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I have been using Thunderbird for some time now. I downloaded the newest version yesterday, and I can not get it to start. I have downloaded and reloaded it a number of times and get the same result. It won't run. Any ideas. I did reload my OS X 10.5.8 …

Snow Leopard. If one wants to delete a letter to the left you press delete, thats fine but what if I want to delete a letter to the right, what then. I was told the use the "del" key which I don't have I just have the "delete" key which …

I have Snow Leopard and want to put all the names in alphabetical order automatically rather than by hand, is there any way to do this please. Would appreciate some help from some one evan if its only to say it can not be done Thanks in anticipation. Dogsbody.

The guide is created to help people solve the following problems. (1)People who want to transfer their broken iPod's files back to iPod or iPhone. (2)People who want to transfer their iPod files to another iPod or iPhone. (3)People who want to manage their iPod as hard disk but not …

A client is having a problem with inconsistent Synchronising from the Sent Items folder and the Calendar in Entourage 2004 to an Exchange server, when compared to the same account logging in to Outlook Exchange webmail. Items sent from Outlook Webmail and new Calendar entries on that account DO show …

Remember Lycos? One of the earlier leaders in search, it was sold to Spanish firm Terra for more than $12 billion ten years ago. This week [URL="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129246686&ft=1&f=1006"]it sold again[/URL] to an Indian company, for a paltry $36 million. Ouch. That got us wondering how some tech companies seem to go …

[U][B]Installing Mac OS X Tiger[/B][/U] [U]Before installing[/U] I've installed Mac OS X many times on the same computer (don't ask me why, I do many stupid things :)). Anyway, here are some things you should know before installing: 1. Make sure you have a legal, licensed Apple Machine (a.k.a. Mac). …

I want to convert pdf to epub book for reading on my sony reader, or iPhone, could someone recommend me a good software. It would be better, if the software is free of charge. Thanks in advance. PS: I work on a Mac computer.

I'm new to Mac and I want to replace my Quicken for Windows. I have read reviews on iBank but all I found were reviews over a year old and there were supposed to updates. Are there new reviews on iBank or any software updates? I don't see where responses …

Hello friends, I want to buy macbook but in my city the store of apple is not available. please suggest me how to buy macbook?

I have 3 computers in this home where I currently live. One mac and one XP machine connect to the WiFi network just fine. The encryption is WPA2 Personal. This 3rd desktop always gets assigned the IP 169.254.228.249, subnet mask 255.255.0.0 and all the other parameters are not there. Windows …

From about three weeks ago, on only my most heavily used email account (it has around 75,000 emails in it and gets around 200 emails each day), I was only able to download 4 emails at a time. Then it would stop. I would click "Get Mail" and it would …

Mac OS X is not, on the whole, known as an OS which attracts too many problems when it comes to malware. However, in the last few days there has been something of a scare involving the Immunizator Trojan. [URL="http://www.sophos.com/news/2008/03/imunizator.html"]According to IT security specialists Sophos[/URL] this may well just be …

[B]Web Site[/B]: [url]http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/online-backup/[/url] [B]OS[/B]: Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 [B]Cost[/B] $4.95/month or $49.95/year for 250 GB [B]Reviewer's View[/B]: Overall this a fine backup choice. It provides a generous amount of space for a fair price. They could do a better job of defining how to get started, and the …

Your typical Mac will start with something called Open Firmware, which loads the OS and things like that. Now, it is basically like a DOS shell: it can be used to type commands and boot into various OSes and run recovery programs. Now, this shell is accessible by any end-user …

hello 1 week ago I lost my USB memory drive which I found 5 dayz later, but I got the scare of my life! I don't want to take the risk again, I know there's software out there that encrypt the data inside, but what I want is software that …

Hi everyone: I need to find out about compile options in Xcode (I'm an Xcode and C++ newbie). The default compiler for OS 10.6 and XCode version 3.2.2 is apparently LLVM 2.0. Is this related to g++? Also, are there other compilers available within XCode? If so, how would I …

The world’s leading productivity suite is coming to a Mac near you late October and it will surprisingly save you an arm or a leg. Three editions will be available upon its venture onto store shelves: Mac Home and Business, Mac Home and Student, and Mac Academic 2011. [ATTACH]16318[/ATTACH]Microsoft Office …

Recently I have some PDF files need to transfer to word for use in my office 2008. I firstly tried to copy and paste but the contents are messed up using Adobe Reader. I could not upload it to SNIP or other online websites because they are my company’s confidential …

Hi, I've been into computers and software since I was knee high to a grasshopper, before the PC and Mac. It's not all geek though. I've done a lot of travelling, socialising and have been known to appreciate the odd beer. I'm currently living in Australia where I have started …

Security researchers have been looking at Safari, the standard browser for Apple's Mac computers, and have found a troublesome security problem. It seems that there is a feature that could reveal your personal information. The problem is with the Auto Fill feature which is designed as a part of the …

[ATTACH=right]15944[/ATTACH]Earlier today, Amazon announced pretty significant numbers that illustrate the rising popularity of e-books. For the first time in their short history, they are outselling their hardcover brethren at the bookstore giant. For the second quarter of 2010, Amazon sold an impressive 143 e-books for every 100 hardcover copies. Change …

Apple has kindly donated the source code for the original MacPaint software to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This is in large part thanks to the [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/computer-history-museum-makes-original-macpaint-source-code-avai/"]exhausting efforts[/URL] of Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the developmental team for the original Macintosh in 1984. When …

I often see people asking the same question over and over, "How do I learn to program, and where do I start?" Some people may take that question to the next level by asking, "Which language should I learn first?". The answer to those questions is fairly simple, but also …

I cannot get my desktop computer on the home network, it has been able to connect to the network before, but it was very unstable and not it just does not work at all. My landlord has fixed the issue that made the network unstable and I am able to …

Can any one please tell me how to merge two python files. i have a SimpleHTTPServer.py file and a File transfer(uploading) droopy.py file. I want to combine these two. As i am a beginer to python i can't modify these two files i just want to mix these two files …

I have seen a number of old posts on this saying there are no drivers. However, 2 years on, does anybody know if any drivers work on a mac os?

