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Everytime I try to install something on my iMac G-3 it says "Classic can not find a Mac OS 9 system folder on the startup disk to use," and then it says "You may need to install Mac OS 9.1 or later on your computer. To select a system folder …

What's the difference between copying a file and duplicating it in Mac OS X 10.3? Also, what does the terminal command "ditto" do? As far as I can tell, the only difference is in setting permissions?

Hi team... whiffy glitches. Does anybody else suffer from this ailment? I recently graduated from Mac 9x to OS10.3.9 (designated ‘Pangolin’ I think) running on an iBook 500MHz PowerPC G3 with 384MB SDRAM on board. Memory: 5.5gb free / 3.8gb in use. The problem: I can’t get WIFI to run …

I have two macs one is a g3 ibook and the other is a powerbook g4. I have the software restore for the ibook but not for the powerbook. My powerbook died and now I need to reload it. I was wondering if I can use the software restore from …

I am trying to send my cv which i created using appleworks 6,i can save it fine but when i try to save it as a word document nothing happens!!! Why is this? I need to send the doc as a word document!!

When trying to play a Quicktime files recently I got a window saying, 'Old Quicktime Please upgrade to Quicktime 7.0 or later'. So I went on Apple's website and downloaded Quicktime 7.0. However when I get to the 'select a destination' window on the installer I keep getting a message …

Hi All... I'm actually asking this question for a friend...they need to upgrade their OS to 10.5 in order to connect their DSL line. They are connected, in their office, to an older Mac with an 8.3 operating system. Their question is...if they make the upgrade, will they be able …

hi i have an imac i am currently running os 9.1 and when i try to install the os x software my computer spits the disc out. i am thinking i only have a cd drive and not a dvd drive and that is what the disc is. what do …

I need very explicit instructions! I keep getting an error message that says my start up disk is almost full. I am running a Mac OS X!! I'm so frustrated I could cry. tina [email]ciaobella@twmi.rr.com[/email]

I have both a imac 333mhz running os9.2 and a powerbook running os10.3. Is there any way I can get my imac to boot up from the power book. The reason for this is to format the imac and reinstall the system

Hello, I am interested in the partitioning you mentioned as I lost all of my pictures! Also, I just wrote to ? as a reply to Sad news for mac.. as I need help! I cannot drag anything on my desktop to anywhere! I have shut down and started, to …

my boss has just put some more memory in the G4. When opening logic the audio file is present in the arrange window but does not play back. Will playback in audio window. Any ideas why this would happen?

Hi. I am new to mac I just got this computer for my daughter to play games on. Well it is 8.5.1 and i started finding my way around it and installing her games, well one came with a free aol trial so I was trying to install that and …

well, being an ex windows user, i have a lot of media in the most unimaginable formats including the classics real, wmv, mov, etc etc, so i was thinkin about convert all of them into quicktime native formats, maybe it will kinda hard to do, but maybe it´s better to …

I'm on a G4 PowerBook (10.2.8) and have a HP Laserjet 1300 printer with it. I have a G3 PowerBook(8.5.1) and an Apple Personal LaserWriter 300 printer. I have transferred stuff on my hard drive (G3) to my (G4) since I have to turn in my old machine. Would like …

I have a Mac (OS 10.2.8) and a PC (XP) on a wireless network. The PC has an Epson Stylus Photo R200. I finally figured out how to connect from my Mac to my PC and back again, but now I can't set up the printer properly. It works fine …

I just purchased my first mac yesterday and I would really like to have AIM on it since that is what all of my friends use. I am having problems downloading the AIM installer from AIM.com.. Whenever I click on dl the file name aim.bin comes up to be dled …

Hello. New to Daniweb. Having recently upgraded my software (now running on Mac OSX version 10.3.9) I can't access certain files on Appleworks. I keep geting the message 'The Translator could not read this file'. Can anyone here offer me any help on this matter? (as I can't afford another …

Anyone know any good ones that aren't too big and shouldn't be blocked by education queensland? :cheesy:

Hi, I'm new here and was wondering if any of you guys could help me. I'm having major problems trying to create PDFs on my Mac (OS 9.2) using QuarkXpress 4.1 and Freehand 10. Seems to be a font problem, but some of the files I'm converting don't have any …

I get " Unable to connect to background process" error message. I have done everything that I am soppose to from what i read from apples support sight, including uninstalling everything and reenstall. I need to use compressor I am dead in the water right now without it. help.

Hi, I am running an ibook g4 and i have recently purchased a DI-624 dlink router. My sister has a computer identical to mine, however she is able to connect to the internet no problem. I checked my connections and compared them to hers but yet i still cannot connect …

We have a Mac Mini that won't boot; it freezes up about 15 seconds after it begins booting. My boss took it to a Mac store, who tested it and were able to boot it up with no problems. Apparently the problem is on our end, but I have no …

The subject pretty much says it all. Does anyone know how to get Safari to print the url? Or where I need to go to get this done? I suspect that some one previously turned it off because at one time the print out did have the url on it.

