Happy New Year! Thought it was about time I got organised and got a PDA and synced it with my Mac. So I got a Palm Zire 21 – dead basic, dead cheap (eBay). And now I'm dead confused. I wanted to sync it with iCal and …

I was curious as to whether I would be able to erase my hard disk and reinstall OS X. I don't have the install disks for 9.1, but do have them for OS X. I am having some difficulty with Mozilla, and this comp keeps crashing. Does anyone have an …

I'm having difficulty connecting my G3 400/Pismo (firewire) powerbook and Laserwriter 4/600 PS -- the port in the back that I thought was a serial printer port is actually something for projection and s-video. When I go to select the LW in the "Desktop Printer" utility, it does not appear …