I have a heap of amazing videos, and I want to upload and embed those videos into my personal website as video tutorial. Could someone recommend me a easy-to-use and intuitive software to complete this task?

That's right, free. And if it's free, it's for me. Software promoter MacHeist is my new best friend, and for the next five days is giving away [url=http://www.macheist.com/]nanoBundle[/url], a package of six Mac OS X applications including the highly-rated Twitterrific, which normally sells for US$15. In all, $154 worth of …

Two headlines grabbed my attention today. The first proclaiming that Linux sucks while the second announced it was possible to boot into a full Linux OS in less than a single solitary second. Paul Rako [URL="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6720353.html"]reports[/URL] that one company, an embedded-Linux specialist called MontaVista Software, has gone step further than …

I'm going through the list of forums we have and giving them an overhaul. Technologies change, trends change, what was popular 5 years ago might not be so today. So far, I've revamped Windows, Mac, Linux, Hardware and Networking. Biggest changes to make note of => The Linux Servers and …

I have a DXG-569V camcorder. It can capture 1280 x 720 video at 30 fps and shoot 5-megapixel.It can output in both 4:3 and 16:9 aspects. Video is recorded in H.264, .MOV format, .M2TS format… My Mac is eMac with Mac OS X version 10.4.11 Here is my problem: When …

OK, you two, stop fighting. These little spats of yours are getting old. A [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100602/tc_nf/73685"]rumor[/URL], heard yesterday, that [URL="http://www.google.com"]Google[/URL] is not going to use [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Windows[/URL] internally in their company might be just that: rumor. And, a bad one at that. It's interesting to note that, while such a rumor stirs …

I have the following problem: My University requires that all PCs have their MAC address registered to a given Ethernet jack before they are allowed on the network. I have done this with my PC, which now obtains it's IP via DHCP and goes online just fine. However, I am …

A couple of signs of a virus on my computer are that at times iexplorer.exe opens without my permission. I get an error from a process called HSG.exe every once in awhile, I can't close the process as it simply restarts itself. I have no idea what it is, but …

I'm at a loss. I have a Windows network (4 PC's plus 3 Macs). My Windows PCs all see each other and the Macs and successfully connect. One of my MBP (13") sees all Windows PCs and Macs. The other MBP (17") sees all but ONE of the Windows PCs …

So I am new here, but certainly not new to programming. I saw an article on the elevator infoscreen about how Microsoft was worried about the shift to portable interactive touchscreen computing, and I don't think they ever understood that the computers should be educated in how to work with …

Hi My friend has a mac laptop and he's installed something that allows him to run xp softwares. Can anyone tell me which software that allows us to run mac software on windows xp? Thanks

Ok, here are the issues I'm having & yes I run a lot of anti programs including Advanced System Care which some say they love & a few people say caused problems. Honestly I can't remember when the problems started, at least 4-6 months ago & it may have started …

InMethod has come out with a utility that if properly handled, could be the future of personal media. Right now, there are still some things they could do better, but their current iPhone/iPad apps allow you to play any number of media formats on a device that would otherwise be …

Okay, i can play runescape on my emac, the only problem is that During the game you need to right click, I know that if i want to right click on a mac all i have to do is CTRL + click , But it doesn't seem to work, Anyone …

Hello--- I'm attempting to compile a software package ([url]http://www.freeusp.org/[/url]) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.3), and unfortunately, the Makefile cannot find an include that is required for compilation. In the /trcgp/ directory is a Makefile with the following: [CODE] include ${DEPTROOT}/etc/gmake.init [/CODE] In my .bash_profile file, I have the …

Hello Sir/Madam, I already downloaded a songs from Youtube converted it to mp3, then add it to my music library in Itunes. [COLOR="Red"]My problem is there is no artist name on each song that I downloaded[/COLOR]. [U]So what the Itunes do, is organized it by the Name of the songs[/U]. …

I have two questions that are Eclipse and Mac OS X specific. Question 1: Referring to eclipse preferences > java > Installed JRE's > Execution Environment: Can someone explain the [ execution environment's ] and compatible [ JRE's ]? I'm interpretting this as the execution environment being the JVM eclipse …

How do I load an older version of 'xerces-j 1.4.3' and 'xerces-j-docs' into eclipse so I can use the api's? I've looked at the Eclipse doc, and I'm not finding a direct reference to this which makes me think I'm not grasping some important concepts conerning plugins, and features. Below …

I'm graduating from the University of the Cumberlands in May and I have put together a resume and would really like some input. Attached is a doc format and pdf format. I've also posted the text version within the forum. Thanks in advance. Travis Coleman ---------------------------------------------- Travis Coleman 402 Leonard …

I need to open a .AL file on a pc. It is some type of animation program file. Does anyone know what I can download to convert it to PC readable format.

Help! my tiff file is corrupted. How can I repair it?

Does anyone know of an AJAX script with this kind of drag 'n' drop functionality: [url]http://bit.ly/atE420[/url] The software in the video is called CODA (a Mac application for developers). I was wondering if something like this has been done in AJAX. Thanks

Hi guys I have created some custom code and implemented it into a article within Joomla. (The HTML editor is turned off) The code works in all browsers except Internet Explorer Versions. The custom code has Javascript and the "onMouseOver". The purpose of it is to change a image when …