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We are proud to announce the first public release of Cassiopeia for MacOSX. Cassiopeia is a scientific wordprocessing and database-based document management system featuring * scientific word processing with focus on content * a super efficient equation editor (based on MathML content markup) * a symbolic algebra system with automatic …

Earlier this week, an iPhone jailbreaking guru called pod2g revealed how even the very latest beta versions of iOS 6 cannot prevent the iPhone from being vulnerable to SMS text message spoofing. This technique is often employed by spammers and scammers alike when targeting the smartphone user in order to …

We are making the switch to iMacs later this year but to improve employee productivity and enforce access policies we need to find a "business class" internet filter for our new iMacs. I can always configure our network to block the sites but this is primitive as it doesn't filter …

I have I have iPhone 4S with iOS 6.0, I think DO Not Disturb is not working in my phone. When i turn it off nothing happens.

I was trying to install windows on my MacBook and things weren't working during the windows side of the install. After restarting and going to the utility screen by pressing cmd + R, I tried to do a time machine restore, it isn't finding my Mac HD when it asks …

Is there a simple way of running Apple Mountain lion on a PC laptop. I know this seems like a ridiculous question but I have a client who for some reason thinks it should be possible. I think the next thing he wants to do is switch to UNIX. I …

Hi guys I dont know alot about MACs but a charity I help out has asked me to do the following: -I have a rough system in place but it isn't efficient (it has just evolved over time) - I often spend a long time searching for a file and …

Please help, my first post. I have an Intel Mac Pro. Been having no problems to date, But now a problem. I have 2 additional hard drives installed and only one is visible. If I go to the Disk utility I can see the drive, repair or verify it but …

Jail Broken iphone 3gs , successfully connected to itunes 10, ports are working much master, charging ok had 4.1.1 Ios, now download ios 5.1.1 upgrade , trying to update ios to 5.1.1 via restore of iphones, in the middle of extraction it says UNKOWN ERROR : ERROR 3194 why ?

I used iDVD to create a DVD with menu that is perfect for the job. Thing is, I can't seem to get a high res finished product. I saved this as professional quality but the TS outcome lost some major quality. I can't view it on a 1900 X 1640 …

i have dell laptop in which window 7 installed and now i am facing a problem ,my all drives are formatted by mistake and it is also not show in my lappy , so kindly tell me how it recover and how it appear on my lappy

hello dear friends I wnat to know hos is security involve under Mac OS especially security of the hardware thanks...

am finish to install the operating system but local disk c is not appearing i don't know the problem that's why i want your help my computer is showing only new volume d

Please anybody, I need to backup my macbook before I install windows and I have all my windows backup on the same external hard drive, every time I try to back up my macbook, I get a prompt to erase my external hard drive first and it contains all my …

Hi I put windows on my mac pro and now the mac os has dissapeared I used boot camp.I have tried turnng off and pressing R when starting but it only loads windows 7 can any one help Please

I have a Seagate 500GB external hard drive that has been put in a new casing after some wires in the original came loose. I only got it back two days ago. So today I plugged it into my macbook and everything was fine, and then suddenly the warning/error window …

I bought macbook pro few days ago, It was okay but from two weeks when I check the graphic memory from apple menu, it showing me that default intel only 512mb... It was 1024 of Nvidia... what the hell is this.. how to solve this... please help...

I changed the computer name of my iMac in System Preferences and then logged out, when I logged back in all my files were gone. They're still on the computer, but I can't open any of them. I opened iTunes and all my music was gone, opened iPhoto and all …

Hey all, Wanted to ask a question about the guest profile on Mountain Lion. I have always been a little insecure about changing and adding new feats to the terminal, so I'm trying to figure out a way that I can be *more* secure. I have recently edited both bash …

Dear Technical Assistance, My macbookpro will not allow me to open a document I saved about an hour ago. The only place it appears is under my word- recently opened file, you cannot find it anywhere else on the computer. When you select it from this window, it says it …

Hello! I've been trying to do some quick research, and I'm getting some mixed results. I'm always short on time whenever I'm able to finally get online somewhere. I have a MacBook that has a Cat-5 connection, as well as USB connections. The only internet available to me where I …

for example, my text file 1 abc def xyz how can i code a program to count total of line ? thank you.

PLEASE HELP!! I put a memory stick into my ScanDisk 14 in 1 reader. iPhoto was already open but crashed when the card was inserted, before choosing to import the photos. I force-quit iPhoto, and removed the card from the drive. And now there are no longer photos on the …

I have recently lost my hard drive with all my music on it, but still have music on my iPhone. Im wanting to know how to transfer the iPhone music back onto my PC. Any ideas would be helpfull.........

