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I have shared my printer on my windows XP machine and added it to my Mac but when I print I get blank pages and the printer does not know when to stop. Am I missing something?

Hi...my name is Jenn and I am wondering if someone can help me. I dont know how to describe my problem since I dont know what exactly the problem is so I will just describe some of the things hapening: Back a few months ago I ran Norton Utilities, where …

I'm trying to run Lisp 4.2 in OS X 10.2.8 Classic mode. After i have installed the program, I douple click the program icon, the classic mode starts, but then: nothing. Does this mean that Lisp 4.2 does not work in OS X?

For some reason the Z key is not working. The only way I can make it work is pressing the shift key (capital letter). Wondering if somebody can help me. Thanks.

hi i am new to this site and new to mac as well. i have some 1/2 downloaded mp3 files that won't let me delete them. it says they are being used by another task. this has been happening for the past 3 months. does anyone know how to get …

I keep getting the following Error Message when attempting to create a PDF "OffendingCommand: findfont ]%% Also, I am creating drawings in Pagemaker, grouping them and trying to copy and paste into Word (which I used to be able to do when I discovered the problem creating a PDF). Now …

I just recently bought a iBook G4 and I have the two computers connected to the internet but my problem is that I am trying to share files with the Apple and The PC and vice versa. Any suggestions?

:sad: I am having a lot of trouble with Panther and I cannot for the life of me figure out what the heck is going on. It worked fine when I first installed it and then programs began to cease functioning after about two weeks. (MS Office, Safari, the Mac …

Hi everyone, My name is Melinda. I am trying to connect to the internet besides through AOL. I have the internet explorer sign and safari as well and i'm trying to figure out what access numbers I can enter to successfuly set up. I am connected to a phone jack …

What I'm about to ask, is gonna sound realy dumb to all you experienced Mac users. I have just switched to Mac from Windows in the last couple of weeks. I'm running OS X 10.2.4 Jaguar on an iBook. Have managed to work out most things, however, when I try …

Hello It might sound quite weird but my apple help seems to be corrupted. 9 out 0f 10 times when I open it it immediately closes down again without giving me a chance to put in a search item. Anyone else with the same problem? Very strange... Thanks, Raf :sad:

I have 40 computers running MacOs 9 and am having trouble finding new computers that support 9. Do I need to upgrade all my computers to 10 or can I do this in steps. Also do I have to upgrade my servers. Do I also have to upgrade Quark,Photo Shop, …

Last week, I was able to listen to airamericaradio.com on line, with Safari. As of friday, I could not. Before friday, I would click on the appropriate link at the site, and Safari would open up a small Safari window that seemed to function as a RealPlayer, and all was …

I have OS10.2.3 with what I have been told has a Classis shell not a full operating system. Some software will load but some requires that you start in OS9 which is not on the start up disc in 10.2.3. Is there a sollution? I have contacted the suppliers of …

I hope someone can help me with this because the frustration is overwhelming right now. I'm on a Mac G4 running OS X, using what I believe is a Rage 128, although I'm not entirely sure how to check that. My Internet browser is IE 5.2 for Mac. Today, out …

I upgraded from 10.3.2 to 10.3.3. After the upgrade I restarted. The monitor had not given me any problems prior to the upgrade. The monitor was fine before I restarted. Since I restarted I get nothing from my B&W G3 on the monitor. The computer beeps. The LED on the …

I have some files on my desktop which I cannot delete (move to trash). They were downloads that were interrupted at some point due to IE crashing or a power outage. When I try to drag them into the trash, the following message is displayed... "The item is being used …

I recently installed a sonnet G3 500 card w/firewire on an iMac 333 and purchased an iPod 20GB, unfortunately the imac will not recognize the the iPod although there is power supplied to the port. Running OS 10.2.8 with OS 9.2.1 in the background, updated firmware and patches and/or fixes …

Hello all, new to this forum, seems like a friendly bunch, hope you can help me. Been having trouble with an Xserve, it has all the latest updates and recently was trying to run a backup of the Xraid storage (600GB used), anyway managed to run a backup before no …

I'm looking at disk utility packages and would like some opinions. Mostly I'd like to know if there is any substantial advantage of one over the other. We are talking Norton, Tech Tools Pro and Disk Warrior.

[font=Palatino Linotype][size=3][color=royalblue]:?: Hey all. I am a dsl tech support for Windows. I know nothing about Mac and now for some reason they are making us take Mac calls also. Does anyone know a website or websites that are good for training to learn how to use the Mac computers? …

I've got a faithful G3 Beige, been running OS 9.2 , upgraded to G4 500Mhz processor, 384 MB RAM USB/Firewire PCI card. Wanted to go for Panther. Loaded new 10x firmware for the scsi as recommended by Apple. Started to run Panther disc. Just stuck with image of black Apple …

The "Paper airplane," icon that you "click," on to send mail is no longer showing on my mailbox toolbar. Can anyone help me with this problem?

