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do any of you mac adacts know where I can find an upgrade to OS X.1.5 I need some help here. harrio :o

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I have an IMAC that has a printer connected(samsung ML 1710) to it. I recently installed a wireless router (d-link)that allows me to surf from my compaq laptop. I want to be able to print from my compaq to the printer that is connected to my IMAC. What is the …

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Hello, I'm looking for assistance in setting up IP Port Forwarding using my mac as a server. I would use my router, but i has problems being directly connected to my internet connection. I was using a Linux box running Fedora Core 3 and IP Tables. The machine more or …

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Hey, I dunno if i have the right forum but im having a problem with my monitor refreshing itself. What actually happens is the screen goes black and then reappears.. much like as if you changed the resolution in the display panel but it occurs usually only when a video …

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I am relatively new to Mac OS X. Help tells me I can format a CD in "standard" to store data (pictures) that can be read on all platforms. However, when I insert a blank CD, it is not intuitively obvious where I go to format. Can anyone point me …

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I have been using my first Mac (OS X Panther) for 6 mos. now. Getting a good feel for how things work, how to get around. Understand one cannot do much (anything?) to the "system" unless using Admin. Acct. Would it be correct to say a hacker/malicious site cannot do …

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I just installed Firefox and love it but can't figure out how to re-set it as my default browser for all my stuff????? I have tried going to "Network" from my Preferences window but it doesn't include any tabs or links to "web settings" which is where I though it …

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I have both Mac OS 9 (Classic) and OS X running on my eMac - it was like this when I bought it! However, the OS 9 is now preventing me from installing my new printer, and I've previously been told that I shouldn't have it running any way. Does …

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ok heres the deal we got 3 g4's and each one is not detecting the hard drive two of them we are trying to install linux on and one im trying to install G4 Mac os X yet its the same the hard drives have been changed the cables aswell …

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Hi, I think that this is quite simple, but I have lost the right code to enter at this point. My Mac won't boot past the UNIX command line and gives the following: /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory -sh: /etc/profile: Not a directory -sh-2.05b# Then a command …

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A little help please, Pre-amble: ----------- A large mid-west US utility is using RedHat Linux and eDirectory successfully. The setup is RedHat 7.2 and openldap-clients-2.0.27-2.7.3 (they are not running a Novell Client on the Linux servers). They have it setup to send the password in clear-text. They can successfully log …

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Hello, Can some-one please tell me : What is [b]"Organic EL screen" [/b]? I am new to MP3 players. I want to buy one that does not only play mp3 files but also play and record the radio aswell as record voice/sound/dictation. Anyway, I am not interested in the "flash …

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hey guys, i am a regular pc guy with windows xp installed on my system. I was thinking of buying a mac mini, but i would like to try the os out first. Is there such a thing as a live cd of mac os x?

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Hi, New user iMac OS X 10.3 Panther. I've selected a great screensaver, but it seems to stay hidden under a black screen. When the screen is black and I hit a key, when the black disappears the screensaver is there for just a split second until the page I …

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My first posting, and it's because I need your help. OS 10.3 is not seeing my OS 9.2 SimpleText files. I've even burned them onto a CD on an iMac, copied them to my G4 and, guess what, the folder is empty (but back-checking the CD on the iMac shows …

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I'm running a power mac G4 on OS X 10.2.1. I restarted in classic mode (OS 9) but discovered my mouse and keyboard would not work. I rebooted (by pressing and holding the power button) and the Mac began to reboot. It started to reboot in classic environment but stopped …

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Hello, I have been asked to create a webpage that features pagers for a pager company. The pagers are small icons, maybe 100 x 100 pixels or so. What he wants me to do now is when the user runs the mouse over the graphic, he would like the graphic …

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Hey i have had a mac mini for around 2-3 months now and i have got my head round the basics, although i am having a bit of problem with the keyboard, because although it is said that we can use our old PC stuff with it some of the …

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I just downloaded a trial FM Pro 6 for classic on my powerbook with os x and classic in background. When I try to print, I get a message saying"print software such as imagewriter needs to be installed". I have an Epson SW connected, printing fine with normal os x …

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Hi, I'm trying to create a DLL for Excel on Mac OS X but any guide or tutorial on the net seems to be completely focussed on Windows. Can anybody help me with how to create DLLs on a mac or direct me to a tutorial. Thanks gus

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HI, looking for some advice from the mac users here. I recently got a side job supporting computers in a church office. There is also a k-8 school filled with macs that I had nothing to do with until last week. The wants to upgrade it's computers(the macs thye have …

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Ho Wcan I Install Programs Downloaded From Limelight....i Cant Do It ....after It Unstuffs And I Go To Run Setup.exe It Wants To Restuff The Download And It Goes In A Big Circle.. Im New To The Mac World So I Dont Know If I Have To Run It Through …

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I've just got a 02 X3 mobile phone with USB output on it, I also got a powerMac G4 runnin on OS X. When I plug the phone in the system does not register the device, that I have connected so where do i need to be looking, for access …

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Any suggestions on refrences's for c++ programming in OS X, you see i bught a book(c++ for dummies 5th edition) to have a crack at the old programming insted of just scripting, problem is all of the book is based on windows! (caught! muppets! caught!) so certain functions are diffrent …

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So, I finally was able to install OS X on one of my hardrives, but most of my music is on another hardrive, and the amount of memory left on the hardrive I have installed OS X on wouldn't support the amount of songs I have. Is there any way …

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There was(is) this nifty little freeware app I used for OS 9 named "Burn 2.5"; I'm needing to know if there's a OS X equivalent available today. (This app basically wrote over free space or designated files with ones or zeroes.) Thanks!