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Help. I have restored my Imac 10.5.8 and thought i backed up everything but forgot all our photos. Is there any way i can retreve all these photos. Please help!!!

I bought a new macbook pro.. (june 2012) everything is fine .. but using Safari 5.1.7... Youtube videos are not working in safari.. Actually i want to download youtube videos (flv or mp4 files) and i searched everywhere people it is easy in safari..while the video is running on site.. …

Does anyone know how to add 2 or 3 songs onto a slideshow of iPhoto photos? I can only add one song. Thanks.

Yesterday I upgraded to Safari 6.0 and like the combined address and search field but the "delete" key is gone. I kept pressing in frustration last night until I found the shortcut. Don't know if this worked in earlier versions because I never tried it but in Safari 6 pressing …

I just upgraded my mac from snow leapord too the new mountain lion. After upgrading , office applications (word, porwerpoint, etc) wont work, producing the error that the application cant be opened beacause powerpc apps are no longer supported. Is there any way to fix this other than paying to …

is there such thing as a free software that you download and it make a voice recognition password for you MacBooks or iMacs

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I lost the master password for my mac. However, I still have the admin passwords. Any way I can recover it? There is a keychain, (filevaultmaster), but I can't access it. I tried all known passwords (except the master password because I lost it) but got nothing. I opened the …

Its seem a bit slow while using iPhone 4S. Sometime it irritate too much. :(

I want to share files between two mac osx computers, connected in the same network. These computers are password protected etc... so after I enable Personal File Sharing in the System Preferences I can browse to the network, find the computer I want to connect and connect to it, everything …

Yesterday I created a new user on my computer. . . I copied some of the files over. . . I then decided. . . oh I don't have time for this, and thought I copied the files back over to my normal user. . .and I deleted the new …

Hi Friends, My i-pod shows 7888 tracks on it, my i-tunes shows 8112. Where are the missing 224??! Have connected i-pod and downloaded tracks several times and everything seeems okay but there is always a differing amount. Have tried quick look around PC for any music in other folders. An …

Hi. So I have a website (SNIP) and I am setting up a phpBB forum (or something else). But......I'm going mobile-style! Is there anyway I can make it so anytime a new post comes up (assuming the person is on the website), the person gets a push notification or something? …

I recently downloaded a computer game for my mac, but it does not open up when I click on it. I am under the impression that I need to make a virtual disk image for the file in order to play the game on my comp. I do not know …

I've just moved over to Mac in particular for their writing software but now find that I cannot use my favourite font, Papyrus because there is no Italic version offered. Can anyone tell me how to obtain the Papyrus Italic font or better still e-mail me with a file that …

I hope this is the right place to request help with the error message: "Verify volume failed with error Could not unmount disk" I use a Mac OS X/10.4.11/Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5/ 7 GB DDR2 2SDRAM. Software is fully updated. The computer has two internal disks and an external …

Have you ever given a thought about installing three different type of Operating System on a single computer? Not Yet! Hmm... This sounds scary and too complex right? But You're Totally wrong! Its as simple as Install two Windows Based OS on one computer... Believe Me! Still Don't Believe Me? …

I would like to run older versions of OSX on my Mac Mini. Apple dropped support for Classic Mode and for PowerPC code, which broke SoundDiver, an important tool in my home music studio. All I've been able to dig up so far about OSX virtualization is that it used …

As you can see from the title, I'm suffering the problem. developer.apple.com didn't provide much information about this, I have to ask for solution somewhere else. I already know how to up/down-load files and create directories, but the official reference doesn't say how to undo it. I hope some one …

Hi everyone, I have got a mac book pro and it had initially an OSX before I partitioned the disk. When I did partitioned it, I could see a decrease in the size of the disk. I've only got two partitions that are one for Win7 and the other one …

this may seem like a very borad question but I was wondering if anyone had a clue why apple does not allow flash to work on iphones and ipads...it just doesn't seem to make sense to me. Maybe I have missed somthing in the media but what could apple loose …

I have a strange issue that has been bothering me for quite some time now. I have a Macbook that will not connect correctly to my home network via wireless. The issue becomes noticeable when the Mac leaves and then comes back, but won't connect automatically back onto the network …

Hi I currently use Safari browser on my OS X Powerbook. When I do a search on Google, once I have typed the first letter a huge list appears with every search I have ever done starting with that letter. I want to know how to delete or turn off …

Unit: 2007 iMac with OS X Problem: Will not boot. Upon pressing power button it attempts to go through startup procedure then grey-screen and error message (You Need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button until it turns off, then press the power button again.) I have come …

My old mac ibook G4 has pasnther installed on it,i want to upgrade to tiger but the dvd-rom is not functional also being an old system its not possible to boot via usb,Is it possible to boot it using an external dvd-rom connected via usb?