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I have been told to delete Temporary internet Files in order to access a website, however my mac uses Safari and there is no such option. What is the Safari equivalent of Internet Explorer's 'Temporary Internet File' and how do I delete it? Thanks for any help!

My friend's old G4 needs a wireless card, and he would like to know where he can get a good one (preferably online) for a decent price? The Mac Shop he's been to are charging him something ridiculous apparently. The specs of the machine: Processor: 800 MHz G4 Memory: 256 …

Hi when I log in fire vault ask me for the password as I type it says is wrong (I swear it is not) anyway after few attempts I have to punch in the master password, I do it and it is fine, it then asks me to put a …

Hi I have just been given an old ColorWriter 2500.It says Apple on the cover but is made by Cannon. I have no soft ware (driver) so where can I get a down load for this printer. I gave up on the Apple site. As any body got any ideas. …

Hell ,i a new mac owner and know very little as to fixing problems with it . I bought a used I-mac G3 /OS 9.2 /400mhz/256 ram/dvd rom. heres the problem when i boot it up the message says ,sorry a system error occurred ,error type 114 ,then it says …

I just got my first mac - a MacBook Pro - and I am loving it except for one little annoyance: the startup sound. Do any of you know how to turn that annoying jingle that is played along with the grey Apple splash screen during startup of OSX off? …

Hi all I am using windows xp home addition ,when I boot up it begins to load as normal until I get to the log on and then it changes to a Mac OS X log on window.My son has an i pod and I suspect he has downloaded some …

Hi, this never really bothered me before, but now it sort of does. My ADSL connection's IP address is DHCP assigned, and when I first got it, I just plugged it into my Mac, and it worked painlessly, so I never gave it much more thought. But one thing I …

Howdy, This is me: :!: My facial expression have been replaced by a big, exhausted '!'. Everytime I start my computer (iMac running OS 10.3.9 Panther), what I believe to be the Network Logo (Blue Sphere thingy on a grey square) flashes for what seems 10 mins or so. Once …

I have osx 10.4.6 Tiger installed on my system. When using Internet Explorer I am repeatedly getting a "Script Error Message." It is so frequent that it is taking all enjoyment out of using the computer. Can someone tell me what to do (step by step) in simple easy to …

Hi once again asking for help. I up graded from OS 8.06 to OS9 and every thing is ok BUT. Along the way I lost the G3 up date. The Computer works well but is much slower with out the G3. Any ideas where I can get a G3 up …

HELLO THERE! I HAVE A POWERBOOK G4 AND OS X TIGER, I AM HAVING BIG PROBLEMS WITH IT:rolleyes: , WHEN I TURN IT ON TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO START, THEN WHITE MAC PAGE APPEAR, THEN A BLUE PAGE AND THEN NOTHING, I JUST CAN HEAR A FUNNY NOISE, I DON'T …

Somehow a jpeg has turned into a picture clipping (OSX) and I can't do anything with it - will not import into Iphotos or Adobe or print. My jpegs are usually 450kb (digital photos) but this one has morphed into 2.6mb! All I want to do is print this photo. …

Hi All, [COLOR="Red"]Short & quick:[/COLOR] PowerBook G4 w/OS 9.2 & 10.4(? - upgraded from 10.0) won't boot up after aborted browser install. [COLOR="Blue"]The details:[/COLOR] My sister was trying to upgrade Netscape Navigator 4.7 to 8.1 on her OS 9.2 (she is running a dual boot OS 9.2/10.4(?) PowerBook G4 (15" …

I just found out about a shell script /etc/daily that mac users recommend running daily or weekly. It supposedly removes old system messages and junk. Does OS X invoke this script automatically every so often or must it be manually invoked? Is it very necessary?

