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Hello to everyone! I urgently need a good flash to video convertor that works under Mac OS. So, you are welcome to come up with your suggestions:)

I purchased a 32GB storage disk + reader. When I plug it into my USB port a message says that it is not readable by this computer. When I choose the initialize button Disk Utility opens but there is no initializing option. I have a Mac OS X version 10.4.11 …

What is default DBMS system in MAC. Also is there any way to develope dbms application in windows and run that file on mac os. In short which is the dbms software which which can work on both mac and windows platform?

Hey, Does anyone know how I can add file types to Spotlight searches? I am constantly having trouble finding old Illustrator and Photoshop files. Does adobe have a plugin download somewhere? Thanks, Jason

HELP! I bought an iMac and it is supposed to run XP as well. However, I cannot get on the web when booted in Windows. Does anyone know what to do? Mac and Microsoft claim it is the other guy's software problem!

Hi, I'm new to mac and forums so feel free to correct me if I'm in the wrong place. I was given an iMac with os x 10.2.8 and I tried to set up a new user, it froze up and I log off. Now I have a screen with …

Helo, I'm a newbee in using mac os ,X specially and i have this strange error that i can't understand. I don't want to annoying with a silly question, but can anyone explain me what is happening. The problem: a few days ago my maill.app stop receiving mails, in my …

i buy a (old) g5 dual quad with 4 gb mem ddr 400 but no OS on it. so i download osx leopard now is my question this download file is a dmg file from 7 gb so how can i burn this on dvd so that i can boot …

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but I cannot find any posts related to my question. When I open a spreadsheet, or, when I open a blank spreadsheet, the toolbars that are checked in the View menu are not displayed. For each toolbar, I have to uncheck and then check …

New to all this, so if I've done it wrong, tell me! EXCEL for MAC: I have a long (3000 names) mailing list stored as data in columns, of course. In combining lists, some of the address entries are in Caps others in Upper and Lower case. Is there any …

Hi all, is it possible to up date to 10.4 Tiger. Thanks, Norm.

Here is the situation. I tried asking this question on Macrumors but no one could help me. I want set up a Raid 1 array with my MBP laptop's internal hard drive and an external hard drive. I want to leave external at home and only take the laptop on …

Hi all; Weirdest thing has happeend to me today. I removed an application called Magnifique, [url]http://magnifiqueapp.com[/url], that is for Skinning OSX. I removed the application by dropping it into the Trash, then flushing it, then I went into /Library/Application Support/Magnifique and I removed the magnifique folder. I rebooted, then when …

The last time I attempted a major OS update, the world ended as my computer knew it, resulting in a complete clean reinstall of everything! Needless to say, all emails were lost. Everything else was backed up, thank goodness. I've finally gotten up the courage to reattempt the update but …

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to link files to one another. If so how do I go about doing so or better may you point me to some reading material on how it can be done. Many thanks

Hi I am running Os/9.1 And using Outlook Express for E mail.My problem is. On the address side there is a folder named Microsoft News server. I accidentally down loaded too many news addresses. I tried to delete them but it wont let me.I tried holding down the Option key …

Hi I don’t know if I am in the right place for this Question.any way here goes. I have Mozilla Thunder Bird E mail.Version 2.0.0.21 every thing works good except when I send mail there is no copy in the sent mail folder. I have tried all the usual configurations …

Equipment: macbook pro; leopard (up to date); apple wireless mouse +/- touchpad Problem: operation of both the mouse and the touch pad has become intermittent... suddenly, not gradually. Even when the cursor can be moved, clicking doesn't work (on touchpad, this goes for the thumb panel, too). Tried: replacing batteries …

I tried to download an audiobook from this website: [url]www.gutenberg.org/etext/19680[/url] it has an option for Apple iTunes Audiobook but i just cant simply download it.:confused: Care to help?

My goal: install Ubuntu on my old PowerMac G4 What I did so far: I replaced the hard drive (it was fired) with a new unformatted hard drive. I was planning on formatting it with the linux install. The problem: I can't get the computer to boot to the optical …

Hi Will Corperate, messenger work on video for Mac? I have been informed that messenger will not. Thanks Norm

Hi I have just joined friends on windows instant messenger. The text messages work fine but cannot connect with video.I have down loaded the latest messenger 7.0.2 from Mactobia but no video. I have wmplayer & wmvideo installed. Can any body help. Regards norm.

I have been chasing this problem for a while now and everything I see is oriented to converting wmv and avi files to something that iMovie can read. My question is, wouldn't it be more simple to fix iMovie to read these files? That's something you would only have to …

I have a yahoo mail account that i want to set up with the Mail app but when i try to create it, I get this error saying that it tried to log in the mail server but it failed. Can someone help me with this? Thanks.

