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Has anyone been successful in getting a SanDisk Sansa model MP3 player to work with a Mac? I changed the player's USB mode to Mass Storage Class, but Mac does not recognize it. Am using OS X, 10.3.9.

I have been using Super Duper to create a bootable copy of my hard drive nightly. (This is in addition to using Time Machine.) My hard drive has a capacity of 1TB of which 250GB is used. My backup drive is a firewire 800 WD MyBook 1TB. I noticed that …

Okey, so I'm new with mac, this must be an easy question: So far I've learned to do autorun, and make it hidden in sys prefs -> account -> Login items. My problem is that this doesn't work with the dashboard. I've found the dashboard.app, added it, checked the hidden …

I had to say it! Only because my phone is currently on a contract, and I didn't want to end the contract to get the iPhone 4. But my plan is to get the iPhone 5... when it's released. Do people think Apple are already working on it? What features …

Just got one as a gift. One use I might have for it if it can run internet explorer on it. Looking for an informed opinion if such a thing is possible.

I've mu SIM card put inside the iPhone but after this time I synced my phone to iTunes it shows no service , have tried settings-->general-->reset but no help.Please Help!!

Kudos have to go to Apple for taking the totally dead, and I mean Dodo dead, consumer tablet computing concept and not only breathing new life into it but turning it into an object of desire with the iPad. The new iPad 2 does not feel so aspirational. Sure, there …

Hi, I have a mac (Lion OS X) at work and was wondering if there is software available to connect to it remotely from my windows 7 Laptop at home? I would like to use XCode from my home PC. Is this possible? What software do you recommend? Thanks, Sam

Mail in 10.3.5 keeps going "offline." I'll set it to online, and it goes to offline after trying to get email. Also, Info for mail is set correctly, yet it can't hook up to mail/dns servers. Teo other email accounts that I have with the same provider work OK, but …

just upgraded from 10.2.8 to 10.4.2. for some reason when I download drivers it fails to mount a disk image. I have run disk utility for verifying permissions and repair but still can't get them to mount. any ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Does anyone have any idea when the iPad 3 will be released by Apple. I am thinking of one for school, and am wondering if I should wait for the new one to come out.

Hi, I have a mac book pro. I'd like to know how to burn dmg files onto DVD-R as bootable on Windows 7? Do I also need to convert the files to ISO type in order to make them run smoothly when I start up the machine? Thanks...

Hello Mac users, I'm trying to hook up my husbands dell printer with my mac. We have two printers in our office and it's crowded. I wanted to get rid of my hp printer, the two printers are about the same. I can't figure out this printer driver thing. I …

hey, I am totoally window person no experience with apple whatsoever except it is a multi-touch mouse that I know say -- if I wanna to learn android, I start with appinventor.com ----- I really wanna to learn write an apps for ipad i.e. business application I want it to …

Dear all, Sorry to bother you all with my inadequate mac knowledge but I really do need to pick someones brain. I noticed my Norton anti-virus subscription has expired on my Mac OSX. Apparently I must buy a new subscription key. However as I am a destitute student, I have …

None of the other "can't find mouse" descriptions apply to my problem. After using SnowLeopard on a Mac Mini for 1.5 years, twice now I've found my computer turned off after leaving it on overnight. Ok, that could be a power glitch. No one else touches this computer, so that …

Hello,everyone!I am trying to sync my photos to my iphone. In itunes, I am able to check the box to sync, then check to sync a particular folder. After that I have tried clicking on Apply AND File>Sync iphone and then the photo box will gray out and the photos …

I know that Apple has been expending a lot of hot air telling anyone who will listen that the new iTunes pricing regime is a good thing for consumers. I know that it reckons that for every song which is ramped up to the new 99p (here in the UK) …

i have 2011 mac book, in my mouse (wired) scroll botton left and right and down its working but top it is not working.

Aww, looks like Steve Jobs just passed away :(

I found this article from the EFF quite disturbing. What do you say about a company that would want to do this? ... Thoughts? Comments? Scathing Rebuttals?? [url]http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/steve-jobs-watching-you-apple-seeking-patent-0[/url]

Hello,I've created a php file in textWrangler saved with .php extension on the desktop.But it does not open in the browser? Please help.

Hi, Ever since I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard, I cannot print in color. It will print but only in black and white. I use a Dell 5100cn color laser printer. I have contacted Dell and of course there is no known time frame for a release of a …

Hi All I have a few Mac Pros spare now we have updated our RIPS that control our printers. I thought I would turn one into a file server for our Windows SBS 2008 network. I have access to Panther, Leopard and Lion (inc server) OSs). I started with Leopard …

Hello I have a BIG problem - the menu bar is missing in photoshop CS5 - I have only recently got a imac so i am wondering if there is a shortcut to get it back? Thank you for reading, hope to hear some advice asap!! Will be greatly appreciated

I have Snow Leopard and needed to install an update, the SMC v1.5 update. I downloaded it and installed it, appeared to install without error. I went to see if the update had been installed and it said it had been installed yet it also said I had 1 update, …