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Well. For some reason. When i was making a computer design, my Photoshop started to lag very bad. SO i clicked the X and the end now thing popped up. As usual, I clicked end now. Afterwards, everything on my comp started lagging, like msn and aim. I had to …

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[URL=http://www.caphyon.com/]Caphyon LLC[/URL], a software company, on Wednesday announced the release of Advanced Web Ranking 3.8, a tool that helps check web site's position on all major search engines. Advanced Web Ranking runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux and Solaris. It queries 300 search engines and finds the website's …

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I am a complete newbie to computers, but am a very fast learner. I would be more than happy to answer any veterinary questions you might have in exchange for help with simple Apple questions... What I would want to do is exchange email addresses off list and feel comfortable …

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how do i remove the script icon from my menu bar? (os x 10.2.8)

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anyone know the cure to this problem. Im running osx on an ibook clamshell. imovie.3 is incompatible with ibook because of the lower resolution screen therefore im running Imovie 2.1 the PROBLEM.. every now and then it crashes, and then i open it and get error.."your project is unreadable"...and then …

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i want to upgrade my graphics card from ATI,Rage 8mb to any thing. please help i have os x 10.38 on my power book

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Hi everybody. New here, so be gentle... I am the sole Mac user in a network of 10 machines (9 PCs all running XP). Our server is a Linux box (i.e. NOT Exchange Server). I use Entourage for mail, iCal for calendar, etc etc. I HOPE to be able to …

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[font=Trebuchet MS]Does anyone have any experience setting up OS X machines to be Domain Controllers on a mixed network? But not with OS X server... Unless you've got a spare license laying about that you'd like to give me? Right...what I thought. ;) So back to regular OS X Panther. …

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I just bought a used powerbook that had os 9 on it and it came with os x but when i installed os x it says there is no volume to install system folder reinstall os 9.1 or older. i have tried every thing classic aplication will not install i …

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As of the past two months I cannot get my TiBook to go for 2 days without it crashing. I'm not sure if crashing is the appropriate word but the computer will either freeze and need a restart or I will go to turn it on and in both instances …

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:?: Help? I have just installed OS X (first version) on my G4 and am using both OS 9.2.2 and OS X. I want to use OSX Mail and Safari, but I need to know if I can import my address book and bookmarks from OS 9 Outlook and Internet …

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hi .. i have a network here with some os9 macs, 1 win notebook, 2 g4s with os x panther ... and a hp laserjet 4 my problem is: i can't find the network printer in os x.. i can load that apple talk window in the printerlist again and …

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I don't think this is a software problem, but not sure what it is. So, I'm trying to set up skype, and though I can hear the person on the other line, they can't hear me. All the audio settings are correct. I have an OS X. When I try …

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My pc components are: 1) Motherboard - ASUS A7V600 - X 2) Hardisk - SATA Maxtor 80.0G 3) Display - ASUS 9200 SE... My problem is, the os - win XP is always corrupt.... repeat and repeat... Almost 20++ times i re-format & re-install the os just in 3 months …

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Help me. I'm not very good with macs but I have on. I have a flat screen iMac G4 and it is not working well. I went to use my restore CD (6) and after I got to the third disk it said that it could not restore the restricted-segment …

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I am trying to help a friend troubleshoot a problem. He is running OS X.2 (yeah...) on a G5, and fairly recently his system has stopped recognising web cams. For instance, when he starts up iChat, no green cam icon appears on the panel. It's as if the system itself …

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I would describe myself as one of he most diehard Microsoft supporter that you'll ever come across. I develop on the Windows Platform, I run all my servers on the Windows Platform, etc, etc. I preach Microsoft's products all the time; even if the conversation has nothign to do with …

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hi there. i am on a UNIX system and am writing a template code called Array.h. it is called by a Test2.C file which does nothing more than declare a T object of type int. Array<int>. i am getting all kinds of compile errors. have been over it and over …

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I am an architect working on macs. I have an idea i would like to create. I would like the ability to right click my mouse when in a text field, and have an "architects custom keypad" show up at my cursor, so i can easily enter feet and inches …

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I have multiple user accounts on my Mac (533 MHz G4) for my family members. We use the logical place, Users Shared, to store stuff we all want to, well, share. The problem is that every time I try to delete or move (I'm assuming a move is treateed as …

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IM NEW TO THE MAC WORLD SO THIS MIGHT SOUND VERY STUPID TO SOME PEOPLE BUT HEY IM A BEGINNER.....I HAVE A MAC G4 1.2 GHZ 512RAM AND RUNNING MAC OS X PANTHER ...I AM A PRODUCER SO I'VE DOWNLOADED SOME RECORDING SOFTWARE FROM (LIMELIGHT)....AFTER I DOWNLOAD IT I UNSTUFF …

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Hi, I've been trying to get SMB and SAMBA working, and I've been having a few problems. I have succeded creating a connection from my Mac (MAC OS X, v. 10.2.8 ) and Windows XP home, but I can't get it to work with Linux! First, when my Linux was …

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Hey, I have taken over from the previous IT Administrator and now trying to implement OSX 10.3 on to G4 machines. I am having a issue of when some of the staff are munipulating files in OS X then saving, to be opened in OS9 and go to read the …

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