Does anyone know where you can download a 10.1.1 OSX Adminitrator disk. Or can you do that at all. :rolleyes:

Hello everyone. I decided to take the plunge after years of PC use and months of perusing the mac store and mac websites. I settled on a Panther G4 Powerbook, 1 gig ram, 15" screen. I need help with these problems: 1. My keyboard on my laptop stopped working around …

Hi guys, my first post. Here's the low-down... I just got my first Apple machine the other day, a G4 iBook, I think it's great. Having used FreeBSD as a desktop OS for the last 4 years I didn't find any obstacles in making the "switch". Only one really small …

I am running OS9.2 on my new G4. OS10 is also on the computer, but I don't want to go through the headache or expense of upgrading all my software to run on OS10. Just purchased Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Unfortunately, it only runs on OS10. Can I alternate easily between …

Every time I go on my computer after about 3 or 5 mins it freezes and needs to be restarted. Anyone know whats wrong?

Hello Im asking this question for some one so he will be taking up the slack in a couple of days so don't be alrmed. Ok,we, have a G4 PowerBook superdrive ect.... on a wireless connection(all is good) We installed VirtualPC(XP) on the MAC but when we launch IE "no …

I was downloading an Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie using Internet Explorer when my Imac froze up. I restarted the computer and started Internet Explorer and it asked me if I wanted to continue downloading the movies and I figured I better not since my computer never freezes and that …

I'd like to set up a simple ftp server on my panther machine. Preferably I'd like to use the ftp client that comes built into OS X. However, I'd like to configure it to listen to a non-standard port (as opposed to 21) since I'm on a cable modem. What …

:!: help! i hav a Mac OS X version 10.2.2 and i often play audio CDs. A few days ago when I put in a CD nothing happened and it didnt load. I thought it might be dirt but it wasnt because DVDs still work, but audio CDs wont! Can …

I got a mac, becaus someone didn't want there's anymore. I'm used to Pc and I locked myself out of the computer. I can't get or do any thing without the adim. password and there are thecniques in win but are ther any on apple or am I just sol. …

Hi, I have Emac and iMovie's included. I managed to edit my video in the iMovie but I need to transfer it into mpeg format which could be read by VCD players in Malaysia. It's important.... does anyone know how 2 do it? The quicktime version is too bad, it's …

When I tried to install panther on to my lap top. It failed. After disk 2 it said insallation complete and to restart. I did but I keep getting a notice to resart and I do not get to the desktop. I tried starting from the first install disk and …

Hi! I'm having a strage and mysterious date & time problem.... my computer keeping having 60s flashbacks. Seriously, at least once a day, I'll restart (and I don't even have to restart, sleep also does it) and I come back and it's 1969 or earlier! I'm running OSX on an …

I've been stupid and need rescuing! I've created a new login on one of our macs, but when I went to login with the new user and password, the desktop was completely empty - missing all of the programme icons, etc. Something's wrong, I figure. I work out that I …

Whenever you enter the first letter of someplace you'd like to go in the Safari search window a dropdown list of places you've already been to pops up. Some sites I wish were not there. Is there anyway to turn this feature off.

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:evil: After updating from 10.1.5 to panther, and after restart I got a nice surprise. It seems any window/page I am looking is at is transparent (so I can see the desktop below). That wouldn't be so bad if the desktop isn't all of a sudden random animated screensavers. I …

Just as the thread subject states ... I need a robust FTP client for Panther. Should I go with CuteFTP or Transmit? Drag 'n' drop capability is a must. I'm thinkng of going with CuteFTP cuz they've been playing the ftp client game for a long time and must be …

Does anyone know of a robust samba browser that will let me browse my Windows shares on 10.3? Finder is too quirky for me - especially in Panther.

I need help. I recently upgraded to OSX 10.2.8 after installing my computer froze and I got an error message. it includes the date plus "init:can't exec /bin/sh for single user: Exec format error" I have tried booting from CD, using various keyboard commands and nothing has work yet, any …

This is driving me just crazy! I have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 installed and it works fine. However, whenever I open up a *.pdf file, it defaults to opening up in Apple's "Preview" application. Where could I change this setting?

Greetings, From my G3 I can see my Windows XP shares, and my Windows XP shared Printer is set up, but when I attempt to print from my G3 I get one line of gibberish. The following is the output of the gibberish: %! PS - Adobe - 3.0 %RBINumCopies …

Hello, When I ran OS 9, I'd use my computer as an alarm clock. I'd simply put Sound Jam in the startup folder, set the time, and my mp3s would wake me up. Is there a way to have the computer automatically power on in OS X? I haven't been …

Is it possible and how would I go about putting an OS 10.2 (Jaguar) machine onto a windows workgroup? (i.e. Network Neighborhood/My Network Places). I already use SAMBA to put my Linux machines onto my Windows workgroup with no problems.

Yay! Panther just came in the mail! About to install it now and then I'll tell all you guys and gals all about how it went.

help much needed ... i just bought myself an iMac for my dorm room and I can't for the life of me find a nice, freeware ftp client for OS X (jaguar) pleeeez help !!

Hello, I really don't know if this is more of a Mac of C++ question but.. I am doing a loading of a file with short CSVload (char * filename) //called from main { //openning a file and checking if it exists FILE * datafile = NULL; if ((datafile=fopen (filename, …