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trying to fix my dad's old powerPC G3 before he pops his clogs (soon,terminal C) came to me with dead power supply and dead hdd managed to fix the power by using parts from another machine used other machine's hdd too, to check repair worked put back original hdd - …

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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 …

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From where I can download Apple MAC OS 10.6 ? How I can install on a PC? (what are the steps including screen-shots?) How I can write .dmg file in windows or in Ubuntu ?

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can anybody help, the curser is stuck in the top left of the screen, even after start up. Tried different mouse and re boot, but still stuck.

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Recently my stepson gave me an old beige desktop G3 that had been collecting dust. I decided to upgrade it as follows: [U]As received[/U] Mac OS 8.6 233 MHz CPU 32 MB RAM, 2 MB video RAM 4 GB WD3400A hard disk [U]Upgraded[/U] Mac OS 9.2.2 1 GHz PowerLogix CPU …

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Hi everyone, I have a Powerbook 5300CS with OS 8.1. I haven't used it in a couple of years but today I decided to work with it. I booted it up and everything looked good except the date and time was wrong. I corrected them and shut it down and …

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My Mac G5 won't power up. Checked the cord continuity-good. Checked the power from the wall-good. Yet, when I press the button on the front of the box-nothing. Don't know if the problem is a fried power supply or the switch. I have a multimeter, can someone walk me through …

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Apple Friends! What are you doing with your old apples running or not running? If running, what OS and software are you using? If not, did it get reused as a fish tank, etc? Or did it join the computer organ donor program?

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hello all; i am new to MAC so i need a suggestion. i cant afford os x right now so would it be ok to run the grey oem. it seems people dont like them but if i meet the requirements most vedors give for the disk i should be …

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When I type words in Japanese in the keyword search box, the letters are not shown properly. This happened a couple days ago, and I have reinstalled the language component, but still the same. I had had no problem in using the Japanese language input function (kotoeri) before this happened. …

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I bought a MacBook a while ago and with it came an OS 9 cd, and having lost the cd for the main computer (a G4 tower) i threw the cd into the drive... i couldn't open the OS 9 install program because it required me to open the classic …

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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 …

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My mac is running slow. I asked a guy aBest Buy about it and he suggested I reformat my computer and then reinsatl backed up data form carbonite. Is there anything else to try. THis seems pretty drastic. If I msut reformt, do I go through disc utility?

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Word has reached us in the UK that there is some sort of election happening in the US. In fact it has been happening for an incredibly long time, with one of the candidates in particular making more premature victory speeches (although not to Americans, I mean, they're only the …

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I forgot my password! I tried doing the "Disabling extensions" thingy by holding down shift, but it just told me that i needed to enter a password to go any further. I don't have the install disk, and i don't want to change to another OS. Is there anyway to …

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I have two networked Macs, a G4 Quicksilver and G5 iMac. Lately I've experienced worsening font problems. Some faces are losing functionality and disappearing from documents. I have two drives in my G4 running both OS9 and 10.4.11. Also my iMac drive runs the same. The problem started when a …

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I received a PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio) which has had the hard drive formatted(?). Will not boot, just flashing '?" screen. I can go to OF screen via 'com-z' keys, but am stuck there! Is there any way to recover/restore the OS without buying a set of OS install disks? …

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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 …

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Sorry, but I want to trade data from a working Win XP PC and transfer it to a non-working Mac OS9.2 machine so I can update the Mac. Windows formats the USB flash drive (125MB) as FAT, the Mac offers to reformat it because it can't read it ... Either …

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I bought a lot of blue and white g3 imacs from a school auction over the summer and they all require an owners password to log into the system. I have OS X 10.0 installed over the 9.2.2 but in order to upgrade higher I need to upgrade the firmware …

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is there a need to run a anti virus scanner on a mac running os 9.1 if there is is there any good free anti virus scanners out there available.

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Hi everyone, I recently purchased a 7 year old Powerbook G3 "Kanga" from someone on Ebay. I needed a laptop and was tired of dealing with all of the problems with Windows-based systems. I decided that this would be a great way to learn the Mac and save some $$$ …

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Finally retiring old PowerPro 225 running OS 8.5. Getting a bomb on startup with message that there is a bus error. Will boot with original CD, but won't allow a reinstall, stating that the hard drive is locked. Will boot with extensions disabled, but can't get on network to copy …

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Hi Folks, I have a Quicksilver mac which a department needs OS9 and X on, X is working fine with its manual IP settings and from the "connect to server" menu i can access the server they need. The OS9 (9.2.2) partition will not go onto the network, i tried …

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:sad:my power macg3(b&w) only shows this grey background and a blinking grey folder with a '?' in the centre.i tried rerunning the Os (8) but nothing happened.i know a lot about pc's bt this mac cracked me! could it be you with the answer'?' please,my tongue is about to touch …

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my sister is using an older color imac (g3 i am sure) with os 9. i was trying to find her a new dial up company, and were having a hard time finding one that will work with a mac with that old of an operating system. any suggestions? do …

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Not sure if this is the right place to ask, and I am going to get all the technical terms wrong, but please bear with me. I am looking to buy a iBook soley for running Pagemaker 6.5 and associated programs (word processing, mail, photos, etc.) I have read that …

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I have a powerbook ?G4?, with an unknown (as in [I]I[/I] don't know what it is) OS on it. When I boot it up it asks for a password. I set the password ages ago to keep my brother out, and now I don't know it. Is there any way …

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Hi, I am having a startup problem with a Power Mac G4 I recently got from a friend. They have no idea about which version the computer has or what is wrong with it. The problem is that when I turn on the computer it makes its mac startup sound …

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I am running Mac Os 8.6 on a powermac g3 grey tower - yes I know it should be scrapped but it's a long story. It has served me faithfully for about ten years and for the first time somthing has gone wrong.... the note pad has corrupted - damaged …

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