Can one have their iMac automatically update the software? Let's say about 3:30 in the morning when I am dead to the world... It always wants me to update and restart right when I'm in the middle of something. I know I can do it later, but it would be …

Hello, does anybody know how to read in the data from a file into a program and vise versa when i am programming on mac? To be more precise, i dont have a txt., i only have rtf. extensions. Every time i run the console, i get an error message …

Hello, I keep getting these warning messages in the details of the repaired permissions text whenever I run repair, which is often. Kind of worries me as I've never seen a warning in repair permissions. But I just switched to a new machine that came with Leopard. Mac Mini 1.83GHz …

I have an Emac and older Imac 9.2 which has 6gig available on its hard drive. How do I go about using this older Imac as back-up storage for the Emac if at all possible so that I increased memory on the Emac. Please keep it simple ... I am …

I have a 500gig HD I would like to partition and use to back up both a PC w/ XP and a MacBook Pro w/ Leopard. Can I, and if so, how do I format the drive(s)?

Hi I am trying to up grade my browser from Netscape 7 or Internet ex 5.1 but having no luck on the internet down loads. Every thing seems to be for Mac x+. I am running on the G3 tower O/S.9.1 Can any body help? Regards Norm.

Hi all, I've responded to a lot of threads but this is the first of my [I]very own[/I]. I'm using Excel to manage a small amount of data for a website and saving the spreadsheet as CSV from [I]Windows MS Office 2003 Exce[/I]l. My client uses [I]Mac Office X Excel[/I] …

Hello everybody, I hope this is the right forum to post my question. It's a bit "in-between". I am about to write an updater for a programme of mine. The updater downloads an update-file from my server that has packed all files I want to replace and executes a simple …

Hi, I'm new to mac and loving it :) but i have a problem, last night i renamed the house icon in the finder window and after i restarted my desktop had changed and settings changed along with all my programs acting like they arn't installed. All the icons and …

I am using mac leopard and the version of apache that came with my mac. (2.somthing) I typed this into my web browser:[code]http://localhost/~<myname>[/code] And this is what was displayed: Picture 1.png My Sites folder is a shared folder. How do I fix this?

I have an old 366 MHz clamshell Indigo iBook, and it's got OS 10.3.9 on it. There's a Firewire port on this clamshell, but no DVD, so to try and put OS 10.4 on it I wanted to use Target Mode, which seems to be pretty straight forward, and use …

Hi: I have a Mac Powerbook G3 (Wallstreet) with 18GB HDD and 288 MB RAM. I use AT&T DSL on my Win XP desktop. I'm heading north and would like to take my laptop to check in on the web and check my email etc. I'll be staying in motels …

I have a Quicksilver G4 with a DVD reader in it, and an old G3 clamshell iBook. I understand you can hook a Firewire cable between them and using Target Mode, use the G4's DVD reader to install OS 10.4 on the Indigo clamshell (the clamshell only has a CD …

Apple computers a new to me and I need help. I have a customer that forgot her user name and password and I am trying to reset it for her. I currently have the computer in single user mode and when I typed sh /etc/rc and hit return the computer …

Hello, Whenever I get an update email from Daniweb, I click on any of the subject links and Safari crashes. Same if I type in the Daniweb url. I'm using Opera, latest version to get around this. This started happening about amonth ago. I'm not currently going through my router, …

Watching You Tube or Bloomberg TV feed is a frustrating experience.Download begins and will play for 5 seconds when it stops and recommences download of next section.Is there any way of watching without all the stop and start?Am using Mac OS X.

Hi everyone I've been reading the threads on getting an airport card for an old Mac with great interest, as I want to get the right card for my iMac G3, and it seems that it's all too easy to get the wrong card. I have a blue G3 (700MHz …

Hi I have bought an iMac G5. How do I tone down the start up Chimes. It nearly blows the roof off. I have tried all the volumes controls but no luck. Also where can I get PDF manuals for it. Thanks Norm.

HELLO I would like to know how i do a complete fresh install of mac leopard on my man mini. It says in the disc utility that it is a 80 gig harddrive & come up as 74.8 , i know this is normal but i just want to make …

I and several others share one internet connection. Now we are constantly over the download limit, but everybody claims to "behave" and we want to find out which machine produces the problem. So we are searching urgently for software that records the amount (none is interested in contents) of down- …

Hay im looking at getting a apple computer..:-/ ..and was wondering if i have to get different games to what i would get with a windows computer...so do i need to get spech games or normal windows ones??:-/

:) Hay im looking at getting a iBook next year around June...i was wondering what type of laptop i will need and i will probably need help using it...I'm going to use it for school work, online use, games and other home use...i have not used one before i think …

Hi, I'm running a recently bought G5 Dual 2.0, 1.5g ram, 2/150g drives - bought specifically for music production. The primary drive has OSX 10.4.10 which was a fresh install from the original owner before shipping. The second drive was partitioned by me into 40/110 and I installed 10.3.9. I …

Hi, I just bought a hard drive that is PC FAT formatted. I want to format it for my Intel Mac Pro. Disk utilities is not up to the job, but I know it can be done, and would appreciate any help. Maybe there is a website with a download …

[B] I was about to install a game when I remembered how they used to frag the HD petty badly on my PC. So I went to set a partition & couldn't find a means to do so. Come to think of it, I've never seen a way so scan …

I just upgraded to OS X 10 .4 .10. It seems that my downloads have becomer much slower. Can anyone help me with this one?