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Please help. All of a sudden, I'm not able to print to any of my postscript printers. It's not the printers or network [I think], because I can print from another networked computer. I have tried permission fixing and even archive and install OSX again. I'm using OSX3.5 and I …

12/3 Aloha Since there is not a forum specific for imac system 9.2.2 Thought someone here might know what this all about. My external cd/RW-DVD will not load any music CDs. It will read data disks just not music CDs. Anyone got a clue?? Tks..... stewart@winning .com

I recently got a Power PC Performa 6400/180. OS 8.1 (2gig) I am able to turn it on and get to the desktop. My problem comes when I want to install some programs (that are compatible with OS 8.1) that I have hard drive space for. When I do, the …

I have a G4 and have system software on two partitions. they are both 9. i was going to do some maintanence on my main startup drive so chose the other disk as startup. now my computer will not boot at all. must of been some problem with the system …

On the advice of a friend and long time Apple/Mac user I installed a utility called Macaroni. All the maintainance "jobs" ran fine. Repair Permissions is included in Macaroni. When I ran that it stalled, never finished. Also, could not stop it or force quit. Had to turn machine off. …

I tried to restart my computer in OS 9. It won't restart, all I get is a folder icon with a flashing question mark. I restarted and held down "X" hoping to just skip it and go back into Jaguar, but that didn't work either. Now I'm stuck in an …

I cant seem to Drag & drop ANY files! None of them are locked, I am the registered and only user and I've tried disk repair! Has anyone else had this problem, or got any idea what to try? Cheers :sad:

I would like to ask is anyone got a similar problem. My MSN is always offline without noticed. That really annonying. It is a bug or is it my powerbook problem. Thank You

:( Hi, I am having a problem with mp3 discs in Mac OSX.3.9. Until recently all was ok. But I now have what seems a very complicated problem. I have an e-mac, with a combo drive. I also have a Lacie external burner for DVD's and mostly I use it …

Could anyone tell me how to convert files from a mac to files for a windows pc?

Hello. Anyone knows a better MAC FTP program that that stupid dog one ? :eek: It's very hard to work with that one. Please let me know if you use something else what is the url of the provider. Thanks. dr. Steven Dalve Oncologist

My G5 imac (tiger) has withered away - or so it seems...!! All of a sudden this afternoon every icon diappeared off the desktop, so I can no longer get into my home folder or the Hard Drive and the finder is completely flipping out (well flashing actually). I can …

I am using Panther 10.3.2 and use my pictures for my desktop slideshow. In 10.2.8 and below, there was a choice in the 'change desktop' window. I could tile, stretch and center. Tile or center would take any size pic and resize it to fit the desktop. Now there is …

My MSN would launch ok but when i try to sennd someone a message , ingot a blank window and the rainbow disk starts rolling 4ever until i ForceQuit. Any idea how to fix this.? i tried to reinstall, repair permission etc.. wont work.

Last night, I ran out and got Tiger at the local Apple Store. I just want to tell you all of my disasterous experience as a "don't let this happen to you." As some of you may know, I have two striped internal 250s, resulting in a half a terabyte …

I dont really suppose it would be right of me to ask some one to answere all the questions I plan to list below. But if some one would be so kind as to Tell me where I can find such answeres I will be happy to look myself. I …

[B]HELP[/B] Have OS 9 - (I know I know ) and using Verizon DSL for the past 2 1/2 years. It's been great until last month. I got booted off my connection to them and had to call tech -- re boot --- re establish who I was --- NOW …

:sad: please help. I cannot drag anything on my desktop to anywhere! I cannot drag files to the trash, to folders, or drag folders anywhere! I have shut down and restarted, I have checked the disk. what can I do?

Hello. I talked with Apple and Charter (my isp) about this to no avail. My father sent some .jpgs in varying sizes, averaging around 400-700 Kb. I forwarded a 632 Kb image (actually 403 Kb on my desktop) back to him and to myself. His was rejected by his isp …

:confused: :confused: How do I get yahoo messenger to work with this webcam I get an error message that says that there is no webcam on my computer. and at the same time I can watch myself on the net through the camera HELP HELP HELP HARRIO

I have iMac G5 1.8GHz 10.3.9 OSX and I would like to upgrade to Tiger Version.I have also a PowerBook G5 with Tiger.Can I use the same installation disks to upgrade my iMac and how to make it. Should I reinstall all my programms (music,audio applications,softwares etc.?)Or is it possible …

I bought an external hard drive for my music. But it seems that occasionally when I take my laptop somewhere and then come back Itunes says "original file could not be found." They are easy enough to find again...provided I do it SONG BY SONG...which is very annoying. Is there …

i don't even know if that's the main problem. when I hover the mouse over the dock, it won't magnify and it won't show the application's name (i already set the dock size really small and large magnification). Moreover when I click finder/menu and hover on the menus, it won't …

Someone appears to have changed the display on monitor to upside down. Running OSX 10.4 - anyone any ideas about getting it back to right way up??