Hello, I've just bought a macbook pro, switching from stereotype windows notebook.I'm unable to do a lot of things that I used to in windows- a)can not open a file in new tab( not new window) in safari. b) can not open any installer , mono for ex.The .dmg file …

Hi! I'm using Snow Leo with iMac, and it's continuously getting slower and slower to startup. It's 35 sec (without weird HDD) at fresh install or after clearing PRAM. After 3 days now it's 50-60 sec. Last time before I've found out the PRAM trick, it was 90-120 sec. Also …

I've just installed Parallels in my Mac and then Windows 7. I need to install an application that requires NET Framework. When I try to download NET Framework from the MS site, I get the following message: "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\5SOFW5UA\dotNetFx40_Full_setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application". Do you know how …

my problem could be very simple but i need help. where do you suggest i download a converter for my ipod video that would work with my mac? i tried downloading a few but i can't seem to make it work. help pls! thanks!

Apple has been holding a highly unusual press conference to clam fears about the iPhone 4 and the 'death grip' problems some users have experienced. Unfortunately, Steve Jobs seems to be in two minds about what message to get across. On the one hand he says there is no problem, …

Hi guys, i have a emergent problem for my iphone 4. My old computer crashed. I now need to sync my iphone to a new computer. How can I do this when the iphone is only made to sync to one computer? help please!

I'd like to create a Virus Log describing each virus that becomes known for the Macintosh Platform. Inside each announcement, the following information shall be included: Virus Name: Mac OS threatened: Date of Detection: Sources of Information: Brief Summary of what the Virus Does: Links to steps on how to …

I have an application in C#, .Net 2.0. I want it to run on Mac. The application has .cs files, .exe etc. What of the file should I put in the .dmg file?

Does anyone know if it is possible to create .exe files in Xcode? I need to turn in c files for a computer science class that I am taking, and the school uses windows computers yet I code on a mac. Any help with this question would be appreciated.

Kid Rock, The Beatles, AC/DC and Garth Brooks would make for a bizarre and unlikely concert line up, yet they share something in common: they are the last men standing as far as making their music available on iTunes. In the case of Kid Rock, he is apparently refusing to …

I have two computers, one a laptop with Windows Vista the other Mac Snow Leopard both receive the same mail when ever mail comes to my address. [U]Occasionally[/U] I receive mail from a friend arriving on the Vista computer it's fine. When it arrives in the Mac it has hyperlinks …

Hi all, Been a long time since i last posted on this forum :P For a little while I have been curious about data recovery programs for the mac; by that I mean actually creating one from scratch. I know that this isn't the best area to post this question …

Until very recently the idea that [URL="http://www.apple.com"]Apple[/URL] might have to recall a product would have seemed ridiculous. It's one of the best manufacturers of stuff in the world, people would have responded; you can't make them do that, people love the products too much. Then the iPhone 4 came out. …

Hello everyone: Until recently, I used ssh with a terminal and kwrite to work with files on a Linux machine from my Mac laptop. I just started ssh into another Mac and find that I can no longer use kwrite. There is a kwrite for Mac available, but the installation …

Hi there, I've had my Macbook Pro for around 4 years and not encountered any problems till last night. It all appeared to be triggered when I was watching a Youtube video. The video froze whilst I could still hear the sound of the video in the background. I restarted …

I am little confuse , with a point that in IOS 4 we need a tool xocde that supports java...so i want to know about IOS 5, Does java supported by iOS 5 or not?

What software can I use to compress and back-up an image of my drive to DVD-R?

I took some video clips with my iPhone. I emailed them to my MacBook. I uploaded them to iMovies. The clips appear upright, but the video plays it sideways. Is there any way to flip the video right side up? Thanks.

I have iphone 3g, while trying to restore my phone, it slipped to recovery mode and does not restore saying error 1015.i have tried red snow, ireb, blackra1n but no help. Please save my phone!!

I've found out from experience and Apple Care that I can no longer print documents or .jpgs that are taller than my 23" portrait/vertical oriented monitor or any other for that matter. Preview has been crippled in Snow Leopard so that it will not recognize that the image/document is taller/longer …

What is the mac equivalent of wget?

Hello, As you know, most every USB flash drive you purchase these days comes pre-formatted in FAT or FAT32. I have one connected to the USB port of my iMac (333mhz, 96mb RAM) that I want to initialize to MAC OS Extended. However, when I try to format it, the …

[URL="http://apple.com"]Apple's[/URL] suing a number of manufacturers of Apple accessories, saying of their products, "many are of inferior quality and reliability, raising significant concerns over compatibility with and damage to Apple’s products." Apple says the manufacturers are infringing multiple patents and violating the Apple trademark.[ATTACH]16426[/ATTACH]The suit involves companies [URL="http://www.accstation.com/"]Accstation[/URL], [URL="http://www.boxwave.com/?gclid=CPfI8KGOo6MCFQMmawodbyY95Q"]Boxwave Corporation[/URL], …

i got a new macbook and what i know it does not get viruses.. but few days ago a friend told me yes nowadays mac as well get virus.. is this possible?? if yes then how to protect it from virus, is there any anti virus for mac?? am quite …