Any chance we'll see a spreadsheet application added to the "iWork" suite, in the next year? [url]http://home.mindspring.com/~revloflandisher/getamac/[/url] :o

AOL Instant Messenger? Fink'ed GAIM? Adium? iChat? :?:

Dual dualcore Macs coming soonish? Quad processors? [url]http://everythingapple.blogspot.com/2005/03/chud-tools-reveal-apples-970mp-quad.html[/url]

I recently bought Mac OS 10.4 (in Denmark) and the salesman told me that if I installed Mac OS 10.4 single user license on more than one computer, I would not be able to access the Internet from both computers at the same time. Is it really true that Apple …

Can anyone confirm that 9.0 would share files on the desktop, but that in 9.1 a file must be in a shared volume before it can be shared? Also, it appears that in 9.1 it is not possible to chance the name of the internal disk drive from "Macintosh HD". …

So any news on Apple's Tablet PC ideas?

I have been using my first Mac (OS X Panther) for 6 mos. now. Getting a good feel for how things work, how to get around. Understand one cannot do much (anything?) to the "system" unless using Admin. Acct. Would it be correct to say a hacker/malicious site cannot do …

Hi, My mac has recently started stacking saved files on my desktop in the bottom right corner... How do I stop it doing this? (It used to place the next file in the next free space on the desktop). It's a pain to shift the files around to find the …

Just Installed 10.4 On My Imac G5 - Most Things Seem To Be Cool Apart From Not Being Able To Send Mail. I Can Recieve No Probs - But Cannot Reach My Smtp Server I Have A Powerbook With Exactly The Same System/settings Etc - This Works With No Probs …

I am not sure if I am in the proper forum and apologize for the inconvience due to my ignorance....... I have just moved into a new home with PC users. They use Linksys Wireless Router. I have a Powerbook running jaguar and have been unable to join the network. …

hi im a new mac user and i have an external netgear modem and i have no idea how to block/unblock sites. please help

Hi. I've been tearing my hair out over a problem I've just discovered. Can't access my iDisk - the icon on the HD does not respond at all Unable to get/send via Mail - (The connection to the server “mail.mac.com

I just installed Firefox and love it but can't figure out how to re-set it as my default browser for all my stuff????? I have tried going to "Network" from my Preferences window but it doesn't include any tabs or links to "web settings" which is where I though it …

My Apple Mail program now takes minutes to open -- latest Panther, Tiger, too. Says it is indexing the last 200 e-mails or so, then takes 3 more minutes to save. Every time. I figured I've somehow screwed up its index, tried Disk Warrior -- Nope. Any ideas to force …

1. well first go to the main menu and select world map 2. then tik the box saying dont show this message again and then select download 3. select play and scroll up and down the screen and move your mouse around untill your cursor is a hand and select …

Hi, I think that this is quite simple, but I have lost the right code to enter at this point. My Mac won't boot past the UNIX command line and gives the following: /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory -sh: /etc/profile: Not a directory -sh-2.05b# Then a command …

I am the second user on my friend's Mac. He closed about 12 windows I had open, installed some updates, and when I try to log in, I type my password, and the blue barber pole begins to spin. It tells me I am logging in, but it just spins! …

Hello All, I'm a first-timer. I can't figure out what I did to my iBook. I have a first-generation white (G3) iBook running OS 9.2. I was attempting to hook it up to a modem and a wireless router when something went wrong. The following is a description of the …

I created what I thought was a backup of my HD before doing a clean install of 10.4 tiger. I found out later that I needed to add -rsrc to the ditto comand to prevent splitting the resource forks out of my data. Now my quicken data files and other …

I have an old PowerPC Mac from about 1996. It's a beige desktop. I can't seem to find an adaptor for the monitor anywhere, or even what it's called. It's not DB-15 like most Mac's. It's a funny rectangle shape with a bunch of little holes. I'd like to get …

Hi, I've managed to set my monitor to widescreen in the systems panel - not having a widescreen monitor, this means that it's all gone dark, except an 'Input not supported' message - which means I can't get any kind of display to change the settings back again... Has anyone …

Hi - I am new to the site and am hoping one of you out there will know what I have forgotten to do here... I am the only Apple (PowerBook G4) on a windows network in our office. I had my laptop set up just fine to work on …

i own a 15" powerbook with the built-in bluetooth, but i wish to use an external usb Bluetooth adapter frm Belkin because it offers better connectivity range(farther than the built-in). so what i want to do is to disable the built-in bluetooth and use the external adapter instead. how can …

Title says it all. I would like to know to prevent orphaned or unreachable files if I simply delete the users. Thanks for any help, Ted

hey guys, hope you can help me out. I'm running a Powerbook G4 with OSX 10.3.9. I've connected up my new Airport Express to the ADSL Nation X-Modem with the right cables. All the lights are green and flashing in the approved way on both devices. I've run the Airport …

Have accidently copied 900 or so mp3 files to desktop. Finder opens top bar but after a long time showing busy icon does not display list of options. Can neither select items individualy from desktop to drag to trash nor obtain view of the desktop folders from the GO option …