I have set up a gmail pop in "mail" and hope I can receive and send the email by using "mail". It's fine when I get online in my home. But when I back to university, I try to send email by using "mail", it is not working anymore. Can …

just upgraded from 10.2.8. on my G4 sawtooth with a 800 mhz powerlogix upgrade card. having a slew of problems. I will start with the most serious. everytime I restart the computer it fails to load system software and unless I hold the X key down it will not start …

I just bought a new Powerbook with the Tiger OS. I noticed that Microsoft offers a version of Internet Explorer (v5.2.3) and Windows Media Player 9 for the Mac. Do I need to install IE? Will there be some web pages that Safari cannot display properly? I am a little …

Hi, Have got 1 user who from this morning is experiencing problems with mail. The machine is running 10.3.9 and Mail was working friday. The body of the email regardless of sender is garbled. wierd font is displayed along with random digits and letters. Any help would be most apreciated.

Hello all. I own a G4 with a 10 gig hard drive, and just got a 290 gig hard drive for iTunes. Unfortuately, I opted to go the external harddrive route via firewire and it freezes up ALL THE TIME. I can't enjoy my music like this, so I figured …

I know I'm a bit late with the news, but just was wondering everyone's opinion on this. Think we'll see a new incarnation of the all-in-one line anytime soon?

Okay, so I am not completely new to Mac's, but have been using them for around 3-4 years (but only in a graphic arts environment). So, I got a little nostalgic for some games that I grew up for, and when I bought them off of e-bay, and tried to …

Hi, I just joined being quite inexperienced with networking computers and hoped that some of you experts might be willing to explain some basics for me. I have an older G4 desktop connected online via broadband ethernet, and I just bought a near new G4 1.67 Ghz powerbook on EBay …

Everytime I start Photoshop, just as the intro window closes, it crashes with the message "Unable to initialize photoshop because of a program error." When I log in as another user, however, this doesn't happen. I've reinstalled multiple times to no avail. I'm trying to avoid a total system reinstall. …

Hi, i have a PowerBookG4 running running OS X version 10.2.8 im trying to download some web browsers, ive tried firefox, camio and opera. each one 2 or 3 times, however when the download finishes it will only appear as a excel document, when selected it opens in excel with …

Hi all, I've just started using a Mac at work, and someone was resetting my display preference to make the icons appear smaller on the screen. They choose the highest setting, and then my screen went black with a yellow box that says: "Change video mode". I can't get back …

I came across this site while looking for solutions to my problem and thought I should post it here: I don't have that much experience with OS X or macs in general, but I know enough to find my way around the OS quite well. Normally I work on a …

I've been having lots of problems getting my iPod to connect to my eMac, and while trying to fix the problem, I've screwed up iTunes. I've been asking for help on IGN Boards. Here's the transcript. ___________________________ ______________________________________ Topic: My eMac isn't detecting my new iPod! PLEASE HELP! ____________________________ _____________________________________ …

are there any cd's that can hold large amounts of information, say 8 albums or so, so i can get stuff off my hardrive? thanks

What is the best DVD burning software that will burn episodes like a tv show dvd?

Have just bought a new imac with tiger installed. Have two printers, an HP 7410xi wireless printer and an older apple laserwriter select 360. I bought the asantetalk bridge for the laser writer. 1st question is, how do I get my laserwriter to work. I plugged in the asante ethernet …

I was disappointed to find that spotlight doesn't seem to search inside hypercard stacks or WriteNow files--and I've got a lot of both. Is there a plugin or other fix?

If anyone could please help me I'd really appreciate it. I was a Windows user my whole life and just switched to a Mac and I'm not very familiar with how it works. I need to install some software for a new printer and a digital camera, but the installations …

I started installing Tiger from a set of 4 disks. Made it through disc 1 and the 2nd disk was bad. Went and bought Tiger on DVD. Did an upgrade install and when finished and restart, it comes up asking for disc 2 of the first install I tried doing. …

I have what are probably some basic burning questions. I am a semi-technical ditz and am going bonkers. I work with Panther, have a Lacie F.A. Porsche CD-RW 52x32-x52xFirewire. When I burn data and photos on to Imation CD-R's, all is fine. But I have spent hours burning on to …

I just installed a new hard drive in my mac, and i installed the OS, and when ever i turn the computer on all i see is the folder with the flashing "?" in it. How do I install mac OS 9 properly so the hard drive will mount. Also …

Okay, I just got a Mac OS (Version 8 point something, the date appears to be from 95-97) and I tried to install AOL onto it, not knowing that the disk was formatted for Windows. Well, the computer froze, so I shut it down. Now, whenever I try to start …

Hi, I have the following code in an Excel workbook for MS Office/Windows XP. I need to change it to run on a Mac. Can someone tell me what changes I need to make to the code to get it to run, or point me in the direction of an …

i just recently bought my first mac, a powerbook running tiger. Naturally, the laptop keyboard has no print screen key, so how can I take a screenshot into the clipboard?

I am a windows user. My husband has both a laptop and a desktop, both 10.3.8. The laptop has no problems. The desktop, after d/ling 10.3.8 update, told him he doesn't have permission/privilege/admin to do anything with HP Deskjet 940C printer. He has the most recent driver. Learned how to …

Hello all- I am kind of a Mac newbie, so please bear with me. I am looking at purchasing a used ibook G4 from a friend that is is running the "panther" OS. Currently, I have a windows based PC with an NTFS formatted USB 2.0 external hard drive that …