I'm running 10.4.5 on my MAC Mini. I have tried to update to 10.4.6 many times with no luck, It goes to a normal end of job but afer rebooting the software release stays the same.:cry: Any emails that were deleted now reappear as if it was the first time. …

Hi - Though I have had OS X 10.2 for awhile, I could never receive my mail when I tried to use it, so I have run old classic 9.2 forever, using Outlook Express 5.02. Anyway, I expreienced a MAJOR crash last week, so - since I lost EVERYTHING - …

Hello. This is really strange. I have a dead lower left corner that is a rectangle, that varies in size from 5/8" to 2 1/4" from the left side of the screen and 1" to 2 1/4" from the bottom of the screen. By that I mean that I can't …

Hi, I just got a new iMac G5 with OS X Tiger, and I am unable to download MP3 sound files. When I try, QuickTime Player automatically opens and begins to play them, but I am unable to download them. These are information files, not music files. On my old …

Hello. I hope someone can help. Apple can't. Expose' intermittently just stops working sometimes. It may happen after a pop under occurs, but I can't pin it down to that. Apple (tier one) wanted to do an 'Archive & Install of course. Instead they said to switch to test user. …

Hello. I talked with Apple and Charter (my isp) about this to no avail. My father sent some .jpgs in varying sizes, averaging around 400-700 Kb. I forwarded a 632 Kb image (actually 403 Kb on my desktop) back to him and to myself. His was rejected by his isp …

Hi everyone, I just got my new Powerbook G4 today and it's working great except for one thing, I can't access hardly any websites. The computer says that it cannot find the server for the website. .Mac, CNN.com and a handful of others work, but nothing else. Not even the …

I'm on a 333 iMac using OS 8.6 and Office 98. Recently I had to reload system, and now everytime I open WORD, I get the error message "there is not enough memory to load the Microsoft Open Transport Object shared library." Another symptom is that we now can't paste …

Hi, my powerbook titanium, OsX10.3.6, keeps ejecting all cd/dvds - unable to read optical media, tried all types of discs, even disk/laserhead cleaner - no luck. Problem started a while back sporadically when moving to OSX10.3, but after a few attemps did read disk, though now nolonger possible. Any suggestions, …

To all those who have G5s, check out the removable side panel from your tower. The inside of it has strips of tape on 3 of the sides. Thinking this was just packing tape, I removed it. However, I was since told that it was special static tape. Does anyone …

At my office, my computer has MS OS 8.6 - I need to upgrade my OS to at least 9.2.2 for software that I need to load. I tried to load MS OS X and before it installed completely a message came up....I will not be able to run classic …

Hey guys, can someone tell me where or how I can get an OS9 system installer file to install on my iMacs (G4's) to run next to OSX.3.5 ? Jaguar installed it automatically. Panther doesn't, unfortunately. Thx in advance!

hi, can any one help me? i'm going mad here!! :rolleyes: ive been given some .zip files with an archive inside... ive un zipped the .zip archive but now it looks like i have another inside, all with the file extention .p01 , .p02 , .p03 , .p04 etc.... how …

I have been hearing hype for so long now about a 30" cinema display. Is this just another rumor? As the owner of dual 23" cinema hd displays, I'm very interested in this ;) I heard awhile ago that supposedly Apple was going to release the new monitor with a …

Hi there I used to have an old iMac, running Mac OS 9.2. If I wanted to hear what I plugged in the audio input, I went to audio settings and clicked on "play through". Now I have an eMac running Panther (10.3.4) and in audio settings, the option play …

i have an apple using the mac os x operating system. I bought it yesterday from a pawn shop. it worked fine yesterday at the pawn shop when it was on. Today i turned it on and a screen pops up MAC OS X and an icon asking for a …

I'm having a problem. I just upgraded from Office X to Office 2004. At the same time, I upgraded my Panther install. Now I just realized while browsing the web, that if I try to send an e-mail, it says "Safari doesn't recognize links beginning with mailto:" or a message …

hey, I'm considering purchasing an iBook with an AirportExtreme card in it so that i can (hopefully) network my pc and my new mac together super easily and still be super mobile. I was wondering, since I have a cable internet connection and leave my pc all pretty much all …

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?

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 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 …

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 …